2018 hasn’t been a great year for Amazon’s public relations, with incident after incident casting the company in a negative light. Here were some of the highlights. Awful Warehouse Working Conditions Revealed in Undercover InvestigationAmazon’s warehouse working conditions were revealed in an undercover investigation this year, which reported employees urinating in bottles and trashcans for fear of taking a bathroom break, and employees falling asleep on the job due to exhaustion. It was also revealed that ten percent of Amazon employees in Ohio were on food stamps, and Amazon’s image wasn’t helped following the leak of an internal company video which instructed managers how to spot and intimidate employees with sympathy for unionization. A New York labor union described Amazon’s working conditions as “deadly and dehumanizing,” and accused it of being “anti-worker” and working towards “world market … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Worst Moments of 2018
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Amazon is making it more expensive to fulfill ‘dangerous’ items in its warehouses weeks after a can of bear spray exploded and injured dozens of workers
caption Sellers who use Fulfillment by Amazon have their orders shipped like typical Amazon orders. source Fred Greaves/Reuters Amazon announced it will introduce a new fee for sellers using its Fulfillment by Amazon program and who want to store and fulfill “dangerous” items like aerosols and lithium-ion batteries. The fees are a step higher than those charged to store and fulfill other kinds of items. The new fees come after a can of bear repellent fell off a shelf and released fumes in an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, injuring dozens of workers. Amazon appears to be discouraging its sellers who use the Fulfillment by Amazon program from sending more dangerous items into its warehouses. FBA is a program in which third-party sellers send their goods to be stored in Amazon warehouses before they are sold on Amazon.com. Items are then shipped out like a normal order by the e-commerce giant. Amazon announced on its … [Read more...] about Amazon is making it more expensive to fulfill ‘dangerous’ items in its warehouses weeks after a can of bear spray exploded and injured dozens of workers
A workers’ union skewered Amazon’s labour practices with a whack-a-mole game about working at a warehouse over Christmas
caption The GMB Union has made an online game satirizing Amazon working conditions. source GMB A British union has highlighted working conditions at Amazon warehouses over Christmas with a satirical whack-a-mole-style game. The game was created by the GMB union, one of the biggest workers’ unions in the UK. The game makes the player furiously click on packages while showing pop-up messages which refer to damning media and GMB reports about Amazon’s working practices. Amazon responded that if people want to find out what it’s like to work in its warehouses they are welcome to take a tour, rather than play a “fictitious computer game.” British workers’ union the GMB has laid into Amazon’s working practices at Christmas with a satirical online game resembling “whack-a-mole.” The game asks players to click on packages as they pop up, which gradually become impossibly fast to keep up with. You can play … [Read more...] about A workers’ union skewered Amazon’s labour practices with a whack-a-mole game about working at a warehouse over Christmas
50 cool last-minute stocking stuffers you can get on Amazon for under $20
Mara Leighton, provided by Published 5:07 pm PST, Saturday, December 22, 2018 Samantha Lee / Business Insider The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Unless you won the lottery or lost a bet, not everyone in your life is expecting a brand new car from you for the holidays. And for the many instances in which it's better to give a small gift, most of us would love to give something that's both inexpensive and impactful — more than just a token space filler in a stocking. For that, you'll probably have the best luck on Amazon. It's home to a ton of great, affordable products people actually want, and you get the added perks of easy, fast shipping and prices that are nearly always the lowest on the internet. The trade-off is that you need to be willing to invest the time, eye strain, and concentration wrinkles necessary for going … [Read more...] about 50 cool last-minute stocking stuffers you can get on Amazon for under $20
Amazon has the Apple Watch Series 4 on sale for $365, plus iPads for $249 with free delivery by Christmas
By Christine McKee Saturday, December 22, 2018, 01:21 pm PT (04:21 pm ET) Amazon is issuing last minute savings on Apple devices, including the brand-new Apple Watch Series 4. Now as low as $365 with a bonus 5% clippable coupon, this deal represents the lowest price we've seen to date on the new devices. Apple's 2018 iPad is also marked down by $80 with free delivery by Christmas. In what is the lowest price we've seen to date on the Apple Watch Series 4, Amazon is knocking $15 off the 40mm GPS Only model with a Silver Aluminum case and White Sport Band by $15 instantly and tacking on a 5% off clippable coupon (just click the check box next to "Save an extra 5% when you apply this coupon" to activate the bonus savings on the landing page). This brings the price down to $365, the lowest price we've seen on the new device. Other models and sizes are also $15 off, with all of the deals available in our Apple Watch Price Guide. Need a last minute gift by Christmas? Amazon also has … [Read more...] about Amazon has the Apple Watch Series 4 on sale for $365, plus iPads for $249 with free delivery by Christmas