Tag: Amazon Confidential

First there was Black Friday. Then Cyber Monday. Based on the incentives being offered by Amazon, all of us who worked that long weekend anticipated a mass confusion of pickers and stowers fighting for space […]

It occurred to me the other night looking over at my fellow Amazon workampers that a transformation has come to pass. Ghosts of our former selves, we have turned into zombies, mouths slightly agape, just […]

I should start off by saying this week’s column is for adults only. It wasn’t planned this way; it just happened. About week three of my Amazon workamper experience, one of my fellow nighttime stowers […]

When the going gets tough, the tough get going – sometimes all the way out the door, Anonymous learns in week 5 of an assignment at an Amazon fulfillment center. As the holiday shopping season […]

At an all hands meeting of Amazon warehouse workers, managers prep them for the peak season, with CEO Jeff Bezos himself making an appearance via webcast, in Part Four of Amazon Confidential: Confessions of a […]

The continuing saga of a temporary stower working at an Amazon fulfillment center during the holiday shopping season. See Amazon Confidential: Confessions of a Warehouse Worker, Part One and Part Two. When I first arrived at our RV […]

“Anonymous” survived week one working as a stower at an Amazon fulfillment center and in today’s installment, describes how merchandise makes its way from receiving into the warehouse. See Part One of Amazon Confidential: Confessions […]

What’s it like to be a temporary worker in a vast fulfillment center during the busy holiday shopping season? Buckle your seatbelts as we follow the life of a seasonal worker in an Amazon fulfillment […]