Re:Amazon warehouses are ‘cult-like’ sweatshops run by robot...
by Jax2_Hannah on Monday December 02, 2019 @03:00AM
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Very good point here. I started at age 26, which by her standards is too old for this job, and no one could tell the difference between my age and a 20 year old.
>some employers focus on making their workplace a positive experience; others require their managers to proclaim that it's a positive experience during onboarding
I've never heard any of my managers say this is a great place to work. Some might be enthusiastic, and others might do things for us, like start a potluck every month.
Overall, I'd say my managers all did well when I worked under them.
Only, she's middle aged and has a life history of hard work. She comments about this being young people's work (taking a weird swerve to diss menudo; my least favorite detail in the article) -- but the awful truth is that young folk who take jobs like this suffer that wear and tear later in life.
> Complaining about the cult-like “great place to work” brainwashing? Welcome to all of corporate America...
There's variation in this -- some employers focus on making their workplace a positive experience; others require their managers to proclaim that it's a positive experience during onboarding. The latter is common to cults and bad jobs.
But more importantly: even if something is common, that doesn't make it good. It just means that the problem is harder to tackle.