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Draining Bodies without Care: Worker Energy Depletion and Recharging at Amazon, Poland.

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2026
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dc.abstract.enThis article proposes integrating the concepts of energy depletion and recharging as key elements in the struggle over labour indeterminacy at Amazon. To this end, it draws on empirical data collected from two Amazon warehouses and analyses worker narratives related to energy management at work. The findings illustrate how, in digital warehousing, diverse worker bodies are treated as homogeneous, disposable, and replaceable due to their short-term energy capacity. This helps explain why such companies often organise for permanent turnover rather than ensuring sustainable energy management. Conceptually, centring energy extends existing debates on work surveillance and the labour process towards embodiment and social reproduction; empirically, it identifies energy governance as a distinct locus of the indeterminacy struggle. The article argues for transparency in algorithmic assessment, enforceable restorative time and ergonomic standards, and incentives aligned with sustainable, health-preserving work.
dc.abstract.plThis article proposes integrating the concepts of energy depletion and recharging as key elements in the struggle over labour indeterminacy at Amazon. To this end, it draws on empirical data collected from two Amazon warehouses and analyses worker narratives related to energy management at work. The findings illustrate how, in digital warehousing, diverse worker bodies are treated as homogeneous, disposable, and replaceable due to their short-term energy capacity. This helps explain why such companies often organise for permanent turnover rather than ensuring sustainable energy management. Conceptually, centring energy extends existing debates on work surveillance and the labour process towards embodiment and social reproduction; empirically, it identifies energy governance as a distinct locus of the indeterminacy struggle. The article argues for transparency in algorithmic assessment, enforceable restorative time and ergonomic standards, and incentives aligned with sustainable, health-preserving work.
dc.contributor.authorMiłosz Miszczyński
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-26T12:04:15Z
dc.date.available2026-02-26T12:04:15Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.date.published2026
dc.description.versionAAM
dc.identifier.affiliationKozminski University, Poland
dc.identifier.eissn1477‑2760
dc.identifier.issn1475‑9551
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9140-1322
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/3851
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationmanagement and quality studies
dc.publisherTaylor&Francis
dc.relation.ispartofCulture and Organization
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subject.plbody
dc.subject.pllabour indeterminacy
dc.subject.plenergy
dc.subject.pldepletion
dc.subject.plAmazon
dc.subtypeOriginal
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Draining Bodies without Care: Worker Energy Depletion and Recharging at Amazon, Poland.

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