Scrutiny of working conditions within Amazon | Business and Trade Select Committee | Liam Byrne MP

[@witchynerdhermit]

Deny, defend, depose.

[@DoreenChindezwa]

🎉

[@knicol46]

Management: everything is Amazing. Employee: no its not.

[@Brusselpicker]

You need to make them swear an oath to tell the truth before they talk to a committee, then if they don't tell the truth it becomes perjury.

[@mickeypye2593]

then act upon this ... IE proscecute

[@userxyz64]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alwaysinitbabeee]

trusttt they won’t, these courts are all corrupted!

[@ABS-oh8jt]

My brother was manager for Amazon but got fired after 3 months for being "nice" to the employees ... he also wanted to go but it just goes to show what level of nastyness these emplyees have to deal with.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@ABS-oh8jt , that’s how American companies work. Profits over workforce security, safety, welfare.

[@Drruuiipp]

Why even have these hearings if you're not going to hold these criminals in contempt?

[@paolabueso]

They need to be charged with contempt.

[@Motown49001]

7:14 “I don’t recognize the claim that workers urinate in bottles“ “it’s a common myth”…in the same sentence

[@imaginitivity7853]

I literally received an Amazon delivery that included a bottle of piss. The driver never admitted it was his and the depot CCTV apparently couldn't identify where it came from. But someone was being worked so hard they didn't get a piss break. I did at least get a refund of the cost of the order

[@TheBritishPillar]

It’s mad because I worked there for 4 months and I witnessed that and more but these managers have decades and apparently have witnessed nothing? It’s just so bloody wrong how they get away with it

[@alwaysinitbabeee]

😭😭😭holy shit

[@User-o6e5o]

It's true, I worked in the US at DSP and Flex and the drivers really do this. I personally know a person who pooped at the rear seat during Flex delivery.

[@relicgalaxy]

It's absolutely 💯 true!!! I've had "dirty bombs" in my van several times in the 2 months worked as a DA for Amazon. Vans are switched every work week. So, what do you expect when you're expected to sign away your break periods to meet delivery standards??

[@kara7803]

Can they bring Workers to the conversation??????????.

[@puppykun990]

That would be too easy

[@gregyoungman]

They’d start telling about how them and their friends got used and abused and Amazon can’t stand the truth

[@JaxAndretti42]

It’s almost like everybody dodges letting the employees speak in any situation so I don’t believe the ones asking the questions truly care for the employees. This is all pointless.

[@thetatcritic4236]

they probably wont come forward under threats from amazon sadly

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

@@thetatcritic4236 There are youtubers who work for Amazon, so no.

[@Thunderbear109]

“Our preferred way of doing business is through direct engagement with our employees” 🙄 Aka we prefer it when the power dynamic is heavily in our favour.

[@jackieboy3968]

I bloody hate this corporate double-speak and manipulation. She's like an unfeeling automaton.

[@derek96720]

This is precisely what corporations mean whenever they say they prefer to "handle things internally."

[@samuelwilliams3130]

​@@jackieboy3968 I mean, that's exactly what she is

[@sphinxskatn]

Any company; we cant give the excellent wages we do if you have a union. Unions bad. If they tell you that union bad you need no union.... you need a union. I worked for a furniture manufacturer for a time and they has about a 45min segment of video/instruction, if not more, about union bad. Their wage offering was a bait and switch among other things.

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

"Trust our dead smiles and vacant stares, we are your friends, dear workers!"

[@test-fj7gt]

Smug egos - The body language from both of these Amazon execs speaks for itself - I thank humanity that I have and would never turn out to be anything like those guys. Do these people have even the common decency to be ashamed of themselves at their performance in front of the committee and their obvious level of evasiveness along with their obvious levels of spin - Shameful.

[@theresecalixto6383]

It is disgusting to see their smug faces and loosely respond with a robotic answer under the workers they take advantage daily!

[@lastanetaarion]

Dunno about that British guy but that usa representative has so big ego that definitely not... 🤷

[@JaxAndretti42]

Need Luigi to have a conversation with them.

[@1111dionysus]

Psychopaths want to reach the highest levels of their organisations so that they can control the greatest number of people. And in my opinion, you can also recognise two here.

