Corporate employees of Amazon were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery as it heads into its annual discount spree known as Prime Day.

In a Slack message reviewed by the Guardian that went to thousands of white-collar workers in the New York City area from engineers to marketers, an Amazon area manager called for corporate “volunteers to help us out with Prime Day to deliver to customers on our biggest days yet”. It is not clear how many took up the offer.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I have a salaried job, and from time to time when there's a big order we are asked to help out the manufacturing team, which is paid hourly. It tends to be repetitive assembly-line stuff, but it can be a fun change from the office work.

It's not unusual during specific times to redeploy people temporarily where they are needed more. The alternative is to hire a bunch of seasonal staff. You have to train them anyway, but at least by redeploying existing people you at least know they are reliable.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    That's a big nope from me. If it's not in the job description I was hired to do I'm not doing it unless we renegotiate my salary. This is how they take advantage of people.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Since you're doing work that pays less, I guess you could negotiate a lower salary for the period of time you are pitching in. That's only if you really want to stick to your principles.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    No my time costs the same regardless of what I am doing. If I'm not making software for them I could be making it for someone else making the same or more. I don't have time to waste in a warehouse. Don't be a pushover

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