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by fady 4763 days ago
i think we're forgetting the bad side of amazon. these few article were just brought to my attention recently, which has given me pause on where i shop, etc. i have not stopped using amazon, but i'm def more aware and hope they treat employees better.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-allentown-amazon-complain...

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/668688/is_amazo...

http://blog.seattlepi.com/trevorgriffey/2011/04/03/top-10-re...

my gf is the one who has been telling me about amazon and their labor practices. she tells me about jeff not giving back to the community (she is from seattle), tax issues, labor issues. i'm not educated on the whole ordeeal but she has def sparked my interest. does anyone have any feedback? is amazon different from any other warehouse job?

i used to work at UPS and a document storage company a while back and i don't remember it being terrible on either accounts.