Touring the UK warehouse in Tilbury, England, Business Insider saw signs saying "a big peak thank you," as well as ads for a February "post-peak party" — tickets were about $7 and good for three drinks plus food, an Amazon warehouse tour guide told BI.
But Oates didn't stick around to see the end of peak. He told us he ended up quitting for good on December 15. Before he left he weighed requesting a transfer to an Amazon warehouse in California but ultimately decided against it.
He drove away from Kansas City without clocking in for his shift. On the road, he got an email confirming his voluntary resignation due to job abandonment. Amazon's HR department wished him the best in his future endeavors.
Update, March 22, 2019: Local Los Angeles news outlets are reporting that charges were filed Tuesday against Nicholas K. Oates, who is accused of setting a fire inside the Amazon store at Westfield Century City and pointing a gun at a store employee, prompting a mass evacuation of the shopping mall, and that Oates pleaded not guilty to six counts of arson and one count each of assault with a firearm and burglary.
Ruqayyah Moynihan, INSIDER's associate translation editor, also contributed to this report.
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