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Mandatory Amazon warehouse story:
They have rate trackers, to track how fast a worker scans items or whatever. You get constantly hounded by supervisors if you don't hit your rates. On the screens by your stations, there's constant reminders to take wellbeing breaks and stretch breaks and stuff, even though that's an impossibility if you want to hit your rate.
Then there's these wellness booths. I believe they were soundproof. They were just little huts people would go into to have their breakdowns or to escape the constant noise of the warehouse.
Then there's the vending machines. You can swipe your worker ID card to get free painkillers. No, I'm not joking. They have vending machines for paracetamol.
It's crazy how often I reference my time at Amazon, when I only worked there for like 3-4 months.
Is there a limit on painkillers dispensed?
Asking just because.
Not enough to kill you, but enough for you get back to work for another 5 hours
Boy is that a fine line
I believe there was but I only used it once so I don't know. The memory is hazy - perhaps you could buy as many as you wanted, but the first one a week was free. I don't remember exactly.