Amazon is infamous for the grueling working conditions at its warehouses, and the company is now being mocked for giving employees a space to recharge their mental batteries: in a two-foot by two-foot box.
“My work day feels like a nine-hour intense workout every day, and they track our every move,” Amazon employee Jennifer Bates told a Senate Budget Committee hearing on wealth inequality back in March. “I learned that if I worked too slow or had too much time off task, I could be disciplined or even fired,” she added.
