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Does anyone work for Amazon?

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gingerandproud4always · 27/06/2021 20:39

I'm desperate for a job and there's a new Amazon near me. Does anyone have any experience of working for them? I don't disagree with you all about the moral aspect of it but I'm desperate! Thanks in advance.

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SpiderinaWingMirror · 27/06/2021 21:47

I have friends who worked there during lockdown 1. They actually enjoyed it, pay ok. Bit of camaraderie in the group. All got laid off without warning in January.

PlatinumBrunette · 27/06/2021 21:29

DD worked there for a while on an early shift. Agency employed - agency controlled. She was also told about the ‘get rid after 6 months’ by the agency - she left before that as she was also doing late shifts elsewhere and was exhausted.

The work was OK, money was good for a teen, colleagues were great. Nice perks - rewards and ‘prizes’ most weeks (she won a massive hamper of Hotel Chocolat one week!).

olidora63 · 27/06/2021 21:24

My son worked at the Bristol warehouse temporarily for a couple of months. He said it was ok and the pay was quite good…cannot remember exactly how much but definitely above minimum wage. The working conditions were not too bad . He left when he got a job that he is qualified for .

HOkieCOkie · 27/06/2021 21:20

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz Possibly I don’t know the full ins and outs of her employment.

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 27/06/2021 21:20

DH worked there for a bit last year when he got laid off right at the start of Covid. He found it fine, the money and hours were decent, physically taxing as on your feet all day.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 27/06/2021 21:19

[quote HOkieCOkie]@Gingerkittykat that’s not true. My friend has beeb Working there over a year.[/quote]
Presumably your friend is not hired via an agency then, but direct through Amazon. It could still be true of the agency staff.

HOkieCOkie · 27/06/2021 21:17

@Gingerkittykat that’s not true. My friend has beeb Working there over a year.

HOkieCOkie · 27/06/2021 21:16

I have a friend who works for them, he packs the boxes when the items have been picked. He really likes it.

Gingerkittykat · 27/06/2021 21:10

I live near an Amazon warehouse and know lots of people who have worked for them.

Most have actually been happy there, it is obviously very hard work and it pays slightly more than similar unskilled jobs.

The problem is that almost all employees are hired by an agency so have no rights or job security. The agency fires everyone after 6 months so they do not gain employment rights and they will then take them on again after a gap of two months to get round employment law.

carerererer · 27/06/2021 21:05

I have a friend who does a bit of delivery on the side for them.

Their model is a bit shady - she gets paid more than MNW but that’s to include petrol/car allowance. But it’s flexible so it works for her.

Never met anyone (than I can think of) that works there full time.

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