Hey everyone! It has been almost half a year since I originally released this video. I just want to say thanks for all of the support. Also, the information about how often we gain UPT is slowly becoming outdated here towards the end of 2021 as many sites are starting to pick up the new UPT Pilot where we gain UPT each shift. I’d highly recommend checking out newer videos after this one as yes this one still holds true, but with how quickly everything changes at Amazon, it is getting more and more outdated. Thank you! FAQ: Q: What is water-spider? A: The definition of a water spider depends on department because a lot of departments have water spiders but for my specific department (inbound, stow) water spiders spend their day pallet jacking pallets around and feeding the work from those pallets to the stowers. It also includes throwing away the stower’s boxes and putting their used totes in the right place. It is probably the most active position in the FC that will lead to the best workout and most steps of anyone in the facility
Water spider in outbound shipping is the most walking in the whole facility. You are wrapping giant pallets and then putting the shipping labels on and move it to its spot. You can also be a water spider by moving the smaller packages pallets to their spot. You have to make the cardboard boxes and make them active too. There is also CPT who put the containers on the actual truck.
Wow thanks for the tips!!! This is my first week at Amazon !!!I was so worried about the rate thing and I was thinking on not showing up anymore ,cause I think I'm doing as faster as I can (stowing )
Yeah I feel you on that one, meeting rate is hard a lot of the time. Just keep at your own pace but don’t go slow or slack off or you’ll definitely get talked to by someone
Being 6 months at ship dock I absolutely agree with not overworking yourself and just be average. If you do too well they will give you the tougher roles constantly.
I've been with amazon for 3 days now and every second of those 3 shifts I just wanted to walk out. I need to lose a few pounds so I'll stay at amazon until then, getting paid to workout is the only benefit.
Shoot for average! Love it! I just applied and have my orientation on this coming Saturday! Amazon will be my 2nd job so working alone with my own thoughts will be awesome. This is about goals. Great advice.
They need workers... they will try to push you but at the end of the day they won't dare to fire anyone based on performance, as he said, don't be lazy, but don't kill yourself, work at your own pace.
I just work how I work, dont over do it. Hold yourself accountable, and if you get fired it's ok. At least you didn't cheat yourself. They won't come at you if you're reasonable.
@Brian Kory it's the least stressful job ever. It's like being a dishwasher, you can afford to be sloppy, throw your earbuds in, you don't have to talk or answer to anyone. Just grab a scanner and go. they just cut you loose in a million square foot warehouse. My only advice is : don't overdo your breaks. If there's one thing they get sad about, it's time off task. Just keep moving, at a reasonable pace, clock out and nobody will even know you were there.
@@DELL.ACNT. This has to be the best quote ever, so different from anything were taught growing up lol "Just keep moving, at a reasonable pace, clock out and nobody will even know you were there."
Water-spider in my building is one of the easiest jobs you can get, you basically wait around in a lane and wrap pallets and “close pallets”, move the completed pallets and move them to a designated area. Then just wait for more pallets to get to their maximum hight.
I am soooo glad I found this video !! I am a newbie there I just joined amazon a couple days ago and it takes some time getting used to. I was so surprised how short training was and I felt like the videos given to me from their training like I wish I had more time practicing and memorizing. But mostly guys, ask. Alooooot. Of. Questions. From everyone around you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. A lot of the times I was stuck and it felt like everyone was competing w each other and so I felt this pressure to do better but no. Everyone is in it the same. All we want to do is get the job done get your salary and move on. Or for some it could be a lifetime job. Just one last thing, apply for amazon knowing that you do aloooot of physical and mental work (mostly physical). For the most part good luck to y’all ✨
I work in MDW7 ..Amazon is really easy as long as ur not being lazy and just do what u gotta do ull be fine ...u don't have to impress no one so honestly u don't have to overwork urself or go beyond ur call of duty
I'm getting ready to start my 3rd week at Amazon and I have no problem hitting 220 pieces an HR with a tak time of around 11 sec. It's not as hard as people say. You are right you do get a majority of bigs. Just keep a few toats of smalls to feed the small bins a few pieces and you'll be good.
I struggle a lot with the rates. If I’m picking I’m able to do much better but yeah I’m pretty much always missing the rates in stow, I swear I get like 90% mediums and 10% smalls and it makes it soooo hard to meet the rates. When I get smalls the rates are easy to reach though, but again, I pretty much never do lol
Where I work most of the bins are packed, therefore it is difficult to stow. I am able to stay in the middle of the pack and other days I am ahead of the pack. It depends on the freight. I used to do ICQA. Now I do stow, pack and infrequently water spider and transport. Great tip is to be careful with that UPT. PTO is a toss up. I use PTO here and there. It is easy to put a vacation request in 24 to 48 hours in advance during non restricted dates.
My issue is, I have no idea how many pieces I'm stowing, I try to work as fast as possible, but it would be nice if the PDA computers they give us, would show how many packages I'm scanning, plus that 11 seconds only applies to small packages, it don't mean shit when your have oversize boxes 40-60 pounds back and fourth, plus sometimes you have to go get water, so you don't pass out, I'm not working myself to passes out, I will walk off and get my water, when I get my paycheck I will get a nice clear bottle of water with a clip on.
@@TSBilliards86 got hired last week and they said by day 4 we should be at 275 and I was hitting 300-325 and I was moving as fast as I could for the most part. I just don't see how a person could hit 400 consistently seems unrealistic and unreasonable.
Start this Thursday night at 1:20am as a picker looking forward to it been sitting at home for quite some time cause of covid so i'm pumped to put some hard work in.
You know, I so appreciate this video. I watched another one of your videos regarding working for/at amazon, and I can't begin to tell you that I feel every word your saying. I'll leave it at that. I thank you kindly for telling it like it really is at Amazon. PS. I feel you on the don't work so hard, I've over-worked myself, and had to get the BLANK out of there. I returned, with a new attitude, not a lazy one, but a new one. And, my health comes first. I'm super glad that I ran across this/your video, I feel encouraged. You dislike water-spidering, and I despise picking, I don't use the word Hate, however, I hate Picking with a Super Passion. Thanks again for this video, rather inspiring. I Will be on the lookout for more messages/videos from you. Thanks.....God bless & be well.
I’m glad we could relate and even more glad that you enjoyed the content! I will have more Amazon videos coming in the future so I hope you’ve subbed and that we can talk more in the comments on those future videos! Thank you so much for watching!
I worked at a UPS warehouse and from experience just do what your paid for and don’t pick up for others on your shift your being paid for a one person job not two or three
Thanks bro. It's about to be my 7th week as a picker and I've been stressing more about getting my tak time no higher than 7.5. But it's true they care more about the quality than anything and your safety
Takt time is Deff something they go crazy over. I was at a 9.65 the other day and one of the PA’s came over to me and told me to keep working on my time. Sometimes it’s hard when you have constant tote changes and heavy items back to back. I appreciate that you mentioned that in your video because a lot of times it’s really hard to stay near/under 9
Shit I'm going on my 2nd year here at amazon EWR4 and let me tell you!! I've done it all here in order to mentally survive started as a stower, then water spider, case picking, AGV machine, forklifting, problem solving, if you do the same shit everyday you'll go crazyyyyy is a general tip tho lOl i like switching it up from time to time doing different task here cause GOD DAMN!!!
