I work at a fulfillment center and this is by far one of the best videos on UA-cam as far as what its actually like. When friends who wanna work at my FC ask me I just refer them to this video from now on. Hopefully there is more videos from this guy on amazon in general because a lot of people are curious and could use the information.
You are one of the people that reminds me Im not the only hard worker. Seeing so many people half ass their job is so disheartening when you work so hard yourself.
Traditional work ethic is hard to find anymore and that’s sad. I see people at customer service jobs all the time just…being lazy and rude and I’m like…THEY have a job and I don’t. I’ve been looking for months. Why. How? Companies should be getting rid of the lazy in the probationary period more and giving positions to people that make their company look good by working hard, competent, and honest.
I just started my job at an amazon Delivery Station. Its tough physically, but easy to learn and pretty stress free... I got tired of the stressful, faced paced food service jobs that pay half of what Amazon is paying. Just 2 days in and the managers know my name already cause I was keeping the 2nd to fastest rate... Im going faster than most experienced employees on my second day. 😑 I mean, I am used to the 10 to 12 hour shifts, not a problem. Staying on my feet the whole time, not a problem. Used to faced paced work places, very much so. So yeah, I know I have a head start compared to other new employees who will need time to adjust to the physical strain. My only real complaint with Amazon so far is the management is chaos, they don't know who is in charge of what when they start the shift and they look more at the numbers instead of the employees, they dont have answers to half of the questions they get asked, and every time you bring up a problem about the warehouse, they say they are working on that, or will look into it, but I havent seen them take action on anything... At least there is no reason for me to stress at Amazon, my rate is good, I'm getting paid twice as much as any food service or retail would pay, and its very hard to get fired unless you lack common sense.
@@07Amnesia Still working there? I was working at a delivery station as a seasonal and i so regret not taking the overnight shift offered at the end of my seasonal assignment. What are you doing there?
Just because you choose to slave for those companies and try to be employee of the year doesnt mean everyone else should Amazon doesnt care about anyone you're nothing but a number and a body I do the bare minimum everytime i clock in.
i would say a huge pro is the application and hiring process. idk many jobs that will hire you sight unseen, and allow you to pick if you are a FT or PT schedule AND pick your days and shift time. Thats the main reason I applied.
100% but that's a double edged sword because it also means a lot of garbage idiots will get hired and make life difficult for actual hard working people who are dedicated and smart.
@@bigboss-yv2nrThat’s the nature of warehouse work unfortunately. Nobody with a masters degree will work these jobs unless they had to. Most people that work these jobs are ghetto people from the street and or people that just barely float through life.
@@djlancer88 i need a winter job. i landscape during the warm seasons, can you pick your hours only for part time? and do they really not drug test for weed? i know it’s only a couple days i can wait but i’m just wondering if i gotta be tripping about it or not
Now after watching this video, I’m going really reconsider my options. Just imagine doing this type of work for 5 or 10yrs your body will be shock. There are better job out there. Thanks for sharing this video.
HR tries to help people as much as possible within the company policies. If you are negative UPT with some bullshit reasons... Getting vacation and UPT have all the other options but cant manage your time than you need another JOB and see how long you last there in comparison to Amazon. Amazon is a good place to work with their Careers choice program and universities being added every year. What else do you want from a company?
I’ve been through all that with different jobs. I worked my 🍑 off for so many companies and at the end of the day, no appreciation for hard workers. Great video.🙏
I am glad I watched this.. Great iteration of what to expect. I applied as a seasonal worker with hopes to go full-time. I have high work ethic and the word around here is that the bar is set pretty low as well. My plan was to get as close to 60 hours a week as I can until seasonal ends or converts then I will set a pace and probably 6-month-1-year goals within the company.
The medical insurance is great! About the only thing good at Amazon. Benefits on day 1. Anyway, I had a heart attack on the clock in 2018. After adding up everything from the hospital stay to the surgery, was 1.2 million dollars. All 100% completely covered by insurance and Amazon short term leave. I didn't pay a single penny.
Seriously?? I'm self employed and while I get a tax subsidy my insurance is still basically a car payment a month. Mind you it's great insurance but dropping almost a weeks salary a month is starting to kill me. I hate the idea of not working for myself at home but I'm also working from 6 am to 8 pm most weekdays. Might just be worth it for the insurance alone.
@standepain Yep! Although, I did have to pay the $900 ambulance ride from Las Vegas to UCLA Medical Center. That's it though. Amazon gives alot worth of incentives. Paid college tuition up to a certain amount. Over here, it pretty much pays the full tuition for a year at the community college. So if interested in a certificate course or an Associate Degree, that's the way to go. Also, they have their own in-house or in-network training if you're interested in IT, AWS or cyber security and it's PAID! Plus housing if you have to go out of state for it.
What position did you work? They put me in outbound dock; loading trucks... Jesus H. Christ. I mean, not all bad I guess. No rate. Can sit down here and there, but... Jesus H. Christ.
I know about how Amazon treats people like slaves. I have bought a grand total of $20 of stuff from them in the last three and a half years. I don't remember what I even bought, might have been a comic book and some cheap crap just because I couldn't find them anywhere else after searching for several days.
I worked at Amazon for 2 months and when they told us we had a 15 minute break but that included walking to the break room and back, so it was really only 10 minutes I said fuck this
This is the first video that says it’s easy so it’s good to hear this. I notice allot of lazy people get hired on Amazon bc they’ll literally hire anyone bc the need is dire.
Well it certainly makes sense that you wanted to try and start your own business and be your own boss, then. Hard pass on Amazon but this was a really interesting listen. Definitely curious to hear Part 2.
Same here in the UK mate, the only thing is it's against the law to work over 48 hours a week and amazon has to pay 28 days/4 weeks vacation per employee per annum. It seethes amazon that ppl are treated like slaves the turnover is insane, in Norway its all regulated and unionised
@Liber Tree Worker protections are FAR greater in the UK and EU. In the UK, four weeks is the standard annual leave for EVERYONE. Healthcare is “free at the point of service” for everybody- it’s paid from your monthly cheque automatically but it’s a tiny sum. And the sum you pay for it is so small nobody ever really knows what it costs! I’m in my 40s and I have no idea whatsoever how much my national insurance (for healthcare) costs me. No idea at all. Full coverage! Temp and part-time workers are entitled to the same holidays as everyone else. Employment tribunals have a lot of power- if you’re fired and you think it’s unfair you can take any employer to tribunal for a fair result.
@@TodayFreedom Tribunal thing only applies if you're effectively a fulltime employee & have worked there months or even yrs. health care is defo a plus but with Covid etc it's becoming difficult to see a doctor, urgent treatment (E.R.= A&E) delays are happening, diagnosis/treatment of heart & cancer conditions is getting hit, long backlogs. Needs more £billions to bring it up to speed. And you've got the zero-hrs conract racket
Thanks for sharing. I've worked all sorts of jobs--blue collar, white collar and everything in between, and I've noticed that disregard of employees' welfare is unfortunately the norm. Glad you stuck up for yourself because most people are afraid to. Keep sweepin' n stackin'!
Not worked at Amazon, worked maybe last 15 yrs in warehouses UK - loading/unloading trucks can be brutal, but when you're working alongside someone else you can talk, which makes the time go faster, if they're ok. And if it's a conveyor into the truck, makes it easier. The trucks can get *very* hot though. Still a young person's game, high stacks of boxes can easily fall on your head & knock you over, my elbow permanently damaged, impossible to claim as didn't show up on Xray
@@robertwoodland2387 What's not true ? I assure you my elbow is damaged from a fall due to stacked boxes knocking me over in a truck. And the hosp. X-rayed & couldn't find the source of pain. On a number of occasions, I'm sure I didn't imagine it, it was so hot the sweat was p[xyz]ing off me. The conveyor made it semi-do-able. How does your experience differ ?
