I’m a shower I wish I could do any position where I didn’t have to stand, climb, bend, etc for 12 hours. Any positions that allow you to sit down sometimes?
Been working over 3 months and honestly not that bad yes its repetitive and alot of labor but its simple and easy . Alot of ppl have quit but its all in the mind tell yourself you can do it 💯
you know, that's the truth . I think a lot of people go to work and try to think because it's not completely easy but they should give up. it really is in the mind. I am starting tomorrow night . I used to work for Amazon at another facility and had to resign in order to go to the new building period for some reason the a to z app was locked up for bidding at the new building so I resigned and applied to the new building and got a position right away. I am just concerned a little bit because I do have certain physical limitations right now and really wanted to get hired into pack boxes. I just am praying that I will get a job that I'm able to do. I used to work in a delivery station and I had a very physical job but I'm not able to keep up with that level right now. I'm really hoping I can do fulfillment and pack boxes.
I started 4/1/21 as a counter. I gave it my all for a month and now I’m getting trained for Amnesty. Amnesty goes inside the floor & retrieves items that fell off the pods or attempts to fix problems on the AR floor(you get to wear a special vest that flashes lol) You can move up quick if you follow rules and make your rate. Give it your all and become engaged with your managers. I love it here. Just got another raise.
@@BReVidy I felt the same exact way. It helped that the ambassador made sure we all passed. Once you get on the floor it’s much easier. I don’t do amnesty any more. It just wasn’t for me. Im doing problem solve and love it. Easiest job at Amazon 😂
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I appreciate you taking time out to review amazon warehouse work and workers its so much you know I didn’t know n I probably know stuff u didn’t either I work at a delivery station warehouse. us amazonians have stick together all over be updated with each other👍🏾
I work at a sortation centre in the UK. Instead of being tasked as a picker, stower etc throughout the whole shift you often rotate so it's a bit more varied. We also prepare the routes for the delivery drivers.
Hey Dylan, I just wanted to let you know that I'm so proud of you man you been so helpful to me and many others along their journey with amazon. I took my badge photo, as well the drug test and the background check, still waiting on the result and thanks so much for sharing your experience. P.S: I’m in NY. My pay will be $17.75 for a seasonal sortation associate, but it sucks they might have me training at 2AM till 7AM 🙃
I have an appointment and I am kind of really nervous. I just googled "working at amazon" and ur videos came up and I am kind of glad I did. Thank you so much.
I am being trained as a problem solver after 5 months working at Amazon , today where I got home I felt like my brain worked to much! OMG so much information it’s just crazy , but I guess once I learn all the 1000+ different processes to fix a problem it will get better lol
Gods work is good his is Amazon he did not make the world or forgives our sins and love us only God or lord loves us and forgives us and reborn us and love us so much he give his one and son to forgive us Amen.
I work at a sortation center right after the last step in this video. It’s super chill. My facility is small compared to yours and all we do is inbound (from fulfillment center) and outbound to USPS or shipping carrier. In short, In between inbound and outbound there’s conveyor belts that sort packages based on ZIP code and each zip code gets a specific pallets in which “scanners” scan the packages to the pallets and then stack them neatly, then a water spider wraps it up and labels it. A “stager” moves the pallet when it is full and puts it infront of a truck and we load trucks with all the same zip code
Jobs that weren’t mentioned: At my warehouse, after the lamp goes in the yellow bin they go to “product”, these people scan each item out of the yellow bins and one by one put them in a grey bin which then goes to “rebin”. I do rebin, which is when you sort the items into individual orders. Then the final step is packers. I’ve never seen any items go straight from the yellow bin to packing. Seems disorganized to me. Edit: Not to mention the person who makes sure the packed boxes stay on the conveyor belt, and the people who bring boxes to the packers. There are also learning ambassadors, team leaders, social distance managers, and security officers. There is an A to Z station within the facility as well and someone needs to work there. I don’t think its normal to have AM care wellness center inside the facility, but mine does and thats another job to be had. Janitor is another job. Im sure there are more jobs as Ive never seen where the boxes go at the end of the conveyer belt. Im guessing straight to the outbound docks.
Some extra stuff from what I've learned in the 9 months I've been at my FC: After AFE pack (Induct > Rebin > DPAFE) is SLAM, which puts on shipping labels, then it goes to sorting for ship dock We also have gift wrap, which of course deals with orders that are marked to be gifts There's Smart Pack which is single items for bubble mailers (those white ones you sometimes see), they pull straight from yellow bins High Quantity is still somewhat mysterious but I know that they deal with absurdly high quantity orders (most of the time it's not staffed) OB Ship Dock is probably my least favorite role, as most of the time you're sitting around doing nothing (I lasted 5 hours of my 10 hour shift before leaving and going back to AFE PS) First floor has only AFE1 when it comes to pack, and no SLAM Damageland takes forever to get to when doing damage runs
just finished my first week. all I can say is I'm out of shape & sore af..im glad I have these next few days off cause I need em so I can recuperate. I've been stowing as well.
@@NFZProductions yeah man. it's my second week my body has adjusted so it isn't as bad as you think once you get used to it. how long have you been stowing? I feel like since you've been around for a little longer you get a bit more of a choice?
What a coincidence that this video uploads when I just came back from my first day working at a Fulfillment Center. Btw great video and keep up the good work!
Absolutely amazing video I work as a picker at amazon ema1 in England and was always wondering what the other associates do daily and you have just answered all my questions, keep up the amazing work both at amazon and on TH-cam, Fellow associate 😊
Very good basic explanation of the journey. You missed a few roles in outbound AFE such as Induct, Rebinning, OB Waterspider, Slam Operator. Their are also Tier 1 positions such as Non-Inventory, and Saftey. But still very good video. You made it clear that you were not sure what happened during AFE
I started at an Amazon Delivery Station about a month ago, and i gotta say, compared to my pre jobs, i love it here. Not a dream job for sure, but it’s perfect for a 19 year old with a fun environment and really nice people. Idk, i can see myself staying in my delivery station for a good amount of time Damn forgot about this lol. Anyways guys update: fuck amazon. Dont work here. Overworked, underpayed, no room to grow. Just find the next thing that pays better. Ive been at my new job since amazon for 6months now working 10hour days everyday and still prefer this iver amazon delivery station. Goodluck, merry christmas, and a happy new year.
Are u white? Probably not. Not being a hater just passes me off I'm blonde blue eye white woman with great jib history and I can't get this job but yet someone from another rcoubtey with zero work history gets it cuz Amazon is fked up.
Not sure what you are studying in college, but it sounds like you are a Business major. You have great communication skills and would make an excellent recruiter or HR rep for such a large corp such as Amazon.