Same tho 😅 I'm a learning ambassador, I also each/pallet receive, stow, problem solve, and do ship dock so that keeps it a little more interesting. They were gonna teach me pick and only trained me halfway 😆
Waterspider was only enjoyable when working in an Air facility dragging around the ULDs and getting them ready outside to transfer to the vehicle that loads the planes.
Thank you for watching man! I have other Amazon videos available as well, and I’m gonna be creating a lot more over the next few weeks, so subscribe if you want more content similar to this + tips for new employees!
Same!! I have him (and Bulma) tattooed on my arm lol, you can see it in this video! th-cam.com/video/u7o_tbdlRKA/w-d-xo.html but thank you for watching!!!
I start my second week today and our orientation was apparently a different method. We sat in a class for the whole 10 hours and it was honestly such a waste of time and when we did the tour, most of us didn’t even get to see our stations since stow is on the above floors and they couldn’t take us there. It was a fun free day, but that was it lol. I heard my manager yelling and I’m just now anxious about him possibly yelling at me. It’s a trigger and I just don’t have the time for it so I’m like oh boy
I hear mostly it's the management that makes it stressful and the standing for the most part. Standing I'm used to, I've worked two warehouse jobs at once sometimes 16hr days so that doesn't bother me BUT u are wearing steel toe shoes which makes it different and as far as management it's a way to talk to and treat people and I'm the one to walk out before u fire me if u come off nasty.
I'm working at a sort center in Colorado Springs (COS5). Our shifts are 4 hour shifts (usually flexed up an hour). We have to wear Safety Shoes, but Amazon gave us a $110 stipend to use at Zappos. Another tip for the "lazy people" wanting time off, take VTO. It's usually available for every shift except the busy season. For me, the worst job is working the Non Con line. It's nothing but non stop chaos trying to keep up with the flow and neatly stacking packages on pallets. The job itself isn't complicated at all and if I can do it at age 56, ANYONE can do it.
4 or 5 hours would be great they have us at 10 or 11 and a half and I can barely move by the end. Just finished my first day and could barely walk my dog around the block. I thought the longer days but 3 days off would be great but it is extremely hard. If you're not used to moving 10+ hours a day it is a shock to the system
I’ve been working at Amazon for about a week now and the work is pretty simple but the Facility I work at just needs more people and needs to be a little more Organized,But over all good experience.
Manager here, in my personal experience, not all of this applies to every site, but generally speaking it holds true. The stuff about your time off is super true. Save that time for when you really need it. But the water spider stuff could be different at another site. For example, my site’s waterspiders love it and everyone is dying to do it. Also, Depending on how high performing the site is, having a high takt time or low rate could end up resulting in a write up much more easily than at an underperforming site. There really isn’t a way to know until you’re in it. If your site is pushing quality rather than productivity, you actually could end up being encouraged to slow down in order to prevent errors.
I just started at a warehouse last week. I hate being on my feet as much but I listen to music to help take the stress off. I had more demanding jobs so I know to never work too hard for someone’s business 😭💀 I wish I had this video when I first started
@@C11 At the location where I work they let people play music openly, but NOT via ear buds or headphones. They sometimes even play music over the PA system.
Hello Great video thanks. I am thinking about working at Amazon. I have a few questions. How do you get a hold of your manager while you are working at your post on the floor? Is it easy to find someone if you have a question? Are you allowed to have water/food on the floor with you? If so, is there a close by spot to refill your water bottle? Are there many bathrooms throughout the warehouse that are close to the post you are at (less than a five minute walk so it won't register as TOT or are the restrooms a long walk to get to )? My final question is if there is a bad snow storm or ice storm coming how is Amazon with you calling out if the roads are bad? I'm going to watch your other Amazon videos as well. Thanks.
Hi if you can make a video about pallet building that’ll be helpful. I’ve been at Amazon for 3 months and I still have trouble with building the boxes the correct way
Thanks for information .but yea i learn that when I work other jobs not named. But it really depends on the person. Take time do work right and pay mostly attention and quality . And production comes with it and work safe.
I appreciate this video because I been looking up videos for something like this and its always negative stuff I start next week and this was very helpful Thank you so much!!!
Worked there almost a year, ended up quitting. The benefits were nice, but it wasn’t worth it for the amount of pshyical activity I was doing just to get 1200 every 2 weeks. The fulfillment center I worked on was a recently built one too. Did inbound, outbound, picked, packed, loaded trucks, did everything. But the small 30 mins break, getting yelled at for sitting just for a little, the nagging managers who could care less, ya I didn’t last. Got my real estate license and I make way more then I ever did over there, barely doing psyical activity, and will not be going back to a warehouse ever in my life
Yeah it’s all dependent on your interests! I’m completely fine with warehouse work and I think it’s easy money honestly but people have their own niches. Congrats on that real estate stuff though, how long did it take you to get your license? Thanks for watching the video!
Yeah, I'm also curious about real estate. I just started working at Amazon because I need a steady income. But I don't really know what I want to do with my life. I've thought about real estate, but don't know enough about it.
I am thinking about working at amazon and honestly 1200 every 2 weeks sounds like a dream to me. Like i currently work at my college and the most I get payed during the fall/spring semester is a little over $300.. and right now during summer literally like a little over $100.. it sucks so bad. So i really hope I can get hired. 😭
Yeah Amazon is the best for a college student because of the days off and the time you can spend outside of work working on school stuff! I hope you get the job!!!
I used to work at DEN3 in Thornton, CO. I didn't last long because my feet absolutely killed me eventually I was so close to passing out from the pain I had in my feet.
The thing about negative UPT: (I don’t know if it depends on the fulfillment center) if you have vacation hours, they’ll take some time out of that to bring your negative UPT to zero.
I am about to start as a seasonal sortation associate, so I appreciate you making this video. I will definitely be shooting to be average and I will not kill myself over this.
Update: I am still at the sortation center and I am doing great. Work is pretty easy and co-workers/managers are cool. I consistently rank #1 for my position even though I don't really work that hard. I definitely plan on staying here for the foreseeable future.
Just complete my first week, I really hope they don't put me on the conveyer belts, I like Picking, picking up the heavy bags and boxes then putting them on carts then pushing or pulling them to back of the warehouse to the drivers location, then repeating the same steps over and over, it really makes the time goes by really fast, plus your getting a big workout, I don't like doing stowing, scanning and putting the packages and boxes in the bags, it gets really boring but no one bothers me as long as I'm moving fast.
Bottom line. Don't expect these people to care about you. It's all about numbers. I made the mistake of blazing through all the positions they put me at. I was always in the top of the board and they kept pushing me to go faster and faster until I just couldn't go anymore. My body wore down got walking pneumonia and they let me go. They don't give a shit lol. And if you get let go don't worry about it. It's just Amazon. Onto the next best thing. That last tip was on point though. They always asked me to water spider or float and help everyone out, I was in Re-bin (Which was my favorite) and they basically just use you up if you say yes to everything.
Man that sounds like a tragedy, but yeah they’ll have you do anything if you say yes. I finally had to stop and now they never ask me for anything. I’m completely fine stowing hard all day but I can’t stand water spider and shipping dock. Wears me out significantly more for the same paycheck.
They have access on their little laptop of your rate and how many small, medium, and large items you have. If they talk to you about your rate, youre probably leaving your staion to often or too long or really slow.
