I wonder just how many of the complaints are just because these are temporary workers booked through one particular temp agency?
For one thing, what's ridiculous about "find your own transport or pay to use our bus" (supplied, note, by the temp agency, not by Amazon). That's been the deal almost everywhere I've ever worked - only one place had a free shuttle from downtown to the office, and even there I still had to get to the pickup point. Another point: hourly-paid temporary workers aren't eligible for paid sick leave in most places I know. And if you're hiring lots of temporary workers you want people who will show up - if there are more applicants than there are jobs most managers will choose to hire workers who can be relied on to show up. It's not as if people are being fired from permanent positions - temp contracts are generally on a week-to-week (or even day-to-day) basis. Failing to renew a contract is not the same as firing somebody. Not that I'm saying the article is totally without substance. But it looks to me like tabloid journalism, not news reporting. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:52:08AM -0500, PN Stenquist wrote: > I will continue to buy from Amazon. They're honest and efficient, and > I've heard no complaints in regard to the way they treat their workers > at their principal facilities here in the U.S. Sounds like a case of bad > management at one warehouse. Shit happens. > Paul > > On Dec 14, 2008, at 7:20 PM, John Coyle wrote: > >> After reading this: >> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24798801-2703,00.html >> >> Amazon will never get another order from me. >> >> >> John in Brisbane >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
