I have a feeling that into my 30's I'm gonna have ptsd from saying "say again" and "ready" 800 times a day

I work on a reach truck in a freezer currently at -20 the best way to get through these jobs is to have a purpose when going to work. Know that this job is not going to last you forever its hard on the body and mind but if you go in there with a mindset of being the best worker and moving up or sayin u will be there for 2-3 years to get your money up or eliminate debt it becomes easier. Stay warm and good luck to all

this guy is picking in quick succession and making great use of the jack coast functionality. very well done

talkman, WAKEUP, SAY AGAIN SAY AGAIN, READY

Talkman-pick 10 case Me-breaths through nose Talkman- you said 6 I asked for 10 is this a short product? Me-no Talkman- goodnight Me-talkman WAKE UP!!!

I've been selecting for around 8 years. Been at Sysco, GFS, CVS, and US Foods. If you want to do this type of work, just go to Sysco and make as much as you can. GFS is a close second but CVS and US Foods is garbage. Turnover in this field is crazy. Every warehouse has their own culture but generally, you don't even take time to know someone's name until they make rate(100% Production). My biggest gripe about this job is the treatment. They treat you like a low-class worker and refuse to see it as skilled labor. Then they complain about people not making rate or walking out of the job during a busy thursday shift. There's a new trend all these companies are trying to pull. Calling us "Industrial Athletes" or "Get Paid to Work Out". Bitch, please. Pay me like one of these professional athletes or cut the crap. That being said, I like picking. I take pride in my boards(pallets) and have passed my running days. It really depends on the comp plan of the company whether running is worth it or not. At Sysco, you're making bank. They feed you, they pay you well, they have good jacks and keep them maintained. But they hired you to pick and you will pick your ass off. At CVS and US Foods, they want to you be janitors, wrappers, piece pickers(fake selectors), battery technicians, and other bullshit they can find if it can save them a buck. It's all bullshit to cut cost. These are some of the things new selectors need to watch out for. Pay in this industry is going up, but slowly. Lots of managers I've talked to simply say, "The new generation of kids don't want to work." I call bullshit. Old or young, we all want to make money but one thing's for sure, younger guys have more opportunities. Why break your back in 5 years picking cases when you can go to school, get an IT degree, and smoke guys in the warehouse? My current company spends 6-8 grand on each new hire. That includes all the training, drug/background testing, etc. All for these guys to quit in 2 weeks. Hmmm, how about spending those 6-8 grand and paying the current selectors who actually want to stay? It's part ego-driven. Upper management can't stand seeing guys on the floor making more money than them. Well, they should get off their lazy asses and pick some cases then. Lastly, I believe it would take 50-100 years before we even worry about automation. Amazon is at the head of this "problem" but that's because they have the money to spend. That also doesn't affect "real" selectors aka case-pickers. Building warehouses to accommodate machines is a lot tougher and more expensive than humans and it will be a long time before this field stops existing. The pressure of newer bodies not wanting to work this job, along with the high turnover have slowly pushed for better pay. Just don't utter the word "Union" or you'll quickly find yourself on the shit-list.

I was a order slector for 5 years and can speak for myself stay away from these type of jobs get a CDL or something else there is no future in these type of jobs. Companies only see you as a number and after you get hurt burn out they will fire you in a heart beat. I worked 16 hours shifts in busy season there was no regular time to clock out from 1:30pm until the job was done some times 9:00 am and we still had to come in the same day. They would give you a write up if you fail to keep the average rate no matter how many hours you worked. fking nuts the money was good but your back can only hold so much beating until it gives out.

Orderfilled nights for 2 years before becoming a night shift loader for 3 more. Orderfilling put me in the best shape of my life. Loading kept me there. Orderfilling in the heat of summer will teach you a lot about yourself. Watching 20 people come in as new hires and seeing all but 2 quit within a month. Knowing that you're the only one from your new hire class still there 5 years later. Takes a certain kind of person to do this and it gets old the older you get.

This is cool to see. I was a grocery order writer for UNFI's biggest customer for like 6 years, so I always wondered what it was like for the dudes who were putting my pallets together!

Your pace is amazing. I'm very impressed by your drive.

To all those moaning about guy jumping off, clearly never worked in warehouses where you get in trouble if you don't achieve your targets. A lot of people jump off at my place, if you follow the rules and do it safely, you may as well start looking for another job as you may not stay long as your performance will be reflected in that.

