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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: 0.286s | 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. 0x262d ◴[03 Apr 20 21:32 UTC] No.22774135[source]▶
Last week in Seattle nurses were protesting because they were not allowed to wear masks for the same reason. Yep! Nurses! It’s absolutely horrible and at least partly a function of top-down bureaucracy in all cases.