Both my step-dad and mom work/worked in a Macy's warehouse, both have said people there get rewarded for a good job and basically treated like they're in school again.
Inbound Damageland PSer here. Definitely great info for new hires in general. I preach all the same tips you brought up. Most cats don’t wanna listen tho.
I like water spider better than stow. The 2 worst things of water spider are when stowers get mad at you for things out of your control and also the feet pain.
The feet pain could probably be helped with more comfortable shoes, I never have that problem. Stowers being mad about things out of your control is really annoying though
Water spider is essentially refilling all of the work for stowers and cleaning up the cardboard boxes after stowers. You spend most of the day operating pallet jacks, lifting boxes constantly, & pushing large cardboard containers called “gaylords” that are filled with all of the smaller cardboard boxes stowers finished using. Problem solve is exactly what it says, they solve problems. Sometimes items come in unscannable, missing, damaged, or with the labels missing; problem solvers are there to fix that. They walk around with a laptop on a cart and solve problems all day
I use to put them in they place and tell them to drop what you doing right now and try to water spider better than me and then we can talk.....they usually shut up after that
First tip was a lie in my case. I got fired for having a 99.99 pick rate lol. Was supposed to have 100. Even the guy that fires me was like what...? That’s weird, he was like you should fight it and say you need a re-evaluation. I walked out, didn’t like feeling overly tired every week
That’s garbage, what was the point of even hiring you? Some locations are BAD. They only recommend you to get 80% at my FC, I can’t imagine being fired for 99.99%
I feel they should focus on worker's productive output than tot time I like to take longer breaks because when I rest longer, I'm actually faster, more productive, especially near the end of shift.
thank u for this video. im watchin this preparing myself to go to work in a bit...i frickin hate it.......im crying.....but ur tip on not overworking urself....thankssss
No problem!! Yeah, please don’t overwork yourself! If it’s that bad, just get out of it entirely (if you can) honestly. Also, 2006 account?? Sheesh, an OG on the scene! Lol
I'm thinking of quitting a current job to work at Amazon with more physical demands. Reason: I've spent too much time on swing and graveyards that had incentives. I'm tired of moonrises and sunrises are more important now plus weekends off. Previous 20yr job went, this will be 10 years temporary. Not afraid of hard work AND good advice on being AVERAGE.
Another thing I wish I would have known is that the mandatory breaks count against your UPH. So you'll do 380 UPH, and find out it's actually like 340 or some crap. Unless it's some bs that they make up to make you go faster, lol
@@ghstbird3338 well the computer tracks the hell out of everybody and the computer punishes you by making you go someother place to look for a package...its like punishment pleasuere so you dont go to the bathroom too often.
@BeetsbyDwight It's not made up. It's was stated in one of the training videos I was shown at my work station by a PA via an iPad. Also, your break time is calculated from scan to scan. So if you leave your workstation 5 minutes after your last scan, you already used 5 minutes of your break time. If you do not scan another item until 5 minutes after you return to your workstation, you have extended your break by 5 minutes.
I work at amazon I’ve been there for about a month and I do pick and they told me that my time should be 9 seconds and I feel like they make you work so fast just to get that time down to 9 seconds and when I work I work at my own pace and make sure the job get done correctly
In the state of California, they can't write u up if you don't meet your quota. Amazon got sued a couple of years ago because too many employees lost their jobs for not reaching their quotas. They don't want us to know that, a manager told me cuz I was working so fast when I came back and in fear of losing my job if i was not super fast. Anyway, I am here cuz I am getting burnt tf out of my job. Yes, it's easy, but the same thing over and over is like I am losing my mind and my body is tired.
i’m a picker and just started yesterday, my location has robots and sometimes when items come up to me they’re stuck in the cubby bc the box is either too big for it or there are too many items in it and sometimes i can’t fit my fingers in to grip the box and it fucks with my takt time !!! not my first day my takt time was 15 seconds so i think that’s fairly good
@jettcamo oh trust me i do that now. i’ve gotten so much better since my first day (when i made that comment) now i’m a top picker on my floor 😈 yeah theze bitchez iz my sonz ‼️‼️
Tact TIME is dumb. Cuz when you go on your 15 minute break you don't sign out. Your tact time jumps to 25+. You likely be at 17-20 for the rest of the night
I started my job at Amazon for 7 months at the first week when I started, I wasn’t too good on rate because I was slowing down not working the average I was expected to do at first I thought I was going to be fired because I was at a lower rate and that’s what my always thoughts were
Also...respect the Water spiders that load your belt, if you don't they will remember you and talk amongst themselves and you will regret it. They will give you large items and purposefully do all that they can to slow your production rates down! Don't complain, don't give them any shit and don't even look at them. Even if they're particularly nasty towards you or almost take your finger off by sliding down your totes aggressively. It's not a good time. They're just pissed cause they don't want to Water-spider/
I have question I applied a few months ago but got DA delivery associate. The application that I applied had fulfillment center and delivery station. Now I picked only the one that had fulfillment center. I logged in my a to z and it still had DA. I talked to Amazon support. He said I was assigned to shipping department. "Fulfillment associates in Shipping will load the outgoing products onto trucks to be delivered to our customers." Does that mean I got the same position DA as last time? Liked the video.
No, I believe it means you will be working outbound at the FC and work on the shipping dock where you load the products onto the truck. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s what that is
Don't let anyone know if you have your medical Marijuana card. I'm suspended because of some overstepping grown child thinks he knows state law and said I was under the influence when I wasn't on the clock and I'm suspended now .
I was at an FC for a while, and I *never* Water Spidered ...except for one day when, during Prime Week, they pulled me OFF AFE Induct- try as I might, I *could not* get my rate ANYWHERE NEAR fucking 1200 UPH (wtf? 1200... good lord), esp. given the fact that my arms were still a bit sore from 2 previous days' straight of inducting (not to mention that the gloves, in all honesty, don't really help, oftentimes, imo). The 3rd day that week (3rd day inducting ever), after JUST TWO HOURS of inducting, they pulled me off. And that was when my water-spidering nightmare began. From about 9-12:55 or so, I basically replaced a shit-ton of empty boxes in the various spots for each packer's table. HATED IT Plus... to be quite honest, the guy training me was NEUROTIC as all hell. Like, instead of just filling it up w/ plenty of boxes but not TOO TIGHTLY, he kept pushing me to OVERFILL IT AND MAKE THE BOXES TIGHT. I'm thinking, "WHY?? It's just a few boxes more, and it inconveniences the packers! Goddamn..." Needless to say, after almost 2 months during that 'stint' at Amazon, I left and quit after break was over. Said "fuck it". Realized what a mistake I had made transferring to Sort Flow, and, for a while, my ONLY TWO options would be either to Water Spider again or Induct again, neither of which was remotely appealing or even tolerable I mean, I would've liked to at least TRY rebin, but... I probably would've had to wait at least a month or so before even getting the option. Def. *did not* wanna pack, though ...only to come back in January, as a picker. Then transferred back to Dock. Luckily, Dock's a lot more laid-back (usually), but palletizing is BORING AF. Branched-out, though, my 3rd time at Amazon, to induct (way better than AFE's, by far), did more fluid loading and learned Trans. ...then I made the stupid mistake of transferring to the RT shift on Dock. *sigh* because that shift had way less people, I was pretty-much 'stuck' doing NOTHING BUT PALLETIZING. I really-wanted to try to transfer to Count ...but, tbh, after the last week of May, I realized, "I can't fucking do this anymore!" Even 3 12's of nothing-but-palletizing is so mentally and physically draining, even w/ a fair amount of caffeine and painkiller Not to mention that people on RT shift ARE EVEN WORSE at palletizing than the 10-hour front-half! Jfc Needless to say, I never did or asked or got asked to do WS in Dock. fuck that
_Just completed my first week, and was told Prime week starts next week and I got an email that we will have to come into work at 1AM, 10+ hours days for the next 7 days, I hope I survive, I think I will reward myself with a PS4, when I get that first Big paycheck._
@BeGentleSenpai No some dumbass lady was talking to my dad then at the end of their convo she says she has covid then my whole family had it, I'm recovering now doe I can can survive the whole shift now
I start February the 2nd and I use a cane and I've been told that they'll make accommodations for me has anyone at any of their facilities in the warehouse seen anybody else with a cane and what kind of accommodation they may make for them? I'm getting really worried although I talk to the accommodation team and they told me don't worry about it they have people that work there that have to use canes and wheelchairs. Any information would sure help ease my mind
I’ll be starting Delivery Station Warehouse Associate, If my hours are (1:20 AM to 11:50 AM) do you know what's the exact Time of when my breaks and Lunch breaks will start and end so I'll know when to leave and when to go back (clock in and clock out) Like I already know it'll be like 30 min or something like that ect.. but like can you give me a exact time of when it start and end if you can?