Great video! What you described is how an Amazon Robotics (AR) fulfillment center works. There are other fulfillment centers that don’t have the pods (called traditional, legacy, non-AR, or mixed buildings) and instead we have to physically walk to work on stowing or picking the items (I work in one of these buildings). I’ll edit this comment over time while watching the video to add stuff. 1:13 - DOCKS: Our building unloads the packages on a conveyor line instead of stacking them in pallets. The packages then get sent through the line to people that build the packages onto empty carts (u-boats) and place an empty yellow crate on the u-boat. This is called the decant line, and the u-boats that are built are called decanted boats (d-boats), because all the items in these packages are virtually attached to the empty yellow crate by the people building these carts through handheld scanners. The d-boats then are either taken by stowers or cart runners that move the d-boats through another floor of a huge mezzanine by an elevator, similar to how you described about moving the pallets to the elevator. 2:36 - WATER SPIDERS: Another separate conveyor belt is there close to the decant line, but the forklift/PIT drivers bring pallets of stacked, full yellow crates of items and place the pallets nearby this line. These pallets have their Saran Wrap ripped off by a worker assigned in the line, and manually puts these crates to the line to be sent to a floor so that the waterspiders can build the u-boats by stacking the crates (up to 12 or 16 crates per u-boat, depending on the size of the u-boat). BACK TO DOCKS: As for the pallets storing in the racks, that depends on if it needs to be stowed by the stowers ASAP (either through replenishment or pallets moved from other Amazon facilities). The PIT drivers will bring them close to the entrance of the PIT area so that stowers that use a standard or electric pallet jack can stow in open area bins or bins that are under a small rack throughout the warehouse. Otherwise, the pallets are stowed through these huge racks similar to the picture you show at 2:16. Other PIT drivers will manually grab cases of these items (called order picking) and will build and set the cases onto cages behind them, attached in reach trucks. Once the cages are full, the drivers will move the cage to the area where the case master works (which has various rolls, including problem solving and waterspiding by building u-boats full of these cases). The case master area is close to the entrance of the PIT area and is usually shared by the pallet stowers. 2:49 - STOWERS: Depending where you get your work from (whether it was from a water spider, cart runner, a case master, or yourself), stowers physically walk with these filled u-boats/d-boats to aisles inside the mezzanine and stow onto bins with a handheld scanner. Like I said earlier, we don’t have these robots bringing the work to the stowers, it’s more of the opposite with these aisles of pods. 3:15 - PROBLEM SOLVERS: The problem solvers work in one of the main aisles (called queues; usually they work in the main queue) and stand in the aisle while the stowers get in line so the problem solvers work with a stower, one by one. We also have carts with a computer on it with the barcodes.) 3:54 - COUNTER: This sounds so similar to what the ICQA (Inventory control and quality assurance) workers do. They not only do the counting, but also see if a certain item is in the bin. They usually use handheld scanners as well. 4:29 - PICKING: Picking is usually the opposite of stowing. These pickers physically move throughout the aisles with a small pick cart (with two or more yellow crates on the cart) and go to where the handheld scanner they have tell them to go, and pick the item inside that specific bin. Once a yellow crate is full of picked items, the pickers put these crates to various lines inside the mezzanine and the crate will move to the sorters and packers. 6:00 - PACKERS AND OUTBOUND DOCK: This works similar to how you’re describing so almost nothing is different from an AR fulfillment center. SORTERS: As far as I know, we have a sort department, and I don’t know that much on how it works. All I see are people moving these tall glass cages full of items in small bins (the size of one item) and move them to the packers near the pack line.
@@NFZProductions no problem man! This is from my experience working in a non-AR fulfillment center, but it depends on the building too. I work in stow, too.
We don’t have “ Robots “ at our FC here in Alberta so after Docks we receive them and Decant them into cages. Afterwards a PIT stows them into the bins, same with the pickers as well. But yeah dude they offer a lot of level 1 roles which is great. Nice video ✊🏼
I’m a packer and at my location, the packing department (called AFE for Amazon Fulfillment Engine) is divided by two floors, the ground floor AFE1 and 1st floor AFE2 and there are no more floors above that. The other departments are on the sides of ours and they have 4 floors according to a friend who works as a picker. Also important to mention for your records, In the picking department before the job of the packers and after the items leave the picking stations we have the sorters who have two different roles and they switch during the day, inducter and rebinner, they pretty much are the ones putting the items coming on the conveyor belts from the picking area in our “walls” so we can grab them from there and finally pack them.
Same . Im afe 2 backhalf but when front half starts on Sunday I work down in Afe1. In afe2 I normally do jackpot or slam or gift wrap. I was hired on as a sorter.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s Yes, the one I work at it’s a robotics sortable warehouse. The rates for packers are 200 items per hour and for the sorters who work at the same department the rate is 600 items per hour. Unfortunately I can’t compare those to the pickers because I’ve never been a picker nor have I really been near the picking area that much.
I’m a former amazon worker I’ve worked there in December of 2019 and stopped working in October 2020 I can give you a lot of details on Amazon and what I’ve learned
I'm outbound and I mostly do pack, pick, problem solve, audit, and temps. It's not a bad place to work at. Management here seems to be pretty good. I'd rather work here than most places I've worked.
IKR! Amazon is not all that bad, it's actually good and beneficial, good pay, only thing bad about it is long hours and standing, it's an actually pretty good job.
Nice to see you're back with another Amazon video! I've been watching your vids since before I started and now I'm three months in at my delivery station in central TX. The station I work at is brand new and operates as a megacycle. I've gotten to do every different L1 task so far besides problem solver and I'm motivated to hopefully move up the ranks at my facility as I've impressed management with my stowing and unloading work. I was unsure about how long I'd stay or like it here (especially hearing news stories) but I actually really like the job and could see myself staying if I can eventually move up.
What Happens at a delivery station is that receive packages from the fullfilment center and there’s people that unload from the truck on to the belt that runs throughout the whole building and there’s people that scan the packages and put a sticker on them and a person that diverts the packages to the right place in the building where pickers pick up the packages with the assigned numbers and put them on a rack where stowers scan the packages and put them in bags where later on getting put on carts where Amazon drivers come pick up and ship to the customers throughout the day
I work in outbound docks and whew, let me just say it is VERY physically demanding. No rates is less stressful but you have to move fast and stack the boxes. And the boxes can be very heavy.
I work outbound as well and it has to be the hardest job there (physically). Main thing that sucks in my dept. is when no one wants to help in a busy trailer.
I started working at amazon 2 months ago and i also do other jobs called rebinners and inductors that bring and sort the items from the yellow totes to the packers
I work at MCO1 (Orlando) as an outbound associate (packing, induct, rebin) when the yellow totes arrive to the packing area, the inductors scan the items and put it into a gray bin and then it goes through another conveyor belt to send it the rebinners to put it on a wall that has chutes into it. Then the packers on the other side of the wall take the items out the chute and pack it. That’s as a regular packer, there’s also something called singles which is what you showed on the video which they also pack but typically singular items. That’s how it is in my warehouse i know some are very different then others when it comes to packing.
When working at the warehouse do you get to choose your position like being a picker or counter or are they given to you by managers? Your videos are very helpful btw!
@@NFZProductions What is the easiest job that you don’t have to stand for long periods of time in the fulfillment center I just got a job as a store but with my disability I am not able to do that job I’m saying what is a way easier job where I do not have to stand for long periods
I once was working and so desperately needed to use the bathroom that I was in pain - my manager was nice enough to only dock me the time I was away from my station and didn't punish me further 🥰 don't see that kindness in other jobs
Hey love your videos ! Do you happen to know anything about an Area Manager’s role/ day to day. Or what is your relationship like with your previous AM. Thanks in advance
they kind of make sure the employees are on task, and they also are the ones issuing write ups. They also are in charge of the L3 workers who are trying to make sure everything is going fast enough
You forgot AFE that's what I do. The packing you showed was Singles they only pack one item per box. AFE packs multiple items per box. In AFE there is also Inducting and Rebin. I personally like AFE the most because I think it's the least boring but more physical. Rebin is especially more physical. There is also Grading which is going through damaged and returned items which I HATE because it's so boring.
I had a job at the San Marcos, Texas, Fullfillment center. 3 day, 12 hours a day, 4 days before my start date, they gave my freaking shift away.and now I have to start all over. Isn't that so messed up??
