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.
Would you like to play a game?
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday May 24 2019, @01:22AM (1 child)
That they paid the money to develop their own game about work rather than just put a fucking x box or ps3 with Counterstrike and Madden says much about how systematically sadistic Amazon's leadership are. And how stupid they are. If they did what I suggested above and had the occasional tournament with cheap prize and wall of fame they could buy all their workforce's loyalty for minimum wage.
(Score: 3, Touché) by RamiK on Friday May 24 2019, @02:28AM
Like in any competitive market/event, even cheap prizes would introduce incentives for sabotage and fixing the results where the workers will cooperate to slow down and take turns on who is going to win.
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