BBC: Amazon Workers Face "Increased Risk of Mental Illness"

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 25, 2013 @06:32AM from the take-this-job-and-shove-it dept.

Rambo Tribble writes "The BBC is reporting that an investigation into a UK-based Amazon facility has uncovered conditions that experts believe foster mental illness. At the root of the problem seems to be unreasonable performance expectations combined with a fundamentally dehumanizing environment. From the article: 'Amazon said that official safety inspections had not raised any concerns and that an independent expert appointed by the company advised that the picking job is "similar to jobs in many other industries and does not increase the risk of mental and physical illness."'"

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Re:Amazon brutal, but not a convenient liberal cau by Shakrai · 2013-11-25 06:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Why would you two trade families when you can get married and have the worst of both worlds at the same time?

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We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Re:"similar to" by BreakBad · 2013-11-25 07:53 · Score: 5, Funny

But we can't all run around naked in the forest eating nuts and berries.
I do this all the time and nobody has sent me a paycheck yet!!!! Fucking monster.com..LIES.