I managed to find an article about this for anyone who wants a source, but I had to scroll past a fuckton of Amazon ads to get to it. I hate this goddamn company
Over recent weeks, drivers have been sharing pictures of temperature readings taken inside their vans in online forums, with many gauges topping 120F (49C). In one, the thermometer appears to have broken as the reading nears 125F (52C).
“It feels like you’re in an open-air oven all the time,” said Brad, a driver in Riverside, California, who said Amazon had not significantly shortened his routes during the heatwave. In late August, as temperatures soared, he decided to slow down - only to receive an automated message from Amazon saying he had under-performed on his “delivery completion rate.”
“It’s all about performance metrics - they want you to complete 20-25 stops an hour, and if you fall behind you’re in trouble,” said Brad, who also asked not to give his full name.
A portrait of the great Athenian tragic playwright Euripides. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century BCE. Found at Cumae, Italy; now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Marcus Cyron.
