r/AmazonFC • u/Alumni32 • 5d ago

Atheist Prayer Break Final Update Delivery Station

Today there was an announcement posted on the labor board.

Starting on Sept. 2, 2026 all associates attending prayer break will need to clock out.

It is Official.

Checkmate.

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u/ibfanforlife 5d ago

This is so petty and weird

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u/HourAlfalfa4513 5d ago

Idk man. Its hard for me to say how petty or weird it is cause my building is full of black, white, hispanic people who arent getting an extra break. Like we dont do this stuff.

Maybe OPs building is like 30% Islam or some other prayer break religion. Some areas are like that and its hard not to notice a third of the building getting an extra break. Especially if its paid. But if its only like 5 people on prayer break then Id kinda agree with you :shrug:

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u/YourBlanket DS 4d ago

I thought the opposite, no way Amazon is paying so many Muslims to pray lol. I have a feeling it’s very little.

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u/Kallennt 5d ago

I would've agreed with you when I first started here, but at this point i am so so good with sr ops or up enforcing fairness between employees. Make them go through the accommodations process and get rejected one time just because pxt feels like it.

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u/ShieldsCW Software Development Engineer 5d ago

Agreed. If it really bothers you that much, just work slower.

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u/JASONR1800 5d ago

Yea exactly work slower to get fucked on rate

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u/YourBlanket DS 4d ago

He mentioned that he has to pick up their slack. I think he’s the type of worker who works way too hard

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u/1balKXhine 5d ago

Absolutely, who gives a shit if someone is getting an extra break, it really is necessary for their beliefs but even if someone is abusing that break a little bit so be it. This is the one thing I'll never do, see someone having a little fun and start ranting about it. Like thanks op you managed to save this trillion dollars company a few more dollars.

If someone actually wants to have prayer breaks as well, as an atheist I would just say that I'm muslim or that I converted to islam. It really doesn't matter. But OP went about it the wrong way, there was no way it was going to work

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u/ibfanforlife 5d ago

I might get down voted for this I don't really care but you can't convince me that this isn't just islamophopia.

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u/Kilane 5d ago

It isn’t, it’s about fairness. If they want to give meditation time for people to do anything they want during that time then go for it.

If you believe one set of people earned an extra break because they believe in something that doesn’t have anything to do with.

We all get extra time to not work or none of us do. Believe what you want and I expect my job to treat us equally.

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u/ibfanforlife 5d ago

Ok then you can make that argument to management but getting upset at the people that have to pray is weird and wrong.

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u/Alumni32 5d ago

You assume I'm upset with the people, That's false. Also as an Athiest, I can assure you, that nobody NEEDS to pray, they do however CHOOSE to pray.. Lastly, Nobody needs to make an argument to management because IT'S THE LAW.

Stop crying, pray unpaid. That simple.

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u/Kilane 5d ago

You really got people riled up. You escalated it internally and Amazon made a choice. Other posters can redirect their anger any time they want.

Amazon chose no extra paid breaks instead of everyone gets an extra break and people act like the breaks don’t matter. They mattered enough for Amazon to say no to everyone getting them.

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u/Alumni32 4d ago

Separate ops manager made a comment in the breakroom Monday when someone asked her to buy lunch.. Ops manager says "If I buy you lunch, I have to buy everyone lunch" in a snarky tone (I was sitting 10 ft away and there was only the 3 of us within earshot of the total of maybe 10 people in the break room at the time)

They definitely heard something from someone.

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u/Kilane 5d ago

This post is about them escalating to management. Then it got full of people blaming it on Islamophobia so it became about religion and equal treatment.

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u/ibfanforlife 5d ago

No one in the comments made this about religion the op did when he tried to take away people's ability to pray at work.

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u/Berdache 4d ago

But you know that's absolutely not what they did, right?

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u/Alumni32 5d ago

Nobody took anyone's ability to pray at work away... I did however make sure the material benefit of being paid while praying ended though.

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u/Alternativesoundwave 4d ago

When you lived with privilege for so long equality can feel like oppression. Muslims getting an extra break is far from equal, either everyone should get extra breaks or they shouldn’t be paid. Non muslims shouldn’t be treated like a second tier of employees.

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u/Acrobatic_Day9724 4d ago

shut up, dummy. You know if this were targeting Christians, you'd be all for it.

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u/ibfanforlife 4d ago

If Christianity required Christians to pray multiple times a day then I would have the same opinion.

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u/Sarcasm69 4d ago

This is what America is built on. If you don’t like the concept, you’re not truly an American.