Automated HR systems have caused Amazon In a worker being disturbed by messages during his illness with a virus COVID-19, said Drew Dozenskas, a worker Amazon warehouse In Illinois, told NBC, he tested positive forCOVID-19 During the holiday, he notified Amazon, but for days followingward received automated text messages from the company telling him that his paid time off balance was dropping because he was missing shifts.
According to the website,business insider‘, it is not clear if the time has actually been taken from the worker’s paid leave.
And Amazon has reduced the amount of paid vacation workers get when they fall ill with a virus COVID-19 Ten to seven days last week, following new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control.
Amazon workers also told they struggled to get tests COVID-19 Since the company stopped on-site testing in July, along with the start of a variable omicron.
Other workers said they had difficulty accessing human resources, and a contractor working on the Amazon employee hotline said regarding COVID-19 The number of calls has become enormous. The contractor told the network NBCAt one point, we had 1,700 calls on hold.
Amazon’s human resources systems have been criticized before, particularly its payroll system, which was revealed by an internal investigation first published by the New York Times.
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