Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — Jesse Busk spent a 12-hour shift rushing inventory through an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Nevada to meet quotas. His day wasn't over, though.
After clocking out, Busk and hundreds of other workers went through an airport-style screening process, including metal detectors, to make sure they weren't stealing from the Web retailer. Getting through the line often took as long as 25 minutes, uncompensated, he and others employed there say.
"They did it on my time," Busk, 37, of Henderson, Nevada, said in an interview. "If people are stuck in your building and they're not allowed to leave, why don't you go ahead and pay them?"
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