This is a 4x10, 3rd shift schedule which is pretty normal for factory/warehouse jobs.
I don't know about you, but if my employer said I had to start working 1:20am to 11:50am within a week or lose my job, I'd be pretty angry too. Especially if I was a warehouse worker making a low salary that couldn't afford to find a new job easily.
Some people love these schedules _if_ they don’t have other commitments (like a second job or child care, etc).
But making it mandatory and not making it elective, usually with some incentive (like 25% premium), is a bit predatory, or at least strong arming workers.
Our shifts were 4 x 10.5 with two 30 mins breaks (which you only got paid for one!)
It was absolute shite and the toughest job I've ever done but, hey, I kept my roof over my head.
It's not nice but unfortunately when you don't have a job and prospects suck then they hold all the cards :(
That is a straw man. Instead, corporates need to be forced to follow labor laws and respect human rights.
Do you know the kind of contributions immigrants have had in this industry? Do you know how important open immigration has been to the rise of tech?
Population growth could be changing the ability to easily get a low skilled job, but I personally believe offshoring is the biggest issue. There's simply less places to go.
Anecdotally it used to be super common to walk out of a job on Friday and find another by Monday. We need that back for the sake of worker's rights.
That said, China has been successful (there are others) and have achieved success without this input. So I don’t think it’s a necessary ingredient. That said, talent improves economies. Imported labor (as well as automation) drives down labor costs and affects unskilled and semi skilled workers the most.
The impacts of automation are massive, I really recommend this Andrew Yang interview [0]. It's a real eye-opener.
I had not realized the scale of this mess before watching that episode. Interesting numbers and insights in that 17 minute segment.
"Today, holders of rural hukou are ostracized and discriminated against by their fellow citizens, and have little choice but to take on the most dangerous, demanding, and low-paying jobs that those with urban hukou wouldn’t dare involve themselves in."
https://www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/chinas-caste-system-h...
Not many expats get to become citizens of China despite the wealth and power they have contributed to China. Chine see it as them doing _you_ a favor, not the other way round.
If China were like the US you’d have people from all over Asia streaming in to cash in on a growing economy, instead they make sure this wealth is spread amongst themselves rather than putting the poor against others willing to work under poorer conditions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/16/years-ber...
From the article:
"Megacycle isn't not just bad for lifestyle reasons," a warehouse worker at a delivery station in Queens, New York and a member of the group Amazonians United NYC, told Motherboard. "It's bad for your body. I don't think everyone can handle this."
There were regular medical checkups, we got hazard pay and the NOC had a workout room, massage chairs and everything.
Even with all of that, it beat the hell out of me, and I was doing glorified office work, no hard physical work at all. The average graveyard shift security guard or warehouse worker will presumably have none of those benefits, and will be so much worse off.