@@NFZProductions yeah I was supposed to start tomorrow November 19th. I took my drug test and back ground check. Sunday I got a email saying that my shift was no longer available. I talked to HR on the phone, they told me to watch the web site for more shifts. The shift I had was perfect for me. I was supposed to work Thus-Friday-Sat 6:30pm to 7am. It sucks man that shift was so perfect for me personally.
Just started this past week, I'm in MD and I'm part of pack, but its definitely alot diffrent here, there's a couple more steps involved at pack. Maybe because of the volume we do
I just got hired and my job will be forklift. Any more info on that position? I haven't started yet and I'm a little nervous. How long do the train? They make sure you're comfy with your position right? Thanks for the videos, they're very informative. 😁
You missed my job which is sorter. The yellow totes/crates comes to the induct station where we take each item in the yellow totes and scan it and drop it into a small gray tray and these gray travel to rebiners that take the items out of the trays and put it in the walls for packers to pack.
Im a packer. I applied for a picker but they did a switcheroo on me. The rates are tough, but becomes easier over time. Right now, I am on my third day Im at 160 and they want you at 250. 🤔 You scan the items, and obviously pack. The conveyer belt and noise factor is annoying but no biggie. Im blessed that all my managers are nice at mine, and on the 1st floor. God help you that you are on the 4th floor 😳 That was one of the most informative videos about the process at amazon. Could you possibly do a video on the layout and stairs, or is too much filming? Thanks as always :)
they got kinda mad at me for filming inside last time so probably not, just out of respect. but thank you, i am glad you found it interesting and informative!
@@ciborkrzysik9113 it said on my application. When I applied, it said "What position would you like?" Then, when I got to the warehouse, they assigned me to packing, so I didn't know what it said on my a to z. However, in the records at amazon, it even said I was a picker and that I had that manager. It was weird.
@@ciborkrzysik9113it was okay. Im not going to sugar coat it, it was extremely fast paced, and hectic when things went wrong - no item, can't find item, and a extremely difficult "quota" to meet. However, it was pretty easy when things went like they were supposed to, liked my co workers ( but you can't talk a lot), the pay was great, and I liked my managers. I am starting on Tuesday at the sortation center. I moved locations to avoid a crazy highway 😳
I start tomorrow as a picker. I chose the 7:00 am to 5:30 shift Sunday through Wednesday, I checked A to Z for my schedule and the rest of this month and next month it has me working 6 days a week off Fridays, is this normal, or is it just because of the Christmas season? Sounds extreme to work a newbie like that! THANKS!
Hello; I have been working working for Amazon fulfillment center for 2 years and still currently working for them. I am working at AUS2. I appreciate the enlightenment of the process. I did decant receive, stow, pick, pack, then ship dock. I would love to learn about time off task TOT/idle time.
Thanks for this, happy that you have video again. By the way if you don't mind me asking just wanna ask what app do you use to edit your vid wanna make my own youtube too. Thanks
Do you mind if i ask to recommend a shift btw, 7am-5.30pm and 6pm-4.30am, working at fulfillment center. Some says night shift is no work balance and more busier but paid extra $2.75 over.
Hey! I work at a Delivery Station and im trying to transfer to a Fulfilment Center. And on my A to Z app for shift type is gives the option of 1) Support IC/QA/CS 2) Outbound Pack - Flow 3) Outbound Pack - Single and 4) Outbound Picking. Do you know which is the easiest to hardest?
flow should be you watching the screens to call out on radio any jams on any conveyances. pack single is packing (mostly-)single item orders from yellow totes. picking is taking things stowed on pods and scanning them and then placing in yellow totes. ICQA could be anything, most of these tasks are really easy though and includee things like SBC (simple bin count). basically flow and ICQA are both good, pack is okay but you have Time-off-task to worry about as well as rate. picking is almost certainly the worst of the four you mentioned.
Yo question I'm skinny probably 120 pounds and 5"6" do you think I can make it? I used to work in a farm labor. Also work as a courtesy Clerk and mostly farm labor.
I’m 5’5 130 pounds. I just started as a seasonal employee. It is a little tough to get used to being on your feet for 10 hours but you harden into it. Give it a shot because you have nothing to lose and will only grow and gain more skills in a good environment. I’m having success with it so far!
Man I Would Love To Work Inbound Dock At Amazon, Solely Because I Was An Unloader At Ups. Amazon Would be Impressed At How Fit And Durable I Am Unloading Boxes. Working At Ups Has Made Me Much Stronger.
I’m in stowing and I’m miserable, I work as fast as I can sweating my ass off getting tired in the first few hours and I’d still get people telling me I need to do better. I need some hope that there is better jobs
How do I know which position I will work at Amazon??? Will it be on day 1 and how do they decide ??? Physical stature ? They’ll send u to the docks or what
When they pack on 3rd floor that’s singles packing and afe is multiple items when they seal the box they send the packages on the conveyer belt and they go to slam ship label apply manifest the package gets weighed and gets the shipping label slapped on and at slam packages get kicked out if they don’t weigh the expected weight
I work at amazon and I dont know how to do the count but I can tell you the next step... The packages come to us with a letter and number code and we (called pictabuff) take the packages and put them on shelves with the letter and number codes, then stowers place them into carts and the drivers pick them up when they are ready
How do you personally feel about peak season? It’s been 2 months since I started as a picker and I have been doing pretty well, but I’m not sure if I can get through peak season since this is only my second job and I have never worked 60 hours a week before.. I also feel pretty empty when working here and I don’t really want to sacrifice a lot of my mental health for it, even though they have a good pay and benefits. what’s you’re thoughts?
Shoot They already scheduled us our peak Season days lol that mandatory overtime is going to kill me and I work nights! If it was the day time I would have been ok with that easy money but at night it’s just ughhhhh
MASTERPACKS PROBLEM I think it's the stower's and picker's fault that packers accidentally pack masterpacks. You guys should break the master packs, or at least by the time it gets to the pickers, the master pack should be broken and separated because we packers are the last stage of the process, it should be complete by the time it gets to us. Also, the packing monitors do not always show the complete item description, so I don't know if I should break it open to pack one or pack the entire thing. For example, about three days ago I got a shipment to pack a Harry Potter's Heromine costume, and it's supposed to go into a C2/PM3 bag, but I had a pack of 15 Hermoine costumes that I know can't fit in that bag, so I checked the monitor and the description was incomplete. So I went with my gut and took one costume out of the pack, and packed only that one. Other times I can't even tell because the masterpacks are in boxes and the scanner scans the boxes as if it was one item. So sometimes I pack these items, occasionally SLAM kicks them out due to the package not being the correct weight and then I have to get a verbal coaching/audit. I read on reddit about the masterpacks problem and a reddit user who was a picker was told not to worry about it, just send it because it will 100% get found out by the packers, but that's not true! After packing, if it gets past SLAM (because someone was lazy and overrided it), then the buyer gets multiples of the same item. It's like theft from the seller. It's not fair to them. So please 🙏 Stowers and pickers, read your screens and make sure you have the correct number of items in your hand. Us packers already have to deal with our own rate/time metrics, plus we have to fix constant broken tape machines, missing items because they were put in the wrong cubby, we have to fix the SPOO machines, scrape the SPOO stickers off the counter so that the overhead scanner won't scan that barcode which screws up that entire order, having to go get our own boxes because there're no water spiders behind our stations to get them, we have to refill the tape machine's water tanks, and to top it off the conveyer belt a lot of times getting jammed so we have to carry our boxes to a cage. All these issues stops us from getting good rates.
@@NFZProductions to be honest I really don't know why our warehouse is small. I know it's in the same area as costco distribution warehouse. And it seems like we don't carry that much items compared to your warehouse. But I love it there. I actually inquired about becoming a learning ambassador and getting trained on the reach truck.
