This will be kind of long but it’s because I really hope people see what working here is like before they apply.
I have worked for a decent amount of big corporations in my work history. Obviously any big corporation is gonna be all about the money and care very little about their employees. However most places at least pretend to care.
Even when I worked for the mouse, everyone knows they don’t care about their employees, otherwise they wouldn’t have so much money. The reason people like working there because it’s actually fun helping people and the company at least pretends to care. They give you all kinds of discounts and perks as well as free food and gifts all the time. If you have a problem HR legitimately tries to help you. Not saying disney is perfect cause it has plenty of flaws, but its not terrible.
However amazon is completely opposite. They don’t pretend to care, they actually make it blatantly obvious they don’t care AT ALL. I will give examples.
Discounts: Everyone starts seasonal, and seasonal gets absolutely NO discount. Almost every other company gives some kind of discount day 1. Amazon theres no free prime or any free amazon service. Not even a discount on prime or any amazon service. Once you become a blue badge(full employee) you get only a 10% discount on very certain items. The item MUST be sold and shipped by Amazon to get the discount and even then it still gets denied sometimes. Also once you’ve racked up a $100 in discount for the year, no mor
ProsNo experience necessary, they hire anyone, super lenient dress code, and you take off work without even talking to anyone.
ConsExtremely Overpriced Healthcare(literally the most expensive from any company i have worked for), Uses loopholes to get out of the 3 paid sick days you’re legally entitled to, more lies than air
***THIS IS LONG BUT IT'S WORTH THE READ***I worked at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Aurora, Co nearest to Denver International Airport. Too many employees(severe attitudes, always using foul language, very racist and threatening the lives of fellow employees(This Includes Management and Trainers)). Very few managers for the absurd amount of employees per department. I didn't even work there a year and went through more than 4 different managers. They don't know your name, don't care about you unless you are on the management team because to them you are just an obstacle on their way to a promotion. Speaking of promotion, they speak big on promoting their employees within. However, it's like the secret societies that run this world, if they feel for just a hair sliver that you don't run with their agenda then there is absolutely no way you will move up within the company. I tried saying hello to this Caucasian woman who got promoted and she never said hello back and all I got was this look of "Why the hek are YOU even talking to me"!? I helped start the Co-Vid 19 Safety Team and we were suppose to enforce everyone including management to keep social distancing at 6 ft apart and wear masks at all times and if you were told more than once in a shift your name was forwarded to your manager for a write up. The problem with that was the managers themselves would not keep to these rules no matter how much you tried to enforce it and at the end of the day it didn't sit right forw
ProsFree Un Paid and Paid Time Off from the start(USE WISELY)
Warehouse Associate - Avoid this job if you can help it
I'm hoping to make this review as comprehensive as possible so that future Amazon Warehouse Associates may know exactly what they're getting themselves into.
A typical day at work goes as follows:
You clock in using your ID. You join others at the start-up area to do stretches, listen to announcements from your superiors, and see where you'll be working. From there, you move to your work station and do whatever job you've been assigned. You get two fifteen-minute breaks and one thirty-minute break for lunch, all of which divide your day into 'quarters'. Each quarter, you'll be expected to meet a certain goal, whether it be making rate or just maintaining standard work procedures. At the end of the day you clock out with your ID again. You'll repeat that process every day.
As a Warehouse Associate, you'll fall into one of the following categories each day:
-Stowers: You push a cart around with several totes full of items, take the items out of the totes, and scan them into bins. If you encounter any bad items, you take them to the Problem Solvers, who will fix the issue. Stowing is considered the most difficult Warehouse Associate job for a number of reasons which will be addressed below.
-Pickers: Quickly push a cart around while pulling items out of bins, using a scanner to scan them into a tote, and placing them on a conveyor. You're being timed during all of this, so stopping or slowing down is rarely an option.
