human robots: They trek 15 miles a day around Amazons UK warehouse

[arista]

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[Many in Rugeley have been taken aback by the
conditions at Amazon.com warehouse and bitterly
disappointed by the insecurity of much
of the employment on offer]

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[Amazon's human robots: They trek 15 miles a day around a warehouse, their every move dictated by computers checking their work. Is this the future of the British workplace?
Some at Amazon's Staffordshire warehouse 'taken aback' by the conditions
Airport-style security scanners 'prove' workers are not stealing anything
Some Rugeley residents say working there is 'like being in a slave camp']

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"Amazon's software calculates the most
efficient walking route to collect all the items to fill a trolley"
Thats a Clever Computer

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['The feedback we're getting is that its like being in
a slave camp' said one Rugeley resident]


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Rugeley Staffordshire

[One young agency worker said he was earning
about £220 a week, compared with the £54
he had been receiving in jobless benefits.]




Sign Of The Times

[arista]

I would put Ben to work in there
He could handle a Computer telling him to walk the faster way

[thesheriff443]

I would put Ben to work in there
He could handle a Computer telling him to walk the faster way

but could he do it in a manly way:joker:

[arista]

but could he do it in a manly way:joker:


He would have to Buff Up

[thesheriff443]

ben would make a good air steward, could see him giving safty instruction's on where to pull and blow:joker:

[Kizzy]

£220pw I earned that working for the Burton Group warehouse in Leeds in 1990!

[arista]

£220pw I earned that working for the Burton Group warehouse in Leeds in 1990!



Kizzy its good money for that worker
who was getting 54 pounds benefits.

[lostalex]

I don't see the problem.

[Saph]

I don't see the problem.

me neither.. how else would they ship out all the items :s

and besides, they've chosen to work there so..

[arista]

me neither.. how else would they ship out all the items :s

and besides, they've chosen to work there so..



Yes and they Work Hard.


Sign Of The Times

[lostalex]

Yes and they Work Hard.



It's a sign of the times that working hard is considered a problem.

OMG people that work for Amazon actually have to work hard!!! shock/horror!!! people working hard for their money, what a horror!

when did people start thinking that WORK should be easy?

[Kizzy]

Kizzy its good money for that worker
who was getting 54 pounds benefits.

It was a living wage in 1990... Now it isn't is it?

I really think i'm banging my head against a brick wall here sometimes.

[arista]

It's a sign of the times that working hard is considered a problem.

OMG people that work for Amazon actually have to work hard!!! shock/horror!!! people working hard for their money, what a horror!

when did people start thinking that WORK should be easy?




Loads on here

[Kizzy]

Who thinks that then?..

[arista]

Who thinks that then?..


Nathan

[Kizzy]

Nathan

Just old worldly wise nathan... anyone else? :joker:

[lostalex]

Just old worldly wise nathan... anyone else? :joker:

i have such opinions about you. i have BIG and WILD opinions about you. And that's as much as i can say wthin the rules. i have such opinions about you. Very few people on this forum make me have such opinions. but you definitely stir opinions in me Kizzy.

[Marsh.]

i have such opinions about you. i have BIG and WILD opinions about you. And that's the as much as i can say wthin the rules. i have such opinions about you.

Which has what to do with the thread?

I see you've toned down on your aggressiveness but passive aggressiveness isn't much better.

[lostalex]

Which has what to do with the thread?

which has what to do with YOU? don't start with me little boy.

[MTVN]

Give it a rest Alex if you don't want to be infracted, keep to the topic and don't randomly start directing snidey personal comments at other members. Consider this a warning

[lostalex]

Which has what to do with the thread?

I see you've toned down on your aggressiveness but passive aggressiveness isn't much better.

and who are you to judge?

sorry, remind me again what authority you have? oh yea, NONE.

stop harassing me plzz. k, thnx

[Marsh.]

which has what to do with YOU? don't start with me little boy.

If you're going to bring a personal dispute onto a public thread then it becomes everyone's business. If not, then take it to PM, that's what it's there for.

Edit - Harass you? I've responded to one post and it's harassment? Lmao.

[lostalex]

Give it a rest Alex if you don't want to be infracted, keep to the topic and don't randomly start directing snidey personal comments at other members. Consider this a warning

yur telling me to keep to the topic? why don'[t you tell the people who think they are mods to stop acting like police. The mods can do theuir jobs without people trying to intimidate and harass me.

you are a mod, so why arn't you telling them to stop harassing me.

[MTVN]

You started this clearly, either stop now or you will be infracted

[Marsh.]

Intimidate and harass?

Please point out where I have done this or stop throwing accusations.

[lostalex]

You started this clearly, either stop now or you will be infracted

i did not start it. but i'm perfectly happy to end it right now.

[MTVN]

Thank you