A job where I don't have to talk to people sounds nice.

I work for Amazon. I mostly pack. I have a very small ipod that I listen to every day. Take an old pair of ear buds and cut one of them off. Then string it up under your shirt to your ear. Having longer hair helps cover the wire. We go thru a metal detector at the end of shift. I bought one of those Coke cans that you can unscrew the top and I just put the ipod in there when I leave. I put the Coke can in my lunch box and security just thinks its a regular Coke.

The reason it took you so long to get a start date is because they had to wait until their current employee's burned out, got fired or quit. Amazon had you at their calling and waiting list to ensure they can fill positions.

Working alone for 10 hours sounds like a good job to me

Amazon is a place where introverted people get a job.

Yeah, they should give Amazon Prime to employees. Comcast gives employees free TV and Internet.

I applied because I’m too antisocial for regular jobs so I would love it

That's way better than working in a call center and getting yelled at all day by customers.

The funny thing is they say listening to music is a safety hazard because you can't hear but they hire deaf and hearing impaired people which by their own admission would be unsafe for the hearing impaired

Amazon: we're sorry you've performed at 99.9% which is below the 100% expected for the third week in row. We're going to have to let you go.

Thank you for your input about the position. Even though this is two years old, it still provided a lot about what is happening now.

this might be the most humble/honest/ realistic review of this job i have seen thus far. coming from someone who can relate, big ups bruh

I’ve worked 15 hours in a warehouse. 6 days. I mean yea I was tired, but nice paycheck. But now I’m going for amazon orientation for part time and going to school full time. I’m pretty cool with working my ass off.

In the parking lot rn watching this on my first day😂😂

I worked for Amazon for over 10 years. I worked as a temp for X-mas peak only for about 7 years for extra cash. It didn't take 7 years to be offered full-time, I just had a better job and didn't want full-time and worked only seasonal for extra cash. Another reason I only worked seasonal (X-mas), is like he said, it is soul crushing and physically exhausting during "peak" (x-mas). During peak, 60 to 72 hours weeks are normal. I could only take it for a couple of months. But, it used to be a better place to work in the early days. They just don't give a shit about their employees anymore. He is right, stow (or stocking items) is easy (one of my many jobs there). But other positions are much harder than stow. BTW, you don't get to pick, it is luck of the draw to get something easy like stow or gift-rap (depends where they need people). Picking can be hard. Especially when it is slow. When it is slow? That doesn't make sense. Yeah, I said when it is slow. That is when you have to walk for miles all over the warehouse. When it is slower, the orders are more random all over the building. Stow you stay pretty much in one isle like he said. No matter how busy it is. Stowing is not dependent on incoming orders. You may work 10 to 12 hours, 6 days a week, during peak. This all brings back bad memories....lol.

Worked there I think a 5th time, i even tried 3 different facilities. Only one was good. Amazon is a terrible place to work. The benefits are great but they treat employees like robots.

You couldn’t sit during safety training? That speaks volumes about their treatment of employees right off the bat :(

I needed to hear this bro. I'm more than likely gonna be starting at Amazon soon and everybody makes it out to be a horror story or something.

You had probably the most informative video that's I've seen concerning this topic

Dude its Scan item, place in bin THEN scan the bin, never scan the bin before puttin the item in just incase it doesn't fit. Someone didn't listen during training.

I currently work there. It's not that bad. I've been there for 2yrs. Im single, no kids. Bought a house and new car on the salary. If you're good at making the most out of your pay you're good. I've had alot of warehouse jobs.... amazon by far is the least amount of work I've done for moderate pay. We just got our base pay raised to $15 an hr. Not bad!

Y’all got to understand each facility is different and older. In my case in brookshire it’s a new facility. 18 an hr can’t complain there as a college student.

