The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected many businesses all over the world.
F&B establishments, in particular, have suffered because everyone is too wary of the disease to dine out at the moment.
As a result, many restaurants and bars have had to close down, leaving their workers jobless.
But not every industry is facing such a bleak near future. Instead, some like Amazon shines brightly instead.
Amazon Hiring For 100,000 Positions Amidst Covid-19 Outbreak
Everyone knows Amazon as the place where you buy things you don’t need because it’s cheap.
Like these sushi pushpins:
No human need this but it’s so damn CUTE.
Now, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is calling upon restaurant workers who’ve been retrenched during the Covid-19 pandemic to join his company.
Bezos said the company is hiring for 100,000 new roles and is raising the wages of its hourly workers who help fulfil orders and deliver to customers.
I am, Margot Robbie. I am indeed.
“Businesses like restaurants and bars are being forced to shut their doors,” Bezos said in a statement Saturday evening. “We hope people who’ve been laid off will come work with us until they’re able to go back to the jobs they had.”
Is it possible that billionaire CEOs have hearts of gold and genuinely want to help others during a crisis?
Well, it is, considering Jack Ma recently donated 1 million masks to Japan.
Increase in orders
But, while I’m sure Bezos is a wonderful human being, Amazon needs more workers because the company has been flooded with orders since the virus began spreading across the US.
And no, Americans are not stocking up on sushi pins.
All over the world, people have been stocking up on household essentials and other basic goods during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Panic buying, in other words.
As Business Insider reports, the company is struggling to accommodate an enormous volume of orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
And that’s where you come in.
Now, while it may sound like a good opportunity, is Amazon really a great place to work?
Problems with Amazon
Over the years, horror stories have emerged from former workers who’ve complained about the company’s cutthroat efficiency and harsh tactics.
There’s a reason why that sushi pin you ordered arrived so quickly.
According to The Verge, Amazon employees say that the company tries to squeeze everything it can out of its employees, and often lets them go after they’re burnt out
Employees are also routinely ranked, and managers are forced to fire a certain amount of the lowest-scoring workers every time to fulfill quotas.
According to one undercover investigator, some workers even peed in bottles because they lived in fear of being disciplined over ‘idle time’ and losing their jobs just because they needed to use the toilet.
Now that’s just crazy, how could they do such a-
Boss: Am I paying you to introspect?
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Oh, sorry boss, I apologise for taking a four-second break from writing.
Boss: Good employee
There were also several cases where workers who were sick or grieving were pushed out of the company.
One woman who had a miscarriage was told to travel on a business trip the day after both her twins were stillborn.
Yeah, it’s not exactly a great place to work.
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And these problems still exist.
Just last week, Amazon confirmed its first known Covid-19 case at an Amazon warehouse in New York, but workers at the facility told The Atlantic that employees were still expected to work their regular night shift after their colleague was diagnosed.
Amazon later denied that.
Things will get better
At any rate, it’s a tough time for many people, especially those who’ve just lost their jobs. But you can take heart in the knowledge that everyone is being affected by Covid-19 in one way or another.
In the meantime, let’s just focus on beating this disease: maintain good hygiene, practise social distancing, and see a doctor if you’re unwell.
Remember, things will get better, they always do.
