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An Amazon employee has sparked debate after suggesting that most delivery drivers speed-click through their vehicle safety checks.

The Amazon driver's supervisor said in a text that returning to the factory will "end with you not having a job come tomorrow morning," per Bloomberg.

Patrick Fallon/Getty Images Amazon asked its drivers in a survey if theyre "able to find restrooms" on their routes. The drivers said the question missed the point of their problem — that they dont have time to.  "Theyre giving us monster routes," one driver told Insider.  Amazon asked its drivers in a recent survey if they were "able to find restrooms" while making deliveries, but workers said the question was missing their main problem — that they dont have...

Keith Srakocic/AP Amazon delivery drivers say new cameras inside their vans can encourage safer driving. One driver who initially bristled at the cameras told Insider that he now sees them as an "insurance policy." AI surveillance cameras are becoming more common across the delivery industry. Some Amazon delivery drivers are chafing at a new camera system that watches them inside their vans. But the driver-facing cameras are becoming more common across the industry...

Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images The median Amazon worker made $29,007 in 2020, a $159 increase from the year prior. The CEO-to-worker pay ratio is 58:1 at Amazon, which is lower than Walmart, CVS, and others. Amazon raised its minimum wage in the US to $15 per hour in 2018.  The median Amazon worker made $29,007 in 2020, according to the companys annual proxy statement. The median pay, calculated using the compensation of all full- and part-time permanent and tempora...

April 5, 2021 Amazon is taking back claims that its workers never had to urinate in bottles while on the job. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Amazon is apologizing.  Last week, in a tweet reply to a lawmaker, the company said its workers never had to urinate in bottles while on the job. Now its saying it was wrong.  The company says its aware some of its drivers have trouble finding restrooms while on the road.  Amazon says its a long-standing, industry-wide problem. The company says its working toward sol...

Amazon.com Inc has apologized to U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an "own goal" in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds. "We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes, and this has been especially the case during Covid when many public restrooms have been closed," the company said in a blog post. Its admission came a week ...

ADVERTISEMENT Amazon pushed back in its own tweet, writing, “You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” “If that were true, nobody would work for us,” the account added at the time. “The truth is that we have over a million incredible employees around the world who are proud of what they do, and have great wages and health care from day one.” 1/2 You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us. The tru...