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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by Kye on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:59AM (#22665251)
Racing around a hot warehouse for miles a day while a handheld device counts down the seconds before you risk losing your job while you try to hold it in because you can't afford a bathroom break does not sound like a good blue collar job to me.

It's dehumanizing.

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by smabie on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:34PM (#22666429)
People consider coal mining to be a good blue collar job, and I bet it's 100x worse.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by Kye on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:49PM (#22669193)
Coal mine owners also abuse their employees for profit, but this is about Amazon.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by lonelappde on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @09:08AM (#22674518)
If the worst thing you can say about a job is that you might lose it, maybe it's a good job -- probably the best job. They aren't trapped in a farm in a company town getting ripped off by the company store where they can't leave for 3months. They aren't visa hostages. It seems your criticism of Amazon should be leveled at every single other employer offering worse.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by Kye on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:51AM (#22675589)
Sounds like a good idea. This time the discussion is about Amazon.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by war1025 on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:22PM (#22666257)
Welcome to blue collar life.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by Kye on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:51PM (#22669209)
"This is normal" is a long way from "this is okay." Don't mistake frustration at the status quo for ignorance about the status quo.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by BurningFrog on Monday March 23, 2020 @07:33PM (#22670067)
Sounds like you actually do "see physical labor as hell" as I semi jokingly suggested.

Or is it maybe all employment work?

[I'm only 1/4 sarcastic and 3/4 actually curious.]

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