TikTok postie quits Amazon job over ‘insane’ workload
Emily Price
The famous TikTok postie from Rhondda who was sacked by Royal Mail has quit her new Amazon job after claiming she was “shafted” with an “insane” workload.
Laura Orgill went viral during the Covid-19 pandemic gaining more than 860,000 followers for her hilarious videos documenting her postie round in the South Wales Valleys.
The 30-year-old later hit the headlines when she was banned from posting videos about her job after she joked about not giving people enough time to collect their parcels.
In July last year, Orgill announced that she had been fired by the postal service after taking time off for a back operation, endometriosis and mental health struggles.
Following an unsuccessful appeal to get her Royal Mail job back, the social media influencer secured new employment with delivery giant Amazon.
In true TokTok postie style she documented the training process and published funny footage of her parcel rounds online.
However, recent videos showed Orgill speaking about how a member of the public had screamed in her face for parking in the middle of the road with her hazard lights on.
Another video showed the TikToker pretending to cry beside a van packed with Amazon parcels.
This week Orgill revealed she had quit her job at Amazon because the workload had become overwhelming.
In a video uploaded to TikTok, she said: “Hey guys, I’ve just quit Amazon. Sometimes your mental health isn’t worth the job.
“Honestly the work load was insane – four hundred parcels I had to deliver – is that even humanly possible? I don’t know.
“To be honest it wasn’t actually the workload, you know you take the rough with the smooth.
“But when it’s the same people day in day out who are having tiny routes, and it’s the same people day in day out getting absolutely shafted, I couldn’t take it any longer.
“So yes – I quit!”
Parcels
In a later a video Orgill responded to a commenter who had accused her of “crashing” her work van.
The commenter wrote: “Your parcel count was about 330 not 400 and you crashed the van three times causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage that you don’t have to pay for.”
Responding, the TikToker posted a video saying: “So I announced I quit Amazon today guys but actually I quit a few days ago.
“But I wanted the dust to settle and emotions to calm down before I said anything online because I didn’t want to say anything I would regret.
“Because a lot went on there and do you know what, I just announced I quit and that was it, I said a little bit about how I felt, but I didn’t really deep dive into the situation.
“I feel like this is somebody from the company now – absolute nonsense.
“You know what, I’m not going to rise to it – and if this isn’t another tell tale sign of why I left guys, then let it be.”
Charity
Orgill has spent recent days organising a charity appeal for toys she will gift to children in her local area this Christmas.
Drivers aren’t employed by Amazon but are engaged by independent delivery service providers.
Amazon says routes are designed to make sure expectations are realistic and that staff are free to take breaks whenever they wish.
Drivers can raise any concerns with the delivery service provider that engages them and there is a hotline with a team which investigates any issues raised.
An Amazon spokesperson said: “Drivers are engaged by independent delivery service providers. We expect all of our delivery service providers to prioritise the wellbeing and safety of their drivers.”
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Royal Mail is UK registered and pays full UK taxes.
Amazon is neither.
There are plenty of reports about Amazon’s working conditions in warehouses.
I would not employ an individual who spend their time on social media; we need to show these individuals as examples of unprofessionally individuals.
It is interesting to see Amazon’s decline – SHEIN is getting the clothes orders and Amazon Fresh stores in London have shut-down.
Unfortunately Jeff B., doesn’t own Amazon anymore….he has about 11% …JB had to pay his ex billions in a divorce. Companies like Black Rock and Vanguard have the lion share of Amazon stock today.
If people quit Amazon the world will be a lot better.
Bezos is mugging the UK and you if you work there.
Then people complain the street shops have all gone. Wonder why.
Amazon will bankrupt itself in next ten to twenty years.
So many USA organisations make high profits for a few years and then in-country organisations copy their business models, learn from the mistakes and create fully vertically integrated supply-chains. Beyond the warehouses, Amazon is only a technology platform.
bezos will walk away rich even if that happens.
Because digital services are not taxed at the same rate to say the least. These establishments have to be taxed appropriately.
It’s a wasted opportunity not to increase VAT for online purchases to 30% to fund a big VAT decrease on the high street.
The county lines service for retail drug addicts. I can stop any time I like, they always say.
Amazon treat their drivers badly because they are only a temporary necessary evil, soon they will have self-driving delivery vehicles / drones a fully automated warehouse, and no need for meat robots anymore. Or so they like to think.
Uh… that’s just a full round? Perhaps don’t consider working for UK mail either? 400 is more than possible.
I feel like this one is just finding out what a real job entails.
Tell us about the full rounds you’ve delivered.
Obviously did the routes too quick Amazon work on a 9 hour job quicker you are more drops more parcels sounds self inflicted to me