Idk what people complain about it’s the easiest job and yes I was nervous my first day but a month in and I’m straight I’ve already done multiple different jobs inside my Amazon facility and it’s cool it’s just like school u don’t want to go but once u there u just chilln fr
First night went good did orientation and all that fun stuff the docs whatever you call it on the phone I got a finish. DAL9 is basically the middleman, packages get shipped to us then we sort them out to get delivered
The definition of a water spider depends on department because a lot of departments have water spiders but for my specific department (inbound, stow) water spiders spend their day pallet jacking pallets around and feeding the work from those pallets to the stowers. It also includes throwing away the stower’s boxes and putting their used totes in the right place. It is probably the most active position in the FC that will lead to the best workout and most steps of anyone in the facility
In outbound a water spider is someone who refills boxes and dunage(the air bubbles bags used for keeping items in packages from breaking) for packers. They run around a lot. It’s not a easy job
I start at a fulfillment center I left the delivery center…..I’m so nervous but how hard/confusing is the fulfillment center ???? I’m so worried I will do it wrong and get fired someone please any advice on fulfillment center ?????????????????
Hey everyone! It has been almost half a year since I originally released this video. I just want to say thanks for all of the support. Also, the information about how often we gain UPT is slowly becoming outdated here towards the end of 2021 as many sites are starting to pick up the new UPT Pilot where we gain UPT each shift. I’d highly recommend checking out newer videos after this one as yes this one still holds true, but with how quickly everything changes at Amazon, it is getting more and more outdated. Thank you!
FAQ:
Q: What is water-spider?
A: The definition of a water spider depends on department because a lot of departments have water spiders but for my specific department (inbound, stow) water spiders spend their day pallet jacking pallets around and feeding the work from those pallets to the stowers. It also includes throwing away the stower’s boxes and putting their used totes in the right place. It is probably the most active position in the FC that will lead to the best workout and most steps of anyone in the facility
Water spider in outbound shipping is the most walking in the whole facility. You are wrapping giant pallets and then putting the shipping labels on and move it to its spot. You can also be a water spider by moving the smaller packages pallets to their spot. You have to make the cardboard boxes and make them active too.
There is also CPT who put the containers on the actual truck.
I was told waterapider is what I would want because I can’t just stand in one spot
Wow thanks for the tips!!! This is my first week at Amazon !!!I was so worried about the rate thing and I was thinking on not showing up anymore ,cause I think I'm doing as faster as I can (stowing )
Yeah I feel you on that one, meeting rate is hard a lot of the time. Just keep at your own pace but don’t go slow or slack off or you’ll definitely get talked to by someone
I recently started working at Amazon and I do stowing, but usually we get our creates
Being 6 months at ship dock I absolutely agree with not overworking yourself and just be average. If you do too well they will give you the tougher roles constantly.
I love overworking myself
@@jacksonyusuf it’s cool until they overwork you
@@Sholuhu I can’t be overworked.
@@jacksonyusuf Epic Comment
@@jacksonyusuf And they'll won't pay you extra either.
I've been with amazon for 3 days now and every second of those 3 shifts I just wanted to walk out.
I need to lose a few pounds so I'll stay at amazon until then, getting paid to workout is the only benefit.
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U still work there?
Straight up
I started in October 2020 (just before Peak) and lost 40 lbs in 2 months
Shoot for average! Love it! I just applied and have my orientation on this coming Saturday! Amazon will be my 2nd job so working alone with my own thoughts will be awesome. This is about goals. Great advice.
How’s it going so far
You still at Amazon? :)
Can I get an update plsss?
any updates?
Update?
They need workers... they will try to push you but at the end of the day they won't dare to fire anyone based on performance, as he said, don't be lazy, but don't kill yourself, work at your own pace.
Thanks for your advice, I think the real thing is that I want to do everything fast and that's why I get stressed out
if you can last 1 month your golden...
Exactly my thought. Beggars can't be choosers.
They quit on their own i have seen a myriad of faces
@@crisdlcruz145 they hire every week
Basically you get to put on clown makeup when you over worked yourself.
pretty much
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I just work how I work, dont over do it. Hold yourself accountable, and if you get fired it's ok. At least you didn't cheat yourself. They won't come at you if you're reasonable.
Not at Amazon.
Quick question so you work in the warehouse how much are you getting paid.
I’m Amazon driver in Northern California
@@juliobello4561 yes warehouse. $15.50 in Phoenix
@Brian Kory it's the least stressful job ever. It's like being a dishwasher, you can afford to be sloppy, throw your earbuds in, you don't have to talk or answer to anyone. Just grab a scanner and go. they just cut you loose in a million square foot warehouse. My only advice is : don't overdo your breaks. If there's one thing they get sad about, it's time off task. Just keep moving, at a reasonable pace, clock out and nobody will even know you were there.
@@DELL.ACNT. This has to be the best quote ever, so different from anything were taught growing up lol
"Just keep moving, at a reasonable pace, clock out and nobody will even know you were there."
Water-spider in my building is one of the easiest jobs you can get, you basically wait around in a lane and wrap pallets and “close pallets”, move the completed pallets and move them to a designated area. Then just wait for more pallets to get to their maximum hight.
You work at a sortation center?
I am soooo glad I found this video !! I am a newbie there I just joined amazon a couple days ago and it takes some time getting used to. I was so surprised how short training was and I felt like the videos given to me from their training like I wish I had more time practicing and memorizing. But mostly guys, ask. Alooooot. Of. Questions. From everyone around you. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. A lot of the times I was stuck and it felt like everyone was competing w each other and so I felt this pressure to do better but no. Everyone is in it the same. All we want to do is get the job done get your salary and move on. Or for some it could be a lifetime job. Just one last thing, apply for amazon knowing that you do aloooot of physical and mental work (mostly physical). For the most part good luck to y’all ✨
Glad you enjoyed the video!! I have more like this as well! Thanks for watching
Thanks 🙏 my first week here I don’t like the training process manager’s not help 😢
Keep your UPT between 40-60 hrs
PTO and Vacation use it when you want to go on vacation not take a day off. Wish for VTO if you want a day off.
