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Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. As of 2020, the Amazon owner is worth approximately 175 billion USD. However, not all of the 798,000 people at the company enjoy hearing about his success.

A viral Twitter thread has Amazon employees sharing stories about their poor work environment, sub-par safety standards, and unfair pay, calling Bezos an autocrat and suggesting that he's accumulating his wealth at their expense.

This exchange on Twitter kicked off a viral thread, where Amazon employees explain why Jeff Bezos' wealth isn't worth celebrating

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Aski Markup
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6 years ago

That is absolutely disgusting.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    they should have never offered you an aspirin dumb asses

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    Monika Soffronow
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    6 years ago

    If ALL Amazon workers did this on the same day - that very same day the pay and work conditions would be improved. If MUCH more Amazon workers did this, well then the change would be incremental.

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    Hans
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    6 years ago

    A occasional 12 hour shift does not sound strange to me. I have worked 16 hour shifts when it was needed. Proper compensation and a good work climate are what counts.

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    Monika Soffronow
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    6 years ago

    @Pauline, that comment is disgraceful

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    That's what the bosses want worker ants no independent thinkers!

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    BRAVO!

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    K Witmer
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    6 years ago

    I lasted 2 days that c**p was insane. I was a floor manager not even a worker ant. Writing people up bc they had to poop was insane. Some workers wore diapers that was the last straw. I just walked away and got in my car half way thru my shift the second day

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    Simply Moe
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    6 years ago

    That's exactly what my Mother says. She calls it the modern day plantation

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    Monika Soffronow
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    6 years ago

    I am not American and I cannot for the life of me understand why you are OK with laws that permit this kind of work environment

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    Lazy Farmer
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    6 years ago

    People, don't worry about Pauline. She's most likely a russian bot designed to cause a conflict. Stop reacting to it, it will only encourage its activity... Same holds true for FB, please be careful as to whom you're replying to!! They're only designed to diffuse rage and misinformation

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    Grumble O'Pug
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    6 years ago

    #DontShopAtAmazon

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    Grumble O'Pug
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    6 years ago

    #DontShopAtAmazon

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    Raynell
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    6 years ago

    I know I should reply because you're a troll but really Pauline? A prison camp? Words mean things. Let's use them right so that we don't devalue actual horrific experiences.

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    Paizleypie
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    6 years ago

    I would p**s myself for sure . . . Then I'd quit. There's no excuse for this.

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    CatWoman312
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    6 years ago

    I’m pretty sure that’s illegal...

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    I worked in an Ice Cream plant our guys could only stay in the freezer 20min.

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    John Matthews
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    6 years ago

    Honestly sounds like most call center jobs

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    Ronnie Beaton
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    6 years ago

    Yeah, you finally get home, pry off your shoes, peel of your socks, and your feet look like two slabs of raw meat.

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    Cuddles
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    6 years ago

    If some company toadie told me I couldn't go relieve myself, I swear I would p**s right on the fools desk and walk out. >:|

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    C Pryce
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    6 years ago

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    Don't be ridiculous. And don't be flippant about PTSD.

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    Grumble O'Pug
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    6 years ago

    #DontShopAtAmazon

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    Mark Gettelman
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    6 years ago

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    Working at Amazon for 3 years as a top performer. I have never had so many opportunities before. I even graduated from Penn Foster with an Electrician Degree. Currently, I am in a tier 3 position.

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    Ronnie Beaton
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    6 years ago

    I worked Receive, I was continually getting Verbal Warnings and what have you for being a "low performer". So I decided to keep a running tally of how many items I did per hour, and add it all up at the end of my shift. My numbers and their numbers would never match up. Never. Initially I thought I'd got my figures wrong, but I asked my mother (who worked in an accounts office before she married my dad) to double check for me, and I was right - my numbers were consistently higher than the "official" Amazon ones.

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    Rubeus Hagrid
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    6 years ago

    Pauline Bennet, many people have told you this and I will tell you this too, please f**k off with the unhelpful and unrealistic comments. This entire post has been full of your s**t spewing comments as you desperately try to garner attention to yourself by pretending to be a saviour of the people who would have beaten up Jeff Bezos and shoved Amazon parcels down his throat, when we all know you're just a sad f**k sitting behind your keyboard trying to get someone to accept and look up to you. From all the people who have had the unfortunate experience of reading all your comments, we request that you go through this entire post and remove your comments immediately.

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    Monika Soffronow
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    6 years ago

    @Pauline Bennet: I kind of hope that someone will report your comment to the FBI for instigating a terrorist act. You've written a load of thoughtless, tasteless comments here, but this one can land you in real trouble.

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    Ronnie Beaton
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    6 years ago

    Every time there's a new intake of temps, five don't come back after morning break, another half a dozen don't come back after lunch, and of the remainder a further ten or a dozen don't come back for their next shift.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    It's a vicious circle.

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    Suzanne Haigh
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    6 years ago

    I honestly do not know how Amazon is managing to run a business in the UK. We do have laws, although we lost a lot through a certain woman PM, this is not allowed in Britain.

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    Ronnie Beaton
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    6 years ago

    If there's a two man job they think they can get away with just putting one guy on it, they'll do it in a heartbeat.

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    C Pryce
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    6 years ago

    You quit because other people were late for work...?!?! 🤷

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