- An undercover author told The Sun that workers at an Amazon warehouse in the UK "peed in bottles" because they were scared walking to a bathroom would cause them to miss targets.
- The author, James Bloodworth, found that staff members feared being disciplined for "idle time."
- A separate survey of Amazon workers released Monday found that some workers who reported feeling sick — even through pregnancy — said they were penalized for not turning up or taking breaks.
- Amazon said it didn't recognize the allegations as an accurate portrayal of its warehouse working conditions.
As someone who worked at the Ruskin, FL warehouse for a year I can totally believe it. The time at TPA1 warehouse for pickers was 9 seconds and if you took longer than that to pick items, you got in trouble. I actually got in trouble once for taking a shit, and months later was fired for missing work due to Bronchitis (not a serious illness according to Amazon)
Apparently you don't get to 120bil net worth by letting people use the bathroom. Bezos is a stand up fellow.