Stupid advice
I work in MDW7 ..Amazon is really easy as long as ur not being lazy and just do what u gotta do ull be fine ...u don't have to impress no one so honestly u don't have to overwork urself or go beyond ur call of duty
I'm getting ready to start my 3rd week at Amazon and I have no problem hitting 220 pieces an HR with a tak time of around 11 sec. It's not as hard as people say. You are right you do get a majority of bigs. Just keep a few toats of smalls to feed the small bins a few pieces and you'll be good.
I struggle a lot with the rates. If I’m picking I’m able to do much better but yeah I’m pretty much always missing the rates in stow, I swear I get like 90% mediums and 10% smalls and it makes it soooo hard to meet the rates. When I get smalls the rates are easy to reach though, but again, I pretty much never do lol
Where I work most of the bins are packed, therefore it is difficult to stow. I am able to stay in the middle of the pack and other days I am ahead of the pack. It depends on the freight.
I used to do ICQA. Now I do stow, pack and infrequently water spider and transport.
Great tip is to be careful with that UPT. PTO is a toss up. I use PTO here and there. It is easy to put a vacation request in 24 to 48 hours in advance during non restricted dates.
My issue is, I have no idea how many pieces I'm stowing, I try to work as fast as possible, but it would be nice if the PDA computers they give us, would show how many packages I'm scanning, plus that 11 seconds only applies to small packages, it don't mean shit when your have oversize boxes 40-60 pounds back and fourth, plus sometimes you have to go get water, so you don't pass out, I'm not working myself to passes out, I will walk off and get my water, when I get my paycheck I will get a nice clear bottle of water with a clip on.
220 for stow? Pick they require 400. On a good day I can hit 500, but on a bad day 300 is a struggle.
@@TSBilliards86 got hired last week and they said by day 4 we should be at 275 and I was hitting 300-325 and I was moving as fast as I could for the most part. I just don't see how a person could hit 400 consistently seems unrealistic and unreasonable.
I’ll save y’all the time just become homies with your manager so you can chill with them and they can write your tot off i did it for a year
Exactly, it’s all in who you know.
Really? Lol
@@mostandwatsonbreaks I sell my manager wax and she is pretty chill with me
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Start this Thursday night at 1:20am as a picker looking forward to it been sitting at home for quite some time cause of covid so i'm pumped to put some hard work in.
You got this! Enjoy your time at Amazon, it’s easy money
You know, I so appreciate this video. I watched another one of your videos regarding working for/at amazon, and I can't begin to tell you that I feel every word your saying. I'll leave it at that. I thank you kindly for telling it like it really is at Amazon. PS. I feel you on the don't work so hard, I've over-worked myself, and had to get the BLANK out of there. I returned, with a new attitude, not a lazy one, but a new one. And, my health comes first. I'm super glad that I ran across this/your video, I feel encouraged. You dislike water-spidering, and I despise picking, I don't use the word Hate, however, I hate Picking with a Super Passion. Thanks again for this video, rather inspiring. I Will be on the lookout for more messages/videos from you. Thanks.....God bless & be well.
I’m glad we could relate and even more glad that you enjoyed the content! I will have more Amazon videos coming in the future so I hope you’ve subbed and that we can talk more in the comments on those future videos! Thank you so much for watching!
Hey Donna I’m struggling mentally and physically with this job I don’t know if I could message you privately and maybe I could get some help
@@Ginathatsme8189 hi Gina, You sure can. May you have a blessed day. My prayers are with you. 🙏🏽
I worked at a UPS warehouse and from experience just do what your paid for and don’t pick up for others on your shift your being paid for a one person job not two or three
I don't work at Amazon but I just want to thank you for your hard work.
Thank you
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Frfr thank you so much guys!!!
Thanks bro. It's about to be my 7th week as a picker and I've been stressing more about getting my tak time no higher than 7.5. But it's true they care more about the quality than anything and your safety
Are you in stow?
@@C11 No not at the moment. So far all I've been doing is picking. I've also water spider for a few hours and did tote running too.
Takt time is Deff something they go crazy over. I was at a 9.65 the other day and one of the PA’s came over to me and told me to keep working on my time. Sometimes it’s hard when you have constant tote changes and heavy items back to back. I appreciate that you mentioned that in your video because a lot of times it’s really hard to stay near/under 9
In what picking?
@@johnk608 yes, pick
Second week now,great video but the vegeta Screensaver priceless. Thanks bro
Thanks man! Means a lot!
Shit I'm going on my 2nd year here at amazon EWR4 and let me tell you!! I've done it all here in order to mentally survive started as a stower, then water spider, case picking, AGV machine, forklifting, problem solving, if you do the same shit everyday you'll go crazyyyyy is a general tip tho lOl i like switching it up from time to time doing different task here cause GOD DAMN!!!
Have you ever done pack singles?
Hell Not lOl that's packing right? Hell nah NEVERRRR Lol
Same tho 😅 I'm a learning ambassador, I also each/pallet receive, stow, problem solve, and do ship dock so that keeps it a little more interesting. They were gonna teach me pick and only trained me halfway 😆
They trained me in pick a few weeks ago it was refreshing!
When I worked at Amazon I actually enjoyed being a water spider it was more physically demanding but I liked it because time flew by quickly.
The time goes by sooo much slower to me when I’m water spider 😭😭😭 makes a 10 hour shift feel like 16 hours
@@C11 lol 😂. I usually have other water spiders to chat with I think that’s mainly why time went by fast
What's a water spider? I'm curious
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Waterspider was only enjoyable when working in an Air facility dragging around the ULDs and getting them ready outside to transfer to the vehicle that loads the planes.
Good video man very informative. I’be applied so I wanted to find a level headed person talking about it not just people crying.❤️🔥
Thank you for watching man! I have other Amazon videos available as well, and I’m gonna be creating a lot more over the next few weeks, so subscribe if you want more content similar to this + tips for new employees!
I freaking love Vegeta ❤ also, 100% agree with everything said here!
Same!! I have him (and Bulma) tattooed on my arm lol, you can see it in this video! th-cam.com/video/u7o_tbdlRKA/w-d-xo.html but thank you for watching!!!
I agree with everything, he said.
New hires, listen to him 👍
New hires, talk to us after 3 years.
You'll leave before then.
@@Xrm550 you left after 3 years?
Im about to start at the warehouse. Thanks for the videos!! Great tips & things to consider. Appreciate it.
He’s absolutely right that’s how it is. I work over there and I’m in Inbound. I’m a picker, and I notice these thing’s 👍
I start my second week today and our orientation was apparently a different method. We sat in a class for the whole 10 hours and it was honestly such a waste of time and when we did the tour, most of us didn’t even get to see our stations since stow is on the above floors and they couldn’t take us there. It was a fun free day, but that was it lol. I heard my manager yelling and I’m just now anxious about him possibly yelling at me. It’s a trigger and I just don’t have the time for it so I’m like oh boy
I hear mostly it's the management that makes it stressful and the standing for the most part. Standing I'm used to, I've worked two warehouse jobs at once sometimes 16hr days so that doesn't bother me BUT u are wearing steel toe shoes which makes it different and as far as management it's a way to talk to and treat people and I'm the one to walk out before u fire me if u come off nasty.
