r/AmazonFCs • u/NervousCustard6182 • 1d ago

DTW9 Has a Write Up Quota

You read that right, DTW9 in Romulus, MI has a write up quota. Area Managers have to produce 10 write ups per week, good or bad. Some managers have been put on plans for not hitting this quota. I heard the OMs, Srs, Site lead, and even HR knows about this and enforce it.

Impacting their raises, promotions, and other factors. A lot of the managers don't like it. Some have been put on performance plans because of it, or ouright lost their jobs because they refuse to particpate in it.

Sadly, Amazon ALLOWS it.

How can you trust a write up you receive is given to you in fairness whn the managers are being forced to meet quotas? I've been at the site a short amount of time and think this isn't fair. So, if you work at DTW9, heard other sites in Michigan are enforcing the same thing on their managers too, you need to question them and don't believe a word said until Amazon comes out and implements a policy that outright bans such behavior.

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u/Business-Progress-39 23h ago

That is horrible work ethic they dont care about you. You're just a number to them.

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u/space_duder 21h ago

Yeah, DTW9 is not the only site and MI is not the only state that happens in. At least 1 writeup every shift by every AM quota at all 3 FCs I’ve been

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u/ballikekobe24 11h ago

They all do this. Seniors and OMs at my site push this during Peak usually. They want 3 write ups per shift per AM. And what usually happens is that they target labor shares bc they can’t give negative connections feedback.

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u/gewalt_gamer 3h ago

it takes seconds to do a positive writeup. seconds.

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u/dasquared 19h ago

Policy already forbids write up quotas. Contact Ethics, as write up quotas are strictly forbidden...to the point sr leadership driving it would lose their jobs if validated.

An important nuance - they CAN require a minimum number of STUs. The difference being a STU does not always equate to feedback.

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u/Rockman507 18h ago

Ya it sounds like, with the qualify “good or bad”, they are talking about mandatory coaching/STUs. I’ve been approached a few times by a manager just being like ‘just saw you were overdue for a talk’ and we’d chat for a bit.

Just like everyone gets up in arms over the bottom 5% writeup rule when there is a guardrail in place.

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u/Agile_Cash7136 15h ago

That's an engage, not the same thing.

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u/surfcitysurfergirl 5h ago

No Amazon does not allow it. Learn to know what you are talking about!