[@tomgouger8378]

I hate her "I reject the premise of your question." The question is, is Amazon a dangerous place to work & is the company doing everything it can to keep their employees safe. Asking employees survey questions about if they'd recommend working for Amazon is irrelevant & pure deflection. So that means she knows it's dangerous but refuses to even acknowledge it's a possibility.

[@Rebeccalou0693]

I fail to see how a company who has been called to answer questions fails so miserably at preparing to answer simple questions e.g WHY employees went on strike the NUMBER of meetings they had. "Let me get back to you" would never hold up in a court of law so why would it here?

[@mathowlett]

35:15 the guy sat at his laptop.... facepalm... we feel it too brother...

[@carelesshx]

30:50 I've never seen anyone look so pleased with themselves for giving such a stupid answer

[@Rebeccalou0693]

The guy behind her shaking his head in disbelief 😂

[@andreeaalexandru7811]

What about 31:40?

[@thesergiorevengeshow]

Wildly Familiar responses. Full support for our Cousins Across the Pond, from Southern Illinois, USA

[@briananderson8428]

Love Southern Illinois. I went to SIU-C!

[@utredutredson1686]

They understand that you have no power and they(particularly Kearney) are making it clear that they give zero fks. This is what happens when you allow corporations to run the show. If I'm wrong could somebody please enlighten me.. In summary, ZERO accountability ZERO fks given

[@Wopedomer]

Yea Kearney smiling and ignoring all questions is disgusting. They should go work in those wearhouses and see how it is That smile would be slapped off her face

[@jackieboy3968]

Hats off to Liam Byrne and the committee for their work here

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@jackieboy3968 for allowing them to control 5he meeting!

[@Gjdbhdbbd]

Literally dodging every question and that’s legal?

[@cozmoos]

Jail time should be mandatory for not answering questions.

[@userxyz64]

Where does that leave an individual's right to silence?

[@iheartlacey7]

That's insane

[@bradford4191]

They are representing Amazon so if they lie or don't answer the question that's covering for Amazon so yes jail them because they aren't private citizens at that time while they are being questioned. It's time to close the loop holes and start punishing them with more than fines. To them that's the cost of doing business so yes jail should be included in that cost.

[@seanyb007]

I disagree with that, what if you were in the seat of the Amazon management team … as much as I hate their short replies and ignoring the questions, they are doing that to protect themselves!! They know things have happened and don’t want to incriminate themselves!

[@userxyz64]

@seanyb007 nevertheless, this is a national inquiry. There is still an obligation to provide direct and truthful answers

[@gjbell3127]

Law changes are so overdue! How can parliament continue to allow such contempt of process! If they do not answer when questioned then jail terms are the only answer! Corporations are laughing at the people & it's representative government safety net! The people need defending. Amazon & it's dehumanising bully culture is only going to fester & grow!! It is parliaments obligation to ensure these vulgar people are held accountable!!!

[@marnerossetti1729]

In what universe, where the number of ambulance call outs is not synonymous with work place safety?! They just decide to call them to chat because they are bored & have all this free time???? If that statistic was present with a construction company, it would be shit down IMMEDIATELY

[@TheoKa4444]

Her smile. She mentioned that they ask employees how to improve, etc, but she does not know about the accident when an employee lost his vision 😥 🤮Hundreds of calls for ambulance? I've never worked for Amazon, but years ago, people said that the job is hard and supervisors/managers observe workers looking at the time, and you can not get a toilet break-that kind of reputation they built YEARS ago here in the UK.

[@lanmastersassistant659]

Its incredibly frustrating that we never found out in amazons view why the workers are on strike. When companies say they will write to MP's we the electorate never get to see the response.

[@christineblackaby3531]

They went on strike for more pay

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

@@christineblackaby3531 And better conditions.

[@howardspice7150]

How great a lesson in not answering directly to the question!

[@userxyz64]

God help humanity if that is the lesson that young people are raking from this farce.

[@liambryan233]

Our employees feel proud that they can provide for themselves and their families! What on £30k!!!😂😂 funny people

[@GalacticRadioNoise]

"We benchmark pay against other businesses," said Amazon. This approach effectively shifts the responsibility for fair wages away from the company. If Amazon genuinely wanted to ensure their workers earn a wage that allows for comfortable living, they would determine salaries independently, rather than relying on external comparisons.

