I took a job at an Amazon warehouse for 2 weeks because I was curious. AMA.

[Anonymous]

What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

[Anonymous]

How do you move to management. Isn't that where the money is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked in a shift work place in school. It is hard work. I was also amazed at amount of adults trying to make a full time living.

One couple with two kids the wife worked midnight to 8 am and his wife same place 8 am to 4 pm.

They had one car and they drop and pick each other up. We had a five minute grace at start and end of shift so that is when the pickup drop up would occur.

Another guy worked 7-3 one job and 8-midnight our job. Had an old 1970s van with bed and would sleep in it in lunch breaks. He was working 16 hours a day no OT

Took me five years to graduate college so I did it a long time. It is a hard life.

My weird issue (please don’t laugh) every girl at work 18-21 wanted to marry me. I dated a beautiful girl for one year I met through work. Sister of my supervisor. Literally looked like a young Christie Brinkley. So you ask how did she end up like this.

Well she dropped of HS at 15. Was unemployed other than babysitting neighbors kids. Lived in a run down small apt in a blue collar area with her obese mom who worked in Woolworth’s. Her Dad who barely mumbled who was a zombie night guard who was asleep all day. Her overweight sister who got pregnant twice out of wedlock at 20 by some large older black man I swears was a bookie or drug dealer. And another sister on and off at home who reminded me of Ginny in Forest Gump. It was an insane house. I literally go over there during day at 20 between classes and have sex and watch TV and no one cared. I met so many normal young people not in college from screwed up backgrounds.

Your posts are bizarre and gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

New poster here. No one I know ever uses that word. 4 years of college here and most people I know have that much or less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

New poster here. No one I know ever uses that word. 4 years of college here and most people I know have that much or less.

What an odd thing to fixate on. Do you claim to know every word in the dictionary?

[Anonymous]

I was considering taking a job at Amazon over the holidays because I'm off without pay.
I really appreciate this thread, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard did it suck?

It sucks. Not going to lie. The work week is 4 days for 10.5 hours (includes a 30 minute unpaid lunch). Unlike other jobs they do track your every move. You’re constantly scanning your badge so they know what you’re up to meaning there is no down time. You work your full 10 hours on your feet wearing steel toed safety shoes. A lot of people complain about back and foot pain. They also express they are depressed because the job does not allow you much time to talk to coworkers. It’s an isolating job.

How many coffee/restroom breaks were you allowed to take in the 10 hours?

You get a 30 minute lunch and 2 15 minute paid breaks. Technically you could take as many bathroom breaks as you wanted but the unspoken rule was to only go when you were on break because it would cut into your pick rate ( if you are bottom 5% they fire you). You were not allowed to be in the break room except for your allotted break time and could only have water on the warehouse floor. The breaks and lunch start as soon as they call it. The warehouse is large and you must walk to the lunch/break room which really cut into your time and you were expected to start working the minute the break/lunch was over basically leaving you with a 20 minute lunch and a 5 minute break.

Sounds like my teaching job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked in a shift work place in school. It is hard work. I was also amazed at amount of adults trying to make a full time living.

One couple with two kids the wife worked midnight to 8 am and his wife same place 8 am to 4 pm.

They had one car and they drop and pick each other up. We had a five minute grace at start and end of shift so that is when the pickup drop up would occur.

Another guy worked 7-3 one job and 8-midnight our job. Had an old 1970s van with bed and would sleep in it in lunch breaks. He was working 16 hours a day no OT

Took me five years to graduate college so I did it a long time. It is a hard life.

My weird issue (please don’t laugh) every girl at work 18-21 wanted to marry me. I dated a beautiful girl for one year I met through work. Sister of my supervisor. Literally looked like a young Christie Brinkley. So you ask how did she end up like this.

Well she dropped of HS at 15. Was unemployed other than babysitting neighbors kids. Lived in a run down small apt in a blue collar area with her obese mom who worked in Woolworth’s. Her Dad who barely mumbled who was a zombie night guard who was asleep all day. Her overweight sister who got pregnant twice out of wedlock at 20 by some large older black man I swears was a bookie or drug dealer. And another sister on and off at home who reminded me of Ginny in Forest Gump. It was an insane house. I literally go over there during day at 20 between classes and have sex and watch TV and no one cared. I met so many normal young people not in college from screwed up backgrounds.

Your posts are bizarre and gross.

Yeah this guy is recognizable. Low end life experiences and bragging about the adventure of it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

New poster here. No one I know ever uses that word. 4 years of college here and most people I know have that much or less.

NP. I'm a PhD and work among many others. Definitely heard folks use "irregardless." Now that our meaningless anecdotal data have cancelled each other out, perhaps we can go back to the discussion at hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked in a shift work place in school. It is hard work. I was also amazed at amount of adults trying to make a full time living.

One couple with two kids the wife worked midnight to 8 am and his wife same place 8 am to 4 pm.

They had one car and they drop and pick each other up. We had a five minute grace at start and end of shift so that is when the pickup drop up would occur.

Another guy worked 7-3 one job and 8-midnight our job. Had an old 1970s van with bed and would sleep in it in lunch breaks. He was working 16 hours a day no OT

Took me five years to graduate college so I did it a long time. It is a hard life.