I love this review. The best and most accurate. I’m currently still at Amazon year 2. I’m not interested in any leadership role either. Need to find a better job bc my body is so done
NO FR the supervisor and all his minion assistants would make us all chant with him trying to get us all hype like “it’s 5 in the morning give me my scanner and let me get on with my day”😂😭💯
Kuuuurt..glad you finally got outta Amazon and got your Ebay biz goin steady. You got me crackin up about those wannabe supervisors..I can picture who you're talking about. "Looked like a chicken nugget on a stick"..good to see your rant video getting all these views. Keep up the good work man
I’ve worked at Walmart. I KNOW!!! About “if they don’t like you? Finding a reason to fire you” The ppl leaving rude comments? Ignore it!!! You’re okay! They say u shudnt judge? Isn’t THAT wat their doing to you??? It’s ur opinion NOT a judgement call. Have a blessed day!!!!💐
Saw an older black woman on maintenance, been with the company for over two decades, get trapped with a five dollar bill. Manager casually dropped it in front of her and sped off, ignoring her quiet "hey, John, hey, John, hey, John..."s. She picked it up, put it on her cleaning cart, and by the time she wheeled it back to the office to turn it in, they already had her paperwork written up for stealing. I also got fired for stealing. Apparently, a check went missing from a coworker's register and they found it in my locker. Three things that I mentioned to the officer in charge of my case: First, each cashier has a different login that times out within thirty seconds of idling / no activity, so the only way I'd be able to take a check from their register is if they left it open and walked away. Second, whenever we handle checks, they get a huge "VOID" stamped over them automatically, so the only way I'd be able to steal a usable check is if the cashier didn't process the payment in the first place. Third, after five years of working there, I still hadn't ever been assigned a locker, and here's all the email correspondence I have with the manager asking her when one was going to be available and her replying that I was still out of luck, someone else got it before me, but she'd keep me in mind next time one was available. Including one such email I received a week *after* she allegedly found a stolen check in my locker. 🤔
I really enjoyed your video, first one I saw of yours. I have never worked at Amazon, but if I did I would have wanted to work with you, I agree with a lot of your comments and like the way you tell it like it is :) best of luck
The location I was at would go around enforcing the rules mainly when they were offering VTO. Basically trying to intimidate you into leaving early. I am waiting until they offer day shifts and/ or flex time to reapply.
So I got hired on again at another location. The two locations are run differently. One had no music and no headphones. The other one has music going and allows headphones.
Been thinking of applying here but need weekends of for the kids and to be able to work days only because of their schooling. Worked at Staples warehouse for 12 years picking packing receiving and loadingish and that's what I'm so comfortable at I've worked my fair share of 10-12 hour days sometimes longer haha. Thanks for this video, been doing my research before applying but I most likely will because and try it out for myself. Wish me luck haha
YES. Lazy people dont get encouraged to work faster. Hardworking people are encouraged to work faster. I lasted only 6 months. Disliked the culture. Loved the work because it was active.
I was a packer for 1 year and 2 months. It was ok. But upstairs was a bit strict l. Sometimes they labor shared us. Me and other coworkers got laid off recently. There wasn’t work coming in. More than half of the employees had to wait at standup for work. Then got sent home at beginning of the shift. Amazon hasn’t been this slow. Not enough customers I’m guessing.
Yes. It is. I knew an older gentleman who worked at a fulfillment center, mid 60-ish, and they loved him. Why? He had a work ethic. He loved the job because it kept him active and provided him the $$ he needed.
@melissal1430 plenty of elderly work in my building. Yes, it is disheartening seeing people limping around due to being in pain. Or having a bum knee, hip...or whatever. Most of us don't have a choice. It's all we got left. At our age, who the hell is gonna hire us? We know this. Amazon just puts bodies in functions. That's all we are. Bodies in place. No skill required. Unless you're a tech professional, HR or executive material.
I worked for Chewy for 11 months. Actually, it wasn't a bad job except I had a problem with this safety guy, I still remember his name. His name was Nick. For some reason, he had a problem with me. He was always trying to write me up for this or that. Once he wrote me up because he said I rode the movexx (a scooter carrying a cart full of boxes) under a forklift which I didn't. For the next 2 weeks, I had to push the cart around by hand. I told him I had health problems, told my supervisor & even went to HR & they did nothing...so I ended up leaving!
That’s what’s with most companies they always look at the business side of things the numbers but forget the human side which is also important. You show you care about me and I’ll show I care about you many companies forget this.
I was an AM for a around 3yrs an worked in an FC and when you talked about the back story I cringed inside I'm sorry that happed to you. I cared about my people a lot, but I know for a fact there were times where I got caught up bc it was peak or whatever bs and probably said some ish like that too... felt like I needed to hear that story. Hope you're doing well now man!
@@bud1221100% worth it for anyone starting out especially with how easy the hiring process is. Also Flex schedule is the best thing ever if you can get it.
I work in a return facility. It’s great. The work is SUPER easy. The rate is super low, and all my managers are laid back. Probably because it’s night shift lol. It is tiring though.
I’ve worked in two different warehouses that was not Amazon. One for 13 years, the other 16. All the stuff you mentioned goes on at those also. Everything is about numbers. I think all warehouses are like that. Strap on a warf and go! It’s a young person job. A lot of young people don’t really want to work though.
That sucks because I always thought of Amazon being a good plan b job if i were to get fired or quit my current job but after watching multiple videos like this, I’ve definitely changed my mind!!
@@robertwoodland2387 Hello , Amazon HR spy hope you got paid this trolling now . Leave these people alone they can voice their opinion without your company’s censorship.
Currently work for amazon fullfilment. I have to tell you the job is pretty simple is just the staff and learning or your leads are teargeting you for any small thing you do. They will try as much as possible to write you up.
Just because you are a hard worker doesn't mean you should get the harder jobs. Who ever is being abused like this. Work not split between evenly should be sewed for millions of dollars in a class action law suite.
I've experienced every single thing you spoke about. I work at a FC outbound myself not amazon,but a tool distributor warehouse. I think all big or bigger CFC's follow the same damn rules and act exactly the same. I'm just about ready to go bet a better job.
I don't know where you're located, but here in Massachusetts, fast food and retail jobs pay $15 to $18 per hour to start, depending on your work shift. So the wages aren't enough of an incentive for even a high school kid to put up with Anazon's abuse. There's one particular location in Mass that has such a high turnover rate, they ALWAYS have hundreds of openings throughout the entire year - every year since they first opened. Anyway, before watching this video, I HAD planned on applying for one of the part-time shifts until Christmas. I'm almost 61, and I only weigh around 115, so even though I CAN lift 50 pounds pretty consistently, I'm pretty certain I wouldn't be able to keep the same pace as a 35 year old guy with an athletic build.
I'm in Massachusetts. I just got hired for part time seasonal. I start October 24th. The location i got hired for had a TON of openings on indeed. Maybe that's the one you're referring to.
I worked there several times, had to leave for various life reasons. A delivery station, a fresh location, and currently a legacy FC/cart pick. I always liked it though. As long as someone wasn’t intentionally antagonistic people generally get along. The time-off, 4:10s, and the general same-ness of the work everyday are huge pluses for me. It goes fast so the weekends feel even longer than they already are. Went back as seasonal but I’m trying to get blue-badged as I’m at a point where I can stick it out for the long term. I get why people don’t like it, but it works for me :) but of course YMMV The only caveat for me is it has to be lighter work, I’m not a hulk-framed dude, but I excel in light work especially with walking.
ALL of that AND having to deal with the wrong people wearing stretch pants. BTW, it's SO true about supervisors just trying to justify their existence.
@@KurtCurtis nothing wrong with yoga pants. I'm a grandma and I work at Amazon. They are comfortable and I am able to move better than confining pants or jeans. What does it matter who/what people are wearing??? That's stupid.
I did Sort and pick for 16 months, it wasnt until I quit how much I actually liked the job. You stay busy and theres usually always something to do and you can go in and not speak a single word to people lmao (my favorite part) But yea it really started to do a number on my feet as I was always moving at a fast pace. Going back on the 13th =D.
I think they cannot refuse to hire unfit people for this job because of discrimination laws. They know that the old 70 yr old men or the 80 lbs girl can sue them and they don’t want that. That can cost the company it’s reputation along with millions of dollars.
I want to work there but I am 62 and very petite😢 4'11😢 Have you seen short people working there? Men, I hate being short. I have not many options but to work behind a desk- front desk or receptionist is low pay. You guys should be lucky to be tall & strong 😢 you can work anywhere. I am short but my bills are not short.😂 I wish😂
@@Peace-nm6bx You have such a cool sense of humor..smart.At 62 don't you wish to retire soon? Its expensive out there,I know. At 54 I am just hoping to retire around 64 ...