[@witchynerdhermit]

Other businesses who are also paying poverty wages.

[@GalacticRadioNoise]

@@witchynerdhermit Indeed.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@GalacticRadioNoise they pay low wages as many do, then their wages are made up by Tax payers. Including those on low pay and have to claim what they can! Basically we are all subsisting , a company that uses tax loopholes that are never closed by any government!!

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Hang on why did you allow them to get away with the employees voted 87% they would recommend working for Amazon, via the equipment they use at work , how on earth is that ANONYMOUS!

[@bradford4191]

It's not you have to login with your personal employee badge. So yes they know exactly how everyone answers.

[@Swinecuts]

Yep, exactly what thought. They definitely should have followed up on that.

[@thetatcritic4236]

@@bradford4191 morso, they know what the repercussions' are of giving the "wrong answers" they told amazon what they wanted to avoid getting into anymore trouble

[@RzucajacaWazonami]

Thank you for sharing and for fighting for this

[@jlewis2890]

Absolutely painful viewing I hate the corporate capitalists who maximise profit at the expense of workers and rights as that is capitalism’s modus operandi profit by any means necessary

[@jlewis2890]

Plus this woman from Amazon needs to learn what the hawthorn effect is? Within workplaces especially those where there is an element of fear or precariousness workers will lie to their employers as that is what is believed is expected of them

[@jcdjones2078]

What do you expect in a country where charity chief execs earn a hundred thousand plus and academy heads 200 k. Greed is everywhere from top to bottom.

[@shine-eg1vt]

It's all it's all about the packages a man almost died last night they don't care they will just keep pushing you and pushing you you will tell him that you sick or whatever and they don't care they'll keep pushing you Right now my ankle is messed up my neck messed up my all messed up and back messed up they don't care you don't get no sick days you have to plan your sick days 2 weeks in advance if not you will get written up for calling out for being sick even with the doctor's note or they'll take you off the road for some days and they call that penalizing you

[@userxyz64]

​@@jlewis2890Yes, she is probably well aware of that effect. We all are, except I didn't realise it had a name! Do you know why that name was chosen for it? Truly, this American woman's dishonesty, dressed in saccarine words which could only be swallowed by fellow Americans, is sickening. It is as if she is speaking in a bubble that has absolutely nothing to do with what the enquiry is concerned with.

[@godpuzzled]

I worked for a contractor at Amazon and they are not being truthful. I have seen the managers shouting at staff as well as standing behind them if they don't meet targets. I have seen staff threatening suicide and locking themselves in the toilets. In fact a manager tried once to abuse me and I had pull him down a peg or two. Yet Amazon does have great facilities for staff far beyond other employers. Yet this doesn't make up for disrespecting a person.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

It goes right to the top, Bezos is a greedy man.

[@userxyz64]

"worked for a contractor at Amazon"? How does that work?

[@TMCNJ]

@userxyz64a lot of their “employees” are made up of agency workers and subcontractors

[@shine-eg1vt]

It is a shame how bad they are lying they need some Amazon employees in there to tell them how it is Yes we can't leave our routes we have to pee in bottles because sometimes we're so far away from any store anything like 15 minutes and they tell us that we cannot use the bathroom or do anything before we finish 30 stops we can't use the bathroom or do anything after 4:30 sometime those 30 stops is like 50 60 because they are group stops so each stop have two to five houses each stop

[@mickeypye2593]

Considering that young lad did the Channel 4 doc proving exactly what you say here IE the dirty filled bottles

[@Liverpoolboy01]

They would be too frightened, because you can guarantee, there would be repercussions!

[@lastanetaarion]

Some reporter should go undercover and record a week of work. Even if sued reporters are covered by law while they are doing they work 👌.

[@thetatcritic4236]

@@mickeypye2593 that was oobah butler you're talking about

[@victoriafielding2478]

I think they did hear from employees that is the information the MPs keep bringing up in their questions

[@sneakyfish8191]

Nice one, Liam. Direct questions and no tolerance for their deliberate evasion. The way they are treating our workers is abhorrent and their continued evasion of tax is a disgusting inequity. They must be made to answer for it. This was positively agonising to watch (it seemed like you were talking to brain-washed cultists) but the committee didn't take any shit. This is what we like to see. Some iron. That's to be commended. Well done.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@sneakyfish8191 nothing will be done at all. It’s lip service!