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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 ?????????????????
You forgot to mention the outbound pack water spiders; the guys who get the boxes for the packers. It's laid back, no way to track a "rate", but it's a physically demanding job. And I got to do that after a week. I'm looking forward to learning more. So far it's been a fun journey.
Hi I am starting for fulfillment center and I’m kinda nervous because the last station I had was delivery station and it was tough I hurt my back with carrying so much heavy boxes. Do you guys have any advise or what you do in this station
I start working in amazon sortation centre 2 week ago Through agency PMP They dont give more hours, weekly 12 hours 🤣🤣 Never work through agengy in amazon uk
After the picking the yellow totes go to the pack singles or afe sort. Then after sort it goes to the packer, for customers who ordered 2 items or more.
also when your a packer where i'm working at it's kinda- Hidden, Like there is a shelf behind you and a conveyor belt in front of you, Box's In front & above you and people are to your right and left in a line of about 20 people in each "line" section.. so It's kinda dark and the machines stop sometimes so you get to sit down at least twice a week for about 2 hours each time they stop lol, also its good to have earbuds in one ear pointing towards the end of the hallway .. like I said there are people Left to "right"( use earbud on right ear) of you. , But if I was not a problem solver id like to be a packer again or a Coach.. maybe.. since its a very very simple position but they are people on the staircase's above inducters walking around and Making sure the machines function and you never get hot up there and you could stand for hours even talk to friends you meet for hours. Also ive seen process assistants they are always stressful or annoyed so idk if you would want to be them but its just if you want more authority and to follow their rules... Ive noticed they are just like us but have only been their longer soo is it worth that much? no I dont think sooo, and its possible to be de ranked from it sooo why worry about that shit lol, also the hardest job or annoyiest one ive had has to be collections or inducters or put away people next to packers so far out of 12 positions Ive done or learned by others by just watching them... you get alot of free time when machines stop lol .
Man i need ur help, do you have any idea what employees do at receiving department at amazon fulfillment center? I really need some info because im about to start next 2weeks. Thanks man! U just earned a subscriber too.
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I’m a shower I wish I could do any position where I didn’t have to stand, climb, bend, etc for 12 hours. Any positions that allow you to sit down sometimes?
Hey I just got hired as a delivery station liason. Is it hard? Should I worry? It seems hard
Job seems chill tbh
Been working over 3 months and honestly not that bad yes its repetitive and alot of labor but its simple and easy . Alot of ppl have quit but its all in the mind tell yourself you can do it 💯
yes i agree. just very repetative!
You must have had a good leadership manager
you know, that's the truth . I think a lot of people go to work and try to think because it's not completely easy but they should give up. it really is in the mind. I am starting tomorrow night . I used to work for Amazon at another facility and had to resign in order to go to the new building period for some reason the a to z app was locked up for bidding at the new building so I resigned and applied to the new building and got a position right away. I am just concerned a little bit because I do have certain physical limitations right now and really wanted to get hired into pack boxes. I just am praying that I will get a job that I'm able to do. I used to work in a delivery station and I had a very physical job but I'm not able to keep up with that level right now. I'm really hoping I can do fulfillment and pack boxes.
Dont say they quit, they terminated you, they wont let other know and disclose it. If they quit because managers are sucks.
Do you get treated like trash if your not fast and robotic???
I started 4/1/21 as a counter. I gave it my all for a month and now I’m getting trained for Amnesty. Amnesty goes inside the floor & retrieves items that fell off the pods or attempts to fix problems on the AR floor(you get to wear a special vest that flashes lol) You can move up quick if you follow rules and make your rate. Give it your all and become engaged with your managers. I love it here. Just got another raise.
That’s eveyone keep telling me it’s bad
Keep succeeding. I can tell you are having a great time. My interview is in 2 weeks. I hope I get the job.
God bless you
I'm training for amnesty right now. So much information... i don't know if i can retain it all. lol
@@BReVidy I felt the same exact way. It helped that the ambassador made sure we all passed. Once you get on the floor it’s much easier. I don’t do amnesty any more. It just wasn’t for me. Im doing problem solve and love it. Easiest job at Amazon 😂
@@lillianarivera4620 once they call you for interview, you already have the job.
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I appreciate you taking time out to review amazon warehouse work and workers its so much you know I didn’t know n I probably know stuff u didn’t either I work at a delivery station warehouse. us amazonians have stick together all over be updated with each other👍🏾
I work at a sortation centre in the UK. Instead of being tasked as a picker, stower etc throughout the whole shift you often rotate so it's a bit more varied. We also prepare the routes for the delivery drivers.
@@kaybee7097 #realtalk
I would. I work at a sort center. I used to be in operations and now do logistics through this peak period.
I worked at a sort center and would share about it
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Hey Dylan, I just wanted to let you know that I'm so proud of you man you been so helpful to me and many others along their journey with amazon. I took my badge photo, as well the drug test and the background check, still waiting on the result and thanks so much for sharing your experience.
P.S: I’m in NY. My pay will be $17.75 for a seasonal sortation associate, but it sucks they might have me training at 2AM till 7AM 🙃
that does suck. but thanks man for the support!! means a lot! Happy you are going though with the job!
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I have an appointment and I am kind of really nervous. I just googled "working at amazon" and ur videos came up and I am kind of glad I did. Thank you so much.
Wow really?? Showed up in google search? That's crazy, but happy you found them useful!
I am being trained as a problem solver after 5 months working at Amazon , today where I got home I felt like my brain worked to much! OMG so much information it’s just crazy , but I guess once I learn all the 1000+ different processes to fix a problem it will get better lol
i heard PS is a nice role to have!
How is it? Lol
Thank you. Out here doing God's work homie.
no prob man!! happy to help out the fellow and upcoming Amazonians!
Gods work is good his is Amazon he did not make the world or forgives our sins and love us only God or lord loves us and forgives us and reborn us and love us so much he give his one and son to forgive us Amen.
@@NFZProductions hey can you please help me. I'm freaking out. I start as a delivery station liason DSL tomorrow. Is it hard?? I'm freaking out
I work at a sortation center right after the last step in this video. It’s super chill. My facility is small compared to yours and all we do is inbound (from fulfillment center) and outbound to USPS or shipping carrier. In short, In between inbound and outbound there’s conveyor belts that sort packages based on ZIP code and each zip code gets a specific pallets in which “scanners” scan the packages to the pallets and then stack them neatly, then a water spider wraps it up and labels it. A “stager” moves the pallet when it is full and puts it infront of a truck and we load trucks with all the same zip code
oh cool this is the first time i am learning about what goes on inside a sortation center! thanks for the insight!
??What company did you apply for that specific job thanks
Now this my kinda job I’m literally about to apply rn , bc I don’t fw the putting shit in the box got me scanning dildos my first day gmfu🤦🏽♂️
Jobs that weren’t mentioned:
At my warehouse, after the lamp goes in the yellow bin they go to “product”, these people scan each item out of the yellow bins and one by one put them in a grey bin which then goes to “rebin”. I do rebin, which is when you sort the items into individual orders. Then the final step is packers. I’ve never seen any items go straight from the yellow bin to packing. Seems disorganized to me.
Edit:
Not to mention the person who makes sure the packed boxes stay on the conveyor belt, and the people who bring boxes to the packers. There are also learning ambassadors, team leaders, social distance managers, and security officers. There is an A to Z station within the facility as well and someone needs to work there. I don’t think its normal to have AM care wellness center inside the facility, but mine does and thats another job to be had. Janitor is another job. Im sure there are more jobs as Ive never seen where the boxes go at the end of the conveyer belt. Im guessing straight to the outbound docks.