I worked there doing the exact same thing as you. And the whole moving up to a management position was only for the current managers favorites or friends. And I’m told it’s still like that. I personally think it was a complete joke as to the way it was being ran. I was so thankful to leave that hell hole.
U work hard at those jobs and u don’t get to move up it’s favoritism and if your from the managers walk of life …I’ve seen people who barely graduated high school become managers people with dui’s become managers drug dealers who deal in the parking lot become managers … some warehouses give you lame excuses why u can’t move up
I've worked at several different companies over the years, and what you mention here is common among most if not all of them. What I wish they would do for those who excel at what they do but for whatever reason, do not wish to "move up the ladder", is to find some meaningful means of compensation for them. Also, not to be so quick to shift the blame for injuries to the injured party.
I worked at Carmax as an auto mechanic. And it’s almost 100 percent the same. I feel like there one company with what was said. I think alot of big companies now use the same methods for their employees. The injury part was dead on. The overtime was dead on. The good workers having to step up for the bad workers wow 100 percent dead on. It boggles my mind to believe how it’s the same but with two different companies.
Im coming from working as an overnight stocking grocery retail at Kroger which only pays 11.60. So I hope Amazon for this position work out for me for a bit. I do have 3 kids but I'm trying to save up money to move. Location is like a 17-18min drive.
Second day at Sort Center coming up. I'm already thinking of quitting because they changed my schedule and didn't tell me UNTIL I SHOWED UP. I'm PT and seasonal. I don't need the income. It was just spending money. Confused about what to do.
I've been hired for my FIRST job at Amazon in Colorado, Denver and I'll say; there is alot of good and bad things there. I've been enjoying going to Amazon to work hard just like anyone else to get paid to buy food, clothing & etc., for the last 3 months. The feet pains are there when standing for 10 hours straight as a Stow worker, but the Water Spiders they burn more with walking non-stopped bringing totes and boxes to your station and drinking alot of water to use the bathroom breaks often or talking with their friends or managers. Just remember, there are security cams every corners, even outside where the workplace is. lol Bad side is that if you are going too slow there gonna get a person with red vest to come and give you a written form or that you did something WRONG, that might be a termination "Being fired", no pay and go home sad face. If you stepped into the AR, your pretty much instant fired! Your not supposed to go in there with the robots moving giant shells that weights pounds of products people around the world orderd to send to the customers. That haven't happened to me yet, I mostly followed the rules every night work. I'm still learning how to Stow the big boxes, they are the ones slowing my rates down by s*** ton. >.< I can do about 2000 -2500 at max for doing, stowing. Then called it a day of night shift, 10 hours carrying some 50 + pounds products. I loved the pay and Amazon for what they doing since 2002 history of when they started this whole thing. The A-Z app is pretty useful for knowing when your UPT - [Unpaid Time] or PTO - [Personal Time Off] is used up & for vacation an all. Just remember, if your signing to work for Amazon, work hard and at your pace as best you can. Improvements can help alot on the ways too! Anyways enough of my story telling. Need to rest my feet for the next work.
Bro... preach it. I live that nightmare, the HR (they give whatever answer they think you want to hear, and... it usually turns out wrong and you have to go back to fix the problem again or they say come back when someone else is there that can help), the manger wanna-be's, the lazy, the pretenders, etc. Love when you work twice as hard for the same pay... especially when you find out they gave 20 people VTO, so now you're making only $7.50 per hour since you're picking up the difference in work load. PLEASE DO PART TWO...
They would do that all the time. Send a bunch of people home within the first couple hours and then be backed up and behind the rest of the day. The managers would be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off wondering what happened. Lol. So stupid.
🤣🤣🤣😆😆You got this down to the tea!! Funny part is the wannabe supervisors. Everything you said is right I just don’t know how people were able to scan so much. I know some was giving those little small ones just not right. I was to slow on reaching the quota on scanning but I knew I was moving freaking fast👀👀What I do miss is the pre mix Gatorade lol but yes hr also sitting at those tables and the trainers act like Amazon was their business and rude as heck!
Regarding how people were able to exceed quotas while barely doing any work, I called them "small pirates." They sail from aisle to aisle, looking for totes to plunder, oftentimes abandoning their own designated work areas to "focus down" the perfumes, books, infant onesies, and other tiny bric-a-bree items. You go around working three to four totes in fifteen minutes, you've already hit your quota and can go into the breakroom and spend the rest of the hour chatting with the other so-called top performers. We had plenty of pirates who would constantly yell out "Hey, what's my rate?" every few minutes, and as soon as the QC replied that they were above the minimum, that was it for the next hour or so, they'd wander off and take an extended break. Meanwhile, those same small pirates would flat out refuse to work the heavy boxes (too slow), but those boxes still needed to be stowed quickly, or they'd jam up the lanes and eventually get your side of the building written up. So you'd have the actual hard workers slamming out lawnmowers and weight sets and loveseats and other large items, falling behind on their quota chasing the top performers around to keep the belt clear. Ironically, I was a top performer myself, and the main way I kept my rate up was by *literally* growling and snarling at people who came down my assigned lanes all fake chirpy helpful, "hey, you're falling behind, I'll go ahead and stow your smalls for you." After a few weeks of that, they finally were too scared to come by and steal my quota-busters, so I'd knock out my assigned lanes in one half hour and then spend the other half "floating" to other areas that actually needed help catching up. (Mostly by stowing their oversize boxes...) Half the building hated me because I was "impossible to work with," including some of the managers who'd come by for humiliation tours (showing the poor abused newbies how easy it was to keep your rate up, by forcing them to watch the "this isn't even my job and I can do it" manager scan dozens of smalls in a few minutes and then smugly show off their freshly minted rate) because I'd aggressively shoo them away, I didn't need their "help." The other half adored me and begged to be assigned to the same side as me so they could go home on time for a change... I'd still regularly catch those pirates scurrying like cockroaches out of my aisles when I came back from helping someone else, with half-finished totes left sitting smack in the middle of the lane for anyone to trip on, but eventually I got good enough at predicting when the smalls were coming that I'd make it back to my area before the totes even started coming down the belt, and that put a stop to it.
Also, just an aside anecdote. Those "free break cards" they hand out to top performers as incentives ain't worth squat. I never got to cash one in, and eventually I asked the manager if I could just turn in a stack of them and take the whole shift off with pay. She laughed and said "Maybe, but you'll have to push really hard and earn a lot more of them before we can test that." So I went to my locker, grabbed my wallet, and came back all "Here's thirty, is that enough?" Word got around and I never got another break card after that. And I've still got that old wallet with all those greasy, poorly laminated slips of paper that I couldn't ever cash in.
I’m at a FC right now. They have me training to be pit driver which is something I absolutely DO NOT want to do. Not too sure what to do at this point.
Been working at my location 2 weeks but I’ve worked in warehouses for 20 years Walmart target and Mclane mid Atlantic. You spot on about this job. Not a lot of work ethic I’m already frustrated loading trucks by myself daily while some trucks got 3 people loading them.
I'm so glad I'm retired from the work force. things have changed so much.....i wouldn't dare want to work for a company like Amazon.... no job guarantee....
I worked food service for 15 years (3 years out of high school and 12 years after retail) and hardware retail for 10, made department manager and was satisfied with the job. (dream job, electrical retail) was forced out in my 9th year and saw the handwriting on the wall with the company... relocated out of state and went back into food service. the biggest problem I saw about the work force is people not wanting to do their job, and bad supervisors. people wanting to lead, but no experience in the field. they just wanted the money... I'm glad you shared your experience with everyone. its no wonder all the good job have gone to Asia. America has gotten too lazy! places like Amazon are no better then fast food when it comes to how the employees are treated. its just sad, and these jobs will disappear just as fast as they came... when will corporate America wake up?
