This newspaper reporter got laid off, so she immersed herself in jobs at Amazon, McDonald’s

In “On the Clock,” a laid off newspaper journalist tells the inside story of what it’s like working in an Amazon warehouse and McDonald’s.

Emily Guendelsberger traveled the country, getting hired at an Amazon warehouse, call center and McDonald’s, all to document the plight of low wage jobs.

In the book, she describes grueling work, understaffing and constant clock watching and an obsession with performance metrics and data.