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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 5688478" data-attributes="member: 5834">reThis is a very misleading article and a false subject line.Amazon is a good company. They treat their people well. They have competitive benefits, better than you would get at probably 90% of production companies with warehouse workers. They let their employees at many sites bring their dogs to work. They have great parties. They pay a pretty fair amount above minimum wage for many positions you wouldn't expect them to. In general, they're a quality company. Amazon is no sweat shop. If this warehouse is having problems, no doubt it's the property managers fault or the maintenance crew. Amazon is a huge company and they will lose track of things sometimes. But overall they don't look to shaft their employees.Problem is the business model aims to keep real estate accumulation to a minimum to keep them flexible in terms of property. They try not to own the real estate they work out of, so they lease a lot of property and leave the management and maintenance of the property to the companies they lease from. So if there is a problem, it is most likely because an outside property management company isn't doing their job.Shafting employees is not how Amazon keeps costs low. That is bunk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 5688478, member: 5834"] [b]re[/b] This is a very misleading article and a false subject line. Amazon is a good company. They treat their people well. They have competitive benefits, better than you would get at probably 90% of production companies with warehouse workers. They let their employees at many sites bring their dogs to work. They have great parties. They pay a pretty fair amount above minimum wage for many positions you wouldn't expect them to. In general, they're a quality company. Amazon is no sweat shop. If this warehouse is having problems, no doubt it's the property managers fault or the maintenance crew. Amazon is a huge company and they will lose track of things sometimes. But overall they don't look to shaft their employees. Problem is the business model aims to keep real estate accumulation to a minimum to keep them flexible in terms of property. They try not to own the real estate they work out of, so they lease a lot of property and leave the management and maintenance of the property to the companies they lease from. So if there is a problem, it is most likely because an outside property management company isn't doing their job. Shafting employees is not how Amazon keeps costs low. That is bunk. [/QUOTE]

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