Omg I work fulfillment for Target and the conditions are practically heaven in comparison to your story! Granted, I am in a store and not a warehouse. I do picking/packing and typically get a good 8-12 miles of walking in during an 8 hour shift. We can listen to music with earbuds in the back and even on the floor if you’re sneaky and don’t get a complaint. Plus I get paid $15/hr, though I know that’s standard for Amazon workers now too. I always talk to my coworkers on the job and am only alone doing stuff for maybe half my shift, not 10 hours of being alone with no music. Godspeed to anyone who is working in a fulfillment center like Amazon, I know I’m a lot more thankful for my job after watching this

I work at Amazon warehouse. I admit that $15 an hour for part-time work is really good. But it's immensely stressful. You're on your feet for pretty much the entire shift. The only ones who are allowed to sit are the managers. You get two 15-minute breaks, and a single 30-minute break. But the problem is, the break room and restrooms are on the other side of the warehouse from where you work, so you use a little bit of rest time just going back and forth. I definitely wouldn't do this job full time. The pay is not worth the physical exhaustion.

I work for a competitor, but the situation sounds similar - my company however does play music over the overhead speakers and allows employees to use 1 earbud in their ear for music...which is a good thing

Im an associate at a FC and no cell phones, no music, short breaks, you can charge your phone before or after work but not during work. On your feet all day.

Not long until those jobs are completely robotized

They don't want you to bring your phone into the facility because they don't want you catching them doing bad things like the work environment. Having your phone on you has nothing to do with stealing.

Thank you for making this video , I recently got a “ pending start date “ from this job , and this gave me great realistic expectations

A company started in a garage an now it's owner is going to space an his employees can afford to live in a garage. Keeping America great . Thanks Jeff.....

i worked as a packer at amazon. basically i scanned an item, it showed up on the computer what box you needed and then i would package it, print a label scan it again and throw it back on the line. it was awful.

I'd rather clean inside the sarcophagus at Chernobyl naked than work for Amazon

Wow! That was the best video I’ve watched of someone explaining about working at Amazon. Thanks!

amazon treats its workers horribly. its one of the worst companies to work for, but whatever pays the bills i guess. hated working there last christmas

Holy shit, this sounds like my dream job!!!! Easy, alone, quiet, 30min lunch, free water bottle with free water, don’t have to deal with other people’s shit or the normal workplace drama, stand in one spot for 10 hours, kinda do your own thing and you’re telling me you still get paid?!?! Freaking sign me up!!! I’ll even go buy my own $5.00 knee pads. Could have saved 30k going to school. Just gotta find that sugarmomma now;)

They're building a huge Amazon warehouse near where I live. I refer to it as the new prison.

You wouldn’t hear forklift trucks or other vehicles blowing their horns at you if you were listening to music. It’s a huge safety concern. One slight work around is that most warehouses do allow radios by a computer station or on the truck itself. However, headphones are most definitely a no go. Never going to happen. They are watching you... it’s all on reports. They can easily tell if your numbers don’t line up. They knows exactly who touched what and when. I don’t know about Amazon, but some employers incentivize you by publishing these reports as if they are leader boards, showing who is the fastest. If you want to impress people mirror the problem solving team you mentioned. They are most likely the ones who will move up the ranks.

It's a paycheck dude paychecks are hard to come by these day no interview, no resume !👍

OMG THEY GIVE YOU A WATER-BOTTLE THE FIRST DAY?!?!? THAT'S AMAZING! THANKS AMAZON!!!!

Always wear knee guards in warehouse work. They should be supplying them, but if they don't, get your own. I wore my own, but where I worked, they did provide some crappy ones. Being young, people think it's no big deal now, but good Lord...you feel it when you're older.

