Hell Is Other Human Resources ft. Alex Press
Added 2022-01-17 22:38:51 +0000 UTCIt's the free one!
We are joined by Alex Press (@alexnpress), of Jacobin and the Primer podcast, to do some more Amazonology. This time, we look at the specifics of how HR operates at this company, how its shittiness ends up hurting workers, and how Amazon is gearing up to export more of its working practices to others. But first, we wonder at why and how it was the parties that finally turned the British establishment against Boris Johnson.
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Comments
Not having a fun time with the Amazon "Sniper Guy" having the same name as me :\
Dave Clarke
2022-01-19 04:25:52 +0000 UTCanother reason why Amazon wants staff turnover is that there *is no career progression*. People talk a lot about automation, and that's exactly what it is: the physical stuff done by people on the ground doesn't change at all, it's just that all those positions of shipping clerk, low-level management, other sit-down positions that you're supposed to normally evolve into after a decade or two don't exist at all at Amazon because everything is written on the computer in Seattle. The company is altogether disinterested in the workplace experience anyone might gather on the shop floor.
etienne
2022-01-19 03:09:39 +0000 UTC
