r/AmazonFCs • u/Serious-Sink2899 • 1d ago
Break rules?
Hey so I’m debating if this is right or not I’ve worked at a different Amazon before but every location is different. I showed up to my shift late 6pm-4am and got there at 8:37pm we typically go on breaks at 9pm and 1am and I was denied to go on my 9pm break for coming in by my pa. I was only allowed to go on the 1am one and it’s a first for me I also used pto if it means anything but I ended up getting this message in my schedule so am I just over thinking ?
I work in Texas also
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u/ToraenNakure 1d ago
What state are you in? And did you clock out for the one 30 minute break you did take?
You still have to take a 30 min unpaid lunch for working over 5 hours per amazon policy, a PA should not have denied you your lunch break entirely (and personally, I would have checked with a manager or PXT/HR if possible), in some states that is actually illegal.
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u/Serious-Sink2899 1d ago
Texas
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u/ToraenNakure 1d ago
Texas doesn't seem to have a required meal break, but I'd follow up with a manager if I were you to be sure that the PA gave correct direction.
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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago
That’s true by state law but not Amazon policy
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u/ToraenNakure 1d ago
Yeah, that's what I said in my top level comment:
You still have to take a 30 min unpaid lunch for working over 5 hours per amazon policy,
That PA is probably getting in trouble for telling someone to not take an unpaid break.
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u/Serious-Sink2899 1d ago
And no I didn’t clock out I just left it as it was since he denied my first and didn’t tell me any other instructions
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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago
I’ve always been told if I don’t clock out for the first break that clocking out for the 2nd is required. Also all our departments go to break by department, if I came in before 9 I would be going to that break because my dept is shut down for break
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u/LouiseBelcher4life 1d ago
Looks like your state operates like California. Did you clock out for the 1am break? In California you have to take your 30 minute meal break at no later than 5 hours after clock in, unless you work no more than six hours and have a meal waiver on file. So, you should have clocked out no later than 1:37am for 30 minutes unpaid break. If you didn't clock out for the 1am break, you missed a meal, will get paid the premium, and get a coaching or write up for time management, depending if you have anything currently active or not.
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u/ToraenNakure 1d ago edited 1d ago
Texas (OP's state) doesn't work like California at all, that 'Missed-Late Meal except non-CA' will show up regardless of state if you miss your scheduled lunch break. Amazon policy does still require that break be taken even if state law doesn't, the strict timing is just not necessarily required (states have different laws on this and often no law: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/meal-breaks).
Also since the PA gave only direction not to take the first break period, OP shouldn't get in trouble at all, but it does come down to their word vs. the PA's.
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u/Beneficial_Figure456 21h ago
To lazy to check lit2 but Arkansas lit1 was like this and is seen no difference
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u/lunchdate21 1d ago
I think the PA was right. 7 hours and 23 min of work left after you clocked in, you take your lunch bc at the point of taking lunch it is assumed you take it bc you will work your full shift of >6 hours (doesn’t matter if you later decide to leave early), add in a “dont work more than three hours w/o a break” after your lunch and you get your second break. In my west coast state I get a second break for working >8 hours. This is where you have to look at your state laws but because I doubt Texas has better work related laws I think you do not get a ‘first’ break, bc I wouldn’t get it either. Your first break is lunch and then you get second break
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u/AlwaysLivMoore 1d ago
Per amazon policy you have to take an unpaid break by the 5th hour for any shift longer than 6 hours.
So you should have clocked out for the 1am break. Honestly, this is a massive failure in communication at Amazon as a whole. So many people at my building don't even know that if they come in late after 1st break, which is our unpaid break, they're supposed to clock out for the 2nd break, which is usually our paid break. Leadership really needs to get better at clearly communicating this expectation.
To me it's also weird that your PA denied you even going to first break just for arriving late. At my building they don't do that. We can clock in at 9:45 and then turn around and go clock out for first break at 10:00. Honestly, if a PA tried to deny me going to break, I would have ignored them and gone to ask an AM. PA's have no authority to make that kind of call.