Some extra stuff from what I've learned in the 9 months I've been at my FC:
After AFE pack (Induct > Rebin > DPAFE) is SLAM, which puts on shipping labels, then it goes to sorting for ship dock
We also have gift wrap, which of course deals with orders that are marked to be gifts
There's Smart Pack which is single items for bubble mailers (those white ones you sometimes see), they pull straight from yellow bins
High Quantity is still somewhat mysterious but I know that they deal with absurdly high quantity orders (most of the time it's not staffed)
OB Ship Dock is probably my least favorite role, as most of the time you're sitting around doing nothing (I lasted 5 hours of my 10 hour shift before leaving and going back to AFE PS)
First floor has only AFE1 when it comes to pack, and no SLAM
Damageland takes forever to get to when doing damage runs
just finished my first week. all I can say is I'm out of shape & sore af..im glad I have these next few days off cause I need em so I can recuperate. I've been stowing as well.
nice i stow and i think its fine. you will get use to it I think though over time
@@NFZProductions yeah man. it's my second week my body has adjusted so it isn't as bad as you think once you get used to it. how long have you been stowing? I feel like since you've been around for a little longer you get a bit more of a choice?
You quit yet?
What a coincidence that this video uploads when I just came back from my first day working at a Fulfillment Center. Btw great video and keep up the good work!
thanks man! and yes a coincidence indeed!
Absolutely amazing video I work as a picker at amazon ema1 in England and was always wondering what the other associates do daily and you have just answered all my questions, keep up the amazing work both at amazon and on TH-cam, Fellow associate 😊
haha thanks man! Yeah i've been meaning to make this video for a while now. So happy I finished it to help other out!
Very good basic explanation of the journey. You missed a few roles in outbound AFE such as Induct, Rebinning, OB Waterspider, Slam Operator. Their are also Tier 1 positions such as Non-Inventory, and Saftey. But still very good video. You made it clear that you were not sure what happened during AFE
Very insightful, I actaully had no ideas of these things. so thank you for the addtional feedback
What is non inventory or safety? I start next week?
I guess you already have that information by now. 😅
I just got a job in returns, can’t find any info on it.
Was my first day as stower and...man oh man would be so much easier if there were spaces in the pod to stow haha
I agree with you completely on this one
@@abbydahl4031 you got insta?
@@ladykiller2321 bruh
I appreciate this video because I've got very little insight, what a day to day looks like for first time Amazon worker
This was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank You!
Good to hear!! Happy i did an adequate job then!
I started at an Amazon Delivery Station about a month ago, and i gotta say, compared to my pre jobs, i love it here. Not a dream job for sure, but it’s perfect for a 19 year old with a fun environment and really nice people. Idk, i can see myself staying in my delivery station for a good amount of time
Damn forgot about this lol. Anyways guys update: fuck amazon. Dont work here. Overworked, underpayed, no room to grow. Just find the next thing that pays better. Ive been at my new job since amazon for 6months now working 10hour days everyday and still prefer this iver amazon delivery station. Goodluck, merry christmas, and a happy new year.
i think these amazon warehouse jobs are great for ppl around your age or my age!
Are u white? Probably not. Not being a hater just passes me off I'm blonde blue eye white woman with great jib history and I can't get this job but yet someone from another rcoubtey with zero work history gets it cuz Amazon is fked up.
I've been waiting for the next upload! So happy you are back!! 👍
Thanks man!! I know you've been here since day 1!
Not sure what you are studying in college, but it sounds like you are a Business major. You have great communication skills and would make an excellent recruiter or HR rep for such a large corp such as Amazon.
haha thank you! and no i am not in buisness, but it would have been my second option had i not gone into engineering
thanks cool bro! Law enforcement is super interesting!
its really nice to see someone make a good video about where they work good job and thanks for the valuable info
you are welcome! happy to help out a subscriber !
Great vid. Really captures the moving parts within the fulfillment center.
I have an interview coming up next week 🤞🏼🤞🏼 glad I found this channel 🔥
thats good man!! youve got this!
There is no interview for Amazon jobs. You either get the job or not. After you apply online.
@@hussainsvt9853 you work there?
I do
@@hussainsvt9853 wait you don’t do a interview?? im confused
I need the exercise, so when I start I would want to work on the docks, plus it's allot better than standing all day for 8-10 hours.
Same, I’m probably gonna start nights so I’d rather move around over standing
Great video! What you described is how an Amazon Robotics (AR) fulfillment center works. There are other fulfillment centers that don’t have the pods (called traditional, legacy, non-AR, or mixed buildings) and instead we have to physically walk to work on stowing or picking the items (I work in one of these buildings). I’ll edit this comment over time while watching the video to add stuff.
1:13 - DOCKS:
Our building unloads the packages on a conveyor line instead of stacking them in pallets. The packages then get sent through the line to people that build the packages onto empty carts (u-boats) and place an empty yellow crate on the u-boat. This is called the decant line, and the u-boats that are built are called decanted boats (d-boats), because all the items in these packages are virtually attached to the empty yellow crate by the people building these carts through handheld scanners. The d-boats then are either taken by stowers or cart runners that move the d-boats through another floor of a huge mezzanine by an elevator, similar to how you described about moving the pallets to the elevator.
2:36 - WATER SPIDERS:
Another separate conveyor belt is there close to the decant line, but the forklift/PIT drivers bring pallets of stacked, full yellow crates of items and place the pallets nearby this line. These pallets have their Saran Wrap ripped off by a worker assigned in the line, and manually puts these crates to the line to be sent to a floor so that the waterspiders can build the u-boats by stacking the crates (up to 12 or 16 crates per u-boat, depending on the size of the u-boat).
BACK TO DOCKS:
As for the pallets storing in the racks, that depends on if it needs to be stowed by the stowers ASAP (either through replenishment or pallets moved from other Amazon facilities). The PIT drivers will bring them close to the entrance of the PIT area so that stowers that use a standard or electric pallet jack can stow in open area bins or bins that are under a small rack throughout the warehouse. Otherwise, the pallets are stowed through these huge racks similar to the picture you show at 2:16.
Other PIT drivers will manually grab cases of these items (called order picking) and will build and set the cases onto cages behind them, attached in reach trucks. Once the cages are full, the drivers will move the cage to the area where the case master works (which has various rolls, including problem solving and waterspiding by building u-boats full of these cases). The case master area is close to the entrance of the PIT area and is usually shared by the pallet stowers.
2:49 - STOWERS:
Depending where you get your work from (whether it was from a water spider, cart runner, a case master, or yourself), stowers physically walk with these filled u-boats/d-boats to aisles inside the mezzanine and stow onto bins with a handheld scanner. Like I said earlier, we don’t have these robots bringing the work to the stowers, it’s more of the opposite with these aisles of pods.
3:15 - PROBLEM SOLVERS:
The problem solvers work in one of the main aisles (called queues; usually they work in the main queue) and stand in the aisle while the stowers get in line so the problem solvers work with a stower, one by one. We also have carts with a computer on it with the barcodes.)
3:54 - COUNTER:
This sounds so similar to what the ICQA (Inventory control and quality assurance) workers do. They not only do the counting, but also see if a certain item is in the bin. They usually use handheld scanners as well.
4:29 - PICKING:
Picking is usually the opposite of stowing. These pickers physically move throughout the aisles with a small pick cart (with two or more yellow crates on the cart) and go to where the handheld scanner they have tell them to go, and pick the item inside that specific bin. Once a yellow crate is full of picked items, the pickers put these crates to various lines inside the mezzanine and the crate will move to the sorters and packers.
