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Old 11-28-2017, 10:35 PM
 
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Anybody have experience in distribution work? It seems to me that every warehouse distribution out there runs on a percentage based performance. Have anyone ever had any success with it? Because this is the 2nd distribution job I have and they seem to push everyone like slaves always unsatisfied with workers performances. While some of my coworkers don't work like with a chicken with it's head cut off, they're still managing to satisfy the performance. I'm over here working as the same pace as them and I get criticized for my performances. Mind you, I get along with everyone else and strive to work hard. I don't stand around with my finger up my butt yet I still manage to get told I'm not doing so well. They've trained me to an extent but I feel like they're hiding something else that I don't know.

Anybody had this experience? I don't know if favoritism plays a role in it or what. But God knows I try. How should I go about in approaching this? Please help!
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Old 11-29-2017, 10:23 AM
 
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Ask your manager what you can do to improve. Ask for specific examples of what you need to work on. Unless it's a personality conflict or they're playing favorites, they should be able to point you to something specific you're doing that needs work.
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Old 11-29-2017, 10:28 AM
 
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Ask your manager what you can do to improve. Ask for specific examples of what you need to work on. Unless it's a personality conflict or they're playing favorites, they should be able to point you to something specific you're doing that needs work.
She thinks I need to work with a sense of urgency. Mind you there's 2 old ladies that work as the same pace like everyone else is and they still manage to satisfy their performance. That's all she could tell me. I feel like there's more to it
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Old 11-29-2017, 01:38 PM
 
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Anybody have experience in distribution work? It seems to me that every warehouse distribution out there runs on a percentage based performance. Have anyone ever had any success with it? Because this is the 2nd distribution job I have and they seem to push everyone like slaves always unsatisfied with workers performances. While some of my coworkers don't work like with a chicken with it's head cut off, they're still managing to satisfy the performance. I'm over here working as the same pace as them and I get criticized for my performances. Mind you, I get along with everyone else and strive to work hard. I don't stand around with my finger up my butt yet I still manage to get told I'm not doing so well. They've trained me to an extent but I feel like they're hiding something else that I don't know.

Anybody had this experience? I don't know if favoritism plays a role in it or what. But God knows I try. How should I go about in approaching this? Please help!
Check out the current Mother Jones article on this exact industry, where their reporter goes working (and not "undercover," mind you) in some fulfillment center in Somewheresville, U.S.A.

Oh, the irony of slaving away fulfilling (one easily imagines) Barbara Ehrenreich book orders!
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Old 11-29-2017, 06:09 PM
 
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Check out the current Mother Jones article on this exact industry, where their reporter goes working (and not "undercover," mind you) in some fulfillment center in Somewheresville, U.S.A.

Oh, the irony of slaving away fulfilling (one easily imagines) Barbara Ehrenreich book orders!
Maybe I should find a different career
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Old 11-29-2017, 07:18 PM
 
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Its a crappy career as much as you can call it a "career" these day I guess. Been there done that for about 5 years. Most managers are lousy and not qualified for the roles they are in and they play heavy favorites,, most employees are uneducated, unprofessional morons and mostly treated like complete crap by management and worked like dogs. . Its best to stay away from Warehouse Distribution. I have a feeling in the next 15-20 years it will all be automated anyways. There isn't much long term viability there.

I would definitely find a different line of work especially if you are educated, and capable of more-. If you want to be involved in the logistical/distribution side of things, I would find a more white collar position in that field
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Old 11-29-2017, 08:21 PM
 
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Its a crappy career as much as you can call it a "career" these day I guess. Been there done that for about 5 years. Most managers are lousy and not qualified for the roles they are in and they play heavy favorites,, most employees are uneducated, unprofessional morons and mostly treated like complete crap by management and worked like dogs. . Its best to stay away from Warehouse Distribution. I have a feeling in the next 15-20 years it will all be automated anyways. There isn't much long term viability there.

I would definitely find a different line of work especially if you are educated, and capable of more-. If you want to be involved in the logistical/distribution side of things, I would find a more white collar position in that field
With the location i'm on, the only thing that's booming up here is distribution. With them paying well over 17-19 bucks an hour. While restaurant and costumer service only pays just above minimum wage. It ain't a living wage. Right now I'm just torn.
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Old 12-01-2017, 02:02 PM
 
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With the location i'm on, the only thing that's booming up here is distribution. With them paying well over 17-19 bucks an hour. While restaurant and costumer service only pays just above minimum wage. It ain't a living wage. Right now I'm just torn.
You do what you have to do in the meantime, but your long-term vision should be some kind of in-demand technical skill-set that's more likely than not to outlast the initial waves of automation....

"Here's luck! in the teeth of all winds blowing!"
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Old 12-11-2017, 06:58 PM
 
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You do what you have to do in the meantime, but your long-term vision should be some kind of in-demand technical skill-set that's more likely than not to outlast the initial waves of automation....

"Here's luck! in the teeth of all winds blowing!"
Demand technical?
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Old 12-11-2017, 08:03 PM
 
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Its a crappy career as much as you can call it a "career" these day I guess. Been there done that for about 5 years.
This is your career experience?! Is that all you have done?

That certainly doesn’t make you qualified to talk about corporate America, as this is a very tiny niche known for not being worker friendly.
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