[@Andy_Quest]

Can someone explain what will actually come of any of this? Like, will Amazon (and other megacorps) actually ever be forced to change or restricted?

[@StarryGlobe089]

With this government, very unlikely

[@Andy_Quest]

@StarryGlobe089 gosh I feel like Labour is 1000% more likely to do something than Tories! All they did/do is sing the corporate song. But still.. not sure what will actually happen. Corps are too powerful.

[@StarryGlobe089]

@@Andy_Quest You're right!! I mixed up countries and thought this was related to the strikes in the States. Let's hope some meaningful action gets taken.

[@shellyl5971]

Doubtful, conservatives couldn't be bothered, labour don't have the balls

[@MissingInPerson]

keep pushing, i dont know if these are but should be consider making these public hearings.

[@GlynRyles]

What's the point in this when they never answer questions with direct actual answers and always just obfuscate and delay?

[@godpuzzled]

In my experience, Amazon only gave staff 5min to leave their station go to the toilet and return.

[@samsoncooper1]

With a 10 minute walk to the toilet?

[@quendelf]

Please tax Amazon properly and put every penny into our NHS

[@jg676]

“Total compensation package” is corporate code for low base wage.

[@aodhan2023]

Liam , how could they be communicating with GMB for two years but cant tell you why GMB are striking?

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I can remember reading a report on ?The Canary?. That they actively avoid face to face negotiations.

[@ianmorral870]

Can't or won't tell?

[@maverick4220]

I worked at an Amazon fulfillment center in Rugeley as a Packer and the conditions were extremely hot even during winter, there is no AC, Airport like Security, insane Targets, Strike/point system so if you're late you get i think is like half a point, if you miss targets it's another half point or a full 1 point and eventually if you get to a certain amount they fire you. Alot are employed through Agencies.

[@holaaamannn]

Bro the packrate is nothing you are just an idiot. The rate is so slow. People stand around talking and on their phones all day at their stations. I stg you cant be forreal

[@joshbarrett8857]

I worked at one in Daveport florida. Quit after 11 months I needed to pay my bills.

[@darleneking9518]

Absolutely painful to watch

[@rjvtechnologies]

its important to note that Morgan is being coached by the woman who is constantly approving or disapproving Morgan statements, the very moment she nods her head, Morgan stops talking or change his narrative, this clearly shows that both of them have organise themselves in false statements so they ca be portrayed in a brighter light

[@kortlandwood3311]

1400 times for ambulance in 5 years. That's almost 1 ambulance daily. That's ridiculous

[@rjvtechnologies]

regarding the question:" would you recommend amazon work to any of your family members was not confidential and any employee saying no would be flagged and dismissed during the same year, this question was design to find and not have any worker at amazon willing to whistleblowing any amazon activity

[@0418user]

For meeting with their employees so much and speaking directly to employees, she sure could not say the reason… hold them for contempt for wasting the committees time..

[@dave24-73]

It should be illegal to not answer questions and go off track while being questioned, those two from Amazon are a disgrace to humanity. I appreciate they love the money they are paid, but it’s blood money.

[@dave24-73]

Better still time should stop until correct answer is given, as they use this evasion technique to use up time.

[@Luke-gn9yl]

It’s not, an anonymous tracking system, they hire an external company to call employees to discuss it, that data is fed straight back to the company

[@LivingLifeSlower]

I worked there for 8 days.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Why are they STRIKING not answering the question!!! The HR guy should know. They are the henchmen!

[@samsoncooper1]

"It's unfair to correlate ambulance callouts and whether an environment is safe or not safe" What a load of bollocks. Considering you just said you had competent first-aiders on site, this means it is probably a lot less safe than the ambulance callouts would suggesst.

