Mindless repetition - Inbound Stow Amazon Employee Review

3.0
25 Sept 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Meet lot's of cool people. Nice break room. Air condition work environment. Lots of technology to experience that most have only seen on Tv.

Cons

Long hours, very short breaks, not a chair in the building other that the break room. Unrealistic expectations for workers output. The break room is a good 5 min walk from my work station. This is a mammoth facility. You get 30 min for break and 10 are spent sprinting there. You are expected to be back at you station working within 3 mins or you will get (TOT)time of task. A few of those and your fired. Furthermore you are expected to work at a predetermined rate that is unrealistic, and if you make errors, even on your first day, it puts you in the 3 strike cycle. 3 strikes and your out. My feet hurt very bad by shifts end. Im 37, and in fairly good shape and it's a physical grind to make it threw a shift. If you are willing to work hard and be on time it's a good place to work with opportunities to move up quickly. Don't expect anyone to hold you hand and feel sorry for you. That's not how they do things. They do mass hiring every month. They onboarded 193 when I was hired, so keep in mind that your just a number to them and you will be replaced quick. They have 18 year olds making $15 an hour right out of high school so the pay is decent. There moto is any wiling hand is hired so the chance you will be working along side an idiot is pretty high.

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