This is not whataboutism. Whataboutism involves failing to address the argument, and instead redirecting to a supposedly worse situation.
The parent comment has addressed the argument; in 5 of the 12 no one died. That makes the list farcical for a supposed "top most dangerous" list. The rest of the article may be valid. Personally, I don't know. I don't know anything about the layout of the inside of those warehouses, or how common it would be for a worker to go 20 minutes without seeing someone else.
I don't fully understand putting the blame on Amazon. If someone saw him collapse and ignored it, sure. I'm fairly doubtful that's what occurred, it would take an extreme level of callousness from several people to have done that. There's no info around what he was doing when he collapsed; everyone seems to assume he was in the exact same spot as that anecdote where management noticed a mistake in 2 minutes. Does it seem impossible that he felt light headed and was heading towards that AmCare facility when he lost consciousness? Or between stations or something?
This just doesn't seem that foreign to me. Lots of people work in jobs where they could conceivably pass out for 20 minutes without anyone noticing. Security workers on patrol, bartenders during slow shifts, home lawncare people, home cleaning people (if they clean while you're gone).
I'm not arguing that the working conditions at Amazon are anything other than abysmal, but this doesn't seem like a legitimate reason to be angry at Amazon.
The bit about AmCare not sending him to the hospital when he complained of chest pains and a headache is very damning, though. I'm curious if that opens them up to liability. I was under the impression that as soon as someone says the words "chest pain" you're supposed to call 911 and get them an ambulance.
The parent comment has addressed the argument; in 5 of the 12 no one died. That makes the list farcical for a supposed "top most dangerous" list. The rest of the article may be valid. Personally, I don't know. I don't know anything about the layout of the inside of those warehouses, or how common it would be for a worker to go 20 minutes without seeing someone else.
I don't fully understand putting the blame on Amazon. If someone saw him collapse and ignored it, sure. I'm fairly doubtful that's what occurred, it would take an extreme level of callousness from several people to have done that. There's no info around what he was doing when he collapsed; everyone seems to assume he was in the exact same spot as that anecdote where management noticed a mistake in 2 minutes. Does it seem impossible that he felt light headed and was heading towards that AmCare facility when he lost consciousness? Or between stations or something?
This just doesn't seem that foreign to me. Lots of people work in jobs where they could conceivably pass out for 20 minutes without anyone noticing. Security workers on patrol, bartenders during slow shifts, home lawncare people, home cleaning people (if they clean while you're gone).
I'm not arguing that the working conditions at Amazon are anything other than abysmal, but this doesn't seem like a legitimate reason to be angry at Amazon.
The bit about AmCare not sending him to the hospital when he complained of chest pains and a headache is very damning, though. I'm curious if that opens them up to liability. I was under the impression that as soon as someone says the words "chest pain" you're supposed to call 911 and get them an ambulance.
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