[vitalychernobyl]

<rant> Having worked in warehouses back in the day, I (and probably anyone) can tell you that it is not a glamorous job, most of the time you are working in a tough environment and often treated like crap, and if you are gonna work warehouses it’s not even close to what Amazon provides. They should always improve, but they deserve a lot of credit.

Most warehouse operations are not well organized, with little continuous investment. It can be back-breaking work (sometimes literally), you are not provided the safety equipment you need, there is definitely no AC, a lot of employee turnover, and a lot of sketchy employees and managers - all for cheapest possible pay. This is the default almost everywhere; there are exceptions of great operations, but they are just that - exceptions.

I would venture to say that the vast majority of warehouse operations in the country (and the world) do not provide even a fraction of the benefits of Amazon. Does the job still suck? Probably. Should they keep improving? Definitely. But they pay a decent wage (warehouse jobs are often minimum wage) and it’s a well run operation that actually cares about the workers (whether it’s for corporate interests or whatever reason).

How many warehouse jobs pay $15+? How often do you think an average warehouse worker got tested for Covid at their job? In fact, how often was their paycheck late or not correct or delivered (because that happens everywhere)?

Working warehouses isn’t great, but before blaming Amazon for inventing warehouse jobs, we should compare apples to apples. My 2c. </rant>

Ps - Not affiliated with anything Amazon related (but people probably won’t believe that ).