IF YOU WORK FAST, THEY'LL GIVE YOU MORE WORK. If you stow so fast, they will "promote" you in a way you get to do other computer jobs around the area however, you dont get paid more. They will make you dance from one place to another to do all these job in just one day. Its one way to trap you in the job thinking you were advancing to the company but in reality... youre stuck to the same pay and you are doing three things that three people should be doing separately. Alot of employees take this "promotion" coz y not? You dont need to do stowing/picking where you get timed to all the things you do. But little did they know, they trap you to dping many jobs around the area without any financial benefits. Well, I guess if you aspire to be a manager you have to kiss some aszz... BUT from what ive seen in my FC, they hire managers outside the company/ and fresh graduates. The only positions there that has high pay are the higher boss. The way pay works was... the longer you were with the company, the higher your pay by cents. LOL! So even if they "promote" you, there are still other workers who has higher pay than youre since theyve been there longer than you. Only wise employees will not take the so called "promotion". WORK WISELY. Just do the bare minimum. @14:48 THIS!!! Oh my god. Theres an old lady (blue badge) who has modified job, barely walkign adn cant even lift 5 pounds, still get a shift, just wondering around doing nothing. While others are worried about UPH and pushing over 50lbs carts!!! Im so livid eveytime I look at her. AND SHE GET PAID MORE THAN I AM coz shes been with the company for years???? Also dont believe in "YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY". They dont even give you enough time to go to washrooms.
I worked for a company for 35 years and we were mostly run by Accountants CPAs as our upper management but twice in the 35 years we were run by HR directors and they are mean and shady. The first one, rearranged our department and fired my hard working boss and enriched herself with perks. The 2nd time they rearranged us and underhandedly got rid of our Director, laid off half our group and slowly laid of the rest of us. I was 59 years old and laid off for a 35 year job. I’m happy now and don’t work but that isn’t an option for many people. I saw people destroyed for no good reason. Never ever trust HR! Just saying.
dude your so unintentionally funny its fucking hilarious i was dying for the last 10 minutes of the video "chicken nugget on a stick" 😭 great video man i start at amazon soon this actually motivated me that i could do it.
It is interesting you post this video 2 years ago. I’ve now been working at an FC for 2 years. They’ve just now in 2024 introduced at my facility this policy where they rotate workers from job to job to minimize the risk of injury. They said if you’ve been picking for three weeks straight they may assign you to pack or count and they’re trying to get more people trained in amnesty because people keep quitting. I just recently quit amnesty after doing it almost 2 years. Anyway, now I’m finding out that they were already rotating workers at other facilities for years and they’re just starting doing this at my facility. Why weren’t they already doing this?
Would you recommend down playing your physical capabilities when starting the job? My first day is next week, I’m definitely a hard worker but it sounds like that’s a bad thing. Thanks!
I’ve been with Amazon for 1year and 2 months honestly it isn’t that bad yeah the work can be rough but one I don’t have to deal with costumers … two I’m on my own the whole time maybe at least 95% of the time … three managers hardly talk to you unless you don’t make rate but making rate you can do it blind folder if you really wanted too … the money is great the benefits is great why I see people quitting left and right is because they don’t want to work hard and get into with managers or people … lazy work ethics is a big factor too
When you're doing heavy manual labor, do they give you an electric fan to cool you down? I watched a video where some guy was stacking totes but there was a really strong breeze on him and I thought "Well, at least they have good ventilation."
No one has answered my question on Reddit, maybe I’ll ask it here… I have a start date of 12.26.24 this seasonal, which is right after Christmas, I’m worried they might let go of people or cancel my shift before I start, is there a chance they might cancel my shift?
I worked at UPS years ago and was in management, this sounds pretty similar. The reason they hire people that will obviously not succeed is because of affirmative action laws, they have to let the people that obviously won't succeed fail rather than passing on hiring them.
@@sohniya7681 They hire people that are obviously not capable of physically handling the work, but because of Affirmative Action they have to pretend that these people really are capable of handling the work and hire them anyway. The result is a colossal waste of everyone's time and as a result the stronger and more physically capable have to do more work for the same amount of money and those that shouldn't have been hired end up either quitting or being fired when they should have been helped to find something that they would've succeeded at.
Ive been there since april of 2021 im thinking of quitting now becasue they added MET the last 2 weeks with hardly any notice and im one of there good workers too ive been doing courgate and waterspider for stowe the biggest pro id say that people with a background can get hired but thats not for me but people who cant get ceratin jobs i find amazon a good option for them
Truck driver here, been doing it for 16 years. Im sick of it and considering going to Amazon. Im currently trying to figure out which position to apply for. I dont like dealing with people, I work better alone and i would love a 4 day work week
Yep sounds about right, if you’re a lazy person you’ll move up at Amazon. If you bust your $@! they literally treat you like garbage, like you owe them something. This is my experience anyway. So messed up. I am this 🤏🏻 close to leaving that place. 😩😩
definitely correct about some of the people working there. We have a lady who has been there from back when they just hired everyone as permanent. She cant do any position because any position she does will get backed up instantly. They literally have her walk around picking trash and papers up off the floor. Anytime they put her in an actual position they will put someone else there also to actually do the job. She is literally getting paid to show up.
I saw pretty much the same thing as well. Lady was uncapable of doing any position anywhere in the entire warehouse. They eventually gave her a broom and cart full of cleaning supplies and told her she was part of the safety squad or something. She just walked around all day. Thing is she actually thought it was kind of a promotion. She would try to boss people around about safety. You could tell she thought she was above the regular folk. It was wild man lol.
Finally a truly unbiased review working at Amazon by an actual experienced worker. Thank you for this!
yeah how true. I laugh at the people who make amazon hate videos after working there for 2 days. lol
Genius comment
I work at a fulfillment center and this is by far one of the best videos on UA-cam as far as what its actually like. When friends who wanna work at my FC ask me I just refer them to this video from now on. Hopefully there is more videos from this guy on amazon in general because a lot of people are curious and could use the information.
I 100% agree. I’m a packer/picker at an FC and I agree with everything he said.
You are one of the people that reminds me Im not the only hard worker. Seeing so many people half ass their job is so disheartening when you work so hard yourself.
Traditional work ethic is hard to find anymore and that’s sad. I see people at customer service jobs all the time just…being lazy and rude and I’m like…THEY have a job and I don’t. I’ve been looking for months. Why. How? Companies should be getting rid of the lazy in the probationary period more and giving positions to people that make their company look good by working hard, competent, and honest.
I just started my job at an amazon Delivery Station. Its tough physically, but easy to learn and pretty stress free... I got tired of the stressful, faced paced food service jobs that pay half of what Amazon is paying. Just 2 days in and the managers know my name already cause I was keeping the 2nd to fastest rate... Im going faster than most experienced employees on my second day. 😑
I mean, I am used to the 10 to 12 hour shifts, not a problem. Staying on my feet the whole time, not a problem. Used to faced paced work places, very much so. So yeah, I know I have a head start compared to other new employees who will need time to adjust to the physical strain.
My only real complaint with Amazon so far is the management is chaos, they don't know who is in charge of what when they start the shift and they look more at the numbers instead of the employees, they dont have answers to half of the questions they get asked, and every time you bring up a problem about the warehouse, they say they are working on that, or will look into it, but I havent seen them take action on anything... At least there is no reason for me to stress at Amazon, my rate is good, I'm getting paid twice as much as any food service or retail would pay, and its very hard to get fired unless you lack common sense.
@@07Amnesia Still working there? I was working at a delivery station as a seasonal and i so regret not taking the overnight shift offered at the end of my seasonal assignment. What are you doing there?
Don’t work too hard... they’ll just push you to go even harder
N you’ll be carrying all the people who take their time
Just because you choose to slave for those companies and try to be employee of the year doesnt mean everyone else should Amazon doesnt care about anyone you're nothing but a number and a body I do the bare minimum everytime i clock in.
i would say a huge pro is the application and hiring process. idk many jobs that will hire you sight unseen, and allow you to pick if you are a FT or PT schedule AND pick your days and shift time. Thats the main reason I applied.
100% but that's a double edged sword because it also means a lot of garbage idiots will get hired and make life difficult for actual hard working people who are dedicated and smart.
@@bigboss-yv2nr exactly....they hire druggies and ex cons....they don't care about anything except getting products out.
@@bigboss-yv2nrThat’s the nature of warehouse work unfortunately. Nobody with a masters degree will work these jobs unless they had to. Most people that work these jobs are ghetto people from the street and or people that just barely float through life.
also rehire you after 90 days
@@djlancer88 i need a winter job. i landscape during the warm seasons, can you pick your hours only for part time? and do they really not drug test for weed? i know it’s only a couple days i can wait but i’m just wondering if i gotta be tripping about it or not
Now after watching this video, I’m going really reconsider my options. Just imagine doing this type of work for 5 or 10yrs your body will be shock. There are better job out there. Thanks for sharing this video.
