French Seagull
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Should we think about where our products come from?
It's the world’s biggest online retailer which prides itself on stocking everything you could possibly desire.
But behind Amazon’s success lies something far uglier, if the latest investigation into its working practices is to be believed. From employees crying at their desks to annual staff culls designed to foster a culture of fear, merciless conditions at the company have been described by more than 100 workers. Bosses are said to push staff so far past breaking point that they ‘practically combust’, while regular sackings to keep workers on their toes
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ers-say-s-like-work-Amazon.html#ixzz3j5Wa7WEI
A nightmarish picture of people getting stress ulcers and being expected to reply to emails at midnight, of lacerating criticism and workers sobbing relentlessly at their desks. One employee describes being given a low-performance rating after returning from treatment for her thyroid cancer. Another miscarried twins, and claims she was told: “From where you are in life, trying to start a family, I don’t know if this is the right place for you.” It paints a picture of Amazon as a vampire that grabs newcomers and bleeds them out, before dumping them out on the street with a shrug:
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/comp...ing-to-boycott-amazon/ar-BBlOclk?ocid=SL5MDHP
It's the world’s biggest online retailer which prides itself on stocking everything you could possibly desire.
But behind Amazon’s success lies something far uglier, if the latest investigation into its working practices is to be believed. From employees crying at their desks to annual staff culls designed to foster a culture of fear, merciless conditions at the company have been described by more than 100 workers. Bosses are said to push staff so far past breaking point that they ‘practically combust’, while regular sackings to keep workers on their toes
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ers-say-s-like-work-Amazon.html#ixzz3j5Wa7WEI
A nightmarish picture of people getting stress ulcers and being expected to reply to emails at midnight, of lacerating criticism and workers sobbing relentlessly at their desks. One employee describes being given a low-performance rating after returning from treatment for her thyroid cancer. Another miscarried twins, and claims she was told: “From where you are in life, trying to start a family, I don’t know if this is the right place for you.” It paints a picture of Amazon as a vampire that grabs newcomers and bleeds them out, before dumping them out on the street with a shrug:
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/comp...ing-to-boycott-amazon/ar-BBlOclk?ocid=SL5MDHP