Amazon has once again come under fire for its harsh treatment of employees.
Seasonal workers in Scotland are so worried about losing their minimum wage jobs that they pitched tents in the woods to be close to work.
The Christmas season is the busiest time of year for the Seattle, Washington based online commerce corporation.
According to the Courier UK newspaper, a reporter spotted a few tents in the woods near the Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Fife, Scotland.
The Fife facility is the size of 4 football fields and employs 4,000 seasonal workers to fill online orders.
One skittish worker who was spotted camping in the woods didn’t want to give his name. He described Amazon as a “poor employer” and criticized the working practices.
Amazon defended its 60-hour workweeks, saying it valued its employees.
“Amazon should be ashamed that they pay their workers so little that they have to camp out in the dead of winter to make ends meet,” Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie told The Courier.
“They pay a small amount of tax and received millions of the pounds from the SNP Government so the least they should do is pay the proper living wage.
If true…as a concerned citizen they need to stand up for themselves or find other work.
As a consumer…I’m paying for Prime so as long as my packages get here in two days..I’m Ray Charles to this. ?
Is Trump going to bring those jobs back too?
Shyt find other work duh.
Sometimes that’s easier said than done; especially, if you’re poor and uneducated.
The rich get richer. SMH
So sad
Well now I feel like ?…I stay ordering from Amazon…SMH
??? omg I feel guilty for lol at this
How many living out there; even one is Too many.
But seriously they do need to find another job not JUST because they feel amazon is a poor employer but also because their life is in jeopardy!! I’ll be damned if I have to sleep outside and go clock in somewhere if I’m gone sleep outside then ain’t no point in me clocking in nowhere I’ll get a sign and hold that bih until I can save up and do better this is ridiculous!!!
This is a sad case of the working poor! Wow!
Coming soon to Trump’s America near you!!
This is crazy, people have been dying from sleeping in these freezing temperatures and Scotland is even colder than the towns that these deaths are occurring in
Amazon is becoming Wal-Mart. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. Be cautious of low prices and same day delivery! Workers will pay for those things in the long run. Wages and working conditions. Trust.
Yet the idiot who runs Amazon is one of the wealthiest men in the world.
I was gonna work seasonally from home for them but $10 and hour wasnt worth it. Most would go to taxes and the internet requirement.
I dislike Amazon. I hope they are sued for their disgraceful employment practices, both domestically and abroad. Make an example of them. It’s sick that the founders of these companies are billionaires and their employees work ridiculously long hours for poor pay and often little-to-no benefits (hello Walmart).
I just posted a similar comment to scroll down and see your comment. We’re >here<.
Already here and has been here for decades.
Exactly
I didn’t know about Amazon, but I’ve been hoping for years someone take down Walmart. It is pitiful how they treat there workers. Especially during the holidays
Thats what all my white friends say when all these blacks get shot in the streets, seems to be a lot of blind people these days.
Walmart paid my gf more than any other retailer but their harsh treatment of workers makes them harsh coworkers too. When she got a better job 1 week from a year anniversary they refused to pay out vacation or PTO because she was not there exactly a year. Never again
My brother works at an Amazon sorting warehouse location in Maryland. They sent them home early on thanksgiving to avoid paying them time and the half for 5.5 hours. He only worked for 3 hours that day. He works the 1am-6:30am shift. They claimed there was an error with the packages so they only received half of the packages that night= hours was cut in half. On the day the employees came in excited for time and the half, there was an error ? Not to mention, that location isn’t prepared for the holiday peak at all. They are understaffed and the workers are dropping each night!
I don’t see Amazon staying on top for too long.
Talk to trump about it!!!
You voted for trump so suck it up!!
Prime example smh. We learn from our mistakes
That’s horrible after my prime ends I’ll stop as I did with Walmart. I don’t like the policy of leaving your stuff where anybody can take it either.
And what-replaced by robots?
Trump’s labor secretary nominee wants robots to replace workers at his restaurants–Carl Jr. and Hardees and he believes that illegals have a better work ethic than Americans.
But who’s surprised by that revelation.
It’s going to get significantly worse after Republicans cut Social Security and voucherize Medicare.
I wonder how many of the Trump voters who are on Medicare and Social Security won’t be around in 2020 to vote for him again due to those cuts.
Me too….smh
ALL the governments, world wide allow this abuse.
Official are sell out that have a non existent moral compass that would NOT allow them to find their way to the toilet.
Make an example of them. It’s sick that the founders of these companies are billionaires and their employees work ridiculously long hours for poor pay and often little-to-no benefits (hello Walmart).
Me too. I’m the queen of Prime and Now. I feel horrible. (clicks buy now button)
Me too. I’m the queen of Prime and Now. I feel horrible. (clicks buy now button)
dang, and Im a big shopper with Amazon….Im appalled!
I thought Scottland had it better than any other country??
Amazon pays $19 a hour where I live.
THESE FOLKS ARE CAMPING OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING LONG SHIFTS AND USUALLY WON’T GET TO SPEND MUCH TIME AT HOME ANYWAY…LITERALLY A MEAL AND A BATH AND A COUPLE WINKS. IN THE WOODS THO? DAMN
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Why though?!
So Amazon is just as bad as Walmart I see, and Walmart is the devil.