My weird issue (please don’t laugh) every girl at work 18-21 wanted to marry me. I dated a beautiful girl for one year I met through work. Sister of my supervisor. Literally looked like a young Christie Brinkley. So you ask how did she end up like this.

Well she dropped of HS at 15. Was unemployed other than babysitting neighbors kids. Lived in a run down small apt in a blue collar area with her obese mom who worked in Woolworth’s. Her Dad who barely mumbled who was a zombie night guard who was asleep all day. Her overweight sister who got pregnant twice out of wedlock at 20 by some large older black man I swears was a bookie or drug dealer. And another sister on and off at home who reminded me of Ginny in Forest Gump. It was an insane house. I literally go over there during day at 20 between classes and have sex and watch TV and no one cared. I met so many normal young people not in college from screwed up backgrounds.

Your posts are bizarre and gross.

I disagree. It's interesting to learn how avg guys hook up with beautiful women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard did it suck?

It sucks. Not going to lie. The work week is 4 days for 10.5 hours (includes a 30 minute unpaid lunch). Unlike other jobs they do track your every move. You’re constantly scanning your badge so they know what you’re up to meaning there is no down time. You work your full 10 hours on your feet wearing steel toed safety shoes. A lot of people complain about back and foot pain. They also express they are depressed because the job does not allow you much time to talk to coworkers. It’s an isolating job.

How many coffee/restroom breaks were you allowed to take in the 10 hours?

You get a 30 minute lunch and 2 15 minute paid breaks. Technically you could take as many bathroom breaks as you wanted but the unspoken rule was to only go when you were on break because it would cut into your pick rate ( if you are bottom 5% they fire you). You were not allowed to be in the break room except for your allotted break time and could only have water on the warehouse floor. The breaks and lunch start as soon as they call it. The warehouse is large and you must walk to the lunch/break room which really cut into your time and you were expected to start working the minute the break/lunch was over basically leaving you with a 20 minute lunch and a 5 minute break.

Sounds like my teaching job!

Seriously. I used to be an assistant in a self-contained special education classroom. I earned the same pay as the OP. Our district lost, and continues to lose, a lot of instructional assistants to Amazon and other retailers. I can see why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is your educational level, OP? I am asking because I noticed you used "irregardless" in an earlier post.

Not, OP, but I AM a linguist, and your poor attempt at shade isn't even rooted in knowledge. Some snoots have taking umbrage mean a word that has been in use for over 200 years isn't a word.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/887649010/regardless-of-what-you-think-irregardless-is-a-word#:~:text=Merriam%2DWebster%20defines%20irregardless%20as,intensifier%2C%22%20the%20dictionary%20writes.

""Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," the dictionary's staff wrote in a "Words of the Week" roundup on Friday. "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."""

Ok, fair enough. So it just means you are from New Jersey and nothing more?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I took a job at an Amazon warehouse for 2 weeks instead of going on vacation because I was curious. I was partially inspired by an article written by Philip Su a former tech executive who took the position to cure depression. I’m college educated and a small business owner. AMA. I quit this weekend. It’s been interesting.

How much were you paid?

17.50 per hour. My base was 16 but because of a night time differential I got an extra 1.50 per hour. 16 is a standard base irregardless of location meaning people in NYC and SF make the same. I don’t know how someone would live on what is basically $500 a week after taxes in those locales.

1. Irregardless ?? seriously?
2. Everyone knows it's not supposed to be a career that supports a family. It's exactly what you said - supplemental income.
3. Based on what you have said - I don't believe you worked there for a minute.

Spoken like a true entitled DCUM witch who has no idea that her UMC life is NOT the norm in this country. You sound incredibly ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked in a shift work place in school. It is hard work. I was also amazed at amount of adults trying to make a full time living.

One couple with two kids the wife worked midnight to 8 am and his wife same place 8 am to 4 pm.

They had one car and they drop and pick each other up. We had a five minute grace at start and end of shift so that is when the pickup drop up would occur.

Another guy worked 7-3 one job and 8-midnight our job. Had an old 1970s van with bed and would sleep in it in lunch breaks. He was working 16 hours a day no OT

Took me five years to graduate college so I did it a long time. It is a hard life.

My weird issue (please don’t laugh) every girl at work 18-21 wanted to marry me. I dated a beautiful girl for one year I met through work. Sister of my supervisor. Literally looked like a young Christie Brinkley. So you ask how did she end up like this.

Well she dropped of HS at 15. Was unemployed other than babysitting neighbors kids. Lived in a run down small apt in a blue collar area with her obese mom who worked in Woolworth’s. Her Dad who barely mumbled who was a zombie night guard who was asleep all day. Her overweight sister who got pregnant twice out of wedlock at 20 by some large older black man I swears was a bookie or drug dealer. And another sister on and off at home who reminded me of Ginny in Forest Gump. It was an insane house. I literally go over there during day at 20 between classes and have sex and watch TV and no one cared. I met so many normal young people not in college from screwed up backgrounds.

Your posts are bizarre and gross.

and irrelevant