I'm working at a sort center in Colorado Springs (COS5). Our shifts are 4 hour shifts (usually flexed up an hour). We have to wear Safety Shoes, but Amazon gave us a $110 stipend to use at Zappos.
Another tip for the "lazy people" wanting time off, take VTO. It's usually available for every shift except the busy season. For me, the worst job is working the Non Con line. It's nothing but non stop chaos trying to keep up with the flow and neatly stacking packages on pallets.
The job itself isn't complicated at all and if I can do it at age 56, ANYONE can do it.
4 or 5 hours would be great they have us at 10 or 11 and a half and I can barely move by the end. Just finished my first day and could barely walk my dog around the block. I thought the longer days but 3 days off would be great but it is extremely hard. If you're not used to moving 10+ hours a day it is a shock to the system
@@jakesteed4145 I wondered about that. That was why I went with Sort instead of Fulfillment.
I’m about to be an area manager at a new launch site, thanks for the info!
No problem, enjoy your new role! I can’t really speak for being an AM but I’m sure it’s very interesting in comparison to regular T1 positions.
Oh my.. congratulations ❤️❤️
What web site did you apply on to be a area manager? I'm currently at Team Lead at walmart.
Don’t treat your underlings like 💩 please😂
@@flanagamer can't stress that enough
I’ve been working at Amazon for about a week now and the work is pretty simple but the Facility I work at just needs more people and needs to be a little more Organized,But over all good experience.
Are you still working at Amazon ?
Manager here, in my personal experience, not all of this applies to every site, but generally speaking it holds true. The stuff about your time off is super true. Save that time for when you really need it. But the water spider stuff could be different at another site. For example, my site’s waterspiders love it and everyone is dying to do it. Also, Depending on how high performing the site is, having a high takt time or low rate could end up resulting in a write up much more easily than at an underperforming site. There really isn’t a way to know until you’re in it. If your site is pushing quality rather than productivity, you actually could end up being encouraged to slow down in order to prevent errors.
Which site do you work for? Im interested in working for Amazon!
I just started at a warehouse last week. I hate being on my feet as much but I listen to music to help take the stress off. I had more demanding jobs so I know to never work too hard for someone’s business 😭💀 I wish I had this video when I first started
Haha glad you enjoyed it now though 😅 thanks for watching!
You can listen to music while working?
@@BRAZYSRT you’re not supposed to. You can get written up if you get caught. But of course people try to hide it
@@C11 At the location where I work they let people play music openly, but NOT via ear buds or headphones. They sometimes even play music over the PA system.
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Great video thanks. I am thinking about working at Amazon. I have a few questions. How do you get a hold of your manager while you are working at your post on the floor? Is it easy to find someone if you have a question? Are you allowed to have water/food on the floor with you? If so, is there a close by spot to refill your water bottle? Are there many bathrooms throughout the warehouse that are close to the post you are at (less than a five minute walk so it won't register as TOT or are the restrooms a long walk to get to )? My final question is if there is a bad snow storm or ice storm coming how is Amazon with you calling out if the roads are bad?
I'm going to watch your other Amazon videos as well.
Thanks.
Danger Will Robertson! Stay away!
That guy in your background lets me know you are a man with a strong spirit.
Hi if you can make a video about pallet building that’ll be helpful. I’ve been at Amazon for 3 months and I still have trouble with building the boxes the correct way
Thanks for information .but yea i learn that when I work other jobs not named. But it really depends on the person. Take time do work right and pay mostly attention and quality . And production comes with it and work safe.
I appreciate this video because I been looking up videos for something like this and its always negative stuff I start next week and this was very helpful Thank you so much!!!
Thanks man for making a honest video...keep them coming!
today’s my first day and I’m very nervous 😭 but glad I found this video thank you!
It was easy, right?
How did your first day go ?
@@C11 yess very easy !!
@@deegieseking8898 very tired. but it gets easy after awhile !
Are you still at Amazon?
Worked there almost a year, ended up quitting. The benefits were nice, but it wasn’t worth it for the amount of pshyical activity I was doing just to get 1200 every 2 weeks. The fulfillment center I worked on was a recently built one too. Did inbound, outbound, picked, packed, loaded trucks, did everything. But the small 30 mins break, getting yelled at for sitting just for a little, the nagging managers who could care less, ya I didn’t last.
Got my real estate license and I make way more then I ever did over there, barely doing psyical activity, and will not be going back to a warehouse ever in my life
Yeah it’s all dependent on your interests! I’m completely fine with warehouse work and I think it’s easy money honestly but people have their own niches. Congrats on that real estate stuff though, how long did it take you to get your license? Thanks for watching the video!
That’s crazy cause I plan on getting my license too. Are you an assistant?
Yeah, I'm also curious about real estate. I just started working at Amazon because I need a steady income. But I don't really know what I want to do with my life. I've thought about real estate, but don't know enough about it.
I am thinking about working at amazon and honestly 1200 every 2 weeks sounds like a dream to me. Like i currently work at my college and the most I get payed during the fall/spring semester is a little over $300.. and right now during summer literally like a little over $100.. it sucks so bad. So i really hope I can get hired. 😭
Yeah Amazon is the best for a college student because of the days off and the time you can spend outside of work working on school stuff! I hope you get the job!!!
I used to work at DEN3 in Thornton, CO. I didn't last long because my feet absolutely killed me eventually I was so close to passing out from the pain I had in my feet.
What is stowing and water spider positions?
You make great videos about working at Amazon. Thank you 🙏🏾. Just subscribed to your channel.
Thank you so much! I actually have another one coming out in 30 minutes as well so thank you for the sub!
The thing about negative UPT: (I don’t know if it depends on the fulfillment center) if you have vacation hours, they’ll take some time out of that to bring your negative UPT to zero.
Really? Never been at that point cause i currently have 55 upt. I might have 20 in three weeks because all of this MET though
I am about to start as a seasonal sortation associate, so I appreciate you making this video. I will definitely be shooting to be average and I will not kill myself over this.
Update: I am still at the sortation center and I am doing great. Work is pretty easy and co-workers/managers are cool.
I consistently rank #1 for my position even though I don't really work that hard.
I definitely plan on staying here for the foreseeable future.
in my area nashville area me being disabled my pace is not fast but im working on the sorting area.
Thank you! This was very helpful! I have been working at amazon for 2 months now!
No problem, glad you enjoyed the video!
Anytips when scanning units? Can i just scan everything without getting any trouble? If i couldnt find the right item due to so much items in the bin
When it comes to time off i dont touch UPT or Vacation. Ill use PTO to leave early or if im a hour late but i dont miss whole days
Started 2 weeks ago as a picker. The job is pretty easy. My only complaint is being on your feet for almost 10 hrs (minus the breaks). Its easy money
Yeah it is easy money! I did picking for a week, it’s not that bad at all! Bit harsh on the thighs compared to stow, but nothing too difficult
Just complete my first week, I really hope they don't put me on the conveyer belts, I like Picking, picking up the heavy bags and boxes then putting them on carts then pushing or pulling them to back of the warehouse to the drivers location, then repeating the same steps over and over, it really makes the time goes by really fast, plus your getting a big workout, I don't like doing stowing, scanning and putting the packages and boxes in the bags, it gets really boring but no one bothers me as long as I'm moving fast.
