Amazon reviews

All in all, I completely regret working for Amazon in a fulfillment center setting. I read all of these articles about how great it is to work at Amazon and I am upset because I, like many others in management, were treated poorly and basically tricked into taking this job. I was recruited out of college and waited for several months to find out my location. I was contacted by my future HRBP on LinkedIn telling me that I was placed on his team (rather than the recruiter who was supposed to tell me officially through email). I was placed into one of the largest and high-volume FC's in the US. First of all, the location was remote and though they offered re-location, there was not suitable housing around the FC. I received little to no training, and had to follow around other Sr. HRAs and figure it out as best I could. After the week or so of horrible training on day-shift, I was given a Back-half nights shift. That is Wed-Sat 5pm-3:30am. I was extremely distressed by this, not only because I obviously did not think I would get this shift, but also because my entire team was made up of other members who had literally just graduated as well. Also, BHN is notorious for having the craziest FC workers (we are talking about drunk people on the floor, mental breaks, you name it.) I indicated to my management that I was not happy on this shift and it was effecting my happiness. They told me that they would try to get me on a different shift ASAP. I was also dispealsed to find out that vacation, and personal time were tracked like FC associates. There was basically no flexibility and even if I wanted to use my time, I had to go through my manager first because we were so short-staffed in HR. After 4 months or so, they brought on several new team members and gave them more desirable shifts. I was given excuses that contradicted everything I was told previously on how they determine shifts. I attempted to apply to other shifts through formal methods and to other FC's, but was blocked by my manager because they "did not want to lose me on my shift." After 6 months I realized that I just could not do it anymore, and that my health and happiness were more important than the Amazon name. I quickly found a new job and am so happy to leave the FC behind. My advice- ask questions and don't be fooled by the Amazon name. If it is in a Fulfillment Center you probably do not want the job. Corporate is most likely a different story.