HiredJames Bloodworth
Hired
by James Bloodworth · first published 2018
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James Bloodworth's book Hired is a good companion piece. It covers what it's like to work in an Amazon warehouse in the UK, among other low paid jobs. I'm not sure if it was the tagline, but I think 'the last thing you'll buy on Amazon'…
on “The outcry over deaths on Amazon's warehouse floor” ↗…daily stresses offered by high sugar fatty foods might be more valuable to them than saving up money and health for a life that is pretty much going nowhere. EDIT: It was a passage from a book called Hired by James Bloodworth
on “Forbes 30 Under 30 Mocked: Incredible Track Record of Fraud” ↗The book Hired by James Bloodworth, a British journalist, describes what happens to a town when Amazon graces it with a warehouse. Sadly, some communities are already there.
on “Amazon’s delivery drones are grounded in College Station, Texas” ↗“James Bloodworth is a journalist and author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain, which was longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2019.” Anthropologizing (my neologism) the poor of your own country is an elitist move. Even the upper-middles have…
on “Why the Poor Eat Poorly” ↗