Amazon gives workers new wellness program, but not extra time to participate

Amazon wants warehouse workers to take action to improve their health — but they won’t get extra time to do it.

On Monday, Amazon announced wellness initiatives aimed at operations employees, with a focus on health education, mindfulness, and stretching.

When Mashable reached the company via email to ask how employees would be empowered to engage in these activities during their highly regimented and surveilled days, the company said it's not giving employees extra break time. And when asked about reducing productivity requirements, it responded with a comment on how worker performance was judged on several factors. Read more...