It's a good idea, make sure they experience the pleasure of cold water while working, and they'll want to repeat that so buy high cost water from the company store.
The troublemakers identified during the month since the last hydration day can be fired for excess bathroom breaks.

Paying attention to hydration is one of the best and cheapest ways to good health. 
Once a month doesn't do it.
Amazon worries about time lost to bathroom breaks and union rules.

I once crawled in the back of our minivan and peed in a giant soft drink cup because we were stuck in a non-moving traffic jam in the middle of nowhere for upwards of 3 hours, and the only other option was going on the side of the road in front of all the other stopped cars. If there'd been a gas station or anything else visible from the road I could have walked there and back and never missed a thing, but we were trapped.

Clodfobble wrote:

An acquaintance of mine works in an Amazon warehouse. Today, he told me about "Hydration Day"... the monthly treat where workers are given bottled water during their shift. He said management really hypes it up, too, like "Don't forget next Tuesday is Hydration Day!"

I mean, honestly, how are fictional dystopias supposed to compete? If I wrote that up, my editor would assume it was satire. Obviously working in a warehouse isn't meant to be a picnic, but come on--free water, one day a month? It's like they're seeking bad PR. They'd be better off giving them nothing.

And on Friday, there's oxygen for everyone and Dominoes Pizza in the breakroom.

Oh, wait.  No break room.  Never mind, everyone back on your heads.

Diaphone Jim wrote:

Paying attention to hydration is one of the best and cheapest ways to good health. 
Once a month doesn't do it.
Amazon worries about time lost to bathroom breaks and union rules.

Amazon would be better off worrying about turn over.

90s Management: pizza party on Friday!

2020s Management:

Luce wrote:

Amazon would be better off worrying about turn over.

They've already decided they don't care. The job is so automated that new workers in their fulfillment centers can be fully trained and operational in just 2-3 hours, and so many people quit on their first day when they realize what a physical job it is, they figure they'll just hire literally anyone and let the quitters sort themselves out.

It's actually kind of nice for folks who can do basic work but struggle to get past the standard HR interview process at other places, where you get judged on social cues as much as on your skill level. I know a kid with a repulsive skin condition and bad speech impediment who kept getting weeded out at the interview stage for job after job; Amazon's computer took his online application and instantly gave him a date to come take his badge photo and start working. (Whether he'll be one of the ones who quits is another story, but at least Amazon gave him a shot to prove himself. I don't think their way of doing business is evil, necessarily, just tone-deaf when it comes to outward appearances.)

I wonder how much of that is first line managers trying to make themselves look good by whuppin the slaves harder?
Or is it pressure from higher up forcing them to whup harder?

A company that has a whuppin policy probaby applies that policy up and down the chain, with different whips, so to speak.

Anti-motivational to me.