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Stowing daily
Warehouse Worker (Former Employee), Bellevue, WA – June 17, 2013
Pros: hands-on work constantly moving
Cons: short-breaks, doing same thing daily
When I started working hired with SMX, I was excited to work because it was my first actual job. When I got the job I loved keep moving doing hands-on work constantly. I didn't like the fact that we would do the same thing every day, I wanted to learn how to operate a forklift and other cool warehouse work but I couldn't because I was new. So I left – more... this company to go work for CSC Telecom which is a whole new different industry, and heard they pay really well. – less
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Fun and productive working environment with a ping pong table.
Seasonal Digital Specialist (Former Employee), Kennewick, WA – June 17, 2013
I loved this company and I would love to have the chance to be able to work there again. It was a great way to balance my work schedule with my personal life. Trying to apply back there right now. A typical day at work was just to sit there at a computer and take phone calls that were Kindle related. The hardest part of the job, was to try and troubleshoot – more... an issue the customer was having with his or her Kindle device. That right there made the job challenging, but fun and enjoyable. – less
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Nice Company to work for
Warehouse Associate (Current Employee), Whitestown, IN – June 17, 2013
Pros: bonuses, holiday theme lunches, and great co-workers!
Cons: breaks are not long enough, very hot summers!
Well work is pretty simple you go in work to meet your quota and then you are good to go!
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Awesome
Customer Service Rep (Former Employee), Kennewick, WA – June 15, 2013
Amazon.com is a great place to work and you meet some amazing people there. I really do miss the people at Amazon.com
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fun place to work and tthe pay is good
prep / stower (Current Employee), Fernley, NV – June 15, 2013
Pros: good money
Cons: your jobs last only 1200 hr. asighment
they keep you on your toes, you will walk more then 10 miles a day.
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Productive and fun workplace.
Order Picker (Former Employee), Petersburg, VA – June 14, 2013
I would see a lot of items in the warehouse that I did not know exist. I also learned how to operate a cherry picker and all my co- workers were very helpful by answering all my questions.
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decent place to work
WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE-PUTTING AWAY MERCHANDISE (Current Employee), Fogelsville, PA – June 14, 2013
Pros: benifits
Cons: short breaks
putting away merchandise . every other week guiding a team of 35 employees to where to work as to get the job done as efficently as possible. i have recently put in to be a trainer. manager said i would be a good trainer. all these things are good, and gradifying but with no compensation attached to it. management is good. at least in my department. – more... i have a good boss. co-workers are good as well, i surround myself with people that have a good work ethic and that are respectful of others. i really have no time for users and losers. hardest part of the job is company overstuffs the warehouse as so it is frustrating to do job as efficently as could be done. most enjoyable part is the people and my boss's. – less
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Free entrepreneur
Founder / Manager (Former Employee), New York, NY – June 14, 2013
Pros: building my own business
Cons: very difficult to manage and supervise especially when you enroll in college
Launched and operated food vending business by negotiating deals with outside food vendors
• Hired and supervised staff at various locations
• Created online business store through Amazon.com, managed invoicing, shipping/receiving and customer service activities
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Fast pace pick puller with a scanner gun and a cart.
Picker/ Puller (Former Employee), phoenix az – June 13, 2013
Pros: discounts on products
Cons: short breaks
fast paced job pulling orders for customers for 10 hours a day very healthy walking great environment to work at.
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Amazon amazes!
Customer Service Representative-Seasonal (Former Employee), Huntington, WV – June 13, 2013
Pros: positive workplace atmosphere, and supportive coworkers. nice break room with free popcorn, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate, plus an employee game room!
Cons: the pressure of low average call times and occasionally abusive customers.
A typical day involved fielding calls from customers who had questions or complaints about their orders. You do your best to correct the problems, and you're given more discretion on handling complaints than you will at most any other job of this kind. On the negative side, you're not allowed very much time to remedy what are sometimes complex problems. – more... This works against the customer-centric culture Amazon works so hard to build.

I feel I learned a lot about how a very large company does business, and I was impressed by how quickly the company worked to resolve systemic problems and make improvements to processes.

Upper management was generally very approachable. My immediate supervisor could be friendly, but was usually aloof. I got the impression she was under a lot of pressure from upper management.

My co-workers were exceptionally encouraging and upbeat. Amazon has the most positive atmosphere of anywhere I've ever worked!

