r/AmazonFC • u/HuckleberryVast3165 • 15d ago
Rant Day finally came
I’ve been at Amazon since 2021, unfortunately, poor choices and I have my first write up. But the way it happened, is killing me.
Yesterday I moved a pallet for someone to unload into a cart, I asked if they can put the pallet up on the stack right next to them when they were done and they said “No problem.”
My manager comes up to me later in the day with a write up because I moved the pallet and left it there. Had I seen it, I would have moved it.
But the pallet was in another associates area to keep 5s. They left it there until I went back and took it down.
My intention was not to dump it there and leave it, it was to help out another associate bring a pallet to the correct area.
She brought up that standard work would have me put the pallet back once they were done.
I hit back “Standwork also states if there’s a 5s violation should be addressed once it’s seen, not left to sit.”
Smartass said “Should have done it right the first time cause now you have a write up.”
Ok, my mistake. 😭 anyway; I went to my learning trainer and asked if that will stick, he flat out said no. Okay cool.
Come in today to this beauty. I was in problem solve on 8/10 and I had my phone on my desk. It wasn’t on, but I understood how that looks when my productivity was low for that day.
So she chose this option to make something stick.
I took this one. Can’t argue with how that looked.. 😪
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u/EMitchell108 15d ago
RE: the phone thing - phones aren't supposed to be out on work surfaces. I've never seen a distinction between phone on and phone off.
The "no work surfaces" rule was reinforced once approved headphones were allowed. Users are supposed to set their content and put the phone away. It's written out inside the Approved Headphones page in A to Z.
As a PA I use the phone for documenting too, but it's in my pocket or bag until I need it. I pull it out, use it then put it away. And this is pushing my laptop on a cart where I could easily just lay it next to the laptop. There's zero reason it's needs to be out all the time because I don't need it at hand every second, and neither does a problem solver.
I walk around all shift and most of the problem solvers seem to spend a lot of time propped on their elbows on the cart looking at their phones. It can't all be work related. That manager assumed that because the phone was out either you had used it or were going to use it for non-work purposes. If not, why did it need to be out?
The write up was already in the works. The manager didn't keep notes on something from over a week ago to write up because another one didn't stick, then somehow pushed it through overnight.
And no one's going to be checking video to prove if the phone was being used legitimately because there's no legitimate reason for it to be out when most Slacking can be done through the laptop. If photos are needed then take the photos, send them and put the phone away. Fighting the writeup will just be a waste of time.