Fuck Amazon. We live a straight shot north of downtown in Maple Leaf within a half mile from the express lane entrance. Without traffic it takes less than 15 mins to get downtown. Even with the 3 day a week mandate, it was usually 25 mins max.
When we bought our house we specifically looked for places that had a MAX 30 min commute downtown. Then came covid and the bus stop on our block got cut. If my husband took public transportation it would take just as long due to a transfer and a mile walk from the Westlake station.
I feel like Amazon should be working with the city to find solutions before mandating folks waste an HOUR of their day FOR NO REASON. It’s a waste of my time and everyone else who is required to sit in traffic now. I truly believe this is just another way to lay people off without having to pay severance. My husband could have started working an hour earlier if he worked from home. Who is this benefitting???
How are other folks dealing with this bs?
UPDATE: Adding in the best comment I have seen so far. Who’s in??
Resist.
I think that all Amazon workers should drive individually and, together with other drivers who care about this problem, should plan to arrive in the SLU core at the exact same time every morning.
And then start flooding social media with pics and reels. You’ll have plenty of time to do it while you’re sitting stationary.
Also blast your managers with texts documenting why you’re running late.
Copy the mayor and council on all your posts and emails.
Don’t do any shopping or dining near your place of work, either. A lot of people have agitated for RTO for the benefit of local merchants and restaurants.
Lean into this shitty corporate policy (it’s not just Amazon.sand maximize the pain it’s causing everybody.
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