While online shoppers are grabbing deals on Amazon Prime Day, the company’s warehouse workers are more likely to get injured, according to the findings of a U.S. Senate investigation.
The committee on health, education, labor and pensions found Amazon’s warehouses are especially dangerous during Prime Day and the holiday season.
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No shit? You mean when you increase your employee's workload in a strenuous job by 50% or more, they take more shortcuts and get hurt? Wow.
I saw the same thing at the warehouse I worked at during the Holiday season from the beginning of October through mid January. I'd go from loading 16 trucks a day to 24. We had to work until all the orders were shipped, so we went from working a 10-11 hour day to 12-14 hours, looking forward to our days off only to find them cancelled due to the increased work load.
Not only were people getting hurt, but people were faking back injuries just to get a fucking break.