HR is not there to help to employees, they are there to protect the company
They helped me
@@robertwoodland2387 ok how so bozo
That's at all jobs. The employee doesn't pay HR. The employer does. HR will listen and do what the employer says.
Damn right and medical files reports to send to them when you have a on-site injury unbelievable.
HR tries to help people as much as possible within the company policies. If you are negative UPT with some bullshit reasons... Getting vacation and UPT have all the other options but cant manage your time than you need another JOB and see how long you last there in comparison to Amazon. Amazon is a good place to work with their Careers choice program and universities being added every year. What else do you want from a company?
I’ve been through all that with different jobs. I worked my 🍑 off for so many companies and at the end of the day, no appreciation for hard workers. Great video.🙏
I am glad I watched this.. Great iteration of what to expect. I applied as a seasonal worker with hopes to go full-time. I have high work ethic and the word around here is that the bar is set pretty low as well. My plan was to get as close to 60 hours a week as I can until seasonal ends or converts then I will set a pace and probably 6-month-1-year goals within the company.
The medical insurance is great! About the only thing good at Amazon. Benefits on day 1. Anyway, I had a heart attack on the clock in 2018. After adding up everything from the hospital stay to the surgery, was 1.2 million dollars. All 100% completely covered by insurance and Amazon short term leave. I didn't pay a single penny.
Seriously?? I'm self employed and while I get a tax subsidy my insurance is still basically a car payment a month. Mind you it's great insurance but dropping almost a weeks salary a month is starting to kill me. I hate the idea of not working for myself at home but I'm also working from 6 am to 8 pm most weekdays. Might just be worth it for the insurance alone.
@standepain Yep! Although, I did have to pay the $900 ambulance ride from Las Vegas to UCLA Medical Center. That's it though. Amazon gives alot worth of incentives. Paid college tuition up to a certain amount. Over here, it pretty much pays the full tuition for a year at the community college. So if interested in a certificate course or an Associate Degree, that's the way to go. Also, they have their own in-house or in-network training if you're interested in IT, AWS or cyber security and it's PAID! Plus housing if you have to go out of state for it.
Wow, 3 years 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I barely made it to 6 months and I was about to drop dead in the parking lot. It’s brutal in those warehouses and delivery hubs.
What position did you work? They put me in outbound dock; loading trucks... Jesus H. Christ. I mean, not all bad I guess. No rate. Can sit down here and there, but... Jesus H. Christ.
I know about how Amazon treats people like slaves. I have bought a grand total of $20 of stuff from them in the last three and a half years. I don't remember what I even bought, might have been a comic book and some cheap crap just because I couldn't find them anywhere else after searching for several days.
@UN KNOWN Howard.
@UN KNOWN Harvey
@@ed4096 You gotta take your time though,pulling & pulling will mess up your back.
V frank and honest opinion. Thank you for all the work you do to deliver packages all around the world.
the best job review I've seen, thanks
Great video. Love to hear about your real life experience. Keep up the grind.
I worked at Amazon for 2 months and when they told us we had a 15 minute break but that included walking to the break room and back, so it was really only 10 minutes I said fuck this
Yes, the law is poorly written and doesn't protect against walking time.
Lmao take 2 mins to get to the cafeteria then 2 mins back so break is 11 mins
Thank you for your sincere video. You truly seem like a very decent man. Be well, I wish you happiness, health, and success.
KT 💙
This is the first video that says it’s easy so it’s good to hear this. I notice allot of lazy people get hired on Amazon bc they’ll literally hire anyone bc the need is dire.
I bet your back hurts. Mine does after 6 days. Only good thing was I got a free pair of Timberland boots. Might apply every year just for the boots
Lol. The free shoes were a plus. I already had work shoes so I always ended up selling mine on eBay. There's my once a year $100 bonus.
@@KurtCurtis lol 😂🤣
I lasted 10 days on inbound. Worst job I've ever had. Targets were completely unreal
Inbound is brutal. I don't think they should start you there.
Hahaha, you are spot on about everything. And I don't even work for Amazon but what you described sounds a lot like my old warehouse job.
Well it certainly makes sense that you wanted to try and start your own business and be your own boss, then. Hard pass on Amazon but this was a really interesting listen. Definitely curious to hear Part 2.
Same here in the UK mate, the only thing is it's against the law to work over 48 hours a week and amazon has to pay 28 days/4 weeks vacation per employee per annum.
It seethes amazon that ppl are treated like slaves the turnover is insane, in Norway its all regulated and unionised
@Liber Tree Worker protections are FAR greater in the UK and EU. In the UK, four weeks is the standard annual leave for EVERYONE. Healthcare is “free at the point of service” for everybody- it’s paid from your monthly cheque automatically but it’s a tiny sum. And the sum you pay for it is so small nobody ever really knows what it costs! I’m in my 40s and I have no idea whatsoever how much my national insurance (for healthcare) costs me. No idea at all. Full coverage! Temp and part-time workers are entitled to the same holidays as everyone else. Employment tribunals have a lot of power- if you’re fired and you think it’s unfair you can take any employer to tribunal for a fair result.
@@TodayFreedom Tribunal thing only applies if you're effectively a fulltime employee & have worked there months or even yrs. health care is defo a plus but with Covid etc it's becoming difficult to see a doctor, urgent treatment (E.R.= A&E) delays are happening, diagnosis/treatment of heart & cancer conditions is getting hit, long backlogs. Needs more £billions to bring it up to speed. And you've got the zero-hrs conract racket
Thanks for sharing. I've worked all sorts of jobs--blue collar, white collar and everything in between, and I've noticed that disregard of employees' welfare is unfortunately the norm. Glad you stuck up for yourself because most people are afraid to. Keep sweepin' n stackin'!
Not worked at Amazon, worked maybe last 15 yrs in warehouses UK - loading/unloading trucks can be brutal, but when you're working alongside someone else you can talk, which makes the time go faster, if they're ok. And if it's a conveyor into the truck, makes it easier. The trucks can get *very* hot though. Still a young person's game, high stacks of boxes can easily fall on your head & knock you over, my elbow permanently damaged, impossible to claim as didn't show up on Xray
Not true
@@robertwoodland2387 What's not true ? I assure you my elbow is damaged from a fall due to stacked boxes knocking me over in a truck. And the hosp. X-rayed & couldn't find the source of pain. On a number of occasions, I'm sure I didn't imagine it, it was so hot the sweat was p[xyz]ing off me. The conveyor made it semi-do-able. How does your experience differ ?
I love this review. The best and most accurate. I’m currently still at Amazon year 2. I’m not interested in any leadership role either. Need to find a better job bc my body is so done
NO FR the supervisor and all his minion assistants would make us all chant with him trying to get us all hype like “it’s 5 in the morning give me my scanner and let me get on with my day”😂😭💯
What was the chant?
Kuuuurt..glad you finally got outta Amazon and got your Ebay biz goin steady. You got me crackin up about those wannabe supervisors..I can picture who you're talking about. "Looked like a chicken nugget on a stick"..good to see your rant video getting all these views. Keep up the good work man
Thank you man. I hope all is well with you.
I’ve worked at Walmart. I KNOW!!! About “if they don’t like you? Finding a reason to fire you”
The ppl leaving rude comments? Ignore it!!! You’re okay! They say u shudnt judge? Isn’t THAT wat their doing to you??? It’s ur opinion NOT a judgement call. Have a blessed day!!!!💐
Saw an older black woman on maintenance, been with the company for over two decades, get trapped with a five dollar bill. Manager casually dropped it in front of her and sped off, ignoring her quiet "hey, John, hey, John, hey, John..."s. She picked it up, put it on her cleaning cart, and by the time she wheeled it back to the office to turn it in, they already had her paperwork written up for stealing.
I also got fired for stealing. Apparently, a check went missing from a coworker's register and they found it in my locker.
Three things that I mentioned to the officer in charge of my case:
First, each cashier has a different login that times out within thirty seconds of idling / no activity, so the only way I'd be able to take a check from their register is if they left it open and walked away.
Second, whenever we handle checks, they get a huge "VOID" stamped over them automatically, so the only way I'd be able to steal a usable check is if the cashier didn't process the payment in the first place.