[@Ravilette]

It’s so interesting how they are painting a utopia about their business and business models … even though they are on panel for the complete and or nearly complete opposite* Cheer up, UK Amazon workers!!! Your justice is coming ♥️✨

[@iamfinkyuk]

Thank you for sharing (what I think is) the whole session ❤

[@Follow.YHWH-YSHA]

Former Amazon employee here: Worker a full year down in Amazon robotics center. They track your work by how many items you scan in a hour, however there are lots of days when theres no orders and its dead yet you can still get written up for productivity despite the fact theres no work, managers go out their way to make employees feel like crap, they will write you up for anything, its designed for you to get fired eventually. Or quit, all the problems at amazon stems from management, the work isnt hard but they’ve designed it to where you can get in trouble for not working 10 hours straight everyday even when it isnt possible. Management enforces policies they themselves know shoot them in the foot, they labor share you from different departments if you department has low volume, but you can get shared to a department that also has low volume, So no work in your department they send you on the other side of the building where there’s still no work. Again managers at Amazon are very strange, i was lucky enough to have enough managers to count on one hand that were actually cool, the rest have no problem writing you up for whatever they can, They have a no headphone policy but have approved headphone no surprise you have to buy them from amazon

[@drewjones2551]

fun fact learning a new skill at amazon does not raise your hourly pay.. some days they’ll have you do 2+ jobs for same pay

[@JD-pi2ce]

The fact that the committee allows them to get away with this word soup bullshit is a disgrace. These Amazon representatives are morons.

[@userxyz64]

That woman is, a good example of "the banality of evil", imo.

[@RoryStarks]

Liam, ask yourself this question: If the executives are this sheepish about telling you the truth, what makes you think any of those surveys or data that they presented is in any way accurate? They were more than happy to talk about fake data that presented them in a positive light. People play fast and loose with data in tech companies all the time, especially in the C-suite. The assumption is always that data is infaliable, which is precisely why it's a weak point.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@RoryStarks absolutely, they have come to select committees before, nothing was done. What on earth will happen now , ZERO!

[@philipfriend9737]

Their evasiveness is off the scale-they should be politicians.

[@pauldavies7746]

We need to get tougher with big business. Corporate arrogance at its worst.

[@stevejames3504]

I worked in amazon the lies coming from this woman I witnessed young staff turning up and then being sent home young girls sent home without pay at night with no way of getting home disgrace

[@bergus123]

When you speak to employees? You mean the managers little favourites who wouldn't have a bad word to say about the company. Management are awful and couldn't do the job of the workers

[@teakhydra]

Straight to it, no delaying. Well done

[@patrickofearth]

when dude said they dont keep storage in the warehouse all i could see was him yelling at a poor pregnant woman struggling to lift a box into a truck

[@almudd]

It's hilarious they try to paint Amazon as perfect, you wouldn't be called here if there wasn't serious evidence of the issues... So, maybe you shouldn't lie 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@joshpereira1678]

Any drivers that work for Amazon should come and join Ocado. Ocado is 200x better, no stress at work.

[@terranaxiomuk]

I can say from front line experience that those targets are fair when done by contractors, and then management fiddle them to tighten it up to the point going to the toilet flags as a negative kpi percentage. It's all through an AI voice chat system for pickers and through an RF gun for forjlift operators. All linked to a system like one called Manhattan. They also have UI's that interface with MHE's to see exactly where people are in x depot. The 2 speakers for amazon are textbook management's mouthpieces for any major up-to-date warrhouse business. They live in a little bubble.

[@paulgibbons2320]

Amazon tax deal. Jeff Besos pays £1 for every hair folical he's got. 😂

[@patricequinn7733]

I'm receiving many of my Amazon packages in 2 days,some in 1 day.Is that necessary,given the mental and physical stress on employees?

[@R_Ali]

They simply don’t care, it’s just a performance with no consequences for lying and avoiding the questions.

[@shine-eg1vt]

I had five carts 31 bags 47 overflow 414 packages and had to be done it didn't it took me 12 hours I didn't get off until 9:00

[@briiree]

I have been boycotting Amazon for years now.. i am not sure why people use it

[@paranrmlgrl]

All these corporate people are trying to do is keep the money in their own pockets. Please tell me when they’ve actually physically been on the “shop floor”? When have they done the job that these workers have done on a day to day basis for at least a week, if not a month? These workers are so scared to lose their jobs - you know, the ones they HAVE TO HAVE to keep a roof over their heads and food on their tables, that they’ll tell executives anything when face to face. Executives have completely lost touch with their employees.

