I took a job at an Amazon warehouse for 2 weeks because I was curious. AMA.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for doing this AMA, it’s consistent with what I’ve heard from people that work there. Not a question for you, I really wonder what Amazon’s plan is for after they burn through all their potential labor supply in an area. There’s not going to be a limitless supply forever, even in the poorest of regions, and especially not with current immigration trends. Only so many bodies you can break before you run out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

NP. I argued with my high school English teacher about this. His closing argument was, "His class, his rules." Ergo, I don't use irregardless despite its usage in the common vernacular.

Well, that is also true. I have nitpicky little rules in my classes (college) that I also enforce. But I do not look down on my students if they use irregardless.[/quote]



I do. Irregardless is not a word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

NP. I argued with my high school English teacher about this. His closing argument was, "His class, his rules." Ergo, I don't use irregardless despite its usage in the common vernacular.

Well, that is also true. I have nitpicky little rules in my classes (college) that I also enforce. But I do not look down on my students if they use irregardless.[/quote]



I do. Irregardless is not a word.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

[Anonymous]

This is depressing. Thanks for sharing OP. I’m ashamed to admit that I use Amazon all the time. Need a pair of running leggings? Amazon. Halloween decor? Amazon. School supplies? Amazon. Dog bones? Amazon. New watch band? Amazon. The list is as endless as the black hole that is Amazon’s website, and I use my prime shipping constantly. I know inthe back of my head that some poor soul is having to fulfill my order and the working conditions sound awful, but it’s so damn convenient! Damn you, Bezos. He made us all 2day shipping monsters on the backs of these people slaving away at his warehouses. I’ll start looking at alternatives but is it any better at say Walmart, Target, elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting OP.

After reading about working conditions at Amazon about a year ago, I stopped ordering as much from them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is depressing. Thanks for sharing OP. I’m ashamed to admit that I use Amazon all the time. Need a pair of running leggings? Amazon. Halloween decor? Amazon. School supplies? Amazon. Dog bones? Amazon. New watch band? Amazon. The list is as endless as the black hole that is Amazon’s website, and I use my prime shipping constantly. I know inthe back of my head that some poor soul is having to fulfill my order and the working conditions sound awful, but it’s so damn convenient! Damn you, Bezos. He made us all 2day shipping monsters on the backs of these people slaving away at his warehouses. I’ll start looking at alternatives but is it any better at say Walmart, Target, elsewhere?

It’s the same for any place you order from. They all have warehouses and they all treat their workers about the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have to work full time or are there part time jobs?

You can choose either. Shifts can be 12 hours for 3 days a week, 10 hours for 4 days a week, 8 hours for 5 days a week and I saw some 5 hour shifts and some are what is known as flex where you basically grab any shift you want as long as you work a minimum number of hours to keep with the program.

On the Amazon website - warehouse work can be full time or part time. You can work 2nd or 3rd shift full time or part time. You pick how many hours you can work... there is a sliding bar on website. They display which warehouses can accommodate your request. Usually 5-9 sites show up. So... the OP is sorta right if not a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for doing this AMA, it’s consistent with what I’ve heard from people that work there. Not a question for you, I really wonder what Amazon’s plan is for after they burn through all their potential labor supply in an area. There’s not going to be a limitless supply forever, even in the poorest of regions, and especially not with current immigration trends. Only so many bodies you can break before you run out.

Not op but from Bezos comments about the trajectory of Amazon, he assumed this paradigm would end and there would be some huge shift in how people get their stuff. He was clear he didn't think this would be successful much longer.