I use to work in albertsons warehouse in the freezer as well very easy and comfortable equipment to pick and now i work at nicholas and company and its a little different we pick with stickers wich takes more time but i also think its more effective

Must be nice. All he needs to voice in are a 2 digit check string and quantity. Having coast is nice too, most places have it disabled now. Plenty of space in this freezer too and very clean.

As a Team selector we are making $35 an hour and $55 an hour on over time, is a tough job but it gets the bills paid.

As an experienced order picker I will say you are very fast, accurate, and safe. Color me impressed man.

where I pick it's all high quantity picks. your pallet is complete after stopping in 2 to 6 locations because each stop you are picking multiple layers of the same case. they even disabled coast function on our Jacks. it's more of a hazard than a benefit when every stop you pick 20 to 120 cases. but when your doing all pick 1's coast is key

plus freezer if I bid for it is a extra .40 an hour faster times but because boxes are light

My favorite job selector 22 years. Good paycheck always Harris Teeter. 3shift . Now switcher truck driver. Amen. Keep growing Harris Teeter CO. The best company. Good benefits to. 401k.. grown good.

Never worked as a full order picker, I did freezer work at restaurant depot, it had its challenges, Definitely don’t miss the cold haha, or the non stop stocking

Loll when I’m done with a 16 hour shift I’ll go home and think about sumn and forget what I was thinking about and be like “say again” out loud

I worked out at Walmart DC in Nevada while going to EMT school when I got my emt job offer call at work I finished my pallet left it on the forks and walked tf out felt great don’t miss this work, and to the guys doing this thank you cause most people wouldn’t. Run hard and shoot to kill fellas best of luck out there.

I do not miss this work.... (edit) Though it is still cool to watch :D

“HOW MUCH MORE” - me every 10 seconds

man just got the for HEB has a order Selector in the Freezing department great video

"To try again, say ready" - The best words to hear as a selector

The problem with these places is you can't stand up for yourself without getting fired.

I work in a freezer and wear glasses. Every time I step out my glasses inevitably condense up.. which is super annoying. I have thought about contacts but not sure if they'd do the same? Anyone else have this 'problem'and how do you cope? Have been looking for some sort of spray to counteract the condensation but no luck. Stay frosty

i think you're doing a great job. im thinking of applying there. any tips you could give would be great

I tore my L5 disc and it can’t be fixed not even with surgery… I was out on disability for 9 months And told my dr to release me and I’ve been back to work still running circles on these young guys with a torn back ….

I clean and organize the freezer for selectors so I'm in 10° -20° all night, every night. At least these guys can stay warm. But honestly the reason I won't select is they have no home life and I got a kid so I need my daddy daughter time.

Does Sysco allow you to pull extra shifts? Can you offer to come in on your scheduled days off?

I’m a new hire been working there 3 weeks( in grocery so I deal with 3 pallets 2 now) since I’m training. But I’m no where near that high in production( if your pallet is at a standstill your not producing my trainer said). I just wanna know what it takes to get that fast I’m still learning stacking and it’s a lot tbh. Which items go there and how to create an nice even pallet? Any tips and tricks is well appreciated( I love the job and it seems like it’s not the worst) lmao!!

Order Selection is a trade , I been with GFS for 9 years now , We all know how hard is the order selection position ...... thanks to order selection It was possible to make 120 k in one Year overtime was there and of course INCENTIVE paid per case selected. Worked as Order Selector for about 5 years , definitely I missed the chance to make real money!!!

Good luck to you if you're doing this.. i quit after six months. I don't believe most of these people commenting on youtube about how they are hitting 130% -200%.. that's bullshit unless you're packing totes or something because if you're building pallets on double pallet jacks you'll be lucky to hit 100s. The only guys hitting 100+ are Union guys who get the easy stuff (but they paid their dues). I've seen the list showing people's production many times, not ONE hitting 100, mostly in the 70s and 80s. Even Union guys' list you see maybe a third hitting 100s.. barely. Freezer guys its a different story. Anyways prepare to work til 7am, 16 hour shifts, sleep 4 hours and get back to work.. although that happened to me only a couple times. I've never been so depressed but had so much money in my life. 10grand in the bank account depressed as hell my entire life revolved around that warehouse. There are guys in there 20+ years they don't even know their kids because they spend their entire life holed up in that warehouse. I can't do that shit, but you do what you gotta do i guess. anyways good luck if you're looking in to this

We have to get 80items a hour to keep the job and 120+ a hour to get a bonus witch put u around 17$ a hour. We also have to scan the barcode above the item and sticker the box