[@rjvtechnologies]

amazon knows which devices were assign to which employee, despite the question form did not identified no employee, amazon still knows who is answering these questions via the metadata provided in these devices, amazon only needs to associate each device to each employee

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@@rjvtechnologies the MPs should have jumped on that, they let them get away with it! Disgusting.

[@rjvtechnologies]

@@Liverpoolboy01 i agree with you but you forgot that the basis of action for politicians is merely to present a concern real or not so they can dupe voters they care and not present an actual solution or act on problems, they just want to keep the position they occupy and nothing else, uk is not a democracy, its a country run by and for criminals

[@victoriafielding2478]

​@Liverpoolboy01 No, I reckon they all heard that loud and clear, the MPs, sat back and stopped pushing when she said they answered the questionnaires "on their device" that they do all their work on, since it was already established earlier on record that all those devices are tracked and used to identify what worker is doing what when. This means it is now on record that an employee couldn't reasonably expect privacy in their answers to that specific question. She gave away that it was a digital survey.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

@ sadly so true. 😊

[@rjvtechnologies]

@@victoriafielding2478 just for you: For five decades, successive UK governments utilized the parallel economy-a network of offshore tax havens, shadow banking systems, and transfer pricing mechanisms-to hide profits, underreport GDP, and mislead the EU about its true economic standing. David Cameron, along with figures like George Osborne and Theresa May, ensured that the UK would remain outside of any forthcoming EU-wide tax and financial transparency regulations. Farage, along with other far-right leaders, used nationalist rhetoric to foster resentment towards the European Union, framing the EU as an oppressive entity that threatened the sovereignty of the UK. However, the real motive behind Farage's involvement was much more insidious: Nigel Farage was used as a prop and front to rally public support for an hidden agenda that ultimately sought to protect the UK's hidden financial criminal activities against the EU. Through his rhetoric, Farage helped to create the illusion of a struggle for sovereignty when, in reality, the UK's financial elite, along with key political figures such as David Cameron, were trying to avoid being held accountable for the crimes committed over decades. The far-right's agenda, championed by figures like Farage, exploited the fears of economic inequality and cultural erosion among the UK’s working-class population, shifting their focus to immigration and EU governance. The true criminals, however, were the financial elites who benefited from the exploitation of the EU’s financial system and who had much to lose if their illicit practices were exposed. The far-right propaganda machine served as the perfect diversion, rallying the masses behind the idea that leaving the EU was a fight for the UK's sovereignty, all while ensuring that the real financial abuses remained hidden behind a veil of nationalism. The Brexit referendum of 2016 and the decision to leave the European Union was not merely a political maneuver. Behind the scenes, it was a desperate attempt to shield the UK from legal scrutiny regarding its financial crimes against the EU. David Cameron was fully aware of the long-standing financial manipulations orchestrated by the UK. He was privy to the UK’s actions that were designed to exploit EU financial systems, and his role in leading the Brexit campaign was strategically engineered to avoid deeper EU scrutiny. David Cameron knew that the EU, in the face of increasing demands for tax transparency and accountability, would soon introduce stricter regulations and data-sharing agreements that would make it impossible for the UK to continue hiding its true economic activity and these new measures would expose the parallel economy and unmask the UK’s long-standing tax avoidance schemes. Brexit served as a pre-emptive strike, allowing the UK to escape the EU's financial oversight and avoid the disclosure of criminal activities that had been going on for 50 years.

[@utredutredson1686]

This is outrageous but the bottom line is nothing will happen an they know it...maybe we could give them an even bigger tax cut

[@seanyb007]

Why can’t they just answer a simple question? They are acting in their best interest, not the workers! Remember who you are working for, it’s not you it’s them!

[@JennCube]

Everyone, vote with your $$$ and cancel Prime and boycott Amazon!

[@thehorsemanofwar5467]

“What do I need to improve” is not a question as they portray it is a statement the manager makes you say before they tell you what YOU NEED to improve and then put you down before threatening you with your first warning before you are terminated

[@AntoinetteHewer-xe3oh]

Think that means NO meetings

[@AadityaMankarXv7]

The smug looks on their faces after blurting out the most obvious corporate lie is obnoxious

[@jg676]

Let’s get the employees in front of the same committee and see what they say. These “managers” are not in touch with the reality of employees. Of course employees are only going to say “positive” things because otherwise they will lose their jobs.

