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Gale Hawkins wrote:
Maybe Amazon Already Knew That Fact.
I do know what generation they were from but when i grew up in the 1950's and 60's and my parents got up at 6:00 AM; You also got up no later than 6:15 am whether you had to go to school or were on vacation.
I had a new paper route with 192 customers and had to hire a helper in the cold months he didn't want to get out of bed; it was 3:30 am when we started. It sometimes was 20 to 30 below zero; he did this to me 2-3 x's a week. I finally hired his sister; she was a go-getter and became a State Police Officer later in life. I started this route when I was 14 and quit it when i was 18. I started another job; then my draft # came up and i enlisted in the ARMY. I always was up at 5:30-6:00 am until I retired in 2012 due to health issues!
I believe most of the later Generations are not as disciplined as we were! It also takes self discipline to work for Amazon; as i seen many leave because they didn't like the rules; and rules can save lives. In the military your life can depend on your group! Irover- I can see where if they are searching everyone that would slow the exit line down so that would explain the complaints about spending a half hour in line to get out to go home.
deltamaster wrote:
soon2bexpat wrote:
Can anyone tell me about the NV warehouse:
1)Do you get a locker?
I found that the best and easiest thing to do is take only the things you absolutely must have with you to work each day and keep that to what you can carry in your pockets or your little bag.
I do not know if they still do it but when I was there they issued a fanny pack made out of clear soft plastic that you could take on the production floor. It was just big enough for a sandwich and a couple other things if you jammed it all in.
They provided free coffee and cocoa and water so I did not bring drinks to work.
They also prefer you not wear jewelry to work as well. Partly for safety reasons as there is machinery and conveyors all over the place that an errant necklace or hanging bracelet can catch in and do some serious bodily harm. The other thing is for theft prevention. They figure that someone might be able to slip off a cheap ring and swap it for a more expensive one.
If you do wear rings they want to document them. I did not wear a ring so I do not know the whole procedure for that but I was told that they wanted to photograph it and place that in your file. If security questioned your ownership they wold bring up the photograph on a computer or go get your file to make sure it was actually yours.
This did not happen at Fernley this year. Can't speak to other years.
Same reason for the clear bag. Makes it easier for security to see what you are taking on and off of the production floor.
When I was there one of the briefings we had described theft and theft prevention. I do not know how accurate this is but they claimed that for every dollar of merchandise stolen it costs the company ten dollars.
SO... they are very big in to theft prevention. They have people walking throughout the facility watching for employee theft. They have searches at shift changes. They restrict what can be brought on the production floor. They have cameras everywhere except the bathrooms. They tell you all about all of it!
With all that going on some people still try to steal stuff. I heard through the rumor mill while I was there that a couple people got caught trying to steal stuff.
Oh, and some folks have mentioned/complained about the searches when you get off shift. I can not speak for other people's experiences but I did not find them to be all that bad. You pass by a button that you have to push. A randomizer built in to the button system decides if you get the green light to go or if you get the red light to be searched. Green light, keep moving and out the door. Red light and you step aside to the line to the security table where they pass a wand over you and search your pockets just like at the airport. In my experience they were actually better at it than the TSA is at the Airports... and much friendlier too. You get to know the guards and they are just doing their job so you do what you must and they move things right along.
No randomizer either. Just had to pass through metal detectors when leaving the production floor for breaks/lunch/etc. I did have an issue with my cell phone. Took it on the floor by accident and had to have it looked at on the way out, my fault, I knew better.
They had one guard posted at the entrances during the shifts and two during shift changes. I would assume the other guard is patrolling the plant during the shifts. Campbellsville had to building entrances so there were four guards on patrol (two at the doors and two walking the floors) at all times. Likely there was another one in a room somewhere watching monitors.
I personally do not recall experiencing the half hour exits that others have reported. I also worked the overnight shift so there may not be as many people in the plant on this shift.soon2bexpat wrote:
Can anyone tell me about the NV warehouse:
1)Do you get a locker?
Lockers are hard to get. Mostly they only have enough for the regular full-time employees and that is understandable. They do have extra for the seasonal hire but not enough for everyone. Some folks that worked the same shifts would share a locker.