Both the hardest and most enjoyable parts of the job centered around the customers. The pressure to keep your average call time low caused a lot of stress and made it difficult to connect with the customers. Being able to help fix their problems was the best part of the job. – less
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good money
Packing, picking,stow received (Former Employee), Carlisle, PA – June 13, 2013
you have to work hard and fast
in amazon safety come first
good place to work
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Was a good place to work to make good money, but was not a full time job
shipping/recieving/picking (Former Employee), Hebron, KY – June 11, 2013
Pros: learned a lot of new skills
Cons: very hard to get hired in through the company always laying people off
The job itself was a pretty good job. I hated that you had to stay a temp without getting hired on, and after so much time has passed if you have not got the chance to get hired on through the company they would lay you off work. But this is also a fast paced work place, i Learned how to do several new things which is always good, the more experience – more... i can get the better off I will be in the long run. Here I learned how to do shipping and receiving also had the chance to work on the dock loading and unloading trucks using a pallet jack. I also used a RF scanner which comes in handy because a lot of company's use the same type of scanners and i now have experience on them. – less
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Overall not a bad place to work. Great people along side each other.
Inbound Uloader (Current Employee), Hebron, KY – June 11, 2013
Pros: once you get hired on through the company you get all of their benefits. health, dental, vision, shares of stock. it's amazing.
Cons: the heat and the backaches that happen.
A typical day at work is unloading semi trailers full of amazon packages that people order. Usually an average of 120,000 packages a day to unload.

Things that I have learned at Amazon include; a strong sense of teamwork, sometimes being a leader and teaching new people how to do a certain job, and I have also learned how to drive semi light heavy – more... machinery called P.I.T., personalized industrial trucks.

Management consists of a lot of great people, Area managers, Operation managers, and the lead watch of the building. The area managers are very great people, kind, caring and just all around amazing people in work. Operation managers are the same. the only thing about management is that they say they are open to listen to any viewpoint any associate has but they don't really do the best at that. They do listen a lot and I know I really can't change the whole workplace but when I have offered a solution to a problem that has been asked of me, in the past, they didn't do the best job of listening. I would say if you ask a favor of me and I try to find a solution then why not, at least, listen to what I have to say.

My co-workers are, in all honesty, the best bunch of people I have EVER worked with in my life, as for a serious job. I am always telling every new person that I ever train that the people in the building are the greatest bunch of workers, and just people, in general, that anyone will ever work with.

The hardest part of my job at Amazon is the heat. We are recently putting in a big six piece air conditioning unit, but for the time being it is anywhere from ninety to one hundred degrees in a semi trailer. You eventually just learn to pull through it.

The most enjoyable part of the job is the people I get to work with and, in my opinion, a job is as fun as you make it out to be. So aside from the people I get to work with everyday I make my job pretty fun, at least I try a lot to. – less
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Horrible
SLAVE (Current Employee), Hazleton, PA – June 11, 2013
Pros: after 5 years you get stocks
Cons: location, management, pay, ignorance
Not even sure why people do business with this company? Anything Amazon sells you can get at your local store that day and cheaper for the most part. Sure it gives me a job, but the people running it are not very bright. They implement changes that aren't practical for every day operations. They put you in positions that you don't like because you don't – more... like it. They have all but eliminated morale. They care about one thing and that's their numbers. If you get hurt they tell you to take it easy instead of removing you from that position. Horrible place to work. Needs to be unionized to eliminate all the BS the managers get away with. – less
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awful management, short breaks, try to over work you
Fulfillment Associate (Current Employee), spartanburg, sc – June 11, 2013
Pros: free powerade, air, insurance
Cons: management, short breaks, mandatory overtime
Everyday clock in, go to stand up and look at the board to see where you are. Stand up last about 10 mins with stretches. The AM puts their favorites on the easy jobs. they cut breaks short and pop mandatory overtime up on you. they only care about numbers. they make you work holidays. pay tops out in 2 yrs. dead end job. no advancement.
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Naima – June 17, 2013

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The greatest gig in the sky
Senior Account Executive (Former Employee), Seattle, WA – June 10, 2013
Pros: everything.
Cons: none.
amazing. I loved the people and the culture. Great benefits!
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great company
Software Developer Engineer Intern (Former Employee), Seattle, WA – June 9, 2013
great company, great people, very smart, high-impact work, great work benefits, the list goes on
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Strong and Busy workplace
Warehouse Associate (Former Employee), Whitestown, IN – June 9, 2013
Pros: experience
Cons: short breaks
A typical work day included picking/packing a variety of items for customer's orders. I learned how to work independently while being part of a great team at the same time. I became stronger through the daily observations that where performed on the warehouse associates. The hardest part of the job was balancing life and work. I worked the night shift – more... and it drowned me. I only wanted to sleep and work because of the intense work that was done from 6pm-6am. The most enjoyable part was being part of the team. – less
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Great company to work for
Senior Inbound Receiver (Current Employee), Indianapolis, IN – June 8, 2013
A big company with being expected to work 50 - 60 hour weeks. Being cross trained in every position in your department and in others is required if you expect to last at the company.
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Wheels fell off of Amazon long ago, but the momentum keeps it moving
Software Development Consultant (Former Employee), Seattle, WA – June 7, 2013
Pros: creative company. growing so fast that there's always more to be done.
Cons: managers often take their "frugality" philiosophy to mean "stingy". also, not a good place for people who prefer structure or stability.
I had a very bad experience as a software developer in the supply chain department. Almost non-existent management, and the developers had too much power. I don't know anyone who loves working at Amazon, but most people I know had a better experience than me.
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