Hundreds of Amazon workers have been fired over productivity at just one warehouse in one year.
employs a system that not only tracks warehouse workers productivity, but can automatically fire them for failing to meet expectations.
Amazon has fired more than 300 workers, citing productivity, at a single facility in Baltimore in a single year ,The Verge cites a letter by an Amazon attorney as part of a case with the National Labor Relations Board. If the system determines the employee is failing to meet production targets, it can automatically issue warnings and terminate them, without a supervisor's intervention, although Amazon points out that a human supervisor can override the system. The company also says it provides training to those who don't meet their production goals.
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