I guess the first hit piece in the Slog required a second hit piece. Maybe do a little research or just read the comments from the first hit piece. You are better than this Goldy. Ya know...actually talk to other people that have worked in warehouses and get an idea of how many have AC. #facepalm

First saw this reported in a blog that picked up the Pennsylvania story, really not surprised.

I tried to go to work for Amazon's Fernley warehouse 34 miles east of Reno, Nevada in 2000 and again in 2002. Their HR did extensive credit checks on all applicants, my credit was shit thanks to student loans so I never got a job offer.

According to a friend who was a contract temp for two years out there, they had surveillance cameras in every corner of the warehouse, which was two levels underground and two stories high. If you were a minute late leaving the break room, they would keep track and deduct the minutes from your pay. If you didn't pick a certain # of orders per hour, you were laid off.

The worst thing about the Fernley warehouse were the strip searches. When I went for an in-person interview in 2000, I sat in a hallway right near the metal detectors and scanners where the employees came and went from the main warehouse. I watched them make one young guy take off his jacket, then his shirt, then his t-shirt right there in front of everybody (it was January, BTW). Then the security guard (they're also temp contractors) started fishing around in his jeans with a scan wand, presumably looking for stolen stuff. My friend said one person was let go for being an insulin diabetic (they got suspicious of the syringes even though he announced his illness when he was hired).

Ugh, so glad I don't work for them. Their treatment of employees here at the corporate offices ain't much better (i.e. the eternally rotating "temp" receptionist).

I'd like to know more about this since I have patronized Amazon and if the working conditions are truly as bad as seattlegrrrl said then I won't do it again. Not to doubt your story, but my experience on the internet is that it's always easy to find a few disgruntled people. So...anyone reading this who works at Amazon...give us more info on what it's like so we can make an informed decision.!