
How Productivity Tracking System Automatically Dismisses Amazon Employees
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Productivity Tracking System
High demands on Amazon employees have repeatedly led to investigations. However, it turned out that the company not only monitors the productivity of work in its warehouses, but also has a system that independently dismisses employees due to low rates.
According to Colin Laecher of The Verge, between August 2017 and September 2018, more than 300 employees who worked at Amazon in Baltimore fell under this automatic reduction.
The system captures the "time of inactivity."
This indicator makes it clear how often the employee pauses at work and how long they last.
Earlier it was reported that many employees because of such pressure deliberately worked without interruptions.
So here. If an employee does not comply with the norm, the system can warn him or even dismiss him automatically, without the intervention of management.
The company noted that the supervisor has the right to cancel the decision of the program.
If the manager agrees with the decision of the system, the employee receives a notification. So far, not from a robot, but from a living administrator. It is also noted that layoffs may appeal.
This is not to say that dismissal takes place completely automatically. We would never fire an employee without making sure that he has gained our full support, namely, special and additional training.
But the company uses such methods of increasing productivity not only in warehouses. According to Business Insider, the drivers who deliver Amazon cargo, instead of going to the toilet normally, turn on the emergency gang and relieve the need right in the bottle.
And as the company's profit increases further, management is unlikely to ease working conditions and reduce pressure on employees.