Third, after five years of working there, I still hadn't ever been assigned a locker, and here's all the email correspondence I have with the manager asking her when one was going to be available and her replying that I was still out of luck, someone else got it before me, but she'd keep me in mind next time one was available.
Including one such email I received a week *after* she allegedly found a stolen check in my locker.
🤔
I needed this. Considering things after a year and a half now
I really enjoyed your video, first one I saw of yours. I have never worked at Amazon, but if I did I would have wanted to work with you, I agree with a lot of your comments and like the way you tell it like it is :) best of luck
The location I was at would go around enforcing the rules mainly when they were offering VTO. Basically trying to intimidate you into leaving early. I am waiting until they offer day shifts and/ or flex time to reapply.
So I got hired on again at another location. The two locations are run differently. One had no music and no headphones. The other one has music going and allows headphones.
Been thinking of applying here but need weekends of for the kids and to be able to work days only because of their schooling. Worked at Staples warehouse for 12 years picking packing receiving and loadingish and that's what I'm so comfortable at I've worked my fair share of 10-12 hour days sometimes longer haha. Thanks for this video, been doing my research before applying but I most likely will because and try it out for myself. Wish me luck haha
Did you apply, or get hired?
YES. Lazy people dont get encouraged to work faster. Hardworking people are encouraged to work faster. I lasted only 6 months. Disliked the culture. Loved the work because it was active.
Bc those who dont encourage lazy people to work, are lazy.
"People are just stupid"... I feel it
Your channel is AWSOME and inspirational **** THANK YOU! 😊
I was a packer for 1 year and 2 months. It was ok. But upstairs was a bit strict l. Sometimes they labor shared us. Me and other coworkers got laid off recently. There wasn’t work coming in. More than half of the employees had to wait at standup for work. Then got sent home at beginning of the shift. Amazon hasn’t been this slow. Not enough customers I’m guessing.
You don't understand.....it is sad that seniors have to work because they can't live on social security.
Yes. It is. I knew an older gentleman who worked at a fulfillment center, mid 60-ish, and they loved him. Why? He had a work ethic. He loved the job because it kept him active and provided him the $$ he needed.
@melissal1430 plenty of elderly work in my building. Yes, it is disheartening seeing people limping around due to being in pain. Or having a bum knee, hip...or whatever. Most of us don't have a choice. It's all we got left. At our age, who the hell is gonna hire us? We know this. Amazon just puts bodies in functions. That's all we are. Bodies in place. No skill required. Unless you're a tech professional, HR or executive material.
I don’t think he was taking a shot at them, I think it’s just the point that the job is physically demanding and it’s tough for seniors to keep up.
I worked for Chewy for 11 months. Actually, it wasn't a bad job except I had a problem with this safety guy, I still remember his name. His name was Nick. For some reason, he had a problem with me. He was always trying to write me up for this or that. Once he wrote me up because he said I rode the movexx (a scooter carrying a cart full of boxes) under a forklift which I didn't. For the next 2 weeks, I had to push the cart around by hand. I told him I had health problems, told my supervisor & even went to HR & they did nothing...so I ended up leaving!
as for the list of con's.....you described the environment of 98% of all jobs
It's good to hear this from a working man like me. I left reman for a thru hike and applied to be able to not be dedicated anymore.
That’s what’s with most companies they always look at the business side of things the numbers but forget the human side which is also important. You show you care about me and I’ll show I care about you many companies forget this.
I was an AM for a around 3yrs an worked in an FC and when you talked about the back story I cringed inside I'm sorry that happed to you. I cared about my people a lot, but I know for a fact there were times where I got caught up bc it was peak or whatever bs and probably said some ish like that too... felt like I needed to hear that story. Hope you're doing well now man!
I'm 24 and I feel this is the perfect opportunity for my first job to gain work experience before it's too late.
@@solofemaletravelermeposting comments like this all day
@@pwypk how'd it go?
@@bud1221100% worth it for anyone starting out especially with how easy the hiring process is. Also Flex schedule is the best thing ever if you can get it.
I work in a return facility. It’s great. The work is SUPER easy. The rate is super low, and all my managers are laid back. Probably because it’s night shift lol. It is tiring though.
im happy that you made such a very informative video. i am very happy that you do something else..
I’ve worked in two different warehouses that was not Amazon. One for 13 years, the other 16. All the stuff you mentioned goes on at those also. Everything is about numbers. I think all warehouses are like that. Strap on a warf and go! It’s a young person job. A lot of young people don’t really want to work though.
💀I'm the exception
That sucks because I always thought of Amazon being a good plan b job if i were to get fired or quit my current job but after watching multiple videos like this, I’ve definitely changed my mind!!
Watching these videos are not telling you nothing , it’s great
@robertwoodland2387 no it sucks.
@@robertwoodland2387 Hello , Amazon HR spy hope you got paid this trolling now . Leave these people alone they can voice their opinion without your company’s censorship.
Currently work for amazon fullfilment. I have to tell you the job is pretty simple is just the staff and learning or your leads are teargeting you for any small thing you do. They will try as much as possible to write you up.
Good video! Great and full details. Thank you!
lol this was great video and funny at times. I only got half way through the video and I’m wondering if you snapped on your last day haha
I really apprecaite your videos. I hope you can find more time to do them. I think you have a pretty good way of communicating info.
I plan on doing more than I usually do starting next week. Thank you for the comment.
Great video! Appreciate the input-John in Texas
Just because you are a hard worker doesn't mean you should get the harder jobs. Who ever is being abused like this. Work not split between evenly should be sewed for millions of dollars in a class action law suite.
I've experienced every single thing you spoke about. I work at a FC outbound myself not amazon,but a tool distributor warehouse. I think all big or bigger CFC's follow the same damn rules and act exactly the same. I'm just about ready to go bet a better job.
Keep the faith and get out alive 🎉
@@drjhale9801 I haveva way better job now! Thanks.
Started at Amazon a month ago. Theses mandatory OT Days are brutal. It has been called the last 3 weeks and we are about to hit Peak season as well. 😅
Sounds like it..
@@davidrynberk1533 ya no I quit like 2 weeks after I posted this. They tried to make us work 6 days straight and on thanksgiving and I said 🫡✌🏼
Near the end you mention doing a part 2 of working at Amazon- did that video ever happen?
I never made it. I'm sorry man.
I don't know where you're located, but here in Massachusetts, fast food and retail jobs pay $15 to $18 per hour to start, depending on your work shift. So the wages aren't enough of an incentive for even a high school kid to put up with Anazon's abuse. There's one particular location in Mass that has such a high turnover rate, they ALWAYS have hundreds of openings throughout the entire year - every year since they first opened. Anyway, before watching this video, I HAD planned on applying for one of the part-time shifts until Christmas. I'm almost 61, and I only weigh around 115, so even though I CAN lift 50 pounds pretty consistently, I'm pretty certain I wouldn't be able to keep the same pace as a 35 year old guy with an athletic build.
I'm in Massachusetts. I just got hired for part time seasonal. I start October 24th. The location i got hired for had a TON of openings on indeed. Maybe that's the one you're referring to.
Thanks for sharing your experience, really informative.
I worked there several times, had to leave for various life reasons. A delivery station, a fresh location, and currently a legacy FC/cart pick. I always liked it though. As long as someone wasn’t intentionally antagonistic people generally get along.
The time-off, 4:10s, and the general same-ness of the work everyday are huge pluses for me. It goes fast so the weekends feel even longer than they already are.
Went back as seasonal but I’m trying to get blue-badged as I’m at a point where I can stick it out for the long term. I get why people don’t like it, but it works for me :) but of course YMMV
The only caveat for me is it has to be lighter work, I’m not a hulk-framed dude, but I excel in light work especially with walking.
ALL of that AND having to deal with the wrong people wearing stretch pants. BTW, it's SO true about supervisors just trying to justify their existence.
Everyone wore yoga pants. Even the grandmas. Lol
@@KurtCurtis nothing wrong with yoga pants. I'm a grandma and I work at Amazon. They are comfortable and I am able to move better than confining pants or jeans. What does it matter who/what people are wearing??? That's stupid.
@@lorawright4837 certain clothes, on certain people, can make other people feel uncomfortable when doing "active roles".
It's crazy how similar your experience is to mine. What roles did you do in pack?
