working conditions
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Instacart’s 15-Minute Delivery Plan Is Insidious and Nobody Needs It
Food delivery startup Instacart has built its brand on lightning-fast grocery drop-offs, but the convenience economy never sleeps: This week, The Information reported that the company plans to launch a pilot version of an even speedier, 15-minute delivery plan as soon as early next year — a significant step up from its current two-hour delivery…
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Amazon Mumbles ‘Sorry’ for Denying Its Workers Pee in Bottles, Says Uber and UPS Drivers Do It, Too
After lying about the fact that some of its workers are under so much pressure that they are forced to relieve themselves in bottles in order to meet their quotas, Amazon has quietly said it’s sorry in its own very weird way and acknowledged that drivers do in fact do this. It then promptly pointed…
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Samsung Labour Conditions Are Still Terrible
Samsung recently commissioned an independent inspection of 100 of its suppliers in China. Surprise! Their working conditions are still dreadful.