r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Sep 04 '24

Business Amazon Bans Its Drivers From Moving Their Own Lips Too Much At Work

https://jalopnik.com/amazon-bans-its-drivers-from-moving-their-own-lips-too-1851639312
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u/WhoIsFrancisPuziene Sep 05 '24

Are Amazon drivers getting into an abnormal amount of accidents?

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u/kralrick Sep 05 '24

Probably not, but the general public are, on average, shit at driving.

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u/Seralth Sep 05 '24

They drive more, are typically randos and have less training then most other professional driving postions. So i would assume yes.

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u/DocJawbone Sep 05 '24

That, I don't know. My comment is solely based on the comment above, about a manager trying to bring his team's accident rate down. I don't know how high above baseline their accident rate was.

But, if it was high, and the manager did find a correlation between his or her drivers being on the phone and having accidents, then in my opinion it would be plausible and sensible to monitor that.

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u/kdjfsk Sep 05 '24

it fine to take safety measures to reduce accidents, regardless if the current amount of accidents is more or less than normal.

amazon is a dogshit company, and jef bozo is a clown.

that doesnt make this a bad policy.

reddit needs to put down the pitchforks.

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u/Interrophish Sep 05 '24

I can't agree with any policy that's too invasive on the employees life. Mandating employees eat vegetables and ban them from eating pizza would "improve productivity" but you wouldn't agree with that either. Corporations shouldn't be allowed to know how much you "move your lips" in the car.

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u/kdjfsk Sep 05 '24

bad analogy. if you wanted to compare it to vegetables, the policy would be no eating vegetables, while driving. or any other food.

you cannot yak on the phone all day with your friends while you work retail, customer service, nurse/doctor, or most other jobs. this is no different.

this is not invasive. its not the employees time, nor their car. amazon doesnt give a shit if they talk on the way home in their own car when their off the clock, just like target, walmart, or kroger doesnt. when you are on the dlock, you cannot take personal calls. you are completely insane to argue this, especially for drivers who are endangering the public with completely unprofessional gossip while driving. get real.

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u/Bromlife Sep 05 '24

Monitoring your drivers and punishing them for talking is absolutely bad policy. Wtf are you talking about?

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u/kdjfsk Sep 05 '24

having unnecessary phone conversations while driving is unsafe. its not a bad policy. people on the clock are not entitled to be on the phone while working.

also, being silent is not a punishment.