I found that the best and easiest thing to do is take only the things you absolutely must have with you to work each day and keep that to what you can carry in your pockets or your little bag.
I do not know if they still do it but when I was there they issued a fanny pack made out of clear soft plastic that you could take on the production floor. It was just big enough for a sandwich and a couple other things if you jammed it all in.
They provided free coffee and cocoa and water so I did not bring drinks to work.
They also prefer you not wear jewelry to work as well. Partly for safety reasons as there is machinery and conveyors all over the place that an errant necklace or hanging bracelet can catch in and do some serious bodily harm. The other thing is for theft prevention. They figure that someone might be able to slip off a cheap ring and swap it for a more expensive one.
If you do wear rings they want to document them. I did not wear a ring so I do not know the whole procedure for that but I was told that they wanted to photograph it and place that in your file. If security questioned your ownership they wold bring up the photograph on a computer or go get your file to make sure it was actually yours.
Same reason for the clear bag. Makes it easier for security to see what you are taking on and off of the production floor.
When I was there one of the briefings we had described theft and theft prevention. I do not know how accurate this is but they claimed that for every dollar of merchandise stolen it costs the company ten dollars.
SO... they are very big in to theft prevention. They have people walking throughout the facility watching for employee theft. They have searches at shift changes. They restrict what can be brought on the production floor. They have cameras everywhere except the bathrooms. They tell you all about all of it!
With all that going on some people still try to steal stuff. I heard through the rumor mill while I was there that a couple people got caught trying to steal stuff.
Oh, and some folks have mentioned/complained about the searches when you get off shift. I can not speak for other people's experiences but I did not find them to be all that bad. You pass by a button that you have to push. A randomizer built in to the button system decides if you get the green light to go or if you get the red light to be searched. Green light, keep moving and out the door. Red light and you step aside to the line to the security table where they pass a wand over you and search your pockets just like at the airport. In my experience they were actually better at it than the TSA is at the Airports... and much friendlier too. You get to know the guards and they are just doing their job so you do what you must and they move things right along.
They had one guard posted at the entrances during the shifts and two during shift changes. I would assume the other guard is patrolling the plant during the shifts. Campbellsville had to building entrances so there were four guards on patrol (two at the doors and two walking the floors) at all times. Likely there was another one in a room somewhere watching monitors.
I personally do not recall experiencing the half hour exits that others have reported. I also worked the overnight shift so there may not be as many people in the plant on this shift.PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Just a question, I assume you have to pay state income tax if you work at Coffeyville or Campbell.
Is that correct?
Yes. They deduct it from your paycheck and you need to file a return.- 1) When you attend orientation you are asked if you want a locker and get on a list. There are more employees than lockers. If one is available and you're next on the list you get one. Some campers did, some didn't.
2) I don't remember but the weather wasn't very hospitable and I didn't see anyone biking. - Can anyone tell me about the NV warehouse:
1)Do you get a locker?
2)Are there bike racks outside? - It's been awhile for me, but I want to say the same as HappyKayakers. I recall being pleasantly surprised by what I got back. I will have to see where I put my old records back then. I was also obviously a non KS resident.
An Delta I had a lot of fun myself as a stower/picker. Only down side for me was as a stower, as we didn't have much work at some points, which is why I swapped over to picking. I had a ball running around the FC looking for things. Good exercise to boot! When I worked with Amazon I believe at the Coffeyville location they called it the crisp plant..or something along those lines. It looked fun!
You current folks working for amazon be sure to chime in after with your experience. I know I enjoy reading about folks who've worked there, an what all has changed since my time there.
Good luck to all current an future folks who go this route!
Thetravelingcooler - When the spell police get upset, I just pat them on the back an tell them "there, their, thier." - Unknown, taken from internet. PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Just a question, I assume you have to pay state income tax if you work at Coffeyville or Campbell.
Is that correct?
I worked Campbellsville last year. Filed as a non-resident and got all but about $10 back from the taxes they withheld.- Just a question, I assume you have to pay state income tax if you work at Coffeyville or Campbell.
Is that correct?
