AMAZON on BBC1 Undercover

Intoodeep

AP007 wrote: »

Really? Who the hell walks 10 miles a day.10,000 steps is 10 miles?

I used to walk only about 2,000 probably do nothing like that now.

I have an office job, but walk to work (1 mile), use the stairs etc etc. and I average 9500 steps a day (which equates in my case to 4 miles a day)

If they work an 8 hour working shift and do 10 miles just do the maths.......

10/8 = 1.25 miles per hour
Average normal walking pace = 3 miles per hour

its hardly back breaking pace is it ??

dandelionclock30

John1993 wrote: »

Oh dear...

Those are what is referred to as "typos", or typographical errors. I can spell both words just fine, thanks.

You, on the other hand, managed to post this howler only a short while ago;



You probably don't know why that's wrong, so ask one of your friends to point it out to you, but it does make it funny that you'd try and pick me up on my English...

Just a typo as you say, jog on and go back to your favourite pastime, bashing the unemployed all the time with your ignorance. In real life you wouldnt last 5 minutes spouting the rubbish you come out with on here. Why dont you try it? go into a busy pub and start talking and see how far you get.

scooby088

mountainofdebt wrote: »

they also do a drugs/alcohol test at the interview stage as well.

tbh I would have no issue with this but that's me.

Yes I know I have been and I refused to take the test hence why they didn't take my application any further. I still wouldn't want to work anywhere that asked for such tests, not that I take either drugs or alcohol it on principle.

Lakeuk

I do hill walking on the odd occasion during the year doing 10 miles over 6hrs with loads of breaks, can't be a big deal to do it as a regular job. When I started out I did 8hr shifts in the local supermarket standing all day in a cold room.

I was surprised how accepting the plant was to warnings, why wasn't he giving reasons to get responses from his managers

brendon

falko89 wrote: »

Makes me laugh this, now why didn't them folks think of that? Perhaps they can't get another job?

If they can't get another job, they should be extremely grateful to Amazon for keeping them employed.

RichardD1970

scooby088 wrote: »

Yes I know I have been and I refused to take the test hence why they didn't take my application any further. I still wouldn't want to work anywhere that asked for such tests, not that I take either drugs or alcohol it on principle.

Really? It is common practice a quite a few big employers.

Would you really turn down the opportunity of a job because they want to test you for drugs which you say you don't take anyway?

What is your objection?

John1993_2

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Just a typo as you say, jog on and go back to your favourite pastime, bashing the unemployed all the time with your ignorance. In real life you wouldnt last 5 minutes spouting the rubbish you come out with on here. Why dont you try it? go into a busy pub and start talking and see how far you get.

Ah, you're one of those...

Basil74

londonTiger wrote: »

as I mentioned before a postie walks straight. The amazon picker needs to run in order to achieve their targets. They will have to reach up, bend over. walk laterally, backwards etc. There is a HUGE amount of stress on the body moving like that. I don't think a postie has these types of blisters as shown on the show. Nor have I ever seen a postie so exhausted and shattered during a round like the guy in the video was.

I'm afraid you really don't know what you're talking about, I don't even know what you mean when you say ''a postie only walks straight''??!

As I mentioned previously a typical delivery route is 450-500 houses, covering about 8 miles in 5 hours, some of the routes I cover consist of entire housing estates built on the side of steep Derbyshire hills where at no point are you walking on the level, you're constantly going up and down slopes and steps... murder on the knees and ankles. Walking on a range of uneven, slippery surfaces (printed concrete driveways are lethal in the wet) Bending down to ground level letterboxes for maybe 40% of the delivery points, and all this with a 16kg bag on your shoulder.

The only reason that guy had blisters and looked exhausted is because he wasn't used to doing that level of physical work.

shmeeko69

AP007 wrote: »

Staff walking over 8 miles on a shift! Working in the dark too with a count down on the scanner used to 'pick' stock' off the shelves.

It comes as no surprise that, a company like Amazon which is a colossal business and have grown in to the biggest online retailer in the world have these type of controls in place.

You don't become this size with being to employee friendly. Time is money with this business and totally geared towards the customer, future turnover and profit.

They are fully aware in a credit crunch that, there will be willing parties willing to work in these type of conditions

RichardD1970

Just actually watched the program.

Nice unbiased journalism. :rotfl:

Our expert says it bad for your health so gets lots of air time and opportunity to appear on camera. (Oh Amazon had an independent expert who said there was nothing wrong, but we'll gloss over that and only mention once in passing). :shhh:

4 or 5 people (out of 1000's) who didn't like it and left/were sacked, surprise surprise they were trotted out to give their opinions.

Someone gets tired towards the end of a 10hr night shift, no s*it Sherlock.

Being even 2 minutes late can have a big impact on production, I have to be ready to work on my section at the start time, not strolling into the factory, then getting changed and set up for the shift, but actually ready to start working.

Every night shift I have worked has been 10, 10.5 even up to 12hrs of sometimes very physical work, so I doubt very much that Amazon are breaking Working Time Directives. Think that was just thrown in for sensationalist reasons.

Although I won't deny it is a physical job, the atmosphere seemed quite good. The managers were all reasonable and seemed quite pleasant, no one was being balled out or demeaned for missing targets, just a friendly word.

All in all, I didn't see anything "shocking", it won't suit some people but then no job suits everyone and if I needed to I would be happy to work there.