Original post by sofiax0Amazon have a task culture where people are divided into different groups, recieve lines, pack lines, putting away suppliers products and pickers, with mobile problem solvers.
Amazon is interesting because it actually has quite a negative culture in its warehouses, employees walk 7-14 miles a day, and its quite darwinistic. for example, an employee got sick during a shift and then then next time she came in she didnt have a job, similarly an employee took a day off because his boots supplied by amazon gave him blisters and pain, and then next time he came in he had also lost his job. Employees also have to walk through an airport style security system to get to have a 30 min lunch break.
to a certain extent, particularly looking at the warehouse in Rugley, although it does have a task culture where everyone has specifc tasks, its not necessarily a strong culture. This is because Rugley sufffered from structural unemployment due to the coal mine closures in the 90's, and therefore people work there to have a job, rather than because they embrace the company values. In addition to this, it has a negative culture because of the darwinistic culture, because there's job uncertainty and insecurity. On the one hand this motivates employees to work hard because they don't want to be the ones to lose their jobs, but on the other hand, they are demotivated because there jobs are so uncertain.
But, although Amazon may not necessarily have a strong or positive culture in its warehouses, it still proves to be particularly successful, as it is becoming increasingly popular, for example 1 in 4 books are purchased from amazon, and also the kindle has been proven to be a success
Amazon, despite not necessarily having a strong or positive culture, is slowly beginning to dominate the market, with the growing e-retail and its cheap products, and therefore, despite its culture, it's still doing well.
whoops didnt mean to write that much sorry
ive done amazon, barclays, zappos, royal mail, john lewis, mid-staffordshire hospital, enron, yahoo and southwest airlines. i also need to do tesco and ikea but. For topics, i havent really sorted them into topics - sorry. what have you done?