Best of 2024: ‘We are not robots’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed
Dec 23, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
What happens when the human body is treated like a machine – pushed to its limit – for the sake of a company’s efficiency standards? Former and current staff at Woolworths allege that the supermarket has been cracking down in a way they describe as ‘bullying’ and unsafe, something the company’s supply chain arm denies.Reged Ahmad asks investigations reporter Ariel Bogle if Woolworths’ warehouse tactics are putting employees’ health and safety at risk