6:00 - PACKERS AND OUTBOUND DOCK:
This works similar to how you’re describing so almost nothing is different from an AR fulfillment center.
SORTERS:
As far as I know, we have a sort department, and I don’t know that much on how it works. All I see are people moving these tall glass cages full of items in small bins (the size of one item) and move them to the packers near the pack line.
wow this is so good!! thank you for this! I really hope others who are not at a FC like mine can see this as well
@@NFZProductions no problem man! This is from my experience working in a non-AR fulfillment center, but it depends on the building too. I work in stow, too.
What about receiver? My title on the app says FC Receiving(010)
Thank you for being positive about the Amazon experience. I start at one of their NYC FCs in a few weeks. Looking forward to it. 🙌🏾💯
Thats great!!! And yes positivity is the best :D
I love this guy is amazing
He teach us and acknowledge us better than the company where we work
Cheers mate please keep it up 😊
Thanks a lot
thanks for the kind words!! Happy to hear it was helpful!
Thank you!! Im applying and cant wait to start!! Well im hoping I get the position I think will fit me!
u are welcome!
We don’t have “ Robots “ at our FC here in Alberta so after Docks we receive them and Decant them into cages. Afterwards a PIT stows them into the bins, same with the pickers as well. But yeah dude they offer a lot of level 1 roles which is great. Nice video ✊🏼
thanks man! and thats interesting to hear. maybe mine is just a bit newer of a building
Not really, our building opened three month ago. But yeah they never really implemented the robot idea over here.
Hey was the building Non sort?
I’m a packer and at my location, the packing department (called AFE for Amazon Fulfillment Engine) is divided by two floors, the ground floor AFE1 and 1st floor AFE2 and there are no more floors above that. The other departments are on the sides of ours and they have 4 floors according to a friend who works as a picker.
Also important to mention for your records, In the picking department before the job of the packers and after the items leave the picking stations we have the sorters who have two different roles and they switch during the day, inducter and rebinner, they pretty much are the ones putting the items coming on the conveyor belts from the picking area in our “walls” so we can grab them from there and finally pack them.
oh that is interesting to hear! Mine has 4 floors as well
Same . Im afe 2 backhalf but when front half starts on Sunday I work down in Afe1. In afe2 I normally do jackpot or slam or gift wrap. I was hired on as a sorter.
is your warehouse a robotics sortable center? Also what are the rates for packers? Would you say it's easier than picking?
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s Yes, the one I work at it’s a robotics sortable warehouse. The rates for packers are 200 items per hour and for the sorters who work at the same department the rate is 600 items per hour. Unfortunately I can’t compare those to the pickers because I’ve never been a picker nor have I really been near the picking area that much.
@@carlosvasquez6151 does your warehouse store mostly small items or large? I'm assuming small since it's a sortable FC.
I'm an Amazon picker and it's interesting knowing the whole process it takes to get to the customer.
What did you do?
ikr! i was too until i started working here
I’m a former amazon worker I’ve worked there in December of 2019 and stopped working in October 2020 I can give you a lot of details on Amazon and what I’ve learned
oh really? that would be nice, which type of warehouse(s) did you work at?
@@NFZProductions the same as yours a fulfillment center
I'm outbound and I mostly do pack, pick, problem solve, audit, and temps. It's not a bad place to work at. Management here seems to be pretty good. I'd rather work here than most places I've worked.
IKR! Amazon is not all that bad, it's actually good and beneficial, good pay, only thing bad about it is long hours and standing, it's an actually pretty good job.
Nice to see you're back with another Amazon video! I've been watching your vids since before I started and now I'm three months in at my delivery station in central TX. The station I work at is brand new and operates as a megacycle. I've gotten to do every different L1 task so far besides problem solver and I'm motivated to hopefully move up the ranks at my facility as I've impressed management with my stowing and unloading work. I was unsure about how long I'd stay or like it here (especially hearing news stories) but I actually really like the job and could see myself staying if I can eventually move up.
happy to be back! and thats good man, I think you def can move up, just give it time. and i love your profile picture! Hook'em!!
DAU7?
Counters are necessary to track inventory because taxes have to be paid, write offs, reporting of damaged items, etc.
What Happens at a delivery station is that receive packages from the fullfilment center and there’s people that unload from the truck on to the belt that runs throughout the whole building and there’s people that scan the packages and put a sticker on them and a person that diverts the packages to the right place in the building where pickers pick up the packages with the assigned numbers and put them on a rack where stowers scan the packages and put them in bags where later on getting put on carts where Amazon drivers come pick up and ship to the customers throughout the day
Oh cool! I had no idea. Thank you for the insight on the DS!
Amazon employee here. I’ve done stow, PS, DL stow, prep and floorload and I’m just watching to see if there’s any differences lol
Happy peak season 🙃
thanks man, happy peak!
Which one was easiest and which one was hardest
Thankyou very much for this video, starting in 4 days....this really is great, hardly nervous.
I work in outbound docks and whew, let me just say it is VERY physically demanding. No rates is less stressful but you have to move fast and stack the boxes. And the boxes can be very heavy.
ive heard of this as well! that the docks are tough
I work outbound as well and it has to be the hardest job there (physically). Main thing that sucks in my dept. is when no one wants to help in a busy trailer.
That's what I'm doing and I hate it. I can't keep up
Dude, I love your video’s. I have no idea why. I don’t work at Amazon nor will I ever work there.
I started working at amazon 2 months ago and i also do other jobs called rebinners and inductors that bring and sort the items from the yellow totes to the packers
Oh thats cool. I've never heard of these. I was unaware
this is what i do! we’re sorters
I work at MCO1 (Orlando) as an outbound associate (packing, induct, rebin) when the yellow totes arrive to the packing area, the inductors scan the items and put it into a gray bin and then it goes through another conveyor belt to send it the rebinners to put it on a wall that has chutes into it. Then the packers on the other side of the wall take the items out the chute and pack it. That’s as a regular packer, there’s also something called singles which is what you showed on the video which they also pack but typically singular items. That’s how it is in my warehouse i know some are very different then others when it comes to packing.
interesting. thank you for this
Sorry for the mic static😬
Super good video, Now I know where I'll be working based on my schedule (outbound docks).
Yep for sure! Happy to help out
When working at the warehouse do you get to choose your position like being a picker or counter or are they given to you by managers? Your videos are very helpful btw!
dont get to choose off the bat. and happy to hear that!! you are welcome!
No you don’t get to pick your positing sadly and they’ll put you where they need you after day 1 and day two then it’s a doodoo show
@@NFZProductions What is the easiest job that you don’t have to stand for long periods of time in the fulfillment center I just got a job as a store but with my disability I am not able to do that job I’m saying what is a way easier job where I do not have to stand for long periods
@@abbydahl4031 same question I have
@@nikkilove9153 dump ! Trying to find out the same !
I once was working and so desperately needed to use the bathroom that I was in pain - my manager was nice enough to only dock me the time I was away from my station and didn't punish me further 🥰 don't see that kindness in other jobs
Hey love your videos ! Do you happen to know anything about an Area Manager’s role/ day to day. Or what is your relationship like with your previous AM. Thanks in advance
they kind of make sure the employees are on task, and they also are the ones issuing write ups. They also are in charge of the L3 workers who are trying to make sure everything is going fast enough
Crate = Totes, I'm a picker and finally got my blue badge = Full time! Counters/Amnesty is a count audit between Stowers and Pickers...
