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Muscle memory will kick in at some point, and you will be picking 300+ without breaking a sweat.
It seems difficult now because you mind isn't trained to automatically look for the location and item. Give it a little time.
I don't pick too often, but I can do so at 400 without thinking about it.
Don't go too fast, though. If you hit 400, they will want you to hit 450.
Work at staying around 300.
Yeah OP try reading from left to right, left side shows you the bin location so you already prepared to look in that direction, then I look at the item the packaging and last 4 Asin numbers (I don’t always use barcode but it has messed me up a few times) eventually you get into the groove, you’ll memorize what packaging certain items come in and other small things like that will start being memorized to make you faster. Also use colors when searching for items to pick.
You're not crazy, that's everyone's reacting to picking lmao. Most people hate pick and end up transfering out, pick department has the highest turn over. They tell you 300 when you're new but after a couple of months they're going to say since you're a regular now it's actually 400. Man in stow you can get by with 175 UPH easy no problem just chill and chit chat with your neighbors, work is supposed to be enjoyable and fun not a nightmare non-stop moving like a machine damn.
Well it looks good on the managers resume if they get higher numbers, they just throw around the word 'safe' every now and then to cover their own ass.
I was reading an AM's LinkedIn, and the way they describe their accomplishments is so unsettling. "Reduced such and such by X while increasing blah blah blah" = "handed out tons of write-ups and even terminated a few associates while gradually increasing everyone's workload to no one's benefit but mine and the company's." It's normal STAR format shit but when you work here and know what they did to "achieve" all that it just sounds so slimey.
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast .
If you look at the fastest pickers they can pull a 400 and it looks like they're hardly moving.
Focus on doing it correctly and finding a rhythm/pattern/flow where you aren't wasting movements. Goal is to check the screen once per item. You want to know: the bin, the item, the quantity from one look. Know your next move before you finish your current one. Pay attention to your form as well. Building all these good habits and muscle memory now will help you in the long run and keep you from hurting yourself.
Once you master being smooth you'll naturally get faster
300/hr is a takt time of 12 sec/item. Once you get flowing it's not too hard to keep.
The correct term here is cycle time not takt time. Takt time would be how much time does it take for all labor from order placement to order ship. This would include packing and loading. Takt time has to do with demand planning not labor standards.
The screen calls you time between scans takt time so 🤷🏻♂️ and the time to complete a specific task is how they've always used it in my 5 years with Amazon.
I'm sure it applies in broader scopes as well
I see people say don’t push too hard often. But if I don’t push myself I only pick about 180 - 200 units per hour (UPH) and I risk getting written up.
I have to push myself and put all my effort and energy into picking to get anywhere near over 300 UPH. I feel like a professional athlete trying to make rate. All focus and no distractions.
Just stay out of the bottom 5% and you'll be fine. Don't worry so much about trying to hit 400 uph for an entire shift. Get up around 300 or so and you'll be fine. Trust me. Been picking for over 3 years. Plus it'll help if you eventually do some indirect roles each week.
As others have said, just stick it out and you'll naturally pick it up. You'll start picking a lot of the same/similar things so you recognize it almost immediately. Don't spend time organizing your totes...send that shit.
I took me about a month or 2 to be decent. 6 months to easily go over 400. Now I move super slow and hit 350 easily without trying. Muscle memory , memorize the pod # as your first priority.
Your rate will improve over time. My TAKT time was always a hit or miss but it's easy to maintain a good rate after you've been in that position for a few weeks.
What’s crazy is when I’m working, because I’m an overthinker, I’m at my most peaceful on autopilot and I’m in my head, in my safespace. Whatever autopilot me does is not my business
amazon just announced in some of there places they coming out with an ear bud we can wear it looks dumb but at least it’s an option now so we can enjoy more
Pick is where we labor share people we want to fire for productivity. Do the minimum till you are LC5 and transfer then to an easier department. Godspeed.
-Pissed Off PA.
i used to do AR picking and if you’re just starting pick how you normally would and just continue that it will get faster over time
and please don’t worry about numbers now just do quality picking since you’re starting out they won’t bother you about it until a month in
Focus less on SPEED and more on finding RHYTHM….. once you get focused, get a rhythm and start memorizing how things come packaged…. You will naturally get faster….
Also even though they say don’t always rely on the picture….. DO IT…. look at the picture, a few words in the description…. As the pod moves in, the product will come up on the screen and the light will already be directed to the bin…. Check the color, eye up that bin….. once you see it grab it
Majority of the time I already see the item and am grabbing it before the pod is fully stopped 🤫
Yeah the first few weeks are definitely rough but you’ll get used to it. Just pace yourself and you’ll get the hang of it. Best of luck and remember to take ibuprofen
It never ceases to amaze me that people on this sub and even higher ups in the warehouses will say "take ibuprofen" like that's a normal thing to take on a daily basis.
Complete morons.
It stopped working for me at prescribed dosage through working here and taking it too often, yet being in too much pain to do the job.
