What did these people think they were signing up for when they applied for a job to lift and ship heavy packages?
I'm not surprised you posted this.What did these people think they were signing up for when they applied for a job to lift and shift heavy packages?
See, now you've ruined capitalism for him.At nearly 5x the standard rate of warehousing musculoskeletal injuries, Amazon's injury rates are truly excessive and inexcusable: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-musculoskeletal-disorders-four-times-higher-2022-3
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Labor is just like any other commodity where value is determined by supply and demand. Ditch diggers I know work very hard, but unless they are in short supply... which with open borders isn't going to be a problem. Then their value is determined by market forces, not some idea that every Joe Schmo with ZERO skill sets deserves more money than they are worth.every hard worker deserves excellent pay. Hard workers are essential to all profiteers.
Not working at a sweatshop and dying would be a start. Do you realize how much this costs the government to clean up the mess that these working conditions leave behind?What did these people think they were signing up for when they applied for a job to lift and shift heavy packages?
I’m not sure that’s an apples to apples comparison. 20% of the entire US delivery market flows through Amazon warehouses and they aren’t shifting the same product. So it’s reasonable to expect more injury.At nearly 5x the standard rate of warehousing musculoskeletal injuries, Amazon's injury rates are truly excessive and inexcusable: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-musculoskeletal-disorders-four-times-higher-2022-3
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Remember, we're talking rates, not simply raw quantity; the issue is not simply that Amazon has more injuries but injuries that are vastly disproportionate.I’m not sure that’s an apples to apples comparison. 20% of the entire US delivery market flows through Amazon warehouses and they aren’t shifting the same product. So it’s reasonable to expect more injury.
But disproportionate to what? What other warehouses are there and what is the weight and volume of product they’re shifting? Amazon processes packages up to multiple tons. That’s nothing like what, for example, the USPS is moving around.Remember, we're talking rates, not simply raw quantity; the issue is not simply that Amazon has more injuries but injuries that are vastly disproportionate.
Moreover, I don't think there's any specific product or products Amazon is shipping that's vastly more injury prone than the entire rest of the industry. Given the absolutely insane disparities in rates, and the countless allegations of worker mistreatment, it's pretty much a given that there's an issue with Amazon's process and worker utilization.
Then you use the proper equipment to handle it, such as forklifts and pallet jacks. Stop being a bootlicker for Bezos.But disproportionate to what? What other warehouses are there and what is the weight and volume of product they’re shifting? Amazon processes packages up to multiple tons. That’s nothing like what, for example, the USPS is moving around.
Disproportionate to the entire rest of the industry that handles packages of all kinds, including up to multiple tons (which are typically moved with the use of injury precluding machinery anyways). To my knowledge, there is not a single other warehouser that has worse injury rates than Amazon, and I have no doubt that some of those are processing high risk packages (say industrial supply) with far greater regularity.But disproportionate to what? What other warehouses are there and what is the weight and volume of product they’re shifting? Amazon processes packages up to multiple tons. That’s nothing like what, for example, the USPS is moving around.
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