[@Luke-gn9yl]

These two just sit high level, they are not boots on the ground

[@Umbravitae19]

As important as this video is, it is more important to remember that the people speaking here are represented at every single company in America. All of them are the same, focused solely on working their employees into the ground for profitability, all while feeding lies to the people.

[@scotlabowski9009]

And she has the nerve to smile

[@DoreenChindezwa]

Workers dont take total compensation to the shops to pay for groceries and fuel bills

[@Chris-nb1hc]

Given the lack of commitment to any answer am surprised they recognise that they are there or even who they are

[@puckelberry]

I would be interested to see if similar Amazon facilities/buildings had increase in their workers during the May-June period of 2023. Also I do not believe they did not know the reason for the Coventery strike, they must have known they would get asked that so either they lied or intentionally avoided that information to claim ignorance so that it was not said in so public a forum

[@tetra3ne56scur3]

You all should be talking about getting a new contract. New York City and other states in the USA are walking off the job

[@jg676]

I have worked in corporate for 20 years and these answers, and non answers, are standard and scripted. Makes me sick.

[@marioorallo5015]

31:10 says it all. These companies spend millions on PR firms and rehearse lines to dodge questions, yet they “can’t recall” why their employees are striking. If they genuinely don’t know, it shows they’re not listening and don’t care. If they do know but claim otherwise, they’re lying to the committee. Either way, it’s disgraceful. Hold these assjacks accountable-jail them.

[@AhmedAdams-w2n]

This is the future for the UK workers. No future

[@andrewmelcher6755]

As a former corporate retail employee let me correct a few things said by the amazon reps. 1). Changing from 14 to 7 days for strike notification does NOT impact them at all. All retail companies have mitigation plans and as a fc/dc they have systems that all to reroute shipment to another facility or subs. 2). They dont have that data or dont have the ability to track employees and use it against them. 100% bs. We had the tools and tracked productivity by employee in the retail world including the FC/DC facilities. We had everything on our employees that I knew when a planner entered the ERP, what they changed, the exact metrics, the freq of the visits/logins, durations, idle time - you name it. Never used it maliciously but my companies didnt have Amazons/Bezos reputation.

[@angrygarath]

This is in UK we have better protection than the US with regards to workplace laws that actually protect employees. If I get sick I don't end up in 1000s of debt for having the privilege of being ill.

[@Jilla0559]

Working with it’s employee has worked well for Amazon another so good for its employees

[@Liverpoolboy01]

The guys who do deliveries are forgotten here! And their costs !!!

[@Akas1001]

Kick out amazon from the UK, then our city centre will start getting busy again ❤. Any country that let amazon in is stupid 😂

[@iseverythingokathome]

Not just number ones if you catch my drift…but then i remind myself to relax cos they benchmark

[@Titankilla]

these are full of wool .. I know many people who work there safety is not their first safety metric.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

The reason they're not finding lies in bottles in their vans, they made them get rid of it before they came back. The young comedian Joe Lycett has an excellent expose on here.

[@thenightcrawlerhikes]

@21:05 She lies! I give the same feedback every few months on how our stations are not ergonomic in the least, in fact, designed in the opposite, and nothing has been implemented to change that.

[@kaedelynn4584]

They remind me of kids carefully trying to explain to their parents why they stole the cookies.

[@davidclark1545]

As MPs never answer questions, why get upset when others don’t.

[@George57]

There are a lot of companies. Openly flouting health and safety law. But going by what friends have told me. Amazon’s health and safety record is atrocious. And a highly dangerous place to work in. Government bodies need to take this issue very seriously with all these companies. When there are workers having to work 60/70 hour weeks just to pay the bills and not even able to keep up with the cost of living . This coupled with draconian dangerous working conditions. It’s no wonder no wonder the workers end up on incapacity benefits. These employers are the real scrounger’s being subsidised by tax payers . When pay is so low that people have no other choice than to claim benefits to supplement their unrealistic incomes from work.