FBA warehouse epidemic leaked! Did Amazon intentionally conceal it?

Recently, warehouses have obviously had a serious capacity reduction problem, and sellers everywhere have complained that it takes too long to put products on the shelves. In addition to the reason we analyzed yesterday, which was the cancellation of epidemic subsidies and led to the passive work of warehouse workers, the actual epidemic situation inside Amazon warehouses is also one of the key factors.

If there are confirmed cases in the warehouse, it will greatly dampen the enthusiasm of warehouse workers. For the sake of their own health, some workers would even quit their jobs rather than work in such a dangerous environment.

Therefore, we sellers are very concerned about the epidemic situation in Amazon warehouses, but Amazon has never disclosed the real situation and has been hiding it from sellers and local governments. Yesterday, foreign media intercepted an internal Amazon memo, which involved Amazon's precise monitoring of the epidemic in warehouses and intentionally concealing the real FBA warehouse epidemic data!

What is the real epidemic situation in FBA warehouses?

Will the situation deteriorate further and affect the warehouse’s current processing capacity?

Amazon has consistently refused to disclose the actual confirmed data in the warehouse, claiming that it is "not particularly useful" and that "the infection rate in the warehouse is basically lower than the infection rate in the local community."

The internal memo obtained by foreign media detailed the epidemic data of the MSP1 warehouse in Minnesota (yes, it is the birthplace of the recent riots and protests in the United States).

The data in the memo showed that the confirmed rate within MSP1 was as high as 1.7% , and the memo also recorded the average infection rate across the state during the same period. The average infection rate in Scott County, where the MSP1 warehouse is located, is only 0.1%, while the average infection rate in Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis, is 0.4%. In other words, the infection rate in the warehouse is almost several times the infection rate in the city!

The memo was updated as of May 18, and there are already 45 confirmed cases in the MSP1 warehouse! The memo details the department, shift, and place of residence of each confirmed worker. Although Amazon has done detailed monitoring of the epidemic in each warehouse, it still chooses to conceal this data.

It is easy for us to understand the purpose of concealment. If this news had been made public some time ago, it would have been overwhelmed by the workers' criticism and would have been targeted by the government. In serious cases, the company might have been fined hundreds of millions and then suspended for rectification.

Amazon did not deny the situation exposed by foreign media, and it should have made other response plans. Anyway, the epidemic in the United States has begun to rebound, and it is basically impossible to close it again. However, with the exposure of the epidemic and the lack of enthusiasm, it is difficult for Amazon warehouses to improve their transportation capacity in a short period of time.

Now the whole United States is pinning its hopes on vaccines. Currently, three vaccines are undergoing Phase III clinical trials (two in China and one in the United States). After completing the final clinical trials, they will be ready for large-scale deployment.

So our most important task now is to survive, victory is just around the corner. In addition to keeping our daily orders, we must also protect the safety of our current funds. Because the epidemic in the United States is currently on the verge of another outbreak, it is very likely that a group of financial companies like Wirecard will face bankruptcy . We must protect the money in our hands now, and we must not let the crisis of financial companies affect our own funds.

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