Lack of drivers for the delivery of goods forced Amazon to change the criteria for admission to work and allow the use of applicants to some kind of drugs. As Bloomberg writes, the company will stop testing potential drivers for marijuana smoking.
Representatives of Amazon believe that due to the examination for the use of marijuana, the American giant loses about 30 percent of workers, and the application for the abolition of screening for this drug will help attract 400 percent more responses to vacancies.
One of the Amazon partners on delivery noted that Marijuana was the main reason for which applicants did not pass drug test. Now, when only drug addicts that use heavy substances like opiates and amphetamines, the circle of suitable candidates has expanded significantly.
Some cooperating with Amazon transport companies are still afraid to remove screensing to marijuana. They are afraid of fines in the states, where the drug is not legalized, as well as irresponsibility from drivers – for example, the desire to “delay” before the road. “If one of my drivers fall into an accident or knocks someone to death, and in his blood traces of marijuana, I will answer, and not Amazon,” the head of the logistics company was shared, which wished to remain anonymous.
However, Amazon representatives assure that they will not allow candidates with physical or mental health issues. In addition, if an employee provoking an accident on the road will be under the drug – it will immediately be fired.
AMAZON partners, like other transport companies in the United States, strongly suffer from lack of drivers. Before the busy season of the winter holidays, enterprises are trying to lure to themselves workers, promising them attractive conditions. For example, Amazon contractors often lure the companies that organize the carriage of schoolchildren. They offer drivers a bid rate of $ 20 per hour and a normalized schedule, while Amazon has to often process and receive $ 17 per hour.