This Redditor recently shared how Amazon fired their brother right before his expected hiring bonus
The story inspired others to share their own similar experiences
In just a few days, FlabertoDimmadome’s post amassed more than 41k upvotes and 2k comments full of people’s dissatisfaction with how they or their loved ones were being treated by different businesses. Like thinking you were a part-time worker and finding out HR lied to you and internally hired you as seasonal. Or being promised a permanent position only to learn your employer never intended to go through with it.
No wonder people are getting fed up with senseless and upsetting measures some companies take just to save money. A survey by the global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry revealed that 94 percent of retailers are struggling to fill empty positions, even though nearly a third say they have implemented referral programs, and 29 percent offer sign-on bonuses.
"Retail hiring is intensely competitive today, and to win the war for talent, companies must create a positive employer brand that is genuine and consistent for all employees," retail expert Craig Rowley said. "Right now in the U.S. there are an inordinate amount of job openings overall, so retailers have to be creative in how they attract and retain talent."
However, genuineness and consistency seem to be the things firms mentioned in this post truly lack. Plus, as we see from the thread, sometimes signing bonuses look good only on paper since companies might think of sneaky tricks to make employees' lives even more challenging.
Jeff Bezos’ online retail giant, Amazon, has been mentioned countless times not only in the comments but also in the headlines. Susan Harker, Amazon’s top recruiter told the New York Times that "this is a company that strives to do really big, innovative, groundbreaking things, and those things aren’t easy." You see, "when you’re shooting for the moon, the nature of the work is really challenging. For some people, it doesn’t work."
Well, "for some" is quite an understatement. Amazon chews through the average worker in eight months, journalist Steven Greenhouse wrote. "That’s an unmistakable sign that Amazon’s jobs are unpleasant, to put it kindly, and that many Amazon workers quickly realize they hate working there because of the stress, breakneck pace, constant monitoring and minimal rest breaks," he added.
According to Greenhouse, the workers continue to endure terrible work conditions, long hours, and terrible requirements all while Jeff Bezos said he is committed to making Amazon "Earth’s Best Employer and Earth’s Safest Place to Work".
"Evidently, Bezos fails to realize that any company whose workers leave after eight months on average is light years from being Earth’s Best Employer. As for being Earth’s Safest Place to Work, Bezos shouldn’t insult workers’ or the public’s intelligence by making such a claim, considering the rate of serious injuries at Amazon’s warehouses in 2020 was nearly twice that at other warehouses across the US."
