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candidate · p2026-09-07-069 · reject-definition

Amazon's rate/quota and "time off task" system. Threshold logic on measured productivity rates; no source documents the thresholds being fit to data

set aside as
DEFINITION REJECTS
the researcher's note
Amazon's rate/quota and "time off task" system. Threshold logic on measured productivity rates; no source documents the thresholds being fit to data. The widely-cited ~300 terminations for productivity at one facility in a year is real and is not AI's.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06 second harvest, robots-gig-work
received
2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-07-robots-gig-work.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — Amazon's rate/quota and "time off task" system. Threshold logic on measured productivity rates; no source documents the thresholds being fit to data. The widely-cited ~300 terminations for productivity at one facility in a year is real and is not AI's.
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