-Packers: Pack items into container
ProsFree drinks (mostly just water), Relatively high compensation, Relatively good benefits, Get paid to work out
Customer Service Representative | Huntington, WV | Aug 5, 2013
I love the people, and I love the job.
Amazon works with you. That is their bottom line. They only hire people that want to help other people. I love helping people; that is what I signed up for, and that is exactly what I got. I answered the phones at the call center in Huntington, WV. I was the girl you called to see where your package was, if something was wrong with the merchandise and needed replaced/refunded. I also handled calls dealing with any hiccups your Kindle might have had. I always did my best to make sure the customer was satisfied at the end of the call--and even though Amazon demands that of their Reps, I did it on my own.
The best parts about the job was the satisfaction I got from helping people. Everyone was ALWAYS so happy that you helped them--unless you couldn't in the way they wanted, and even if you had to redirect the customer to someone else, they usually were okay with that. Amazon does their best to minimize how often the customer is transferred to another rep. I always did my best to fix the problem, and if I couldn't, I would find someone who could.
Only once or twice did I have a customer that would be argumentative and perhaps even a little belligerent. By the end of the phone call, they either were transferred to someone who could better help them, were satisfied with the help I gave them, or had talked to a manager (usually the first two). Most of my coworkers had more of these calls than I did, it felt, but then I'm an agreeable person, and I guess I just give off a hel
ProsWonderful break room, several choices in free refreshments, refridgerators and microwaves, nice televisions and seating, reading room, play room with ping pong and pool table, quiet telephone room, comfortable work environment, courteous and kind co-workers, wonderful customers to speak with
ConsStrict about clocking in and out for breaks, sometimes didn't have a Manager to speak to and had to find one, customers who were either rude or impatient, had to request for Overtime instead of just taking it, bathrooms were far away from workspace, VTO may be requested but isn't guaranteed
2.0
Fulfillment Associate | Phoenix, AZ | Aug 21, 2018
Great benefits but poor management
Amazon is a good place for you if you like to be pushed literally beyond your limits ALL the time. Speed/rate is what a fulfillment center revolves around. Nothing else matters - JUST rate. I was a picker. Keyword: WAS. Amazon fired me because I was too slow of a picker. I ALWAYS had 100% quality but that didn't matter because I was too slow. I was not a fast walker because I have problems with my feet. But nope. That didn't matter. They were unwilling to let anyone try any different jobs (just to see if maybe I was really good at something else).. I may not have been the fastest picker ever, but I was never given the opportunity to see if maybe I was absolutely amazing at another duty. Amazon treats its FC employees like dirt but anyone who works in any of the corporate offices or headquarters have the best of the best and have really awesome jobs in so many ways. Without FC employees, Amazon wouldn't exist - we're the backbone of Amazon.com - not corporate. When I started out in my first FC in Phoenix, it was ok - I just didn't like being stuck doing the same job all the time when others had lots of opportunities to cross train. Everything went to **** when I transferred to a different PHX FC. The management of 6 was terrible. It was nothing but empty promises, lies and massive favoritism. I will never go back to work for an Amazon FC. They don't pay us enough to deal with what they dish out. Oh! Phoenix is one of the hottest cities in the country temperature wise. None of
ProsBenefits, on site medical staff, PTO
Consshort breaks, extremely watchful of EVERYTHING you do, Time Off Task, management
I suppose I will summarize my entire experience with this company so that anyone going in REALLY knows what to expect.
Starting off at amazon things weren’t so bad. I had just lost a job and needed another one fast, and amazon seemed to be the best option at the time. I’m assuming the hiring process is pretty straight forward most of the time, however that did not seem to be the case with me. I went in for the initial briefing and drug testing. I went home and received an email saying something along the lines of me not submitting the drug test (I definitely did), so I contacted someone with amazon and they scheduled me for another drug test TWO WEEKS later. Which sucked but whatever. Got a verification email and triple checked date and time. I show up and no one is there, they say they don’t have anything scheduled. I have to show them my email and then they finally let me take the drug test. Went home. Got an email saying that I didn’t show, AGAIN. So I call and explain and they just offer me a position and a shift? So I guess they don’t really care about the drug tests that much.
