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Drivers shocked after Amazon announces rate cut from April 5 (www.asahi.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by alapakala@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

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Amazon Japan has notified its package delivery drivers that it is lowering compensation rates from April 5 and stated it will terminate contracts if employees do not accept the changes.

For many drivers, the rate changes the company notified them of meant a pay cut, and a number of workers have since reached out to Japan's Fair Trade Commission.

Among them is a 33‑year‑old man working as a delivery driver in the Kansai region. The job pays him about 100,000 yen ($628) per month, accounting for roughly half of his monthly earnings.

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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You know what company would collapse in minutes without the drivers doing their job?

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 13 hours ago

Not Amazon, their store is small potatoes for them. Their real money maker is amazon web services.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 10 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

$628 would cover 2/5th of my rent, Amazon is scum

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

I'd be curious to see how that stacks up against the Kansai cost of living, since rent and other costs will obviously be different from the rest of the world. I am also too lazy to do any proper research. Oh well.

[–] org@lemmy.org 2 points 13 hours ago

That’s just over one month of healthcare in the US, assuming you don’t use any of it.