Amazon's Sick Brutality Summary

From the article “Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon’s sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers”, I would be writing on labor management relations, which is an aspect of SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management) that is lacking in the operations of Amazon company in America and other part of Europe. There are 2 things to talk about concerning Amazon operational practices, which are Amazon not being employee centered and also lacking in the area of labor management relations. An employee centered workplace is one in which all individuals, programs, processes, and systems are focused on helping employees become fully successful. Employees who feel valued will provide excellent products and service, which will result in the achievement of organizational goals. In such an environment, everyone wins; workers, management, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders. Sadly, this scenario does not occur naturally. Rather, management must make a conscious effort or decision to create an environment in which everyone and everything is aligned with employees’ success. …show more content…
Labor management relations looks at industrial life, such as collective bargaining, trade unions, discipline and grievance handling and disputes, employee participation in management and the interpretation of labor laws. The collective bargaining process is a key part of labor management relations. It desires to reach an agreement for all employees and workers in a given company or workplace and it focuses on issues or problems such as wages, working hours, promotions, benefits and other employment terms. Labor-management relations aim to protect the interests of labor and management. It targets the highest level of mutual understanding among all sections in the industry which take part in the production