Starting off at amazon it was ok. I actually kind of enjoyed it for a little while. If you are physically prepared for a fast-paced, active job where you are on your feet for 10 straight hours then you should be fine. However the job is also monotonous, boring, and overall just a drag. You’re treated as slaves and expected to work in a robotic manner. But if you’re into that, then more power to
Work-life balance
Amazon will “Without Notice” add flex time to your shift
It could be up to 1 hour before or 1 hour after. If you are 5 minutes late to either they will give you a 1/2 point. 6 points and you’re fired. They will not tell you they added flex time. And they like to do it by surprise towards the end of a shift when you can’t be on your phone to check. They won’t tell you what time you’re supposed to get off. And if a supervisor lets you off early. They will hold you responsible and give you 1/2 point for clocking put early. They do not care about you and they will not take the point off.
Pay & benefits
The pay is the only thing that’s good about Amazon. You’ll have to put up with a lot of abuse to keep working here.
Job security and advancement
Working here you will start off with a white badge. they will expect you to scan until your babysitter lets you go somewhere else. Which is to be a water spider. If scanning is full they will send you somewhere else. Where if you do good there and that manager wants you there (I was good at inbound) they will get angry with you send a supervisor to grab you and make a spectacle. And take you back to scanning. Then they will block access to training options and restart your scanning “Probation” they are really good at screwing you over here at Amazon
Management
Management is terrible. No one deserves their job here. Everyone answers to the Amazon way. Which is designed to punish anyone who speaks out against the terrib
1.0
Customer Service Representative | Hebron, KY | Jan 6, 2020
Decent pay and benefits.. Poor management and poor Human Resources.
The amount of work and stress wasn't worth the pay. You could be trained in multiple tasks and have different roles for jobs. However there wasn't a pay increase for the "more important tasks."
They had very poor communication and often times employees would be given penalties for not meeting quality expectations even though the general manager would expect higher numbers of items complete in the computer per hour. Leading to a large amount of safety risks and poor product quality.
The general Manager didn't care about the employees at the building and often times would pretend to be kind or nice to the employees for public eye to make himself look better. I feel management at CVG2 especially has broken multiple labor laws and safety violations.
There were many times female employees would be harassed... Management nor HR would do anything. They would claim they'd do an investigation which never happened. Or if the person that had been reported was a friend of upper management or HR they would find ways to try to get the person terminated or fired to retaliate against the person for reporting the harassment issue.
For CVG2 in Hebron Kentucky. Human Resources was rarely helpful. They often would tell you they didn't know something. If you needed help with something urgent they made you feel like a burden giving you a frustrated sigh, rolling their eyes, or pretending like you're not there.
Upon seeking aid for college accommodations there were many times
There's little to be said here that hasn't already been voiced by so many people. Amazon pays fairly, has a robust system in place that will help you along, and the work, while mundane and physically taxing (especially if you work an overnight shift- very deleterious to your health) is not really cruel or overwhelming. It's just that the overall experience has no soul.
Granted, I worked there while everyone wore a mask, but I don't believe it makes a difference otherwise. People come and go in tired droves. You have a nice interaction with someone one day, trade a couple of smiles, an empathetic line or two, and you may never see them again. There are supervisors who stop by every few days for maybe 10 to 15 seconds. They ask you: How are you doing? You answer. They are holding a clipboard or a box cutter. They look world weary. You pity them. Do they pity you? They leave.
