Amazon's delivery driver was warned that if he stopped delivery because of a tornado alert, he might be fired.

Nearly 100 casualties have been reported in the tornado that struck the United States from December 10 to 11, 2021. Among them, there are testimonies that employees were told to 'dismiss when they got home' at the candle factory in Kentucky, which was severely damaged, but Amazon's delivery driver also 'interrupted delivery and returned to the warehouse. If you do, you may be dismissed. '

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This was revealed by a text message exchange between a female driver who was undertaking Amazon's baggage delivery in Illinois and an operation manager.

The driver told the operation manager that the tornado warning information was being played on the radio, but the operation manager refused, 'Unless there is an instruction from Amazon, it cannot be recalled because of the warning.' rice field.

When the driver said, 'I will return to the delivery base for safety' and 'The car will be my favorite', the operation manager said, 'It is up to you to decide to' return ', but to ensure safety. The safest thing to do is to stay there. If you bring your luggage home, you will be considered refusing to deliver and you will be out of work tomorrow morning. ' .. In addition, the driver said 'OK' because he said, 'The door of the base was broken by the strong wind, so I can't go inside even if I come back. Please evacuate on the spot.' ..

'When I heard the driver issued a tornado alert, the flight manager should have instructed me to look for a shelter immediately,' said Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel. 'The local Amazon team is a delivery partner. He advised him to cancel the delivery that night and tell the driver to go to the shelter. '' Under no circumstances should the operation manager threaten the driver's employment. ' 'We are investigating the entire case and will take the necessary steps,' he said.

Six people have died in the warehouse at Amazon over the tornado, but warehouse employees have testified that they have never had an evacuation drill at least after the pandemic of the new coronavirus. Another employee testified, 'I have repeatedly suggested that I should train for fires and tornadoes, but nothing.'