Marsland wrote:
We worked at Amazon the 2013 Peak season (oct, nov, dec)(Fernley, NV. Not there anymore). It was our first time. I think one of the most important things to keep in mind is that you are there temporarily to do what Amazon wants you to do. If you can be flexible, and have a mind set simply do what they ask to the best of your ability, and not worry about anything else, you will be fine. I found that if you're productive, follow the rules, and remain upbeat you should have no trouble. As said before, don't try to argue with their way of doing things. I worked for Uncle Sam for 35 years and the Amazon way of doing things remind me of that to some degree.
The work can be physically demanding as mentioned above. We were VERY tired pups the first week but it got better. If you focus on just working and taking care of business on your days off the time will go by quickly. And you will make new friends and have a reasonably good time.
This is not a career. Three months of working equals about 60 actual work days. Even if you don't really like what you're doing 60 days is doable. If you don't fight it it goes by pretty quickly. I remember one guy bellyaching about whether or not we were going to get the promised free T-shirt or not. Really? Life's too short to fuss about stuff like that.
We are going back for our second time this year to Texas. Looking forward to it in fact.
Thanks for your input. But something about your post is curious...Why did you assume that people might "fight" or try to change the Amazon system??? It is after all their system. Did you see alot of that kind of thing working there?
Will Amazon do deferred compensation?