I was hired about 2 years ago as a Night Seasonal Stower (a bit slow moving of nights, 10 hours felt more like 12+)... Pretty much the same first week as you; however, while I was working there, I also worked part-time at Titan Aviation, which is the "Amazon Prime Airlines (Prime Air)" and "Prime Air Drone" Contractor, but not directly working for Amazon; then I got converted to a permanent (Blue) badge and transferred into ICQA (the people who count items) for about a month before I transferred over to Pick, since 10 hour ICQA nights felt like 15 hours (unless I was doing Damages), then went to Pick (by far the best entry level position if you like your night shifts feeling like they're going by faster ('sometimes') and after about 10 months of Picking nights, I became this facilities IT Human Resource Rep because of my Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and CompTIA + Linux Certification, and finally quit the Part-Time "Prime Air" job because I wasn't getting enough sleep between both jobs (I was like a zombie most days and working 7 days a week 60+ Hours during Peak with little sleep). I started off making about $12.25 per hour Seasonal with no bonus' (VCPs) until the (Blue) conversion, then I submitted my Degree and it went up to about $17 per hour for the same job (also $17 per hour was my starting pay with "Prime Air"), and by the time I reached I.T., I was making around $38 per hour; however, the normal IT people only made around $20 per hour, but I haven't seen anyone else with a degree or even a High School Diploma in that position yet, plus I think they might be idiots. I think they convert them just because their friends of people they know higher up. I wouldn't recommend working there unless you just desperately need a job (because money is necessary to keep your life rolling), you'll most likely stay stuck in the same category, and even if they ask you to train for another position, it's still the same pay and same quality of position because it's never a promotion until you reach a new Level (eg. Level 2, Associate 2) on your title. Well, good luck to you, if you don't get that, you're making the same pay and it's not a Promotion. It's possible, but if your young enough to go back to school, please take this job to help you get help on the finances of school, through your own employed budget. Good Luck. This company is evil, so if you can, please take your classes that Amazon will pay far as far as not doing anything they're trying to make do in their own classes that they mostly fund. Otherwise, just skip it! If you're a kid still who still has time to go to college, you can do better than this. Please kids, do something that's worth your effort. I want ALL you young people to do better than what Amazon offers by getting a REAL Job that pays real money... I don't recommend making any less than $30 per hour if you have a Bachelors Degree. Otherwise, just take what they offer only for the purpose of paying off your real school debts, sorry... but this is good if you just have to do it or need financial help for the purpose of living.

It's amazing how wealthy Amazon is and that how stringent employees are treated. Welcome to the world of the rich and famous!

The overfill warehouses are just rented properties they throw some stuff inside. It would probably be some sort of a lease violation to throw in pipes and toilets

I currently work at amazon FTW6 , 12 hour shifts 3 days a week. They work you to death and only care about numbers. When I applied they told everyone there’s only one mandatory day of overtime. But right now it’s peak season and they’re making Pickers work 4 weeks 5 days 12 hour shifts. ICQA 3 weeks , and Stow 3 weeks The easiest jobs at the big facilities are Pack and icqa. In stow and pick there’s more room for errors and more errors means you get fired.

Thanks for sharing this. I went through the hiring process and now waiting for a start date. Hope its not three weeks like you did! Thanks again!

Good review. Fair and unbiased; stating facts without sounding bitter. It's only been a week, but maybe that will change

WOrked as a sorter. The hardest job I had ever worked. Only worked 6.5 hours but was hardly able to drive home without stopping to sleep. Slept all of my days off. Hungry as a bear at the end of the shift. You are literally "dead tired". Stayed 2 years, but the turn over rate is very high. Good luck.

My hiring event is tomorrow I've worked as a fast food manager for a few years... I'd like to think I can handle this. It's gotta beat dealing with angry drunk people on closing shifts

i currently work for amazon here in canada! idk wut facility yall been at but mine was like brand new, robots everywhere. super clean, and it was a fun job experience. i applied with a friend and we were placed close to each other were we could chat the whole time we worked. it was fun and chill. managers were nice. idk if this is just a canadian amazon thing. but ya. still working there, night shifts and enjoying it a lot. obviously it general labour and is tough the frist few weeks, but i stuck through the first few weeks and my body adjusted and now its chill.

