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Original reporting: ‘Keep Driving’: Amazon Dispatcher Texts Show Chaos Amid Twisters (Bloomberg)
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Source: Insider
An Amazon driver was told she would be fired if she stopped delivering packages during tornado warnings: report
Kate Duffy 22 hours ago
An Amazon driver in Illinois was told by her supervisor on December 10 that she would lose her job if she stopped delivering packages, despite warnings of tornadoes in the area, according to a Bloomberg report.
The delivery driver told Bloomberg that her base was located in Edwardsville, Illinois — the same location where six Amazon employees died after a tornado struck a warehouse last week.
About 80 minutes before the tornado struck the warehouse, the driver sent a message — screenshots of which were viewed by Bloomberg — to the supervisor saying, "radios been going off."
The supervisor told her to "just keep driving," adding that "we can't just call people back for a warning unless Amazon tells us to," according to the text messages cited by Bloomberg. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to Bloomberg the authenticity of the messages between the driver and the supervisor.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-driver-illinois-tornado-keep-delivering-lose-job-return-warehouse-2021-12
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Source: Bloomberg
‘Keep Driving’: Amazon Dispatcher Texts Show Chaos Amid Twisters
Company has pledged to investigate incident and improve policies and safety guidance.
By Spencer Soper, Michael Tobin, and Michael Smith
December 16, 2021, 10:06 PM EST
The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company’s warehouses in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Dec. 10, killing six workers. The dramatic exchange cast in sharp relief the chaos that can ensue when disaster hits and disagreements erupt about when it’s time to heed warnings and cease working.
“Radio’s been going off,” the driver wrote in a text obtained by Bloomberg News.
“Keep delivering,” came the response from her supervisor. “We can’t just call people back for a warning unless Amazon tells us to.”
The driver suggested she return to base. But her boss warned that doing so could get her fired for failing to complete her deliveries. She fretted that her van would wind up becoming her casket.
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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-12-17/amazon-tornado-aftermath-workers-say-they-lacked-emergency-training
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