Amazon Denies Forcing Employees to Urinate in Bottles As Bathroom Break Time-Saver. Under threat of penalties for extended breaks, Amazon fulfillment center … Workers in Amazon's Staten Island facility who were pushing for a company-wide union said they were under pressure to pick up an item to package once every seven seconds… One ex-worker said staff fear getting into trouble for taking too long away from the job. ... Amazon workers pee into bottles out of fear of being punished for taking bathroom breaks 16 Apr, 2018 11:17 . AMAZON warehouse staff are peeing in bottles because loos are hundreds of yards away. The new accusation comes from author James Bloodworth, who went undercover at an Amazon warehouse in the UK. Amazon UK warehouse staff forced to pee in bottles, author alleges. An undercover author said working in an Amazon fulfillment center is like a prison, where workers were peeing in bottles because they did not have enough time to go to the bathroom. Amazon denied overseeing employees’ bathroom breaks at the U.K. Amazon Fulfillment Center, where an alleged whistleblower claimed staff were forced to urinate in bottles to save time. According to troubling new allegations, workers in Amazon’s UK warehouses pee in bottles to avoid being penalized for taking bathroom breaks. Amazon may be owned by the world’s richest man, but some employees at the company pee into bottles to avoid missing their targets by going to the toilet, says an author who went undercover at the firm’s UK warehouse. An undercover investigation in the U.K. revealed warehouse employees resorted to urinating in bottles and trash cans so they wouldn’t miss the company’s strict time targets. Do Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) workers in its U.K. warehouses pee in a bottle because they may be criticized for taking too much time off in the eyes of their supervisors? Amazon is allegedly making warehouse employees pee in bottles, and unfortunately, it's not that surprising. Report: Amazon Workers Have to Process 300 Packages an Hour and Pee in Bottles By John Bonazzo • 04/16/18 12:12pm Amazon workers in Britain must process 300 packages an hour. Amazon fulfillment center workers pee in bottles instead of using the restroom for fear of being disciplined and potentially losing their jobs. Amazon denied overseeing employees’ bathroom breaks at the U.K. Amazon Fulfillment Center, where an alleged whistleblower claimed staff were forced to urinate in bottles to save time. Amazon workers in Britain are urinating in bottles to save time and avoid discipline by managers, according to an investigative journalist who went undercover as …