“Amazon doesn’t work if you don’t work. It’s about time we make Amazon understand that”
employers to provide workers with either paid or unpaid time off, only that the company is upfront about its policy prior to someone being hired. DSM1 workers' shifts are typically capped at 30 hours per week, which makes them technically part time. Unlike other employees, however, they say they've been reclassified so that they don't earn the same benefits.
"According to our own employee handbook, regular part time Amazon employees working 20-29 hours a week receive a minimum of 12 paid days off a year in accrued Paid Time Off and Paid Floating Holidays," the group, which currently has over 4,000 signatures."At DSM1, we receive 0 paid days off a year."
In a statement provided to BuzzFeed, an Amazon spokesperson said the company"is proud to offer great wages paying $15 per hour or more. Benefits vary based on a variety of factors but if someone wanted to move to a role that offered regular, full-time benefits we expect to have more than a thousand of those roles in Sacramento throughout the year.
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