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The Secret Lives of Amazon's Elves

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the supply-meets-demand dept.

theodp writes "If Amazon is Santa, says Gizmodo's Joel Johnson, then the 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, KS fulfillment center at Christmas time are the elves. Amazon didn't always lure in 'workcampers' from the RV community with the promise of free campgrounds and $10.50-$11 an hour seasonal jobs. 'Amazon had a bad experience busing in people from Tulsa,' explained tech nomad Chris Dunphy. 'There was a lot of theft and a lot of people who weren't really serious.' Workers from Tulsa were adding a 4-hour round-trip commute to a grueling 10-to-12 hour shift, Cherie Ve Ard added. 'They'd get there exhausted.' The work wasn't exactly what Cherie had envisioned."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just dropped a smelly obama. too much pork I guess!

  2. All the elves were already dismissed by syousef · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They couldn't meet their quota of 140 XBoxes an hour, and had to see their specialist for their dwarfism, but Amazon penalised them a point anyway. But they're okay with it. 14 miles a day on such stumpy legs is a killer!

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  3. Re:Robots by binarylarry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's funny, I always wondered what Hitler did before he got into politics.

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  4. Try to avoid buying things from Amazon. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Story summary: Amazon managers decide to sink the company by becoming famous for abusing people.

    Certainly from now on I will try to avoid buying things from Amazon.

    They could have offered shorter shifts.