Yeah I was abt to correct myself in the video. But too late
You forgot AFE that's what I do. The packing you showed was Singles they only pack one item per box. AFE packs multiple items per box. In AFE there is also Inducting and Rebin. I personally like AFE the most because I think it's the least boring but more physical. Rebin is especially more physical. There is also Grading which is going through damaged and returned items which I HATE because it's so boring.
Ur right I did miss this, thx!
Best video description!!!
YUP thank you!!
I had a job at the San Marcos, Texas, Fullfillment center. 3 day, 12 hours a day, 4 days before my start date, they gave my freaking shift away.and now I have to start all over. Isn't that so messed up??
wow really?? Yes that is! I didnt even know that could happen!
@@NFZProductions yeah I was supposed to start tomorrow November 19th. I took my drug test and back ground check. Sunday I got a email saying that my shift was no longer available. I talked to HR on the phone, they told me to watch the web site for more shifts. The shift I had was perfect for me. I was supposed to work Thus-Friday-Sat 6:30pm to 7am. It sucks man that shift was so perfect for me personally.
Yeah man i have a friend who works there usually those spots never fill up that fast since it’s premium pay 17.90 and nobody likes working those days
This is an amazing video! Edits are great and you speak well. You have new sub.
Thank you so much!!! 🙏
Just started this past week, I'm in MD and I'm part of pack, but its definitely alot diffrent here, there's a couple more steps involved at pack. Maybe because of the volume we do
oh interesting to hear, like what else?
I just got hired and my job will be forklift. Any more info on that position? I haven't started yet and I'm a little nervous. How long do the train? They make sure you're comfy with your position right? Thanks for the videos, they're very informative. 😁
I start that in a few weeks! How did yiu like it?
You missed my job which is sorter. The yellow totes/crates comes to the induct station where we take each item in the yellow totes and scan it and drop it into a small gray tray and these gray travel to rebiners that take the items out of the trays and put it in the walls for packers to pack.
Is that the easiest job?
I want to be a sitter I used to work for FedEx ground peak season part time I’m hoping to run into something similar so that I can exceed
Sorter
Im a packer. I applied for a picker but they did a switcheroo on me. The rates are tough, but becomes easier over time. Right now, I am on my third day Im at 160 and they want you at 250. 🤔 You scan the items, and obviously pack. The conveyer belt and noise factor is annoying but no biggie. Im blessed that all my managers are nice at mine, and on the 1st floor. God help you that you are on the 4th floor 😳 That was one of the most informative videos about the process at amazon. Could you possibly do a video on the layout and stairs, or is too much filming? Thanks as always :)
they got kinda mad at me for filming inside last time so probably not, just out of respect. but thank you, i am glad you found it interesting and informative!
Hey how did you know you applied for picker? What was your department name on atoz?
@@ciborkrzysik9113 it said on my application. When I applied, it said "What position would you like?" Then, when I got to the warehouse, they assigned me to packing, so I didn't know what it said on my a to z. However, in the records at amazon, it even said I was a picker and that I had that manager. It was weird.
@@kathleeny899 thanks. I never got asked what position I'd like just the days/shifts. Do you like packing?
@@ciborkrzysik9113it was okay. Im not going to sugar coat it, it was extremely fast paced, and hectic when things went wrong - no item, can't find item, and a extremely difficult "quota" to meet. However, it was pretty easy when things went like they were supposed to, liked my co workers ( but you can't talk a lot), the pay was great, and I liked my managers. I am starting on Tuesday at the sortation center. I moved locations to avoid a crazy highway 😳
this dude is just unbelievably good looking
Thx man
Are you a seasonal worker? And if so are you working part times hrs or full time hrs? Keep up the content man!
Yes i was. I worked Thurs-Sat. 6pm-6am
I start tomorrow as a picker. I chose the 7:00 am to 5:30 shift Sunday through Wednesday, I checked A to Z for my schedule and the rest of this month and next month it has me working 6 days a week off Fridays, is this normal, or is it just because of the Christmas season? Sounds extreme to work a newbie like that! THANKS!
yes for sure because of peak season!!
No they take what they can get. U work ur ass off lol. Set ur schedule first. They using u lol.
Hello; I have been working working for Amazon fulfillment center for 2 years and still currently working for them. I am working at AUS2. I appreciate the enlightenment of the process. I did decant receive, stow, pick, pack, then ship dock.
I would love to learn about time off task TOT/idle time.
Dude Picking is a lot of physical labor! I lost 40 lbs in 2 months.
no way thats crazy!! and yeah picking looks tougher
No way bro you just ain't eating right
Thanks for this, happy that you have video again. By the way if you don't mind me asking just wanna ask what app do you use to edit your vid wanna make my own youtube too. Thanks
I use davincResolve for now.. it's free! But might change in the future, not sure
DaVinci Resolve *
Do you mind if i ask to recommend a shift btw, 7am-5.30pm and 6pm-4.30am, working at fulfillment center. Some says night shift is no work balance and more busier but paid extra $2.75 over.
i like the night shift because of the extra pay!
Depend on your schedule, if you go to school, night is better.
Be ready to drink at least five Red Bull’s 😂
Hey! I work at a Delivery Station and im trying to transfer to a Fulfilment Center. And on my A to Z app for shift type is gives the option of 1) Support IC/QA/CS 2) Outbound Pack - Flow 3) Outbound Pack - Single and 4) Outbound Picking. Do you know which is the easiest to hardest?
flow should be you watching the screens to call out on radio any jams on any conveyances. pack single is packing (mostly-)single item orders from yellow totes. picking is taking things stowed on pods and scanning them and then placing in yellow totes. ICQA could be anything, most of these tasks are really easy though and includee things like SBC (simple bin count). basically flow and ICQA are both good, pack is okay but you have Time-off-task to worry about as well as rate. picking is almost certainly the worst of the four you mentioned.
this ^
Yo question I'm skinny probably 120 pounds and 5"6" do you think I can make it? I used to work in a farm labor. Also work as a courtesy Clerk and mostly farm labor.
yes i think you could. Honestly if you weigh less, i think your legs will hurt less. but thats just what i think
I’m 5’5 130 pounds. I just started as a seasonal employee. It is a little tough to get used to being on your feet for 10 hours but you harden into it. Give it a shot because you have nothing to lose and will only grow and gain more skills in a good environment. I’m having success with it so far!
@@Moneyxsharks what’s your job?
Man I Would Love To Work Inbound Dock At Amazon, Solely Because I Was An Unloader At Ups. Amazon Would be Impressed At How Fit And Durable I Am Unloading Boxes. Working At Ups Has Made Me Much Stronger.
Ive heard UPS is generally harder than Amazon. Also FedEx is harder as well
Bro was gonna make sure his lava lamp got it’s proper spot
yup hahaha
I’m in stowing and I’m miserable, I work as fast as I can sweating my ass off getting tired in the first few hours and I’d still get people telling me I need to do better. I need some hope that there is better jobs
Stowing is one of the easiest things to do wym?
@@johnnyvlogs3081 ong
How do I know which position I will work at Amazon??? Will it be on day 1 and how do they decide ??? Physical stature ? They’ll send u to the docks or what
When they pack on 3rd floor that’s singles packing and afe is multiple items when they seal the box they send the packages on the conveyer belt and they go to slam ship label apply manifest the package gets weighed and gets the shipping label slapped on and at slam packages get kicked out if they don’t weigh the expected weight
i did not know this. Noted. thank you for the insight!
