Does Amazon offer Transportation for Employees- Amazon is a platform where we can buy whatever we need in our day-to-day life, sitting in our home, office, tea shop, etc. We can call it an “online shopping platform.” Undoubtedly, it is one of the biggest in the world. It is the first option for the majority of people when doing online shopping.
Being a very reputed company in the nation and in the world, Amazon provides transportation facilities for its employees. It not only provides transportation but also security to protect the female employees during their travel from the office to their residence and vice versa.
Amazon’s existence:
It has offices located on all continents and has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, America. Globally, it has approximately 16 lakh employees. Employees include both men and women. It has its offices in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, and Mumbai in India. America is the biggest market for Amazon. It either has its own vehicles or hires vehicles to provide transportation for its employees.
Amazon employees’ designations are as follows:
There are a lot of work sections in the company where employees would be recruited according to their qualifications, abilities, and experience. Some of the work sections are Accounts Department, Software Development, Customer Support (voice and non-voice), Loading Section, Unloading Section, Business Development Officers, Marketing and Sales, Claim Support, Legal Support Section, Quality Control, Supervisors, Security guards, Office Boys, Pantry, Soft Copies Record Section, Photography and Videography Section, Administrative Support, Design, Buying-planning and in stock management, Writing and content management, Facilities maintenance and Real Estate, Machine Learning Science, IT, Transportation Management etc.,
Mode of transportation:
The mode of transportation it uses is buses and taxis like the Santro, i10, Innova, etc. When an employee joins the company, it takes the information of the particular employee’s residence and checks if the particular employee is in need of a transportation facility or if the particular employee has a vehicle. If that employee is in need of a transportation facility, it will provide the information about the route number and vehicle number. The same employee information will be given to the vehicle attendants.
Common bus stop for the employees in nearby localities:
As Amazon employees need to work shifts, they need to work night shifts in a rotation. People with no vehicles will utilize this opportunity provided by the company. The important thing is that the vehicles won’t drop the employees at their doorsteps, but a common stop for all the employees residing in a nearby location would be made. And the timings for pickup will be given. Employees should catch the vehicle by going to the particular stop at the respective timings of the vehicle. However, the vehicle stops for a few minutes if the employee alerts the vehicle attendants. The contact number of the vehicle attendant would be shared with all the employees who are supposed to travel on that route and in that vehicle.
Does amazon charge money for employees’ transportation?
We can guess what might be happening.
- When it offers an offer letter to its employees, it provides the CTC break up. Generally, it contains the salary breakup for employee transportation. Utilization of an offer is left to the employees. We can term this strategy “Free Transportation to its Employees.” Or,
- It may give them a form and challan to fill out and provide them with a monthly pass enabling them to use transportation facilities. They can buy the monthly pass whenever they want. We cannot term it as “Free Transportation to its Employees”.
Who will benefit from it?
Employees, mainly females, are benefited by utilizing this because, rotationally, they need to work in different shifts like the morning, afternoon, and night. Sometimes they need to sign off late at night. It would be a great task for them to reach their home or PG safely. In such cases, the safest
And the best option for them is to avail transportation services. A few employees might be coming from longer distances, and it may cost them more in travel charges for local autos. These category employees might also benefit.
Own or hired vehicles:
As Amazon has 16 lakh employees globally, it will be difficult for it to buy its own vehicles to use them for employee transportation. So, generally it rents vehicles from travelling agencies or vehicle escort agencies. They will supply the vehicles along with experienced drivers and cleaners. Amazon pays the rent to the agencies on a monthly basis or trip basis. Those agencies are the ones responsible for paying the salaries of the drivers and cleaners. Agencies take great care in verifying drivers’ and cleaners’ identity cards and their licenses.
Conclusion
As a job provider or employer, companies should be responsible enough to provide a workable atmosphere along with the travelling benefits of company vehicles. Also, take measures like: police verification of drivers and cleaners; checking the valid identities of the drivers and cleaners; inspecting the vehicles to see if they are in safe and travelling condition; checking if the drivers are alcoholic or not; etc. A company’s reputation is reflected by the acts it does.
Frequently asked questions
- How to get a job at Amazon?
You can find a careers tab on their website where they will be uploading the current vacancy information.
- Do they charge any registration fee for the interview?
Being a corporate and MNC company, it does not charge any registration fees for an interview.
Do we need to sign any bonds to get employment at Amazon?
It has permanent jobs, temporary jobs, and also contract jobs where you may be required to sign a bond for certain number of years or months to work.
- Are Amazon working hours general or do we need to be prepared for night shifts also?
Being an MNC company, it will be operating for 24 hours a day. So, you must be prepared and flexible enough to accept any shift, like the morning, or afternoon, or even night shifts.
- Does Amazon have a cab facility for its employees?
Yes, it provides cab facility to its employees.
- Do cabs drop us at our door steps?
No, they won’t drop or pick up you at your door steps but give you a common bus stop for all the nearby localities where you need to assemble to catch the cab
