[jptech]

> It was unclear how many workers were still missing, as Amazon did not have an exact count of people working in the sorting and delivery center at the time the tornadoes hit, Whiteford said.

I find this hard to accept. They keep track of workers' productivity by the second, but they don't know how many were working there at that time??

[axiolite]

> They keep track of workers' productivity by the second, but they don't know how many were working there at that time??

I'd say there's a good chance their on-site computer systems that keep track of employees and their productivity happen to also be out of commission ATM.

[WillJS]

They’re not accessible via and/or redundant to the cloud? Shame they’re not aware of a company that provides that type of service.

[SergeAx]

I have a third person anecdote that Amazon engineers are not allowed to use AWS.

[pas]

did something change since these answers?

https://www.quora.com/Does-Amazon-com-use-Amazon-AWS

[bagacrap]

I mean the real question is how many people are in the premises. How can they know how many people stopped in the bathroom after clocking out? They don't have an exact count but I'm sure there's some estimate.

[jptech]

I don't think anyone can enter the premise without swiping their badge.

[kome]

This is bullshit indeed. Amazon is terrible.