Many Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck and cannot afford to quit their bad job before looking for another
American healthcare system means that if you are between jobs and anyone in your family gets seriously sick/injured then you will be in medical debt for the rest of your life
For many people, there are few jobs available. Maybe the other jobs pay too poorly for them to live on
As discussed, employees aren’t given slack-time, so they can’t search for a new job while at work
Because they’re exhausted, they can’t search for a new job while not at work
Amazon isn’t the worst place to work. Your next job might be worse! (Small businesses in the USA are exempt from many rules and effectively-exempt from many more.)
Serious question: why do people work at amazon? Are they unaware of what’s happening? Is the money just that good?
Changing jobs carries a lot of risks:
The alternative under capitalism is death or at the very least being an outcast from society.
There are no other companies out there. Amazon is the only one.
For many people, yes, there is no other choice. Was that meant to be a joke?
No, people often fail to see how modern day capitalism is basically indentured servitude for those at the bottom.