http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2011/07/ohio-warehouse-temps-unemployment
Pretty ugly stuff-not surprising at all.
Pretty ugly stuff-not surprising at all.
Rethinking Amazon...
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We have already proven that Amerikans won't take hard jobs with low wages so either this story must be a fabrication or all those workers are illegals.
It's pretty fvcking depressing when I realize that almost everything I touch was made or shipped by the equivalent of feudal-era laborers.
Do not like...
Do not like...
Wow... Just wow. The controlling nature - breaks only in the break room - and refusal to hire anyone full-time is exploitation. Sorry, that's sweatshop labor. Although I am against unions, this is a prime example of where a union can and should be applied.
Working at the DMV or driving a bus, no. This, yes.
Working at the DMV or driving a bus, no. This, yes.
I'm surprised they don't make cutting out your tongue a condition of temporary employment, honestly.
The whole vow of silence thing really helps prevent organization...
shut up you socialists! this is capitalism at its finest!
don't know about you, but when i have a bad day @ work, i come home & beat the wife:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/30/business/la-fi-amazon-tax-20110630
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/06/16/new-california-budget-raises-revenue-through-internet-sales-tax/
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/30/business/la-fi-amazon-tax-20110630
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/06/16/new-california-budget-raises-revenue-through-internet-sales-tax/
and another thing...
he should walk away from his next gig to see how they like it. he could very likely start the next workers' revolution (to take off just as soon as we get unemployment down to 3%)
someone should remind the guy who got sacked right-to-work goes both ways.article said:
he should walk away from his next gig to see how they like it. he could very likely start the next workers' revolution (to take off just as soon as we get unemployment down to 3%)
Kind of Fox News-ish... if these jobs are so bad why would the temps come back or even want a permanent position?
Good thing we refuse to inundate those heartfelt air-conditioned managers with tax increases, they are stimulating our economy!
Because welfare doesn't actually pay the bills and let you live in luxury, like Fox News implies...
that's where selling rocks comes in
So that they can qualify for Section 8 mortgage assistance, duh.
Anyway, this is relevant: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/ff_joelinchina/all/1
And unions are bad. Screw teh proletariet!
Hmmmm. Blisteringly hot warehouse, no one to talk to, limited breaks and no benefits.....
Sounds like being a small business owner.
Sounds like being a small business owner.
You ever notice the state on the mailing address from that place?
More like
decaffeinated tea/sugar free gum/straighten magic underwear/humility in the eyes of the lord 24/7
sounds like in-n-out....
Maybe less preachy.
I never looked on the label of my hi performance skinsuits from chainlove only to find john 3:16
The whole amazon thing sucks.
For a good portion of goods, there is no longer a bricks and mortar retailer anywhere in the area that can supply certain items other than walmart. Unfortunately, walmart's quality and or selection sucks, let alone they themselves. Walmart online in Canada is a total joke. Last night was looking for a snow shovel. Walmart online carries it at 3x the street price. (Home de Pot, which is another real winner of a retailer - however they were sold out both in store and online.) Have noticed this with just about everything I have looked up with Walmart online up here in Canuckistan.
What really sucks is being a consumer who eschewed Amazon for local brick and mortar. Now that they are gone, I end up in the land of counterfeits where I tried so hard not to go.
Fuckers.
Back when it was books and cd's I concluded that Amazon was pretty fucking stupid. I bought a Soma Wolverine frame off Amazon 7 years ago because it was the only place on the internet I could find it.
Beyond that, I do no amazoning. I will just go on ebay and find what I am looking for.
Beyond that, I do no amazoning. I will just go on ebay and find what I am looking for.
This.
Haven't purchased from Amazon for years. The odd random things are often bought from ebay.
While I wish I could not support amazon, the fact that I can get exactly what I need absolutely blows my mind sometimes. Like my son's special body lotion was out of stock at every local pharamacy. Not on Amazon. Want some wet shaving supplies? No place in this state has them, but I can get whatever I need from shamazon.
I still shop locally when I can, but fuck that noise- I can buy what I want instead of what CVS will let me buy. I hope CVS dies in a smoky mypillow hatefire.
I still shop locally when I can, but fuck that noise- I can buy what I want instead of what CVS will let me buy. I hope CVS dies in a smoky mypillow hatefire.
This feels like @SkaredShtles attempt at a [nelson] in response to his current [nelson]. "Well, you to!...."
Hopefully they'll have the cost of college sorted by the time your girls get there. 
Yep. Should be largely if not totally paid for.Hopefully they'll have the cost of college sorted by the time your girls get there.
So, I wanted to give my money to someone else for a change, a local Best Buy. That was a big mistake... FTS, back on the Amazon train.
I use Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, all really too damn big for my wishes, but they're there.