Panorama: Amazon-The Truth Behind the Click

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• alcockell Posts: 25,160

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  26/11/13 - 01:38 #2

  Not really - 2-minute packages on news is one thing - undercover reports are also needed..

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• heart of glass Posts: 1,532

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  26/11/13 - 01:40 #3

  This is quite eye-opening. I had no idea they gave them only seconds to "pick" items, the pressure must be huge. Don't think I could do it.

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• gaz141 Posts: 1,049

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  26/11/13 - 01:41 #4

  UK sweat shops

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• Randysback Posts: 3,404

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  26/11/13 - 01:43 #5

  BBC1.. i`m surprised this isn`t a repeat... :rolleyes:

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 13

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  26/11/13 - 01:47 #6

  haha, yes i noticed this too!

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• heart of glass Posts: 1,532

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  26/11/13 - 01:48 #7

  Counselling for not reaching targets? Wtf?

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• horsepills Posts: 512

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  26/11/13 - 01:48 #8

  Wish they'd all stop moaning and pick my order. Maybe I would have got my xbox on release date instead of a day later

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• Caltonfan Posts: 6,311

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  26/11/13 - 01:48 #9

  i've worked at Amazon twice around christma not a great place to work but dont think it was as bad as bbc are trying to make out.

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• alcockell Posts: 25,160

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  26/11/13 - 01:49 #10

  heart of glass wrote: »

  Counselling for not reaching targets? Wtf?

  "Counselling" is obviously their term for "bollocking".
  Or "performance management"

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• Hayley_baby Posts: 15,825

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  26/11/13 - 01:50 #11

  horsepills wrote: »

  Wish they'd all stop moaning and pick my order. Maybe I would have got my xbox on release date instead of a day later

  
  lol

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• PrinceOfDenmark Posts: 2,761

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  26/11/13 - 01:50 #12

  gaz141 wrote: »

  UK sweat shops

  
  That's certainly how it's coming across

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• heart of glass Posts: 1,532

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  26/11/13 - 01:51 #13

  horsepills wrote: »

  Wish they'd all stop moaning and pick my order. Maybe I would have got my xbox on release date instead of a day later

  
  They clearly work their arses off so maybe you should stop whining about receiving your order *gasp* a whole DAY late. :rolleyes:

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• horsepills Posts: 512

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  26/11/13 - 01:52 #14

  heart of glass wrote: »

  They clearly work their arses off so maybe you should stop whining about receiving your order *gasp* a whole DAY late. :rolleyes:

  
  I took the day off work for these lazy jokers

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• Oak Posts: 3,001

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  26/11/13 - 01:54 #15

  I'm shocked and disappointed by this. Not what I would expect from Amazon.

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• Hayley_baby Posts: 15,825

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  26/11/13 - 01:55 #16

  I do feel sorry for that guy losing his business but how can he blame amazon exactly? He sells books why don't he blame Whsmiths or Waterstones or some other book shop.

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• Moggio Posts: 4,289

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  26/11/13 - 01:55 #17

  horsepills wrote: »

  I took the day off work for these lazy jokers

  
  We've got a funny guy here, everyone.

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• PrinceOfDenmark Posts: 2,761

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  26/11/13 - 01:56 #18

  horsepills wrote: »

  I took the day off work for these lazy jokers

  
  Then we're all laughing at you

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• horsepills Posts: 512

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  26/11/13 - 01:57 #19

  Ok - I'm joking. But... I know someone who works there as a picker and he says that although it's tough sometimes, it's really not as bad as this programme makes out. Not a job for everyone, granted - but I do wonder if all the complaining says more about the work ethic in this country than it does about amazon. I worked in a sandwich factory for 6 months once, doing 12 hour shifts constantly just chopping cabbages for coleslaw. Amazon looks a piece of pee compared to that

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• jenzie Posts: 20,821

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  26/11/13 - 01:57 #20

  OH **** RIGHT OFF WITH THIS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  this is such a DOUBLE VEILED attack on the government ..... through a company that's given a choice of what taxes to give BY GOVERNMENT .....
  
  but let's dress it up by attacking the company's OBVIOUS stalg-like treatment of it's workers!!!!!
  
  NO ONE should be running about for ten hour's straight ..... that would knacker ANYONE out ..... but heaven help anyone who has to hear ******* BEEPS FROM A GODDAMN MACHINE EVERY MINUTE OR SO!
  
  you might become mentally ill or even DEAD :eek:
  
  :rolleyes:
  
  might as well buy your product from the nice little local shop instead ..... should have shown the program NEXT WEEK then ..... you know ..... because there's that day for small business on the 9th .....
  
  i'm sorry but this is BEYOND trivial ..... and sounds like a bunch of damn WHINERS to me!
  
  basic fact, they don't employ enough people to cover the area and time time for the shift, and they should address that ..... perhaps with the tax they've saved then!
  
  the most pointless and worthless thing panorama have EVER DONE!

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• PrinceOfDenmark Posts: 2,761

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  26/11/13 - 01:57 #21

  Oak wrote: »

  I'm shocked and disappointed by this. Not what I would expect from Amazon.

  
  Agreed. It seems their corporate sheen is about to come off...

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• horsepills Posts: 512

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  26/11/13 - 01:57 #22

  Oak wrote: »

  I'm shocked and disappointed by this. Not what I would expect from Amazon.

  
  Not sure if serious

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• koantemplation Posts: 101,293

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  26/11/13 - 01:58 #23

  I want to stop using Amazon (partly due to their tax avoidance stance, and due to their use of CityLink), but I'm agoraphobic and can't go out much, and I don't like other sites as much.

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• PrinceOfDenmark Posts: 2,761

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  26/11/13 - 01:59 #24

  jenzie wrote: »

  OH **** RIGHT OFF WITH THIS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  this is such a DOUBLE VEILED attack on the government ..... through a company that's given a choice of what taxes to give BY GOVERNMENT .....
  
  but let's dress it up by attacking the company's OBVIOUS stalg-like treatment of it's workers!!!!!
  
  NO ONE should be running about for ten hour's straight ..... that would knacker ANYONE out ..... but heaven help anyone who has to hear ******* BEEPS FROM A GODDAMN MACHINE EVERY MINUTE OR SO!
  
  you might become mentally ill or even DEAD :eek:
  
  :rolleyes:
  
  might as well buy your product from the nice little local shop instead ..... should have shown the program NEXT WEEK then ..... you know ..... because there's that day for small business on the 9th .....
  
  i'm sorry but this is BEYOND trivial ..... and sounds like a bunch of damn WHINERS to me!
  
  basic fact, they don't employ enough people to cover the area and time time for the shift, and they should address that ..... perhaps with the tax they've saved then!
  
  the most pointless and worthless thing panorama have EVER DONE!

  
  You seem to be a tad incoherent

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• gother Posts: 14,705

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  26/11/13 - 02:02 #25

  heart of glass wrote: »

  Counselling for not reaching targets? Wtf?

  
  
  It's true and it's true that you get penalised for being ill etc.
  I work there i had a warning just for having a asthma attack.

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• alcockell Posts: 25,160

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  26/11/13 - 02:04 #26

  gother wrote: »

  It's true and it's true that you get penalised for being ill etc.
  I work there i had a warning just for having a asthma attack.

  Bloody hell! That is *definitely* unsafe! And completely unfair...

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