Amazon totally jumps the shark on packaging this time

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that's how they make sure counterfeit batteries don't explode in transit

[graylocks]

Gareth wrote:

But, I don't think the Amazon workers get paid/rewarded for efficient packaging, rather, it's more about how many packages can you ship in an hour, so if that's the box that's on hand, that's the box it's going in.

i toured the Chattanooga facility. the workers don't have a choice about packaging. the goods come to them on a belt and they have instructions what to put them in. an algorithm decides what the packaging is going to be and prepares the label for them. it would cut into efficiency if a real person had to make a choice every time. sometimes when it's really out of whack the worker can report it for future reference.

[Rick-o]

I ordered two corn brooms a few years back. They each came in boxes that would hold a dozen brooms in each box. :dunno:

[testcase]

Several years ago, I ordered a 12 pack of dental floss (along with other items). Amazon only sent ONE package of dental floss. I called and complained. Amazon, using a 24" cube box, sent me another SINGLE PACK of dental floss. :facepalm:

[RAMd®d]

i toured the Chattanooga facility. the workers don't have a choice about packaging. the goods come to them on a belt and they have instructions what to put them in. an algorithm decides what the packaging is going to be and prepares the label for them. it would cut into efficiency if a real person had to make a choice every time. sometimes when it's really out of whack the worker can report it for future reference.


This.

All of this.

My buddy's daughter worked at the Fremont CA AMZ facility for almost a year, and told me all of the above.

Ok, she didn't know that gl torued the Chattanoga facility, but she gave me the same intel that gl saw.

I've ordered button cells from AMZ a few times, and swear at least once or twice they were shipped in a plastic padded AMZ envelope and not third-party.

[jdc]

saw this on colbert... hes being sent home wrapped in bubble wrap in a box 8X too big.