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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]do you know anything about the pallets of returned items? what sorts of things go into them? (the ones you can purchase)

what would you do differently, if you were in charge?[/quote]
The returns are mostly sellable items with some broken junk in it or at least the packaging badly damaged. Those items would get put back on the pick shelves after being processed to send back out because people do buy the items at a discount. If I ran the show I’d offer more breaks and allow them to take allotted breaks when they needed rather than rigidly scheduled. I.e you get 3 15 minute breaks use them for the day as you see fit. They can also do better with the order in which items are picked to try to save people’s backs. They should try to arrange the pick order in such a way that if you lift a heavy item (50 lbs) the next 3 items you pick will be under 10 lbs. I once had to pick 12 40lbs boxes of cat litter in a row while being timed. Not fun. Of course raises would always help. The more seasoned employees told me they got a .50 cent raise which given what Amazon was making is an insult. [/quote]

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