I'm on my 5th week wish me luck
@@stevenfarley99 what's the pay like
Have you experienced a bad stower yet? When you pick a really bad damaged detergent box... get back to me haha.
Hi I'm just subscribed to your channel. And I just applied and and my appointment this morning. Hope to get the job soon
Thank you!! I hope you do as well. What position did you apply for?
Bottom line. Don't expect these people to care about you. It's all about numbers. I made the mistake of blazing through all the positions they put me at. I was always in the top of the board and they kept pushing me to go faster and faster until I just couldn't go anymore. My body wore down got walking pneumonia and they let me go. They don't give a shit lol. And if you get let go don't worry about it. It's just Amazon. Onto the next best thing. That last tip was on point though. They always asked me to water spider or float and help everyone out, I was in Re-bin (Which was my favorite) and they basically just use you up if you say yes to everything.
Man that sounds like a tragedy, but yeah they’ll have you do anything if you say yes. I finally had to stop and now they never ask me for anything. I’m completely fine stowing hard all day but I can’t stand water spider and shipping dock. Wears me out significantly more for the same paycheck.
@@C11 what are the pros and con of packaging vs stowing
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Thanks for this video dude, i appreciate it. 💯
No problem bro!
They have access on their little laptop of your rate and how many small, medium, and large items you have. If they talk to you about your rate, youre probably leaving your staion to often or too long or really slow.
Both my step-dad and mom work/worked in a Macy's warehouse, both have said people there get rewarded for a good job and basically treated like they're in school again.
Inbound Damageland PSer here. Definitely great info for new hires in general. I preach all the same tips you brought up. Most cats don’t wanna listen tho.
I like water spider better than stow. The 2 worst things of water spider are when stowers get mad at you for things out of your control and also the feet pain.
The feet pain could probably be helped with more comfortable shoes, I never have that problem. Stowers being mad about things out of your control is really annoying though
What is water spider and problem solving
Water spider is essentially refilling all of the work for stowers and cleaning up the cardboard boxes after stowers. You spend most of the day operating pallet jacks, lifting boxes constantly, & pushing large cardboard containers called “gaylords” that are filled with all of the smaller cardboard boxes stowers finished using. Problem solve is exactly what it says, they solve problems. Sometimes items come in unscannable, missing, damaged, or with the labels missing; problem solvers are there to fix that. They walk around with a laptop on a cart and solve problems all day
I use to put them in they place and tell them to drop what you doing right now and try to water spider better than me and then we can talk.....they usually shut up after that
Great video. I started today at the Nampa Idaho location.
First tip was a lie in my case. I got fired for having a 99.99 pick rate lol. Was supposed to have 100. Even the guy that fires me was like what...? That’s weird, he was like you should fight it and say you need a re-evaluation. I walked out, didn’t like feeling overly tired every week
That’s garbage, what was the point of even hiring you? Some locations are BAD. They only recommend you to get 80% at my FC, I can’t imagine being fired for 99.99%
@@C11 it was the one in Columbia, SC
I feel they should focus on worker's productive output than tot time
I like to take longer breaks because when I rest longer, I'm actually faster, more productive, especially near the end of shift.
thank u for this video. im watchin this preparing myself to go to work in a bit...i frickin hate it.......im crying.....but ur tip on not overworking urself....thankssss
No problem!! Yeah, please don’t overwork yourself! If it’s that bad, just get out of it entirely (if you can) honestly. Also, 2006 account?? Sheesh, an OG on the scene! Lol
@@C11 lol. its kinda bad. im here now. sometimes i forget how much i enjoy it lol but the pain my body goes thru after....
I'm thinking of quitting a current job to work at Amazon with more physical demands. Reason: I've spent too much time on swing and graveyards that had incentives. I'm tired of moonrises and sunrises are more important now plus weekends off. Previous 20yr job went, this will be 10 years temporary. Not afraid of hard work AND good advice on being AVERAGE.
how about a career choice i know its related to this vid but these two weeks I've been looking out for it? is it possible to choice ?
Another thing I wish I would have known is that the mandatory breaks count against your UPH. So you'll do 380 UPH, and find out it's actually like 340 or some crap. Unless it's some bs that they make up to make you go faster, lol
@@ghstbird3338 well the computer tracks the hell out of everybody and the computer punishes you by making you go someother place to look for a package...its like punishment pleasuere so you dont go to the bathroom too often.
@BeetsbyDwight It's not made up. It's was stated in one of the training videos I was shown at my work station by a PA via an iPad. Also, your break time is calculated from scan to scan.
So if you leave your workstation 5 minutes after your last scan, you already used 5 minutes of your break time. If you do not scan another item until 5 minutes after you return to your workstation, you have extended your break by 5 minutes.
I work at amazon I’ve been there for about a month and I do pick and they told me that my time should be 9 seconds and I feel like they make you work so fast just to get that time down to 9 seconds and when I work I work at my own pace and make sure the job get done correctly
I start my first ever shift at 1:20 am and it’s a 10 hr shift. Let’s see how this goes. It’s currently 11:29 pm btw.
You got this 100%
I start in about 14 hours for the same shift. How is it so far?
Thanks for the heads up.
I’ll be interviewing with Amazon today!
I don’t think you need a interview for Amazon warehouse
The only tip new employees need - Turn around and run away as fast as you can. It is a disgrace how the company is run
In the state of California, they can't write u up if you don't meet your quota. Amazon got sued a couple of years ago because too many employees lost their jobs for not reaching their quotas. They don't want us to know that, a manager told me cuz I was working so fast when I came back and in fear of losing my job if i was not super fast. Anyway, I am here cuz I am getting burnt tf out of my job. Yes, it's easy, but the same thing over and over is like I am losing my mind and my body is tired.
i’m a picker and just started yesterday, my location has robots and sometimes when items come up to me they’re stuck in the cubby bc the box is either too big for it or there are too many items in it and sometimes i can’t fit my fingers in to grip the box and it fucks with my takt time !!! not my first day my takt time was 15 seconds so i think that’s fairly good
Yep that’ll happen all the time unfortunately! It kills rates
I learned a trick from my manger that when that happens just log out and the machine we’ll leave 😂
Be a packet it’s easier
@jettcamo oh trust me i do that now. i’ve gotten so much better since my first day (when i made that comment) now i’m a top picker on my floor 😈 yeah theze bitchez iz my sonz ‼️‼️
@@leslyluna1521 Smart
Tact TIME is dumb. Cuz when you go on your 15 minute break you don't sign out. Your tact time jumps to 25+. You likely be at 17-20 for the rest of the night
I started my job at Amazon for 7 months at the first week when I started, I wasn’t too good on rate because I was slowing down not working the average I was expected to do at first I thought I was going to be fired because I was at a lower rate and that’s what my always thoughts were
I have a question,I have worked for Amazon before I now got hired again in wa state, how hard is it to transfer from the states to Germany
Also...respect the Water spiders that load your belt, if you don't they will remember you and talk amongst themselves and you will regret it. They will give you large items and purposefully do all that they can to slow your production rates down! Don't complain, don't give them any shit and don't even look at them.
Even if they're particularly nasty towards you or almost take your finger off by sliding down your totes aggressively. It's not a good time. They're just pissed cause they don't want to Water-spider/
I work for Amazon I started in October 2018 and this year will be my 4th year anniversary and now I'm a process assistant
Did it come with a nice raise? I start on Sunday and my main goal is to try and advance up the ladder.
