Grim working life servicing the machine
I WORKED undercover for five weeks at Amazon’s brand new warehouse in Tilbury, Essex, last year.
We exposed the grim reality for workers in the lead-up to Black Friday and Christmas.
My colleagues, exhausted by impossible targets, fell asleep on
their feet. Campaigners said conditions were like a Victorian workhouse. I struggled to disagree.
At every turn it felt like the human staff were reduced to livestock, existing only to service Amazon’s machines.
The repetitive, monotonous work turned people into zombies.
Anybody who could leave did but
many had no option and had to carry on as slaves to the company.
■ Amazon told us: “Amazon provides a safe and positive workplace with competitive pay and benefits. We are proud to have created thousands of permanent roles. Targets are based on previous performance by workers.”