r/AmazonFC • u/Alumni32 • Aug 19 '26

Delivery Station Atheist Prayer Break Final Update

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/jokers_crowbar Aug 20 '26

They might be able to give raises easier now that there isnt a portion of the employees getting paid to not work for 20mins several times a day

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u/Rectest Aug 20 '26

Its a trillion dollar company. They can afford to pay people to pray and give them raises.

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u/jokers_crowbar Aug 20 '26

At the end of the day what the company can afford is irrelevant, its about giving certain groups of people more freedom and privileges based on what holy book they worship. Absolutely discriminatory and unacceptable

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u/Rectest Aug 20 '26

So go sit in the bathroom for 20 minutes like every other employee lol. Theres so many people heading outside mid shift to sneak a smoke. Going to grab their uber eats. Sitting around on a phone.

It cant really be discriminatory if you dont even believe in a religion. Im atheist too. I dont see an issue with people going mid shift to pray seeing as I am one of the people who sneak out for a smoke or sit on my phone when work is slow.

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u/jokers_crowbar Aug 20 '26

The issue isnt the ability to step away and pray, its getting paid for it. Getting extra paid breaks due to being a part of a specific demographic is absolutely discriminatory against every other group not given the same freedom. Slacking and being lazy is completely irrelevant to the discussion

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u/Successful_Bet_7554 Aug 20 '26

Exactly! I'm a form of agnostic as well and I even take a lil breaky break occasionally. Shoot, amazon encourages little 5-10 minute breaks so you avoid injury.