I work there and i must say its great. I have contracted hours, I dont have to talk to anyone and i get paid weekly. They blast high energy music and everyone is chill. My job is packing. Once you're in the flow you turn into a robot and it goes so quickly. I really don't understand these horror stories. Maybe im just lucky

Ya. I worked at a Fulfillment Center for 2 years, summer 2015 thru spring 2017. It was HELL. There were good days, here and there, but it sucked balls. No Amazon prime discount, no optical or health insurance until after 13 months of employment, no goals or aspirations or incentives, ANYBODY COULD WORK THERE: large hiring groups, orientation, annoying "safety" LECTURING, ZERO physical training, Managers being ages 18-25 and only being managers bc they have a masters degree in business, but don't care for lifting a box themselves, Micromanaging "what are you doing" /excessive hovering and helicoptering, scolding and criticizing, Do This, Don't do This, Don't Do That, No That's Not Allowed. "15min break" is really 12 minutes to Pee and Drink Water and Socialize, constant daily "assignments, very little consistency to repetitive work areas, too few bathrooms for 220 employees per shift, not allowed to stand around, if you don't have a box in your hand you get yelled at, too few boxes for too many employees, they would hire high school aged teenagers 15yrs old - 19yrs old to work in a warehouse with people in their 20s/30s/40s, there would be senior citizens in their 70s/80s also working there. No high school diploma necessary, no English necessary either, lots of illiterate immigrants and fresh-off-the-boat Islamic North Africans and Phillipinos would come in not speaking a word of English but get hired anyway, they couldn't read in English either, so a lot of sorting boxes required the ability to Read In English. Little to no training, had to learn from New Friends, not managers. High school social atmosphere x5000. Too much slave labor. Lots of robotic sorting machines were being installed in Spring of 2017, and I was already witnessing and being a victim of Not Enough Work/Too Many People, lots of verbal and emotional abuse form managers, just a lot of gossip and bullshit and Favoritism and Hurtful People. It wasn't emotionally or safe for me anymore. I left.

I've been working at Amazon for about 8 months now. I'm doing nights at the new fulfilment centre in tilbury, UK. It's not bad for £10.31 an hour but it is draining. A jobs a job at the end of the day and I'll take their money lol

To all those who complain about the conditions he explained, remember that it’s voluntary and the pay is decent according to him. Younger generation employees with no skills or experience seem to expect too much. It’s an entry level job and you’re making a living. It’s not supposed to be anything to brag about, so have some humility and you’ll go places in life. Motivate yourself to excel and you won’t have to worry about working in an entry level job.

Do you realise there was an Amazon advertisement played before I could watch this video?!

I have my hiring event Wednesday. Wish me luck lol.

Amazon is a pretty chill place to work depending on the facility and people

Your video was very helpful cause I start tomorrow and I needed to know what I'm getting into.. But in all I just trying to get paid....

Drug testing, because you gotta be high to take this job. Sounds like a nightmare.

Amazon employees need to get together an unionize. I know amazon tries their best to stop it but seriously the pay and benefits you would get from unionizing in a company like amazon would be at least competitive to similar jobs with living wages. Up here in Canada Walmart pays their employees decently in the warehousing portion with solid benefits because they don’t want a union.

Where the hell does this guy work at. Because the fullfillment center I work at is nothing like this.

i have worked at amazon for 4 years now and it is not all that bad if you do your job and keep your head down and the school than they will work with you to change your times you start work and days if need be i work 40 hours and go to school 3 times a week you just got to make time

Yeah I’m for sure gonna cancel my interview now lol

Curious if you are still monitoring this vid, and still working at Amazon. I'm a part timer at USPS and we hate Amazon for many reasons. However, I credit you for giving an honest, no crazy drama review of such an entry type job. Lots of Amazon folks say they are on your neck at all times to work faster.

Sounds like many sci-fi movies over the years, but you are basically expendable labor, a “drone”worker ant. You are probably cheaper than a robotic warehousing system

Please, just make sure you get out before they crush your spirit. ❤

I think it depends on the facility you work at. Ive been @ amazon 4 over 2yrs. The 1st few weeks are the worst.