At my facility, I was negative on my UPT and they kept me there and put me back into the positive 🤷♀️
That means the higher-ups really like you or your building is short on workers.
I did Sort and pick for 16 months, it wasnt until I quit how much I actually liked the job. You stay busy and theres usually always something to do and you can go in and not speak a single word to people lmao (my favorite part) But yea it really started to do a number on my feet as I was always moving at a fast pace. Going back on the 13th =D.
I agree with you cause im a hard worker and i hate the lazy ones. My second time back at amazon working 12 hour shift wish me luck....
After a month how u feel about it?
@@juliankruse8950he died
Im lazy there u can keep busting ur ass there if u want !
I respect the honesty
I think they cannot refuse to hire unfit people for this job because of discrimination laws. They know that the old 70 yr old men or the 80 lbs girl can sue them and they don’t want that. That can cost the company it’s reputation along with millions of dollars.
Not true I work there and they fire people constantly for low production mainly older individuals even with doctor accommodation letters
@@jamieanderson-un7rlyes you speak the truth.
@@jamieanderson-un7rl your first subscriber 🎉congratulations! J
I want to work there but I am 62 and very petite😢
4'11😢 Have you seen short people working there?
Men, I hate being short. I have not many options but to work behind a desk- front desk or receptionist is low pay.
You guys should be lucky to be tall & strong 😢 you can work anywhere.
I am short but my bills are not short.😂 I wish😂
@@Peace-nm6bx You have such a cool sense of humor..smart.At 62 don't you wish to retire soon? Its expensive out there,I know. At 54 I am just hoping to retire around 64 ...
I worked there doing the exact same thing as you. And the whole moving up to a management position was only for the current managers favorites or friends. And I’m told it’s still like that. I personally think it was a complete joke as to the way it was being ran. I was so thankful to leave that hell hole.
U work hard at those jobs and u don’t get to move up it’s favoritism and if your from the managers walk of life …I’ve seen people who barely graduated high school become managers people with dui’s become managers drug dealers who deal in the parking lot become managers … some warehouses give you lame excuses why u can’t move up
That's why with these kind of jobs you must save as much money as possible for when you decide that it's time to go. I made sure to quit with 5k.
@@itsrelativ39675k? That’s a good amount of money. You still managed to pay rent and bills?
I've worked at several different companies over the years, and what you mention here is common among most if not all of them. What I wish they would do for those who excel at what they do but for whatever reason, do not wish to "move up the ladder", is to find some meaningful means of compensation for them. Also, not to be so quick to shift the blame for injuries to the injured party.
Well said.
I worked at Carmax as an auto mechanic. And it’s almost 100 percent the same. I feel like there one company with what was said. I think alot of big companies now use the same methods for their employees. The injury part was dead on. The overtime was dead on. The good workers having to step up for the bad workers wow 100 percent dead on. It boggles my mind to believe how it’s the same but with two different companies.
Damn that automatic termination policy sounds nuts
Great video!!!! I agree with everything you said 💯!!!! This video was very informative and helpful!!!!!
Im coming from working as an overnight stocking grocery retail at Kroger which only pays 11.60. So I hope Amazon for this position work out for me for a bit. I do have 3 kids but I'm trying to save up money to move. Location is like a 17-18min drive.
did the same from ingles overnight, much better at amazon trust me good decision you made
hows amazon going nowdays?
@@djlancer88 it's okay. Only staying for the pay lol.
Second day at Sort Center coming up. I'm already thinking of quitting because they changed my schedule and didn't tell me UNTIL I SHOWED UP. I'm PT and seasonal. I don't need the income. It was just spending money. Confused about what to do.
“Were you lifting properly” that made me laugh 😂
Compassion is a wonderful thing to have .
I've been hired for my FIRST job at Amazon in Colorado, Denver and I'll say; there is alot of good and bad things there. I've been enjoying going to Amazon to work hard just like anyone else to get paid to buy food, clothing & etc., for the last 3 months. The feet pains are there when standing for 10 hours straight as a Stow worker, but the Water Spiders they burn more with walking non-stopped bringing totes and boxes to your station and drinking alot of water to use the bathroom breaks often or talking with their friends or managers. Just remember, there are security cams every corners, even outside where the workplace is. lol
Bad side is that if you are going too slow there gonna get a person with red vest to come and give you a written form or that you did something WRONG, that might be a termination "Being fired", no pay and go home sad face. If you stepped into the AR, your pretty much instant fired! Your not supposed to go in there with the robots moving giant shells that weights pounds of products people around the world orderd to send to the customers. That haven't happened to me yet, I mostly followed the rules every night work. I'm still learning how to Stow the big boxes, they are the ones slowing my rates down by s*** ton. >.<
I can do about 2000 -2500 at max for doing, stowing. Then called it a day of night shift, 10 hours carrying some 50 + pounds products. I loved the pay and Amazon for what they doing since 2002 history of when they started this whole thing. The A-Z app is pretty useful for knowing when your UPT - [Unpaid Time] or PTO - [Personal Time Off] is used up & for vacation an all. Just remember, if your signing to work for Amazon, work hard and at your pace as best you can. Improvements can help alot on the ways too! Anyways enough of my story telling. Need to rest my feet for the next work.
20:12 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yes the walking around all fast part took me out!!! So true.
Bro... preach it. I live that nightmare, the HR (they give whatever answer they think you want to hear, and... it usually turns out wrong and you have to go back to fix the problem again or they say come back when someone else is there that can help), the manger wanna-be's, the lazy, the pretenders, etc. Love when you work twice as hard for the same pay... especially when you find out they gave 20 people VTO, so now you're making only $7.50 per hour since you're picking up the difference in work load. PLEASE DO PART TWO...
They would do that all the time. Send a bunch of people home within the first couple hours and then be backed up and behind the rest of the day. The managers would be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off wondering what happened. Lol. So stupid.
🤣🤣🤣😆😆You got this down to the tea!! Funny part is the wannabe supervisors. Everything you said is right I just don’t know how people were able to scan so much. I know some was giving those little small ones just not right. I was to slow on reaching the quota on scanning but I knew I was moving freaking fast👀👀What I do miss is the pre mix Gatorade lol but yes hr also sitting at those tables and the trainers act like Amazon was their business and rude as heck!
Regarding how people were able to exceed quotas while barely doing any work, I called them "small pirates."
They sail from aisle to aisle, looking for totes to plunder, oftentimes abandoning their own designated work areas to "focus down" the perfumes, books, infant onesies, and other tiny bric-a-bree items.
You go around working three to four totes in fifteen minutes, you've already hit your quota and can go into the breakroom and spend the rest of the hour chatting with the other so-called top performers. We had plenty of pirates who would constantly yell out "Hey, what's my rate?" every few minutes, and as soon as the QC replied that they were above the minimum, that was it for the next hour or so, they'd wander off and take an extended break.
Meanwhile, those same small pirates would flat out refuse to work the heavy boxes (too slow), but those boxes still needed to be stowed quickly, or they'd jam up the lanes and eventually get your side of the building written up. So you'd have the actual hard workers slamming out lawnmowers and weight sets and loveseats and other large items, falling behind on their quota chasing the top performers around to keep the belt clear.
Ironically, I was a top performer myself, and the main way I kept my rate up was by *literally* growling and snarling at people who came down my assigned lanes all fake chirpy helpful, "hey, you're falling behind, I'll go ahead and stow your smalls for you." After a few weeks of that, they finally were too scared to come by and steal my quota-busters, so I'd knock out my assigned lanes in one half hour and then spend the other half "floating" to other areas that actually needed help catching up. (Mostly by stowing their oversize boxes...)
Half the building hated me because I was "impossible to work with," including some of the managers who'd come by for humiliation tours (showing the poor abused newbies how easy it was to keep your rate up, by forcing them to watch the "this isn't even my job and I can do it" manager scan dozens of smalls in a few minutes and then smugly show off their freshly minted rate) because I'd aggressively shoo them away, I didn't need their "help." The other half adored me and begged to be assigned to the same side as me so they could go home on time for a change...
I'd still regularly catch those pirates scurrying like cockroaches out of my aisles when I came back from helping someone else, with half-finished totes left sitting smack in the middle of the lane for anyone to trip on, but eventually I got good enough at predicting when the smalls were coming that I'd make it back to my area before the totes even started coming down the belt, and that put a stop to it.