I work at amazon and I dont know how to do the count but I can tell you the next step... The packages come to us with a letter and number code and we (called pictabuff) take the packages and put them on shelves with the letter and number codes, then stowers place them into carts and the drivers pick them up when they are ready
How do you personally feel about peak season? It’s been 2 months since I started as a picker and I have been doing pretty well, but I’m not sure if I can get through peak season since this is only my second job and I have never worked 60 hours a week before.. I also feel pretty empty when working here and I don’t really want to sacrifice a lot of my mental health for it, even though they have a good pay and benefits. what’s you’re thoughts?
Shoot They already scheduled us our peak Season days lol that mandatory overtime is going to kill me and I work nights! If it was the day time I would have been ok with that easy money but at night it’s just ughhhhh
its hard work. extra mandatory hours but at least you get paid more. you just have to mentally prepare!!
@@NFZProductions physically, too.... 😂
MASTERPACKS PROBLEM
I think it's the stower's and picker's fault that packers accidentally pack masterpacks. You guys should break the master packs, or at least by the time it gets to the pickers, the master pack should be broken and separated because we packers are the last stage of the process, it should be complete by the time it gets to us.
Also, the packing monitors do not always show the complete item description, so I don't know if I should break it open to pack one or pack the entire thing. For example, about three days ago I got a shipment to pack a Harry Potter's Heromine costume, and it's supposed to go into a C2/PM3 bag, but I had a pack of 15 Hermoine costumes that I know can't fit in that bag, so I checked the monitor and the description was incomplete. So I went with my gut and took one costume out of the pack, and packed only that one. Other times I can't even tell because the masterpacks are in boxes and the scanner scans the boxes as if it was one item. So sometimes I pack these items, occasionally SLAM kicks them out due to the package not being the correct weight and then I have to get a verbal coaching/audit.
I read on reddit about the masterpacks problem and a reddit user who was a picker was told not to worry about it, just send it because it will 100% get found out by the packers, but that's not true!
After packing, if it gets past SLAM (because someone was lazy and overrided it), then the buyer gets multiples of the same item. It's like theft from the seller. It's not fair to them.
So please 🙏 Stowers and pickers, read your screens and make sure you have the correct number of items in your hand. Us packers already have to deal with our own rate/time metrics, plus we have to fix constant broken tape machines, missing items because they were put in the wrong cubby, we have to fix the SPOO machines, scrape the SPOO stickers off the counter so that the overhead scanner won't scan that barcode which screws up that entire order, having to go get our own boxes because there're no water spiders behind our stations to get them, we have to refill the tape machine's water tanks, and to top it off the conveyer belt a lot of times getting jammed so we have to carry our boxes to a cage. All these issues stops us from getting good rates.
I have a question: Amazon sent me a email of my pay rate and it says $17.75 and next to it $2.40 what that means ?
you get + $2.40/hr on top of 17.75
I currently work for a fulfillment center as a picker, but our warehouse is 1 story. But everything you said is accurate
What do pickers do? Is it easy i got FC Picking
@@gitzbitz7613 at my warehouse, I'm on a machine and just basically going to whichever aisle the scanner says to go.
oh wow only 1 story?? thats odd. why so small
@@NFZProductions to be honest I really don't know why our warehouse is small. I know it's in the same area as costco distribution warehouse. And it seems like we don't carry that much items compared to your warehouse. But I love it there. I actually inquired about becoming a learning ambassador and getting trained on the reach truck.
I'm going to try to clock in and leave and see if they ever notice thats my amazon job video
i think you should try!
If its any position qhere you sign ibto a computer, they'll know right away.
I like the way you exactly explain every process of each position thank you very much👍👍👍👍👍
Is the amount of physical labor the same on the inbound and outbound docks?
Im UV Safety Champion at DHX1. Im a flow monitor of the onsite covid test room. I make sure people are testing properly and connect them to a nurse on the TC57
oh nice! yeah i did not think of this role. thank you for your insight!
Where exactly is DHX1 located? is that a delivery station?
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s Houston and yes a DS
Docks are tough ngl
so i've heard!
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 ?????????????????
There’s actually bathrooms and break rooms on every floor all over the place
yes there is
I am in AFE. First floor right inside the entrance doors. I prefer AFE over anything else I’ve learned.
You forgot to mention the outbound pack water spiders; the guys who get the boxes for the packers. It's laid back, no way to track a "rate", but it's a physically demanding job. And I got to do that after a week. I'm looking forward to learning more. So far it's been a fun journey.
I'm going to go see if I can get hired at this Amazon warehouse close by my area wish me luck.
Does anyone know if i can get fired for time off task for only 15 minutes a day? Or does it add ip with the rest of my days of tot
no u wont get fired for only 15 mins
Hi I am starting for fulfillment center and I’m kinda nervous because the last station I had was delivery station and it was tough I hurt my back with carrying so much heavy boxes. Do you guys have any advise or what you do in this station
I start working in amazon sortation centre 2 week ago
Through agency PMP
They dont give more hours, weekly 12 hours 🤣🤣
Never work through agengy in amazon uk
i dont advise working though agencies any time
@@NFZProductions why?
After the picking the yellow totes go to the pack singles or afe sort. Then after sort it goes to the packer, for customers who ordered 2 items or more.
oh i had no idea! thank you for this!
Hi my name is Trevor Kramer. I would love to finish your lava lamps journey. I work at a delivery station.
oh really?? Perhaps email me using the email in my description and we can talk further!
Loved your video man.
Appreciate it! Tryin my best to help the ppl!
@@NFZProductions Hey man i work as IT support Engineer at amazon. Would love work with you if you want.
@@bhimgrg05 wow thats pretty cool. And for sure! Sometime in the future. Like abt a month or 2 down the line
I h8 amazon
Oh man :(
Proccess guide, SLAM Operator, Kickout, Jackpot, proxy team lead ,jambuster, tote runner, SNS, Manuel induct, all Level 1 jobs
THANK YOU FOR THIS!
Do you get to choose what you want do out of stowing, picking and other options or do they just provide you with a task?
Very interesting and wise decision to go back to school...Thanks!
No prob!
also when your a packer where i'm working at it's kinda- Hidden, Like there is a shelf behind you and a conveyor belt in front of you, Box's In front & above you and people are to your right and left in a line of about 20 people in each "line" section.. so It's kinda dark and the machines stop sometimes so you get to sit down at least twice a week for about 2 hours each time they stop lol, also its good to have earbuds in one ear pointing towards the end of the hallway .. like I said there are people Left to "right"( use earbud on right ear) of you. , But if I was not a problem solver id like to be a packer again or a Coach.. maybe.. since its a very very simple position but they are people on the staircase's above inducters walking around and Making sure the machines function and you never get hot up there and you could stand for hours even talk to friends you meet for hours. Also ive seen process assistants they are always stressful or annoyed so idk if you would want to be them but its just if you want more authority and to follow their rules... Ive noticed they are just like us but have only been their longer soo is it worth that much? no I dont think sooo, and its possible to be de ranked from it sooo why worry about that shit lol, also the hardest job or annoyiest one ive had has to be collections or inducters or put away people next to packers so far out of 12 positions Ive done or learned by others by just watching them... you get alot of free time when machines stop lol .
ive never had an emergency button pushed on my floor yet believe it or not. still waiting for that day
NYC WATER SPIDER CHECKING IN.
Lol. It's a good job. You definitely make bank.
Man i need ur help, do you have any idea what employees do at receiving department at amazon fulfillment center? I really need some info because im about to start next 2weeks. Thanks man! U just earned a subscriber too.
thank you for the sub! and receiving is the docks i beleive, you unload the trucks that come in
Stocking robots..with item.