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Amazon Created Video Games to Help Reduce Tedium in Their Warehouses

posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 24 2019, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the How-about-a-nice-game-of-chess? dept.

Freeman writes:

When contacted by Ars today, Amazon confirmed that it is piloting the games in five of its fulfillment centers and provided a few other details. Amazon told us that it has no plans to make the games mandatory and that workers who opt into the games can switch back to non-game work methods any time they want.

Amazon said it is trying to create a more fun and interactive work environment and that workers can play the games in an anonymous mode if they prefer not to show their name to others playing the games or on leaderboards.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/amazon-gamifies-its-warehouse-work-like-tetris-but-with-real-boxes/

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday May 24 2019, @01:09AM

    by looorg (578) on Friday May 24 2019, @01:09AM (#846861)

    Perhaps it had been more suitable if it had been like Pac Man or Frogger (they can do that, just imagine that they are the frog, and the package should be delivered to the other side of the road and that the cars that went across the screen are all those robots that work in warehouse).

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