Amazon uses 'scare tactics' to prevent employee theft

Employees working in Amazon’s large warehouses are subjected to a daily warning video, depicting examples of alleged on-the-job theft.

This is according to a report detailed by Bloomberg Business. The publication claims that the retail giant has set up digital billboards which show supposed offenders, each represented by a black silhouette stamped with the word ‘terminated’, complete with a detailed list of what the ex-employee stole. Some of the silhouettes are ominously stamped with the word ‘arrested’.

However, it seems that the screens are not that big of an issue for some diligent workers.

Maurice Jones, who left Amazon in February, told Bloomberg Business: “[The] only people that would have something to say about it are people that’s doing [something] wrong. It’s just letting people know that you’re being watched.”