Comment on Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 3 months agoDon’t see this happening everywhere. This is being done to save themselves from liability in an accident. They don’t have cameras watching their warehouse workers although they have rules like no earphones are allowed which are typical for safety in a warehouse or plant. I worked as an Amazon driver for a month. Everything they do or say is to cover their ass from getting sued.
No, it isn’t. If it was just for liability, they wouldn’t have to care what the driver did until someone filed an accident report or other complaint.
This is about crappy software that COULD be improved, but it is cheaper to threaten thousands of people with punishment for singing than it is to pay programmers to refine their ‘distracted’-pattern recognition.
During the orientation they said we aren’t allowed to reach out to grab water or any snacks while driving, no touching the screen or dashboard to make any changes. My DSP (Delivery Service Partner) didn’t care to enforce that. Most of them would have AirPods in and talk on the phone all the time. So we weren’t flagged for talking or singing. But having those rules itself is terrible. It was just my temporary job and I hated how those employees are treated.
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Uhh, you sure about that?
Introduced during COVID and as far as I’m aware most never went away. Especially in warehouses at risk of unionizing.
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What are the tracking now? If employees are actually working? There were no social distancing protocols but I’m assuming there are cameras to prevent theft.
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Yes, cameras and security theatre at the entrance/exit that rivals airports.