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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

does anyone on here work in amazon in dunfermline ???

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By *atex and KinkCouple
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I suspect nobody would say due to wanting to keep there position.

Most companies will monitor the web and employees online. If they were to say anything against the company, usually instant dismissal..

Hence lack of posts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is this the same Zero Hours Contract Amazon!!!

Channel 4 News spoke to a dozen ex-employees at Amazon's massive packing warehouse who were angry at how the internet sales giant treated them.

They said Amazon made them work long hours with minimal breaks, and laid off temporary staff to avoid giving them the same benefits and rights as permanent workers.

The staff claimed their movements were monitored by GPS trackers, and say they were only given 30 minutes for lunch in a ten-hour shift - 20 minutes of which were spent walking to and from the canteen.

Workers were searched for stolen goods at airport-style security checkpoints before going into the canteen.

The employer allegedly issued penalty points to workers - for talking to colleagues, taking sick leave, or even spending too long in the bathroom – on a "three strikes and you're out" basis

The staff claim that the firm uses so-called zero hours contracts extensively, which means those staff have no job security and are forced to make themselves available for work with no guarantee they will be offered a shift on a particular day.

One former agency manager also alleges that Amazon tried to avoid paying out hundreds of pounds in accrued holiday pay to agency staff by instructing agency representatives not to inform employees that it was owed to them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know of one girl who does. Won't mention names on here

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By *andy_FraserTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Even when I was desperate for work it was one place I never considered, given what I'd heard about them.

It wasn't just hearsay or telly programs that influenced me, a family member was affected by them.

He was fired mid-shift without any reason. He was escorted to his locker and then off site.

The next day his supervisor called him and asked why he had left mid-shift and why he wasn't in that day.

It turned out that someone with exactly the same name as my family member had been fired, and the person informing the fired people didn't know which one it was, so just told the first one that they saw.

However after that his ticket had been punched and they looked to reprimand him for anything, before finally firing him for escorting a fired person off site without the authority to do so, despite someone from HR asking him to do it.

Not a good company to work for IMO, however it's great for finding some things.

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By *axter1987Man
over a year ago

your hotlist

i worked for the the one in gourock briefly and it was just like the report. tis also the first n only job interview were they demanded a urine sample for a drug test as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i worked for the the one in gourock briefly and it was just like the report. tis also the first n only job interview were they demanded a urine sample for a drug test as well

lots of companies now request drug testing which is fair enough

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By *axter1987Man
over a year ago

your hotlist

tis the only job i've ever encountered it. I had no quarrels, other than i had just went like hours before it. "no sample, no job" was pretty much what i got hit with. 45mins of grunting and strainin later......

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By *axter1987Man
over a year ago

your hotlist

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

yea thats the place iv to start night shift in there tonight dont think am going to enjoy this

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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

I've been drug and breath tested at assessments for jobs but they were all driving jobs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Even when I was desperate for work it was one place I never considered, given what I'd heard about them.

Not a good company to work for IMO, however it's great for finding some things."

Trouble is, far too many people use them to purchase items, everyone should pass them by until they treat their employees in a humane manor and get rid of zero hour contracts

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By *andy_FraserTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Even when I was desperate for work it was one place I never considered, given what I'd heard about them.

Not a good company to work for IMO, however it's great for finding some things.

Trouble is, far too many people use them to purchase items, everyone should pass them by until they treat their employees in a humane manor and get rid of zero hour contracts"

It's only recently that I've taken to buying on Amazon, mainly because EBay is going down the pan, and many retailer seems to prefer the Amazon marketplace over the EBay one.

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By *ifes journeyCouple
over a year ago

scotland

We all want cheap items bought from the internet, until we are all willing to pay extra on items bought that way, the way companies treat their staff wont change

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By *ary_ArgyllMan
over a year ago

Argyll

Being stuck out west I'm afraid Amazon gets a lot of use - I do feel guilty using them but I guess not enough to stop and make trips to Glasgow every time I want to buy something.

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