Also, just an aside anecdote. Those "free break cards" they hand out to top performers as incentives ain't worth squat. I never got to cash one in, and eventually I asked the manager if I could just turn in a stack of them and take the whole shift off with pay.
She laughed and said "Maybe, but you'll have to push really hard and earn a lot more of them before we can test that." So I went to my locker, grabbed my wallet, and came back all "Here's thirty, is that enough?"
Word got around and I never got another break card after that. And I've still got that old wallet with all those greasy, poorly laminated slips of paper that I couldn't ever cash in.
I’m at a FC right now. They have me training to be pit driver which is something I absolutely DO NOT want to do. Not too sure what to do at this point.
You still there? Or where you able to get out if it?
What happened?
Did you quit or finally get transferred out of being a PIT driver?
Been working at my location 2 weeks but I’ve worked in warehouses for 20 years Walmart target and Mclane mid Atlantic.
You spot on about this job. Not a lot of work ethic I’m already frustrated loading trucks by myself daily while some trucks got 3 people loading them.
I worked at Mclane northeast in New Hampshire for 5 years. I liked it. Good pay. Unlimited overtime. But management sucked.
"Hipster looked like a Chicken Nugget on a stick" ----
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lol
thanks for this I start my 1st day on Sunday
Thanks bro. Best straight to the point description
Thank you for the review of Amazon.😊
I'm so glad I'm retired from the work force. things have changed so much.....i wouldn't dare want to work for a company like Amazon.... no job guarantee....
I worked food service for 15 years (3 years out of high school and 12 years after retail) and hardware retail for 10, made department manager and was satisfied with the job. (dream job, electrical retail) was forced out in my 9th year and saw the handwriting on the wall with the company... relocated out of state and went back into food service. the biggest problem I saw about the work force is people not wanting to do their job, and bad supervisors. people wanting to lead, but no experience in the field. they just wanted the money... I'm glad you shared your experience with everyone. its no wonder all the good job have gone to Asia. America has gotten too lazy! places like Amazon are no better then fast food when it comes to how the employees are treated. its just sad, and these jobs will disappear just as fast as they came... when will corporate America wake up?
IF YOU WORK FAST, THEY'LL GIVE YOU MORE WORK. If you stow so fast, they will "promote" you in a way you get to do other computer jobs around the area however, you dont get paid more. They will make you dance from one place to another to do all these job in just one day. Its one way to trap you in the job thinking you were advancing to the company but in reality... youre stuck to the same pay and you are doing three things that three people should be doing separately.
Alot of employees take this "promotion" coz y not? You dont need to do stowing/picking where you get timed to all the things you do. But little did they know, they trap you to dping many jobs around the area without any financial benefits. Well, I guess if you aspire to be a manager you have to kiss some aszz... BUT from what ive seen in my FC, they hire managers outside the company/ and fresh graduates. The only positions there that has high pay are the higher boss. The way pay works was... the longer you were with the company, the higher your pay by cents. LOL! So even if they "promote" you, there are still other workers who has higher pay than youre since theyve been there longer than you. Only wise employees will not take the so called "promotion". WORK WISELY. Just do the bare minimum.
@14:48 THIS!!! Oh my god. Theres an old lady (blue badge) who has modified job, barely walkign adn cant even lift 5 pounds, still get a shift, just wondering around doing nothing. While others are worried about UPH and pushing over 50lbs carts!!! Im so livid eveytime I look at her. AND SHE GET PAID MORE THAN I AM coz shes been with the company for years????
Also dont believe in "YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY". They dont even give you enough time to go to washrooms.
Awesome video. Great to know Bc I start on the 11th
I worked for a company for 35 years and we were mostly run by Accountants CPAs as our upper management but twice in the 35 years we were run by HR directors and they are mean and shady. The first one, rearranged our department and fired my hard working boss and enriched herself with perks. The 2nd time they rearranged us and underhandedly got rid of our Director, laid off half our group and slowly laid of the rest of us. I was 59 years old and laid off for a 35 year job. I’m happy now and don’t work but that isn’t an option for many people. I saw people destroyed for no good reason. Never ever trust HR! Just saying.
Oh no you said chicken nugget onna stick😭😭😂😂 great video btw👍🏽
dude your so unintentionally funny its fucking hilarious i was dying for the last 10 minutes of the video "chicken nugget on a stick" 😭 great video man i start at amazon soon this actually motivated me that i could do it.
It is interesting you post this video 2 years ago. I’ve now been working at an FC for 2 years. They’ve just now in 2024 introduced at my facility this policy where they rotate workers from job to job to minimize the risk of injury. They said if you’ve been picking for three weeks straight they may assign you to pack or count and they’re trying to get more people trained in amnesty because people keep quitting. I just recently quit amnesty after doing it almost 2 years. Anyway, now I’m finding out that they were already rotating workers at other facilities for years and they’re just starting doing this at my facility. Why weren’t they already doing this?
Would you recommend down playing your physical capabilities when starting the job? My first day is next week, I’m definitely a hard worker but it sounds like that’s a bad thing. Thanks!
I’ve been with Amazon for 1year and 2 months honestly it isn’t that bad yeah the work can be rough but one I don’t have to deal with costumers … two I’m on my own the whole time maybe at least 95% of the time … three managers hardly talk to you unless you don’t make rate but making rate you can do it blind folder if you really wanted too … the money is great the benefits is great why I see people quitting left and right is because they don’t want to work hard and get into with managers or people … lazy work ethics is a big factor too
When you're doing heavy manual labor, do they give you an electric fan to cool you down? I watched a video where some guy was stacking totes but there was a really strong breeze on him and I thought "Well, at least they have good ventilation."
There were huge fans throughout the building however you definitely did not get your own personal fan.
No one has answered my question on Reddit, maybe I’ll ask it here… I have a start date of 12.26.24 this seasonal, which is right after Christmas, I’m worried they might let go of people or cancel my shift before I start, is there a chance they might cancel my shift?
I worked at UPS years ago and was in management, this sounds pretty similar. The reason they hire people that will obviously not succeed is because of affirmative action laws, they have to let the people that obviously won't succeed fail rather than passing on hiring them.
Can you explain what you mean please?
@@sohniya7681 They hire people that are obviously not capable of physically handling the work, but because of Affirmative Action they have to pretend that these people really are capable of handling the work and hire them anyway. The result is a colossal waste of everyone's time and as a result the stronger and more physically capable have to do more work for the same amount of money and those that shouldn't have been hired end up either quitting or being fired when they should have been helped to find something that they would've succeeded at.
BROTHER HOW CAN I CHANG my SCHEDULE time shift from night to day
Ive been there since april of 2021 im thinking of quitting now becasue they added MET the last 2 weeks with hardly any notice and im one of there good workers too ive been doing courgate and waterspider for stowe the biggest pro id say that people with a background can get hired but thats not for me but people who cant get ceratin jobs i find amazon a good option for them
The motivational speech part I hate when companies do that cringy shit
Truck driver here, been doing it for 16 years. Im sick of it and considering going to Amazon. Im currently trying to figure out which position to apply for. I dont like dealing with people, I work better alone and i would love a 4 day work week
how much was the pay area in your area? here in canada its 18.20$
Same here
Yep sounds about right, if you’re a lazy person you’ll move up at Amazon. If you bust your $@! they literally treat you like garbage, like you owe them something. This is my experience anyway. So messed up. I am this 🤏🏻 close to leaving that place. 😩😩
Nope not true
@@robertwoodland2387 I said in my experience.
Im lazy lol i did get a write up tho for productivty
I start tomorrow, I’m going to request a forklift position
definitely correct about some of the people working there. We have a lady who has been there from back when they just hired everyone as permanent. She cant do any position because any position she does will get backed up instantly. They literally have her walk around picking trash and papers up off the floor. Anytime they put her in an actual position they will put someone else there also to actually do the job. She is literally getting paid to show up.
I saw pretty much the same thing as well. Lady was uncapable of doing any position anywhere in the entire warehouse. They eventually gave her a broom and cart full of cleaning supplies and told her she was part of the safety squad or something. She just walked around all day. Thing is she actually thought it was kind of a promotion. She would try to boss people around about safety. You could tell she thought she was above the regular folk. It was wild man lol.