Ive been working at amazon for 3 years and its legit the easiest/ most boring job i every had lol its great

The cheep bathroom part had me dying xD because Amazon makes tons of money to be having that kind of bathroom 😂

Currently working at walmart as a stocker (in pharmacy) I was thinking about applying to Amazon, but since you said y'all only have a 30 min lunch I'm like GIRL BYE 👋 At walmart we get 1hr lunch, and whenever we're done stocking our stuff, we can either go help someone or ZONE. zone means get the stuff that don't belong to your department and take them to costumer service

The fulfillment warehouse I work at in Illinois has a huge break room and 2 other smaller rooms which are good sized, hot food and outdoor smoking areas. Cold water dispensers and bathrooms everywhere throughout the facility. Trained medical personnel and cool security guards. It’s fast paced, but coworkers are cordial if not down right friendly. Management is educated, helpful, and always there for you. Work safe, smart and hard and you’ll be rewarded. Great benefits and tons of overtime. Nice paycheck, just show up every day, don’t be late, and be productive.

Everyone Working here during peak is rough, the parking lot has police nearby guiding you in &out. you have work 60 hours every week inbound , 50 hours outbound it depends on department. but they require you be there everyday no matter what the excuse is. Failure to come in results in termination unless you have pto or upt to cover you but its never enough to cover you. This is the stuff you have to deal with when working here.

Ha amazon. Joke of a job. I use to work at H.T Hackney a trucking company and 10hrs would've been music to my ears back then. I was 19yrs old fresh out of high school working 13-15hr shifts only to get up and do it the very next day. We would start at 2:30pm and working until 2-4am in the morning or until the job was done. You had to meet a certain pick rate, you got 3 breaks, 1 being a 30min lunch. You never got to see daylight. You were either at work or in bed sleeping because every muscle in your body was sore. I started smoking to relieve my depression because I never got to see my friends or have a social life except on the weekends. I witnessed temps coming in for 4 hours and literally walking out the door. Take in mind, these were TEMPS. TEMPS had to work, they had no choice. These people would literally walk out the door and fucking leave by lunch. I worked in two departments, the first was just "the warehouse" and it was a big ass warehouse with no temperature control, so in the summer it'd get to about 85-87 degrees of pure humid heat, the winter would get down to whatever temp it was outside. I then moved to the freezer and it was a huge warehouse with just huge fucking fans and A/C units that got down to -15 degrees. They issued us freezer jump suits to prevent frostbite and gave us an extra $1 for hazard pay. There were nights where the floors would ice over because of the humidity coming in from the loading docks which rendered our electric pallet jacks useless. Sometimes the batteries would die or short out because the motors would thaw out and short out the power. If you can imagine hell freezing over, that was that place. You were completely isolated in a sub zero, concrete and metal jungle with dim lights and no escape for 13 hours. I stayed there for 2 years killing myself because nothing in my area payed as well as this did and I was greedy. I had the money, but didn't have a life. Never work a warehouse job like that. Amazon, trucking company, coca cola, pepsi, r&l, anything. All trucking or fulfillment companies borderline abuse workers.

I go to orientation tomorrow for a personal shopper job for amazon at a whole foods. Hopefully it goes well haha. Thank you for the video!

at least u get a free waterbottle

Thank u 4 this information.I recently applied there to pick up a second part time job with some flexible hours that i can work over the weekends.I liked that you were so straight to the point with this...I was really wondering what to expect.If we could listen to music...I really think this would be a breeze to do as my second job.But overall sounds like a pretty good way to make some extra money.I just subscribed btw.☺

I have been working there for a month. Lots of people come and go every week. Very repetitive work and it does take a toll on the body, especially the lower back since there's a lot of bending over. Some of the upper management called "Ambassadors" are pricks and are generally disorganized every night. Tip to potential employees working at sortation facilities: There is really NO benefit of working really hard to where you surpass your quota. (IE: Number of packages stowed each hour/by the end of the shift). You're only asking to be placed in a more high-intense position of the job where you strain your body more for the same pay. People who are slightly below the quota are even placed in the easiest sections of being a stower where the aisles are half the size; essentially being rewarded for not being able to keep up ~intertesting. Don't worry or feel overwhelmed that your packages are stacking up on your bench. You're not obligated to finish all of them by the end of your shift; just meet your quota(or barely) (which is 2-3 packages stowed in one minute) and you won't be strained as bad.

