How Amazon Automatically Fires Warehouse Workers On ‘Productivity’
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse-fulfillment-centers-productivity-firing-terminations?utm_campaign=Recruiting%20Brainfood&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletterWORKFORCE AUTOMATION
Issue #133
23 Apr 2020
Fascinating story on some internal processes at Amazon’s fulfilment centres, measuring performance by amount of time ‘on task’ and firing those who fall beneath the bar. Is this worse than being fired by a human boss? Intuitively, it’s a yes, but. then….why? Worth brainfood.