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Amazon refuses to give me permission to film on the on line trader is actively seeking work campers on twenty six campgrounds across the u.s. . the cantor family lives next to robert. over ivan. eighty year old ivan cantor is the oldest employee at amazon seaborn warehouse he and his wife lorraine worked to top up their pensions and they say to have a better life. i think that there are a lot of people who. dont like to be tied down. theyre you know personally i have to have a home base ive move...

The road to get it perhaps not everyones dream but it seems to work for some. in a lot of criticism about amazon and concern about what the growing online tree industry would mean for work environments of the united states but one thing seems to be clear that all the work campers in kentucky quite happy with the lifestyle they chose. now than what camping hasnt quite caught on the same way in europe yet even though there are more than a dozen amazon logistics and has in germany alone imus and of...

70s for a few years was the head of product development for mcdonalds. hes now flipping burgers. really cool, really sweet, really smart guy. but he was a picker on the amazon, which means youre going and loading those holiday gifts into those boxes. a lot of them wear pedometers. theyre logging maybe 15 miles a day. >> you wrote he had, what, 200k in savings. >> it got obliterated. >> it wasnt that he hadnt saved. >> no, he was living in a home on a golf course in myrtle beach. >> the demands o...

Unable to survive without working. nearly 8 million americans over 65 were still employed last year, up 60% from a decade ago. many of them live in rvs, traveling the country doing seasonal work, maybe picking raspberries in vermont and gardening in texas. theyre called work campers. a story about them says they are one injury or broken axle away from true homelessness. the author of "the end of retirement" is jessica brewder. a beautiful article. its a heartbreaking article. the story begins wi...

Retired crowd travels from town to town during ditch seasons sed stays for free in exchange for 20 hours of work per week. people like don and kathy. >> across the country four times in seven years. weve hit all the western states. were missing some of the northeastern states. we just havent had time. >> most work campers are full time rvers and work at rv parks, amusement parks during the busy season. >> its an advantage for both us and also for the owners of the park and that theyre not having...

It. called work camping, this mostly retired crowd travels from town to town during ditch seasons sed stays for free in exchange for 20 hours of work per week. people like don and kathy. >> across the country four times in seven years. weve hit all the western states. were missing some of the northeastern states. we just havent had time. >> most work campers are full time rvers and work at rv parks, amusement parks during the busy season. >> its an advantage for both us and also for the owners o...

Internet and companies like amazon.com profited in the big way. recession, huh? now were learning how amazons managers handled the spike in business. in part by hiring work ampers. work campers. that term a combination of work and campers. a million of these folks say around the travel of the country and their rv, they picked up temporary jobs along the way. adam housley is in benson, arizona, about an hour outside tucson. how did this work? >> this time of year youll find work campers all over ...

Family, pick up odd jobs when necessary because theyre living on a fixed income. warren is one camper, hes been doing this for ten years, he used to be in the high tech describe and says he loves this lifestyle. >> youre not paying rent anywhere, you get around, seeing different parts of the country, and go where you want to, when you want to go. >> reporter: most work -- most of the work campers are full-time rvers, they travel around the country, do odd jobs, everything from amusement park, na...

1.5 people who travel around at work campers. >> we take our work camping jobs. we choose areas of the country we want to visit. then we find a job that we think will suit us and we contact the campground and give them our resume and tell them the experience we have, then we negotiate the deal. >> reporter: some work for a salary, for a small salary, for amazon.com over the holidays. others will come to a campground and work in the gift shop or work at the pool. with the advent of technology lik...

Amenities. >> reporter: there is 1.3 to 1.5 people who travel around at work campers. >> we take our work camping jobs. we choose areas of the country we want to visit. then we find a job that we think will suit us and we contact the campground and give them our resume and tell them the experience we have, then we negotiate the deal. >> reporter: some work for a salary, for a small salary, for amazon.com over the holidays. others will come to a campground and work in the gift shop or work at the...