At Amazon, workers sometimes find out about a new shift only the day before, scrambling their family routine. Even so, work at an Amazon warehouse is often better than the alternative. Labor unions have a long track record of giving workers more power, but most Amazon employees have shown little interest in joining a union. Now “we are going to be Earth’s best employer and Earth’s safest place to work.”In response to The Times, Amazon said employee turnover was “only one data point” and that its internal surveys show high worker satisfaction. Still, it is not at all clear that Amazon will change its basic approach to blue-collar work, because that approach has brought the company many advantages.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2021 10:30 UTC