The real peak season has arrived. This is what Amazon.com plans for all year long. There are workers everywhere and yesterday there were over 240 Pickers working, versus an approximately 50 Pickers on a normal day. It looked like a marathon race all day long as these people were constantly in our way while we were attempting to stow product. Josie and I both worked in the HRV area most of the day and there is a special area set aside for these Pickers to prepare the merchandise for shipping. Yesterday, the Pickers were in each other's way as they all were vying for space in this area to finish their preparations of the merchandise. The rush is on, and Amazon is ready. They have more than double the workampers this year so it will be interesting to see the impact versus last year.
Our morning briefing before the start of work was attended by not only the workers on our shift, but by workers who are at the start of the overtime schedule from other shifts which added another 75 - 100 people. The one thing that is different already from last year is that there are no pies being given away - at least not yet. We'll see if some of the other goodies we enjoyed last year reappear, such as fresh fruit during breaks and drawings for gift cards throughout the day. So far, there is no sign of those. With the extra staff added this year, they may have discontinued those nice benefits from last year which would be a shame. That made it much more fun while working.
We'll just keep our noses to the grindstone and continue to do the best we can for the duration. Three more days for this week and another week will be in the books...
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