You are hauling grass seed. You are shuffling iPhone cases. You are sorting lingerie. You are looking at a bicycle helmet. Where is the barcode? A box can fit one hundred more boxes. Pillows and pills and baby books and tape and dust and toxicity labels. You are hauling cat food. You are falling behind the clock. The clock turns red. You are moving with speed and intensity. You grip, turn clockwise and counterclockwise, you peer this way and another, you find a tear in the cover of one of thirty copies of a New York Times best-seller. You set it aside where the recycling is piling up. It's hot. Sweat fi
1.0
Fulfillment Associate | Romulus, MI | Sep 14, 2019
Not all that glitters is gold
I have worked for an Amazon fulfillment center in Michigan for over a year and I am not at all impressed with Amazon in the slightest. In this review I will cover three aspects, probably the most important to a hard working individual trying to make ends meet with the least amount of incompetence and ignorance in the work place as possible.
First I would like to cover the equipment. As you know most of Amazons equipment is automated or machine based. In the year I have worked for amazon I have found that most of the equipment in not just my department but all the departments is defective in some way. I have spoken with many employee’s in different departments and we have all come to the conclusion that the equipment is second hand. The equipment I work with is defective or has moments of not functioning every day, at least eight to ten times a day, and that’s just the station I use, it matters not if I move to another station, it will display the same pattern of not functioning. For example, my Arsaw station will tell me to put a tote on it even though there is a tote already in place, and then it will go back to functioning normally for a few minutes and then tell me to place a tote on it again. I endure this for ten hours a day, four days a week and on the days I come in to work overtime. We have automated robots that bring us products to pick and place in totes but these robots are constantly running over items that have fallen onto the floor or they are just losing sig
ProsPays higher than most fast food jobs.
ConsManagement and most of your co-workers are mildly... you know, No pride in work, Lazy coworkers
Il magazzino:
Amazon FCO1 si trova a 1.800 metri dalla stazione ferroviaria di Fara Sabina.
E' conveniente avere un mezzo di trasporto privato in quanto gli orari di treni e bus per i turni mattutini e pomeridiani risultano di difficile incastro all'entrata del turno mattina o all'uscita del turno pomeriggio.
E' presente un enorme parcheggio con doppia via di uscita-entrata.
Bisogna parcheggiare a marcia in dietro per un fatto di sicurezza e praticità
All'interno il clima è condizionato, nei reparti di imballaggio fa tendenzialmente caldo ma si può comunque chiedere di abbassare o alzare la temperatura.
E' presente una mensa ampia con posti a sedere e tavoli di buona comodità.
Volendo si può portare il cibo da casa e riporlo in appositi frigo oppure usufruire dei distributori di vivande.
Il caffè è gratuito.
Sono presenti distributori di acqua gratuita sia nell'area mensa che all'interno del magazzino.
Ogni postazione di lavoro ha un porta borraccia,borracce e bottiglie sono ammesse con libertà all'interno dei luoghi di lavoro.
All'esterno sotto apposita tettoia con panchine e posa ceneri è presente l'area fumatori.
Ciascun lavoratore ha diritto ad un armadietto nel quale riporre il necessario. L'armadietto si chiude tramite meccanismo a combinazione. Le dimensioni sono ridotte è consigliabile portare pochi oggetti.
Per cappotti e giacche sono presenti appositi appendiabiti con cavi anti furto.
Sono presenti bagni sia nell'area mensa che in quella di la
I worked at the Sheffield site and my employment agency was Adecco.
From a positive side, the interview and hiring process is easy and quick. The hourly wage is £9.70 for 'day' shift workers, which is above the minimum wage. Work itself is very straightforward, tasks are very simple to learn. You can generally choose which days of the week you have off work when you start.
However, the negatives far outweigh the positives.