Yall stack pallets and dont spill em while riding? And have someone reading picks?? The riders at my job all have chewed up wheels that are heard across the freezer, and we read our orders from paper, turning pages in bulky ass gloves. Wild. Btw Any glove recommendations? I drive a reach in a freezer thats neg 20 so I extreme durability isnt a big factor. Im rocking the green rag wool thinsulate refridiwear gloves ATM. They hold up fine but arent quite warm enough

I use to work like a dog all day as an order selector for americold... 50k per year... in the meantime I took free programing clases at MIT opencourseware now I work writing code making 10k less but enjoying spend more time with my family...

Those head sets be complete junk fr u have to come in early to make sure u get a good headset and pallet jack

"Talkman wakeup" "be quiet for a second" "0" "1" "To begin assignment say ready" Man inbeen at my freezer picking job for 2 months this is great content!

I work at a warehouse too and boy did I think that we only used to vocalet system. I start out at 120 percent but I can never end the day with 100. It's always between 70-90 depending on how fast I burn out. 🤣

Man i would love to do this kind of work, so cool! Thanks for the upload :)

"Say Again" and I am instantly in the zone.. lol

I wish we only had 2 digit check patterns, but at Walmart DC in Minnesota is 5 digits

I, too is a Order Selector for Giant Food in Jessup, Maryland (talkman, louder, Ready, Say it Again)

It’s all about time management and efficiency. Get your order quickly, sign on quickly, get good pallets quickly, know the shortest routes to your state aisle, looking for the next pick slot when you are picking the previous case. Know where you can make time, and where running like crazy is feasible. I’ve worked for the same company for 7 years now, I’ve picked all parts of the warehouse from grocery to freezer. The guys who “run around like nuts” never last, and if they do, they’re on light duty half the year from having a fucked up back. Believe me, trying to get done so you can piss off in the break room every night takes its toll on your body in a short amount of time. We had to pick 443 minutes in 8 hours, and I would make sure to be going fast enough to get done, but not so fast as to injure myself. I also tried to pick my orders and always have my jack moving when in coast mode. If you can do that and still get cases stacked and moved onto the next pick slot, you’re golden.

What warehouse company is this

What gloves you wear that keep ur hands warm ? My shit be freezing when I’m picking in the cooler

i cant imagine our warehouse freezer looking this clean lmao

as far as the pay goes I've never heard of 20k a year for a order picker in a frozen warehouse. here n Washington it's easy to finds jobs that pay above 20 n hr plus OT

This job separates the men from the boys.

I work at Americold for 2 years now. It’s been very very bad, not because of anything about selecting but it’s the fact that we get sent home when there’s no more work. Sometimes 4 hours into our shift sometimes 6 sometimes 3. It sucks.

Late as well but was curious on how picking with headset was. Im use to picking with a paper sheet.

I'm still stuck in the cooler. there's one order we pull that no matter how many times we tell them, they won't fix it. it's a cheesecake batch. 120 cases on one pallet. so heavy it caves in on itself. no matter how you stack it. got one today. 117 cases with 24.5 minute goal time. stacked it perfect. wrapped it several times still. second to last aisle the cases started collapsing. grabbed last case and as I was headed out. she started leaning more and more. then boom. entire order flopped over. that's the cooler for you. p.s. think they'll fix it now. lol

I just started sysco 3 weeks ago and Im at 40% Im trying to get to 60℅ then chill and get some experience. The problem I have is on pallets over 150 (im still in dry) I dont know what my next step is to getting the higher% im not looking to hit 100 soon

I just started a job like that but we have pallet Jack's we ride on. I'm looking for warm boots but able to work 10-13hours in... -10 to -30

Man I do this for a smaller ice cream company and we don't get paid shit ($10/hr to start, with vets not even getting to $18), and our work environment is insanely unsafe. Our racking is broken, frost everywhere (some places the roof leaks so we get ice mountains). I broke my ankle last summer because the throttle on a jack stuck AND it had no brakes engage when the handles lifted so boom there went my ankle between it and a high lift at full speed. Only reason I work there is because it's the best summer job I can find while in college.

The warehouse i worked in was -50 in meat and dairy and -25 in bakery. I dont miss the job, only miss being paid each week. Some of my shifts were over 24hrs straight, it was a cold nightmare of a job for a kid out of highschool

What company is this??? What is the name of the company??

