"Bathroom access is one of the most notorious criticisms of Amazon's treatment of workers. Amazon delivery drivers and warehouse workers have reported having to pee in water bottles due to lack of time and access, and have even said their bathroom breaks are timed. Zoe Hoffman, an Amazon spokesperson, said it was absurd and false to connect a visitor's tour experience to that of our employees, adding that workers were allowed regularly scheduled breaks throughout their shifts."
"None of this will be an issue if Amazon's multibillion-dollar robot dreams come true. Amazon cites 10 different robots through its warehouse network, though the Stone Mountain warehouse had only a handful of them, including the Roomba-like robots moving shelves of products around to stowers and pickers, an automated crane arm palletizing products, and a robot along a conveyor belt printing and adding shipping labels to boxes of products set to be mailed out of the warehouse."
Amazon is investing billions in warehouse robots that do not require bathroom breaks, reducing reliance on human labor. A visitor arriving early for a public tour at the Stone Mountain, Georgia facility was denied restroom access in the lobby and had to relieve themself in a parked car for privacy. Amazon offers public tours at 28 of its US warehouses as a recruiting and public-relations tool. Delivery drivers and warehouse workers have reported urinating into water bottles and having timed bathroom breaks. An Amazon spokesperson denied that a visitor's tour experience reflects employee conditions and said workers receive regularly scheduled breaks. The Stone Mountain site displayed a handful of robots and closed areas for undisclosed upgrades.
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