What's it like working for Amazon?

What's it like working for Amazon?

we recently just got Amazon here in Australia.

ive applied for a job there cos I'm a NEET. what can I expect?

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Long work hours, no vacation time and shit pay

My friend works for Amazon. In the states you get instant health insurance benefits starting day one, stock options, insurance and retirement, vacation and paid time off, etc
The hours in the warehouse are long, but you can work four ten hour shifts and have three days off a week. Save money on gas and commuting.
Pay is pretty decent though not magically high.

>. In the states you get instant health insurance benefits starting day one
What is special about this? This is expected. Its probably shit insurance that doesnt cover check ups or vision

>stock options
This is a scam or at least a cheat advertisement. Stock options are useless when youre making $15/hr and companies know this. If stock options actually had impact on an employees life, they wouldnt offer them. Stock option are good if youre an exec making $150k.

Stock options sound good but it would be far more beneficial for employees to have better pay, better insurance and less work hours.

Plus companies in the US are 100% free to fuck you over if their stocks are having a rainy day and give you little to nothing. The rich manipulate the stock market all the time, it would be easy for amazon or any company to decide theyre done, fuck with their stocks and not pay out to employees.

Employees should demand tangible benefits not risky stocks

>vacation and paid time off

Maybe after being there 5 years or something.

Amazon is also one of those cunt companies that will pass you up for raises and promotions if you dont overwork yourself and come in for "optional" overtime

Maybe in whatever world you live in. A lot of companies don't have health insurance or it's not provided until after a waiting period. My job doesn't even offer health insurance.

He does have stock options.
Not everyone is a top level executive.

Amazon isn't bad for people without a lot of credentials. Op asked what it was like for people who work there, and that's what it is like. There is overtime available during the busy period, sometimes mandatory sometimes not. For people trying to make money, it's a good thing.

I'm not looking at this shit with rose colored glasses, just telling Op what it's like there based on what I know.

You seriously need to calm your tits down.

Well, OP is a neet, so at least he is now employed and will get some experience and first hand knowledge of the working world either for the first time or first time in a long time. Most people work jobs then move on to slightly better jobs or move to jobs where they make a trade off that's better for them.

I wonder about australian amazon after reading that redddit post. I buy a lot of stuff from amazon now days so idk

Hi, Amazon employee here, although I am an eurocuck.

First things first, there is a huge difference between warehouse Amazon and Operations Amazon. If it's warehouse Amazon stay away from it as it is incredibly hard labor. The pay is reasonable, but the work will grind your bones to a fine powder.

I get 100% PRIVATE health insurance. Dunno how Australia or USA works, but here in Europe your taxes go to the public health system, and the richfags can apply for private hospitals and shit.
Yes we pay taxes for public health and we get 100% insurance. That's down to the teeth, eye exams, surgery, shit like that. A girl vacuumed 1800 euros worth of eye checks and surgeries in her 3rd month of employment. Most people don't use that insurance because most are 30-35 years old.

>Vacation and paid time off.
You get an 21 day vacation period per year right off the bat, with 1 vacation day extra added for every year of employement, up to an maximum of 25 days.

> "optional" overtime
Again, depends on where you work. I work in the marketing department and there is no need for overtime. Every now and again there is some overtime asked and you go there voluntarily. People beat and trample each other for overtime since it's 100% bonus rate. If you have an 1000 euro salary, that equals to about 50 euros per day. Just going on an overtime day will pay you an extra 100 euros. Just get the concept, not the actual numbers.
Yea, in other departments work can get quite crowded, but in marketing it's pretty chill. We don't work weekends, we don't work night shifts.

You can ask me just about anything.
What job did you apply for senpai? There are many jobs.

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>Amazon isn't bad for people without a lot of credentials

I mean it is though. I live in the UK and it's not even that bad here with workers rights, I passed out on the job and didn't meet my quota for the day because I had to go home and they marked it as an absent. They nearly fired me because of it. It's so fucking common, they misuse and abuse you, especially if you're agency staff.

>four ten hour shifts
I've worked 4x12h shifts on my first job, that itself was super exhausting and very depressing. The days you get off you need to recover from the exhaustion, so you can't even really enjoy your free time. I wouldn't work 14 hours in a fucking warehouse were i have wards that figuratively take out the wipe if i don't perform.