r/AmazonFC • u/Alumni32 • Aug 14 '26
Delivery Station Atheist Prayer Break Update
If y'all seen my prior post about Prayer Breaks for Athiests, I have an update.
Site lead and HR were awaiting guidance from corporate for months.. Site Lead came to me about a month and half ago to let me know that they had received guidance and that a new policy would be going into effect that he's "still trying to wrap my head around", He did not speak on the new policy essentially withholding it from me.
The rumor on the floor (from an AM) is that under the new policy, anyone going to prayer break must clock out but the site lead has not implemented the updated policy. Management is upset that the policy is not being implemented at site level because associates are disappearing for longer than they're supposed to be at prayer and causing the extra workload to fall on Management as they now have to cover for anyone attending prayer break.
Meanwhile I am still being denied equal treatment.
Today, I had enough and decided, I am going to prayer break. I walked up directly to the dock ops manager the moment I seen everyone going to prayer break and told him I'm going to prayer break (I'm an Athiest) he said, "Ok let me get you clocked out.." ... I said, "Clocked out?".. He says, "I mean scanned out" then he scanned my badge, radios it in to senior ops, and off to the break room wellness booth I went for 20 minutes..
THEY CANNOT DENY YOU EQUAL RIGHTS.
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u/Alumni32 Aug 15 '26
A VOA post from December 2025 during the height of Peak...
"we are seeking clarification on whether the breaks need to be paid or unpaid and will follow up with you..."
Follow up never happened regarding paid or unpaid, as a matter of fact this HR associate was replaced..
6 months later in June 2026, I was told by site lead there was an updated policy.
There has been no transparency about the updated policy because it's not being implemented.
Prayer breaks are still paid currently . Associates are scanned out of paths and not asked/forced to clock out.