Amazon fans -- really neat photos of inside Amazon

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I found these kind of astonishing.

imgur.com/a/q1WIO

[dr.girlfriend]

Very cool. I think I see the Ark of the Covenant in Aisle 267b.

[aspentosh]

Wow, that's cool.

[Willis Jackson]

Huh. I thought robots took things off the shelves.

[saywhatnow]

WHOA

[MamaMaui24]

That's what it looks like in my dreams! I know it sounds crazy, but I would love to work there and fill orders.

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Dec 6, 2012 10:05:58 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

That's what it looks like in my dreams! I know it sounds crazy, but I would love to work there and fill orders.

I actually knew a bunch of people who did that in college (when Amazon was a much smaller operation than it is now!). It was really weird apparently -- first of all, there was a bus that came to campus to pick up student employees and you could work a shift whenever you wanted. Just line up at the bus stop when you want to work!

And apparently they had cubicle things where they did their packing and when you had worked long enough that you were eligible for a break, a light would come on in the cubicle.

That was 1999-2000 or so so I'm sure it is different now, but it was kind of intriguing to me.

[sporky]

Dec 6, 2012 10:05:58 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

That's what it looks like in my dreams! I know it sounds crazy, but I would love to work there and fill orders.

Haha- I was just thinking that!

[MadamePresident]

That's really neat.

[denise]

Wow, very cool.

[Deleted]

That's really cool. I love all those books.

[Kore]

Whoa! That is pretty amazing.

[Deleted]

Wow, I was actually just wondering the other day, with all that stuff what their warehouse must look like. Thanks for sharing.

[rosetyler]

I feel like this is the closest thing we have IRL to Santa's Workshop.

[bbaggins]

That's so cool!

[dexteroni]

Dec 6, 2012 10:56:39 GMT -5 rosetyler said:

I feel like this is the closest thing we have IRL to Santa's Workshop.

lol. Totally. This is awesome.

[luvmagoldn]

Wow - that's amazing!

[zarapipe]

Amazing!

[sa]

This is actually exactly what I pictured it looking like. I'm surprised my visual was correct.

[aspentosh]

Dec 6, 2012 10:56:39 GMT -5 rosetyler said:

I feel like this is the closest thing we have IRL to Santa's Workshop.

:Y:

[Roc A Bee]

Sweet!

[Deleted]

So it's blocked for me. Says "adult oriented content." Sad face.

[vanillacourage]

I thought this was going to be about the rainforest. <--- loser

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Dec 6, 2012 12:17:35 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

I thought this was going to be about the rainforest. <--- loser

What kind of world are we living in that the rainforest never even crossed my mind. When I hear amazon I think website...that makes me sad.

[bunch]

I kind of want to work there.

[yourmom]

It's like Costco on drugs!

[martygras]

I just want to wander the aisles - I never thought about how crazy the warehouse would be.

[LoveTrains]

Dec 6, 2012 10:05:58 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

That's what it looks like in my dreams! I know it sounds crazy, but I would love to work there and fill orders.

It is actually a terrible, terrible job. Much worse, IMO, than working at something like walmart or mcdonalds.

You can read all about it here:
www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

Now supposedly the rumor is that amazon is installing some better climate control in their warehouses after people were passing out when temperatures reached well over 100* inside in the summer.

The work is backbreaking and tiring, and you are constantly pressed to be faster.

[Deleted]

Reminds me of Warehouse 13. I have a cousin who works at a warehouse at Hagerstown PA (the one that got bad publicity this summer for being overheated with pregnant employees). It's hard work, but he's content with how he's being treated. We always joke when I get a package from that location that he did a nice job with the box.