Amazon to open new delivery station in Meridian
The new facility is slated to open early next year and will generate hundreds of new full-time and part-time jobs all paying at least $15 per hour. Author: KTVB Staff, Shirah Matsuzawa Published: 11:21 AM MDT May 5, 2021 Updated: 6:23 PM MDT May 5, 2021
MERIDIAN, Idaho Amazon is expanding its operations in Idaho.
The company announced Wednesday that it plans to open a new delivery station early next year at 2490 East Franklin Road in Meridian. That s just west of Eagle Road.
The new facility will be more than 140,000 square feet.
Amazon is expected to hire hundreds of new full-time and part-time associates. Starting pay is at least $15 per hour.
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“Any time a van is off route or stops for longer than three minutes, it notifies the delivery service provider. Amazon encourages the delivery service owners to cut down on said stops. I would personally get called by a dispatcher every time I stopped to go to the bathroom. Sitting on the phone with them made the stop take longer. It just wasn’t worth the angry looks in the morning or the worry I’d get fired.”
Amazon uses contractors for delivery services, a move Meyers said makes it exceedingly difficult for workers to organize, and he said, contributes to drivers being overworked and underpaid by the delivery service providers who are paid bonuses on metrics such as route completion percentages.
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Amazon Ups Surveillance of Contract Drivers
February 16, 2021
First it was AI-equipped onboard cameras watching Amazon contract drivers along their routes. Now CNBC is reporting an app called Mentor monitors driver performance, which can interpret legitimate activities as risky ones, resulting in lower scores and sometimes termination.
The company has reportedly been using Mentor for years but the practice has just come to light. Amazon says it is a driver safety tool that generates a daily safety score, but drivers said it was invasive and at times leads to unfair disciplinary action.
“Safety is Amazon’s top priority,” Amazon spokesperson Deborah Bass told CNBC. “Whether it’s state-of-the art telemetrics and advanced safety technology in last-mile vans, driver-safety training programs, or continuous improvements within our mapping and routing technology, we have invested tens of millions of dollars in safety mechanisms across our network, and regularly communicate safe