I've been to job fairs where the Amazon table was completely ignored and avoided. The representatives looked embarrassed and uncomfortable. Two of my brothers were hospitalized from working there.

I’ve been working for 5 days have to get to the warehouse at 5am and have only spoken to 2 other associates lol. Well off to bed gotta get up in 4 hours

Full time is better if thats fit for you. Amazon does take care of seasonal workers at some locations. Amazon has facilities that have a full campground for full time RVers. Free hookups no fees repeat rehire completion bonus.

Thanks for sharing your experience! I start working for them this coming Monday and your video makes me feel a great deal more aware of what I can expect. Cheers :)

best job ever! i started packer i learned pick, stow, cart run, lift operator now i am a amnesty responder soon will be something even better. You are wrong if you think there is no oportunity in amazon unless you dont wanna ask for oportunity

Interesting video

I work at an Amazon non sort FC. We pick and stow mostly with order picker machines. We do some walking picking but it mostly on machines because it's most larger items. It's a great place to work, imo.

This video was really helpful, thank you so much.

After watching this video I think this job is more suited for introverts like me, ppl who like spending a lot of time alone and don't mind doing repetitive stuff as long as they have their time and space to get the job done at a good pace without having your boss on you 24 /7

3 and a half to 4 weeks for you to start? I waited 3 months for my start date.

Cheers for the info bud. Signed up to an agency recently, just waiting on my start. Nice to get a 'heads up' on what to expect :)

Great video man. Very insightful

I've done 10hr shifts before but we had a full hour lunch. 30min doesnt seem legal but I'm sure they did their homework on it. I do miss having 3 days off though.

I went through drone training at Amazon to deliver parcels, I just wrote on my application that I was a drone enthusiast, and during orientation I was placed on the DDST (Drone Delivery Service Team). It started out at 27.50 and hour, but after 60 days it goes up depending on performance markers. Great place to work, very competitive!! I’ve been there for 2 years.

I used to be a security contractor for an Amazon fulfillment center, and I have to say I've never been more disgusted in a client than I have been with Amazon. The center I worked at treated their workers like total shit, and expected us to treat them as such as well. We had to patrol the facilities and watch employees like hawks to make sure people didn't have phones, ect. Needless to say I didn't stay there long. I feel really bad for anyone who works there.

I would love this job, me being an anti-social person and all, dealing with annoying people at a work place is a pain in the ass...

This was very helpful. About to go to my hiring event. Thanks for posting.

the bathroom thing is an outsourced tactic- They don't want to have to hire the contractors required to maintain the inside bathroom facilities- so they opt to outsource it to a trailer service- They don't want anyone in the warehouse that isn't a straight Amazon employee

Thank you for this explanation! Very informative!

Is it a stable job? Hiring 40+ people with no interview seems like they would let you people go easily

I previously worked nights in a supermarket and i used to spend 4 hours a night sorting things out in the fridges and then 5 hours filling, it sucked!!!!

I’m moving back to farm county next week. I’ll be back at my old rice farming job at 60 hrs/wk. I’m saving for a used RV. Retirement should cover living expenses once I’m no longer paying rent. I may be doing something similar during the Winter months. When your season is over, you are free to travel. Ever consider being a campground host or working in a resort? You would have the opportunity for human interaction.

its the tack time, the messy bins , bulky odd shaped items that cant stow fast, the water spiders that dont open packages, the managers that come interrupt while youre stowing and forget if you scanned an item or not and they dont want you to check and see if a mistake was made . they want you to stow an item every 7to12 secs, if you go to the bathroom its considered time off task... they just make it more difficult than it needs to be

i been there 2 months i find it pretty easy the poeple i work with are good i make 12.50 n hour so over all its not as bad as people said it was .