Workers also get a free Amazon peak T-shirt, and can win “e-Swag” or “Snappy bucks,” which can be used to buy other Amazon-branded merchandise like hats and water bottles online.

Amazon uses giveaways for perfect attendance, gingerbread house contests, and incentive pay to keep employees showing up for work during the holiday rush.

An employee searches for products in the shelves at a US Amazon company plant, where around 600 people work, in the municipality of Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico on March 14, 2024. In 2019 ...