There's always a chance of getting an employee on a bad (or first) day. After many years of using Amazon--and using them even more frequently with Amazon Prime--I've never had a poorly packed shipment. I've had one that looked rough and came late, but that was a UPS issue (which is also rare in my experience).

If you bought from them and it was actually from another seller (they sell new products too), but through Amazon, it could have been their packing job, not Amazon. For most seller accounts, Amazon opens the box you ship the items in, checks it for the right product and condition, and then they box it up when shipping. If it was a seller bulk selling one item though, I think it could've been boxed by them.
If you buy from a seller listing that does not show amazon as shipping, then the shipment comes directly from the seller, so amazon never touches it.

It wasn't that big of a deal, really, I just thought it was kind of funny that it would happen the same day I saw this post.

But just to add a few details, the site said it was shipped and sold by Amazon, so I assume it came from them. I took a few pictures of the box for reference, which I'll post here if anyone's curious.

Holy crap, that does suck. LOL
I've bought some amazon basics, like HDMI cables etc that come with no packaging material, but they don't need it.
That makes me wonder if the seller item didn't get opened for some reason and just got forwarded somehow. The way I've done it they have to open it to verify the contents and shelve the items until sold. That's weird, it doesn't even have the inflated packing they use.

pretty much what the back room of walmart looked like when I was there.. lol.

Looks like it got diverted on the way and they already took the large stack of coke out of the top of the box.

Yeah; I'm not particularly dialed in to warehousing technology, so
I don't remember where I saw this - might have been about FedEx,
certainly some major high tech shipper, though perhaps more of
a wholesale jobber operation - but I saw an item on a warehouse
with the same sort of basic concept, except it was fully automated,
with robot gadgets running on rails in the aisles, and the shelving
units went all the way to the ceiling at least 4 floors up. There
was no one allowed in the entire region, computers called for an
item, the robot would zip down the aisle, up to the right height,
and lift out the bin on forklift-style arms, and have it down to
the front where it was dropped onto a conveyor, all in probably
under a minute, with the aisles being probably around 100ft deep.

Like I said here, I wouldn't work there because I know people who works there or have worked there:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3847375/Re_Amazon_warehouses#Post3847375

Now here's more proof:

http://unlimitzone.com/p77ubq8xb424/Pano...-BARGE.mp4.html

http://unlimitzone.com/xyshux0eoy65/pano...-barge.mkv.html

It’s the online retailer that has transformed the way we shop, but how does Amazon treat the workers who retrieve our orders? Working conditions in the company’s giant warehouses have been condemned by unions as among the worst in Britain. Panorama goes undercover to find out what happens after we fill our online shopping basket.

I worked in an ACE distribution center after I got out of the Army. Terrible employer. You'd get these sheets of orders, with a projected time you had to finish. Fill order, move on to the next one. Come in under the time, make a little more money. Every month you MIGHT get a check for your saved time...until they find a few "errors" or mispicks in your history...and wipe out your bonus. Screw theem.

My wife and daughter both work at Amazon and they love it. They have no problem going to the restroom. They get breaks and Amazon gives them free coffee or hot chocolate in the winter. They did also provide free gatorade but that might have ended. They jam with music and dance the shift away. Thier insurance was actually pretty good for a warehouse job, but that was last year. Who knows now with the UACA. Amazon's attendance policy is also really good.

There have been complaints about stress and illness amongst their employees over here in regard to being timed to pick and reprimanded if too slow. Average walk 11 miles a day in a ten hour shift with 30min break reported in the media.