What Happened When I Got a Job at a Soul-Crushing, Abusive Warehouse

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by cherry_su • 12 years ago

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pwg• 12 years ago

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For those who prefer the article whole, instead of chopped up into 10 separate parts.

percept• 12 years ago

"Still, most people really don't know how most internet goods get to them. The e-commerce specialist didn't even know, and she was in charge of choosing the 3PL for her midsize online-retail company. "These decisions are made at a business level and are based on cost," she says. "I never, ever thought about what they're like and how they treat people. Fulfillment centers want to keep clients blissfully ignorant of their conditions." If you called major clothing retailers, she ventured, and asked them "what it was like at the warehouse that ships their sweaters, no one at company headquarters would have any fucking clue.""

What Happened When I Got a Job at a Soul-Crushing, Abusive Warehouse

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