I have question I applied a few months ago but got DA delivery associate. The application that I applied had fulfillment center and delivery station. Now I picked only the one that had fulfillment center. I logged in my a to z and it still had DA. I talked to Amazon support. He said I was assigned to shipping department. "Fulfillment associates in Shipping will load the outgoing products onto trucks to be delivered to our customers." Does that mean I got the same position DA as last time? Liked the video.
No, I believe it means you will be working outbound at the FC and work on the shipping dock where you load the products onto the truck. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s what that is
Can I take time off for a vacation after 3 months?? I’m planning a trip to Florida in January.
Don't let anyone know if you have your medical Marijuana card. I'm suspended because of some overstepping grown child thinks he knows state law and said I was under the influence when I wasn't on the clock and I'm suspended now .
Bro that’s a whole fade. It’s one thing to hate but it’s another thing to take money out of someone’s pocket. 💯
What don't you like about water spider?
I was at an FC for a while, and I *never* Water Spidered
...except for one day when, during Prime Week, they pulled me OFF AFE Induct- try as I might, I *could not* get my rate ANYWHERE NEAR fucking 1200 UPH (wtf? 1200... good lord), esp. given the fact that my arms were still a bit sore from 2 previous days' straight of inducting (not to mention that the gloves, in all honesty, don't really help, oftentimes, imo). The 3rd day that week (3rd day inducting ever), after JUST TWO HOURS of inducting, they pulled me off.
And that was when my water-spidering nightmare began. From about 9-12:55 or so, I basically replaced a shit-ton of empty boxes in the various spots for each packer's table. HATED IT
Plus... to be quite honest, the guy training me was NEUROTIC as all hell. Like, instead of just filling it up w/ plenty of boxes but not TOO TIGHTLY, he kept pushing me to OVERFILL IT AND MAKE THE BOXES TIGHT. I'm thinking, "WHY?? It's just a few boxes more, and it inconveniences the packers! Goddamn..."
Needless to say, after almost 2 months during that 'stint' at Amazon, I left and quit after break was over. Said "fuck it". Realized what a mistake I had made transferring to Sort Flow, and, for a while, my ONLY TWO options would be either to Water Spider again
or Induct again, neither of which was remotely appealing or even tolerable
I mean, I would've liked to at least TRY rebin, but... I probably would've had to wait at least a month or so before even getting the option. Def. *did not* wanna pack, though
...only to come back in January, as a picker. Then transferred back to Dock. Luckily, Dock's a lot more laid-back (usually), but palletizing is BORING AF. Branched-out, though, my 3rd time at Amazon, to induct (way better than AFE's, by far), did more fluid loading and learned Trans.
...then I made the stupid mistake of transferring to the RT shift on Dock. *sigh* because that shift had way less people, I was pretty-much 'stuck' doing NOTHING BUT PALLETIZING.
I really-wanted to try to transfer to Count
...but, tbh, after the last week of May, I realized, "I can't fucking do this anymore!" Even 3 12's of nothing-but-palletizing is so mentally and physically draining, even w/ a fair amount of caffeine and painkiller
Not to mention that people on RT shift ARE EVEN WORSE at palletizing than the 10-hour front-half! Jfc
Needless to say, I never did or asked or got asked to do WS in Dock. fuck that
I have vacation scheduled prior to starting how do I let them know?
_Just completed my first week, and was told Prime week starts next week and I got an email that we will have to come into work at 1AM, 10+ hours days for the next 7 days, I hope I survive, I think I will reward myself with a PS4, when I get that first Big paycheck._
hey save some for backup...you might want to quit in a month
Buy a pc instead my dude ps4 is outdated
are you allowed to have ur phone on your person?
Yep! At first no, but they changed the ruling earlier this year.
I already used up all my pto cause I haven't fully recovered from covid, the last 3 hours are always hard to breathe
Try and get a doctors note for that and ask for extended time off and for your time to be refunded as well
@BeGentleSenpai No some dumbass lady was talking to my dad then at the end of their convo she says she has covid then my whole family had it, I'm recovering now doe I can can survive the whole shift now
Water spider on the dockstock? Quick question: Does Amazon have a pallet Wrangler?
Yes
My last day is Saturday and I got hired a month ago, the checks were cool at Amazon but I’m done I didn’t like it tbh it was super easy tho.
thanks for the video, its very well for me, this monday is my first day ,
how can you go on your own pace if Amazon needs you to work fast tho
What do you do as waterspider ?
I start February the 2nd and I use a cane and I've been told that they'll make accommodations for me has anyone at any of their facilities in the warehouse seen anybody else with a cane and what kind of accommodation they may make for them? I'm getting really worried although I talk to the accommodation team and they told me don't worry about it they have people that work there that have to use canes and wheelchairs. Any information would sure help ease my mind
2 years late but im curious...did it go well?
I’ll be starting Delivery Station Warehouse Associate, If my hours are (1:20 AM to 11:50 AM) do you know what's the exact Time of when my breaks and Lunch breaks will start and end so I'll know when to leave and when to go back (clock in and clock out) Like I already know it'll be like 30 min or something like that ect.. but like can you give me a exact time of when it start and end if you can?
Idk what people complain about it’s the easiest job and yes I was nervous my first day but a month in and I’m straight I’ve already done multiple different jobs inside my Amazon facility and it’s cool it’s just like school u don’t want to go but once u there u just chilln fr
I appreciate the video but you cant say were fine when every managment and location is different
How do the work hours work?
What's a waterspider?
How can u check about your 5% since u said don't go under 5%
You can ask one of your managers and/or they hand out papers to show everyone’s rate throughout the day
I’m starting at the Dallas Sort Center DAL9 tonight. I’m nervous idk anything about it or what I’ll be doing
I’ve never worked at a sort center, let me know how it goes! Don’t be nervous though, you’ll be straight. Amazon overall is very easy to learn
@@C11 thank you and I’ll definitely let you know how it goes
First night went good did orientation and all that fun stuff the docs whatever you call it on the phone I got a finish. DAL9 is basically the middleman, packages get shipped to us then we sort them out to get delivered
@@southernrock-star500 sounds cool bro. Well done 👍
Nice! Glad it went well
What is the "waterspider"? I am starting to work at Amazon in the UK this week and I need to know :P
The definition of a water spider depends on department because a lot of departments have water spiders but for my specific department (inbound, stow) water spiders spend their day pallet jacking pallets around and feeding the work from those pallets to the stowers. It also includes throwing away the stower’s boxes and putting their used totes in the right place. It is probably the most active position in the FC that will lead to the best workout and most steps of anyone in the facility
In outbound a water spider is someone who refills boxes and dunage(the air bubbles bags used for keeping items in packages from breaking) for packers. They run around a lot. It’s not a easy job
Thank you so much guys
So basically Water Spidering being a TRASH MAN
I start at a fulfillment center I left the delivery center…..I’m so nervous but how hard/confusing is the fulfillment center ???? I’m so worried I will do it wrong and get fired someone please any advice on fulfillment center ?????????????????
FC's are sooo easy! You'll get it for sure, trust me, no need to stress! I have tons of advice and tip videos if you need any help!
I'm stuck stacking boxes into carts 😖 I hate it I wanna go to hazmat
same :/
Great tips, thank you.