Amazon Offers To Help Train Workers For Other Jobs

itwbennett writes "Amazon, which has come under attack for harsh warehouse working conditions, on Monday announced a new training benefit program for fulfillment center employees. The program will cover 95% of the cost of vocational training for jobs that Amazon determined to be in high demand and that pay relatively well, including aircraft mechanics, computer-aided design, machine tool technology, medical laboratory science and nursing." Two limitations of note: the maximum Amazon will contribute is $2,000/year for four years, and the employees need to have worked full-time for three consecutive years before they can take advantage of the program.

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[rsilvergun]

and a really, really nasty one. Take a look at the 'in demand' jobs. Aircraft Mechanic? CAD? What is this, 1980?

It's a diploma mill. Amazon sends their employees to a diploma mill, gets a kick back from the mill, some of their workers pay for training they should've got on the job, and gets a nice tax break to boot, so the whole thing's paid for by the taxpayer.

The worst thing is the employee comes out of the mill with a tonne of debt and no marketable skills. And they worked really hard to do it too. This is awful. It's taking advantage of people's hopes and dreams while grinding them to dust. It is literally the most awful thing I've ever seen a company do outside of Bhopal.

There so much awful here I just don't know what to say. I didn't know people could be this bad...