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Dear Jeff Bezos, instead of firing me, protect your workers from coronavirus

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174 points jbegley | 9 comments | 03 Apr 20 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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legitster ◴[03 Apr 20 16:23 UTC] No.22770856[source]▶
I don't understand what is expected here. Nobody can get masks or sanitizer. What little there is is getting redirected to hospitals. It's not even a money thing.

This person is advocating boycotting Amazon and going to local grocery stores instead. What the hell? How is that better?

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1. rootlocus ◴[03 Apr 20 16:38 UTC] No.22771088[source]▶
It's expected that Amazon would protect their workers by being transparent about the situation, implementing special procedures in warehouses to prevent the infection from spreading between workers, offering workers paid time leave when they show symptoms.

They could, for instance, limit the orders they accept to base necessities like food, cleaning supplies, etc.

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2. legitster ◴[03 Apr 20 16:39 UTC] No.22771122[source]▶
> They could, for instance, limit the orders they accept to base necessities like food, cleaning supplies, etc.

They already did. https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-warehouse-essential-goods...

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3. rootlocus ◴[03 Apr 20 16:42 UTC] No.22771169[source]▶
Maybe more aggressively than

> If you want to purchase, say, a hula hoop, you'll still get it as long as Amazon has them in stock.

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4. jbay808 ◴[03 Apr 20 16:45 UTC] No.22771217{3}[source]▶
A jumbo hula hoop is exactly what I need to maintain a 2m social-distancing radius
5. joshl325 ◴[03 Apr 20 16:45 UTC] No.22771226[source]▶
> For now, Amazon is still delivering nonessential products that are already stocked in its warehouses. It just won’t accept replenishments from vendors and sellers for the next three weeks.

So they're still selling non-essential stuffs, just not restocking their warehouse with them.

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6. legitster ◴[03 Apr 20 16:48 UTC] No.22771261{3}[source]▶
Not sure about you - but there's a 30 day shipping delay for me on non-essential Prime products in stock.

I agree that setting rules and transparency is a good thing - but a lot of that probably depends on the management at that particular warehouse.

7. briffle ◴[03 Apr 20 16:56 UTC] No.22771385{3}[source]▶
How do you make room for essentials in a full warehouse?
8. amanaplanacanal ◴[03 Apr 20 17:37 UTC] No.22771981[source]▶
They didn't limit orders from customers, they limited what their suppliers can send them.
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9. thebean11 ◴[03 Apr 20 20:53 UTC] No.22773845[source]▶
The line for essential is blurry. If I need a keyboard and a monitor to work from home and Amazon won't sell it, I'll unfortunately just go somewhere else, putting a different company's employee at risk.