Mandatory Overtime

We discovered yesterday (last night) that the mandatory overtime for our shift includes us. Last year when we worked the peak season with all the other workampers, overtime was a completely voluntary occasion. The pilot program that we are working under now appears to have many differences from the normal workamper rules. So, even though we were leaning toward working the extra day this week, our decision is made for us.

An email to our HR representative will be sent today to get clarification of the rules for this pilot program. It seems that, even though we are workampers and only seasonal workers, we are working under the full-time employee rules with none of the advantages we had as workampers - plus, we are not being paid the full-time employee wage. See, we receive a couple dollars per hour less than the regular workers since Amazon (supposedly) gives several other advantages to us: paid RV site, voluntary overtime, flexible scheduling, etc. So far, and until the regular peak season kicks-in in September, we feel like we are being used. We will get the "skinny" today.

Last night was a stormy night. We could hear the thunder while we were working in the noisy warehouse, and we received over .5" of rain. Also, we worked on the 3rd level of a stowing section of the warehouse, and it was extremely hot where we worked. Both of us were extra wet from sweat and it looked like I just stepped out of a swimming pool with my clothes on. One thing is for sure, and that is that we both will again lose lots of weight while working here.

We aren't certain about our weekend plans now as we will only have 2 days off with the extra day going to overtime. We still should have sufficient time to take our trip to Louisville, but we aren't sure about other trips. In the meantime, we have day 4 of our work week today, so we will see 'ya tomorrow...