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

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174 points jbegley | 1 comments | 03 Apr 20 15:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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ajuc ◴[03 Apr 20 16:41 UTC] No.22771152[source]▶
Recently they forbidden workers in Amazon warehouse in Poland to wear their own masks.

Amazon isn't that big in Poland (most people buy on home-grown allegro or chinese alliexpress) so nobody will cry if they go under. It seems every month there's a story about these warehouses. It quickly becomes the stereotypical worst place to work.

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elliekelly ◴[03 Apr 20 17:01 UTC] No.22771461[source]▶
So even if an employee has a mask of their own they're not permitted to bring it and wear it while they're working? That makes absolutely no sense. Has Amazon offered any sort of explanation for why they wouldn't allow it?
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1. jfim ◴[03 Apr 20 17:32 UTC] No.22771908[source]▶
Not Amazon specific, but I believe the general concern is that once a worker has something the others don't, they'll all demand it, even if it's something that's not company provided. That's also happening in some hospitals, with doctors and nurses being forbidden from using their own PPE.

The obvious solution would be for the employer to provide it, but with the current shortage it's probably not happening.