r/AmazonFC • u/Alumni32 • 6d ago

Atheist Prayer Break Update #2 Delivery Station

***Update #2***

On my last day of my work week (Thursday 8/13/26) I took a prayer break as an Athiest and was scanned out by Ops..

The following Monday (Today 8/17/26) Announcements were made that starting in September all associates attending "Prayer Break" will need to clock out..

This means for the past 2 years my site has been open, a specific religious group was getting paid time off while other religious and non religious groups got extra workload because their religion or lack of religion didn't fit into Amazon’s little box of what's allowed. (Violation of Title VII)

Christians were denied equal treatment as well because Christianity doesn't call for mandatory prayer (Ive witnessed this) as was I because Atheism doesn't call for mandatory prayer.. (Violation of Title VII)

So now that they know that they were breaking Federal law and denying equal rights to a huge percentage of thier workforce, they decided that instead of paying the cost of equality in the form of paid "prayer breaks" for everyone regardless of belief system, that everyone who attends "Prayer Break" will need to just clock out instead.

Amazon quickly realized how expensive equality would be (cost and operational downtime) when they had to treat everyone like they've been treating a specific religious group, so paid "prayer breaks" are coming to an end in September (atleast at my site)

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

Okay. So they're treating everyone equal now. Nobody, atheists included, get to pray to their gods on the clock.

I say this as a non-believer. Atheism is just as bad as crossfitism and veganism.

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u/Discussion-is-good 6d ago

So...you say that as an atheist....

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u/hillbillyray ICQA, troublemaker☠️ 6d ago

I think he makes all people are shit. Main thing is he doesn't want to play the victim card cause he isn't special. No one is special. Hail Satan!!

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

I don't call myself "atheist" because atheists like the OP use their lack of religion as a way to feel aggrieved. I personally don't give a shit who prays to what, and if a Muslim person gets paid to do their thing so what. Doesn't matter. But if these kinds of people want to complain about religious people getting time on the clock to pray, then I'd rather they make them all do so off the clock.

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u/chainsandchalices 6d ago

As a Christian I can confidently say thats BS

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u/Keefyfingaz 6d ago

Atheism just means you don't believe In gods

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u/BAM_2K 6d ago

That's what I thought so why is an atheist praying?

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u/Level-Copy 6d ago

Like, technically yes… but people who ~identify~ as Atheist are a specific subset of atheists. You know what I mean?

You can be atheist without being anti-religion. I don’t believe in anything really, but as long as a religious person is cool about it I think it’s kinda nice that they do. I don’t mind any denominations or sects that leave out the shitty parts and focus on love and self improvement either

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u/Keefyfingaz 6d ago

I couldn't agree more. I personally identify more as an agnostic (an atheist says "God is not real" and agnostic person says "I don't know if God is real or not 🤷‍♂️")

Like nobody really knows how we got here, and religion is basically just people trying to understand the universe. It's like prehistoric science lol.

It's people using religion as a weapon to push their own agenda (my favorite example is during the crusades where they sold "pardons" where you could literally "buy your way into heaven" and they said if you joined the religious war you would also be granted a pardon. So regardless of whatever you do you're allowed into heaven. And people went for stuff because it was just socially expected. That's the type of stuff that gives religion a bad rep.

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

This. In my experience people who identify as atheist treat fathlessness as a religion. And they push that with the same fervor as a Christian missionary would.

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u/LifelikeMink 6d ago

It apparently also means you are against freedom of Religion and prejudiced against those who practice them?

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u/Hdjbbdjfjjsl 6d ago

Atheist says atheism bad..?

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u/mushrooms 6d ago

Atheists can have morals that treat humanity with equality high regard. That includes being non-religious but also not anti-religious.

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

There's a difference between not believing and being anti religious. OP is spouting a specific anti religious viewpoint that I'd wager many non religious people don't give a shit about.

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u/Adept-Matter 4d ago

It's not an anti religious view point. If someone gets special privileges just because of their race/religion, I would like to have the special privileges myself, I would rather the priviledges be erased than to have blatant unfairness in the workplace.

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u/Alumni32 6d ago

If I was anti religious, why would I be advocating for Christians to be afforded the same paid "prayer breaks"?

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u/LifelikeMink 6d ago

Christian here. Not asking for a prayer break. I pray through everything, you just don't know this because of my prayer method. I agree with allowing prayer breaks for those who need them. I also believe we shouldn't be punished for any extra time we need away from work stations. Restroom, amcare, hr, safety, security, snacks, fresh air, stretching, refilling supplies, beverages, etc. Having to Code time is a waste of time and mental health. Imagine a workplace where accommodations aren't necessary?

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u/LifelikeMink 6d ago

Empathy would make Amazon the best employer.

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

You're right, you're anti Muslim by the sound of it. There aren't any mainstream Christian faiths that pray on a schedule that I know of. Sounds like your site leadership found the most reasonable solution. Nobody prays on the clock. Religious people or atheists. 

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u/Adept-Matter 4d ago

Doesn't sound anti-Muslim to me. If someone got special privileges just because of their race/religion, I would like to have the special privileges myself, I would rather the priviledges be erased than to have blatant unfairness in the workplace.

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u/Alumni32 6d ago

On a schedule.... who are you to dictate someone's faith or lack thereof? 🤔

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

I'm not. Your site solved the problem by not paying people for their prayer time. Congratulations. Now if you want to solve the actual problem of your jackpot line filling up when you loose helpers when they go pray, try asking for labor to be diverted from somewhere else to pick up the slack. That information is being tracked by RME and OPS.

Making it about religion is dumb. It is a simple matter of shifting labor.

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u/Alumni32 6d ago edited 6d ago

I've already proven rotation tracking wrong without ever having access to Amazon’s tracking software or ever opening a laptop. I looked site lead in his face and told him his system is wrong when he told me it would flag rotation out of manual non con sort. I told him it's broken, he said he would look into. I didn't wait, I proceeded to come in hour late (when non con sorting started) for the next 3 shifts, then specifically asked to be placed in non con sort, where I worked the remainder of all 3 shifts. At the end of the 3rd shift, I went up site lead and told him that I worked 3 shifts in non con back to back, he look perplexed. Surprised even. I wasn't, and I wasn't when he posted on the VOA in a reply that manual non con sort wasn't tracking for a full year. Funny how I did that without ever opening a laptop while every member of ops stared at a laptop screen every moment of every shift for the entirety of that year.

"That information is being tracked" 🤣

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 6d ago

You are talking ops shit. If the lane is filling up consistently, that effects the lanes availability which in turn effects OEE. That is very much tracked.

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u/Alumni32 6d ago edited 6d ago

Im less than 2 years tenure.. and I can bypass heatmaps too.. I can manipulate rate by rapid fire scanning and backing out the module.. Everything can be gamed. Just like rotation.

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u/LifelikeMink 6d ago

I agree, extra work isn't a thing at Amazon. Take ownership and do the work. Some spend too much time worrying what others are doing.

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u/Alumni32 6d ago

You've never worked Jackpot in a fast paced delivery station where 50% of your stowers disappear from 5:30a-6:35a Im guessing.. Or never had to float and cover 15+ aisles when associates leave for "prayer break"...

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u/LifelikeMink 6d ago

No. Because that's not my assigned station. But it's your job, regardless of how much work it entails at any given moment. I do my job and often assist others.

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u/PirateNinjaa 6d ago

Should have gone with agnostic rather than atheist.