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jonknee | 5 years ago

From their post on the topic it sounds like you should be happy with their plan:

https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/how-amazon-priorit...

> Millions of masks have been distributed across our network. They are available to all Amazon associates, delivery service partners, Amazon Flex participants, seasonal employees, and Whole Foods Market stores employees. We are encouraging everyone to take and use them.

As for testing, they have been unable to do it through regular channels so they are building a lab to do it themselves:

> An important safety step might be regular testing of all employees for COVID-19, including those without symptoms. We have begun assembling equipment we need to build our first lab to process tests and hope to start testing small numbers of our frontline employees soon.

As for cleanliness:

> We have increased the frequency and intensity of cleaning at all sites, including regular sanitization of door handles, handrails, touch screens, scanners, and other frequently touched areas.

> Our enhanced cleaning has added almost 200 additional points of contact per site across our janitorial teams, and we’ve increased the size of our cleaning teams threefold to support our buildings.

> We require everyone to wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after using the bathroom and before eating, as well as after blowing their nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not readily available, alcohol-based hand sanitizer stations are easily accessible throughout our buildings.

> In addition to break times, employees can log out of their system to wash their hands whenever they choose, without worrying about impact on their performance goals.

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uoaei|5 years ago

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mc32|5 years ago

Policies take time to develop as people develop understanding of the situation , then there’s availability and putting policy into practice.

jshevek|5 years ago

>Stop playing PR hype-man for Amazon, they don't need your help.

You can address the other speaker's points without this.

duxup|5 years ago

That person is not playing anything. They are noting what the facts are right now.

kevingadd|5 years ago

Credit for the effort, but it has been a consistent issue over the last month and employees are still voicing concerns.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/enough-enough-l...

Once the vast majority of employees say it's actually fixed I'll give Amazon real credit for it, but it's empty PR until then.

SpicyLemonZest|5 years ago

This article mentions 300 people, which isn't a very big fraction of Amazon employees. I'm sure some employees who aren't participating sympathize, but what number would convince you that the "vast majority" think it's fine?