I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right to target them

Re:I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right ... by la6470 on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:05AM (#18006011)

TFA is written by a guy who took the job to collect anecdotes to write a book to show how miserable life is for low wage earners and now it is time to market the book. Sorry but I am skeptic about this article and think it is an exaggeration. At the same time if it is true why are folks not simply resigning and going to a better job? It is a free country isn’t it? Why is minimum wage still so low and why are all political parties not coming together to raise it?

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Re:I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right ... by newshorts on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:44AM (#18006976)

Easy to reduce things to at will employment or “free country!”

Harder to find solutions when you look at the complexity of a person’s life situation (I.e. medical bills, debt obligations, children, etc).

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Re:I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right ... by wetpaws on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:14AM (#18006686)

Just because you don't like it it does not mean this is not true.

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Re:I worked in an Amazon warehouse. Bernie Sanders is right ... by zaroth on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:19PM (#18007290)

That’s just a jab with zero informational content.

It is reasonable to be skeptical if TFA is an advert for the author’s book on low-wage jobs. Since the whole article reduces to an anecdote, doubly so.

I really want trustworthy primary source reporting on conditions in the warehouses, but it’s really hard to find a neutral source who doesn’t either have a job they want to keep or an axe to grind.

I strongly suspect the working conditions are much harsher than they should be, but I also strongly suspect this is becoming a meme and people are dog-piling or even virtue signaling to some extent.

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