Leaked report from Amazon warns it could run out of new warehouse staff to hire in the US by 2024
Daily MailAmazon could run out of new people to hire by 2024, with the company burning through its entire warehouse workforce annually thanks to grueling shifts, a leaked internal document reveals. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that employee safety is the company's top priority In 2020, for every 100 Amazon workers, six were injured, according to the Washington Post. Among the many reasons for the potential shortfall of workers is Amazon's controversial employment practices and worker health and safety Jose Pagan, pictured here, said that he was fired electronically after taking two days off to deal with an infected tooth One anecdote relayed in the Recode article mentions an Amazon supervisor from The Bronx in New York. One former manager said: 'It was almost impossible to get fired as a worker' Jassy, said in an internal memo to employees in April 2022 that there is no 'silver bullet' to make Amazon facilities magically safer Despite multiple reports of casual firings, one former manager at Amazon's Phoenix plant, told Recode, that now the culture is more geared toward keeping workers due to the high attrition rates.