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Amazon is the only company I know of that has to have contingency plans for blowing through the available local workforce, their treatment of people is that bad. I have been at the very bottom of society, and everyone chose to work somewhere else than an Amazon warehouse, including the local refuse recycling plant sorting putrid trash that paid less.



My friend worked at the Amazon warehouse in Scotland, it was hard work, but paid relatively well. He ris extremely hard worker. Exactly one time he got stomach flu, came in green barely standing and said he can't work. Was fired on spot.


Is that kind of thing legal in UK?


Protections are stronger once you work for some time (1.5y?). But he was immigrant and maybe could have fought it, but did not.



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