Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Company's First U.S. Union

Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by calvano915 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:09AM (#25801310)

Besides using your own break time to go, they are absolutely metered for many direct roles in the exact sense that using the restroom can decrease your speed performance metrics which can lead to progressive coaching or other negative consequences.

It literally is considered time off task (TOT) when you stop for a restroom break outside of your scheduled break times.

There is always the option for people with increased medical restroom needs to seek specific accommodations to essentially excuse the TOT for their needs.

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Re:Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Compan... by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday January 16, 2021 @10:39AM (#25802870)

Maybe there’s a confusion of terms here, because I think everything you’re saying is what it means for a bathroom break to be unmetered. You can go to the restroom whenever you’d like, as long as you’re getting the work done. If you had specific declared bathroom breaks where the company keeps count and pauses performance metrics for the duration, that’s what I’d call metered breaks.

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