Who replaced the pallets when they are empty? I’m about to go to a tour I believe?

love the music Bob put

I do this work in a freezer. You earn every penny. Anyone thinking about working in a Wal-Mart DC as a picker better get their shit together and be ready to do what this guy is doing for 12 hours straight with enough of a break to shovel a few spoons of food in their mouth

Anybody worked at kroger ralphs DC if so what are the hours like do you get hours starting off

Hey bro the pattern number line is hard for me and I didn’t pass my loading freight test in the beginning of orientation they make you take tests bro I failed them physically I can do the job I just don’t have the brain to do it numbers never been my thing any tips

$60,000 a year to be an order picker?!! That's £46,000 here and order pickers are lucky if they get more than £20,000 a year, and that includes frozen ambient.

I love this kind of work pallet jack is the funnest part of my day riding around on it I pick fast production rate be like 173%

I just started 27.30 10-12 hour shifts not bad I might still do small concrete jobs with home owners only tax free

Hell yeah I pick perishable side too no freezer suit tho moving to much.

Hopefully I never do this again. I’ve selected at Publix, Gordan food service, and US foods. I’m done with it.

when this dude came back from work he can barley stand up because of exhausting . his knees will hurt and his back.

Got any tips

I worked in forklifting before, Counter balance, Order Picker, Etc, I couldnt last 3 months, people thought I was "Weak" but in reality, I already had 8 years of experience in Canadian Air force branch, Just because you resign a job quickly doesnt mean your lazy and weak, in my case it only means that I am an experienced professional military member not a forklifter. Note for everyone: Find what your good at, find where you can stay or had stayed longer and then do that Job, You must follow your heart, I am not a good Forklfter worker but I already proved to everyone to be a fine soldier!

I work as an order selector at Sysco. We have printers and scanners, we label each package, and I'm picking around 700 cases a night. Some guys are at 1000-1500. It's not a bad job, I just look at it as 10 hours at the gym. It really is crazy how quick you have to be, and it's more exhausting than concrete work, that's for sure.

I worked freezer and in pack off at 32 degrees all the time..I loved my job and cant stand to work in amy other setting warehouses like the hot or even air conditioned ...too much dust..atleast in a cold setting the dust is frozen..lol

Dang, how do you know what to pick?

Hey guys i work at same temp. Can anyone tell me how long you are inside and out?

i work in the freezer at mclane, we use double jacks

in -30 freezer whats the best shoes to wear for men??? average 10 hrs a day!!

I do this for winco foods love the job keeps u moving all day bolus the pay always good for pickers

Seeing people select in a freezer with a freezer suit on is making me hot temperature wise lol.

I start my first day tomorrow doing this kind of work

no bs the warehouse be ducking the trailer up for the driver at Mclane

Is this a Kroger warehouse? Reminds me a lot like the one I worked in .

How do you know the correct product is in the slot with no labels? Lol

I work for save a lot dc, u can make 70,000 with over time and perfect attendance. Our top selectors make about $27 an hour.

Use every corner of the pallet

Guys I’m gonna start order selecting this week any tips? I’m starting at the Albertsons distribution center If any of y’all give me advice thanks!

Yeah I did that at a ice cream plant order selecting now I work in transportation at a wearhouse going on routes order selected for years needed to try something new after doing driver helper at coca cola during a busy time for them transportation is a lot more fun when you're out doing deliveries

I'm thinking about doing this as a job I haven't done anything like this before tho but I like the pay 😅

This looks like Walmart. I worked at Walmart DC before and every case looks the same.

I remember when I use the talk man and I be a home and be like say again out of nowhere 😂

Is that mclane MBM . Cause that’s where I work now

Great job buddy….. for those of us that still make money out of “order selector” and 13+ hours a day 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

We do 260+ cph here at nestle dryers in Manteca ca

Everything looks good but "safety first" try to wear some steel toe boots. I know they will get cold but you can managed with warm socks. My admiration and respect for warehousemen!!!

this is what they call freezer selector?

🎧Say it again😂

My official job title is Industrial Athlete , i work in the freezer -30 we have automated hilo robots actually . and I get paid Piece Rate .16 cent per case i touch . touch 1500 cases in 6 hours

Talkman-Delta 12 pick 8 Me-Exhales Talkman-You said “exception” are you sure? Me-No😑

I'm going through a transition in life and am considering a physical job since office work has made me overweight. So you think someone in their 40s can be a order selector?

SEND ME HOME NOW! lol 🤣🤣🤣