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Amazon accused of using algorithms to push warehouse workers to breaking point. (www.theregister.com)
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Amazon has used tricks, algorithms, and surveillance to discourage warehouse employees from unionizing, according to a paper published in the journal Socius.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I have a buddy whose childhood was a nightmare. It’s non stop humiliation and degredation. He would rather be a hated “adopted” gay kid (he was the maid’s kid and the fact he’s a dead ringer for the patriarch of the family is coincidental) than manage an Amazon Warehouse again.