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The company-wide policy, announced in September by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, has been controversial inside Amazon, with many calling it wasteful because it adds commuting time and expense when remote ...
Amazon has used a hybrid work structure for the past 15 months before Jassy's recent bombshell announcement that most corporate employees would be required to work a full five-day work week from ...
Amazon originally proposed on-site ballot boxes, which the NLRB rejected as giving the appearance that Amazon controlled the vote and potentially intimidating workers to not oppose the company's position. Instead, the United States Postal Service (USPS) approved a mailbox in the Bessemer warehouse's parking lot. Top-level management from Amazon ...
Some Amazon workers in the US, France, and Italy protested the company's decision to "run normal shifts" despite many COVID-19 infections. [313] [314] In Spain, the company faced legal complaints over its policies. [305] A group of US Senators wrote an open letter to Bezos in March 2020 expressing concerns about worker safety. [307]
Employees of the Amazon-owned grocery subsidiary submitted more than 1,200 questions about the controversial five-day return-to-office policy ahead of a special all-staff meeting.
“When he got Amazon—OK, this is something he can retire from. Something he can work his way up.” The arrival of an Amazon warehouse in Chester felt a bit like the opening of a Ford plant might have a century earlier. At the time, Amazon was aggressively expanding its logistics network to speed up delivery to customers. Bob McDonnell ...
Amazon has been prosecuted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their role, between 2013 and 2016, in importing, warehousing, packaging, shipping, and profiting from pesticides and insecticides that are illegal in the US. [46] In 2018, Amazon entered a settlement with the EPA and agreed to pay $1.2 million in penalties. [47]
The current and former Amazon warehouse workers say Amazon’s pandemic policies have changed that, contributing to a surge in video taken inside Amazon warehouses and posted on TikTok.