To start off with, the job description, application and their hiring process are all EXTREMELY misleading. For the position I applied for, they claimed it is full time employment with 40 hours of work per week, there is plenty of overtime at 1.5x and 2x hourly rates, shifts are during day time hours, and the temporary contract is for an assignment of 9 months. All of this is claimed to get you through the door and officially hired, after you have already invested time to get employed, came to training and can start working. Then, after finishing training you find out that:
The contract is a 0 hour one, and 'officially', they only have to give you 30 hours of work per week (but actually they can give you however many hours they wish). As so, your shifts show up as 5 days per week, 6 hours per day. After a couple weeks of working there, this falls to even less - 26, 24, 18, 12 hours per week, depending on the week. They can cancel your shift the evening before, and they cancelled some of my shifts in the middle of the night, a couple of hours before the
Pros£9.70 hourly rate, tasks easy to learn, quick hiring process
ConsMisleading, not enough hours, bad shifts, unstable employment status, agency avoiding responsibility, bad break times, no recognition, bad incentive schemes
Modern Slavery (just without the chains and whips)
Well you could say invisible chains because first and foremost you're self employed when working for any DSP. In my case starting with a DSP 2.0 company. I suppose really the only benefits with the job was the increased pay rate over Christmas and not having to worry about van and insurance as DSP 2.0's provide you with a Prime branded Sprinter.
As for the bad points well...warehouse staff, yard marshals, debrief staff...failed policeman, ex-bullies at school, you name it they have it all. Powerhungry Amazon 'officials' that go round barking, rudely shouting and prancing around like big ego bouncers expecting you to load vans within an impossible timeframe with 3 or more cages packed full of heavy bags and oversized parcels. Loading times are very unpredictable. One day you'd have an early start of let's say 9:30, then 10:15 next day, 10:30 after that...back to 9:45...and so forth. We were lucky to see a 8:50 loading time one day but despite following Amazon's procedures of loading our loading time kept getting pushed later and later so you never know when to wake up. Didn't make any sense when you saw other DSP vans clearing pads with a few vans still loading thus delaying all of us lot coming on to the pad next...how do they get an earlier wave time you will never know.
Route sizes and pay were unbelievable. £86/day excluding VAT for delivering - on average - 250 parcels or more. The biggest load I've took was short of 320 parcels with 185+ stops, and you're telling m
ProsPrime Branded Van Supplied, Guaranteed Days, Bonus Pay Over Christmas
What would you suggest Amazon.com management do to prevent others from leaving?
Asked Mar 14, 2017
Provide hand washing stations and nice porta potty s all over for easy bath room access
Answered Nov 23, 2021
Offer resources for child care be more flexible with job hours.
Answered Oct 31, 2021
If you were to leave Amazon.com, what would be the reason?
Asked Mar 15, 2017
Overworked and double standards for different shifts.
Answered Aug 15, 2021
Poor management
Answered Jul 28, 2021
If you were in charge, what would you do to make Amazon.com a better place to work?
Asked Nov 24, 2016
##1
I would build my team morale by being the one that would get in there to ensure that production was net even if that meant me jumping in to help out not just bark orders and make ppl feel like they are a number ready to be replaced
Answered Nov 7, 2021
#1
Its always somebody new all the time.
Sometime we get some just want to use there authority. And.dont have a clue on what there doing. And please make stand up be more motivating to keep ur moral up and not down.And give bonuses to those in the top 10 or 5
Answered Nov 7, 2021
How flexible are your working hours at Amazon.com?
Asked Mar 31, 2020
Part-time from 5pm -11pm
Answered Sep 21, 2021
Very flexable, currently unemployed
Answered Sep 17, 2021
What is the interview process like at Amazon.com?
Asked Jan 15, 2016
##1
Depends on your position but as a fulfillment center worker (such as packer).. you fill out application online and at end of application, it asks you to select the shift you want to work... you’ll have 2 days off no matter which shift you choose.. after choosing it will tell you the days, time and address of your “New Hire Event”, you show up to that with you Birth Certificate or Social Security Card and Photo ID, you fill out I-9, take drug test and they take your badge photo. Afterwards, you leave and they say in 2-5 business days you should hear about your drug test and get your orientation date. Show up to orientation and it goes from there...
Answered Nov 19, 2021
##1 Very fast even with the drug screen and background check
