An Amazon warehouse.
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Amazon is ramping up the development of its warehouse video game program aimed at improving employee productivity.
The project called "FC Game" was launched by the e-commerce giant in 2017 in one of its storage sites.
It has recently been extended to corporate hangars located in at least 20 US states, reports
The information
relayed by
The Verge
.
The system consists of installing arcade games on the devices and machines used by employees, who can play them while performing some of their usual tasks.
For example, one of the games places employees behind the wheel of a virtual racing car on a circuit, the
Washington Post
told
in May 2019. The latter advances as handlers retrieve packages from good shelves. real.
Break the routine and… surveillance?
The warehouses thus equipped offer up to six different games.
These allow you to win virtual pets and even electronic products at certain times of the year.
Employees are not required to argue games.
They can also play anonymously and select only certain games.
“Employees told us they appreciated the opportunity to play from their workstations,” said an Amazon spokesperson.
Employees have nevertheless expressed their fears that this process will serve as a pretext for monitoring the speed and quality of their work.
Others considered that the games made it possible to break the routine of repetitive gestures that characterize the activity of warehouse workers.
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