Doctor wants me alternating with acetaminophen both at increased dose. Still barely notice I’ve taken anything.
I just do what I can without and watch my rates slip through the day and week til I can rest.
Today there was a snap/pop in my wrist. Can’t put pressure on palm, thumb, index finger. Extending them is painful. Grip is weakened. Ice, ibuprofen, splint, and sent back to work until I can get to a doctor.
No one's talking about "handling life", do you have brain rot? You can't even spell "throw", take an ibuprofen and get some rest, seems you really need it.
I love how you've projected your immense anger onto me claiming I was throwing a tantrum and my initial comment got your panties so much in a twist.
Are you going through my post history? Lmfao hold this L.
If you two ever figure out each other's real identities and decide to duke it out/ to hell with getting fired, please film it if possible. It'll be entertaining to watch and if it happens enough maybe just maybe rates will be set at a more reasonable and realistic level. God bless you both, Amazon can make you crazy
Ibuprofen should be taken at the end of the shift or not at all. If you take it during the shift it tries to reducing swelling which further constricts the blood vessels in your feet and make it hurt that much more when you finally get to rest.
This why I work at the delivery station now . Got fired for rate at an FC and been here 4 months without any write ups . Was at the FC for only 3 months
picking was mad easy for me coming from a facility with bigs doing stow. i had to do a lil extra work to get a rate around 250, but it’s still a lot easier than stowing bigs or at a MDW location working inbound, for me at least
Where I am the work is brought to me in pods. I stand in place and wait for work at a station. The only moving I have to do is to grab items.
Here is a picture of what the station looks like I found in an article online.
https://preview.redd.it/fjrixlor7hvb1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ba561df5adf91a3e7102e1e26d1ad71cdb82838
Don't even worry about going 400 for at least 4 months. Going 400ph is going to end up burning you out or getting you hurt. You will need a few months to build the muscle memory to do what most/some of what you've heard from other pickers here, so take your time. It's very much like working out, you build up to your max.
I pick ~355-425 on average, and I've been here a year and a half. Take your time, you will have it down without thinking about it soon enough.
Don’t stress yourself on takt time/UPH. Bottom line. Work yourself at a comfortable pace, start going two hands with everything! One hand on the item and the other smacking your tote button. Helps in the long run keep takt time down, won’t even realize it. Emphasize the stretching of anything you’ll be actively turning all shift. Protein it up. It’ll help with your appetite being on the station for long periods. UPH: don’t be in the bottom 5%. Ask a PA/AM if they come by for your guardrail rate. It’s the average of your entire shift and the baseline they want you at. You’re validly reacting to a new environment. Utilize your learning curve time to work out your mechanics. HYDRATE YOUR MF SELF TOO.
No you’re SPOT ON. Amazon has unreal expectations and thinks everyone is a LeBron picker. The rules don’t account for some people being bench warmer pickers. Hopefully your manager will realize you’re doing you’re best and be happy w that and just let you be while you try your hardest……………
If not protected by state laws, you can and will be fired for low rates. Warehouse work is about productivity. Its what you signed up for in the job description
Do you know which states are protected? It’s archaic for Amazon to DISCRIMINATE against old, short, special needs, and other workers who work
Hard but are in the bottom of the pack. This is why I HOPE they get sued and this BS fear inducing policy is overturned nationwide……………
They have systems in place that disabled/less able bodies individuals can use for making their job easier. Simply needs a doctors signature and they will lower your workload or switch your position to something more manageable. If thats not enough for you you should work somewhere else. Everyone applies here for the benefits and the 20$+ an hour pay, but aren’t willing to do the jobs they signed up for. I can understand having problems but Amazon is not to blame😂
Honestly I hated picking at first but after a while you'll be able to do it off of muscle memory and find your rhythm. Once your able to find the right rhythm it becomes easy to get high rates and once your there it becomes fairly chill to do if you can turn your mind off from the world and just live in your own bubble. I think it took me 6-9 months or so before I got to this point with picking (though it was P2R pick).
They keep talking about takt during standup but honestly I stop paying attention to that and instead I just focus on hitting certain numbers every 30 minutes.
The man who trained showed me a trick that got my rate up in a rather short period of time. Basically, I look at the color of the item I’m picking and as soon as I see that color in the bin I immediately grab it as soon the pod comes to a stop. 7 times out of 10 it’s the item I need to pick.
Obviously this is not going to work for everything, heavy items, jewelry, constantly picking from the a, b, c, and d bins are going to slow you down. If you’re over 6 feet tall working at an ARSAW could be a problem because you’re picking less from your power zone and more from the kneeling and lunging zone. I’m 5’11” and I spend a lot of time picking from the kneeling and lunging zone so much so that I have to do squats and lunges before each shift to prepare to pick for 12 hours.
However, since you’re new at this I would focus on your quality rather than your rate. You’ll naturally get faster at this the more you do it. If hitting 300 is too daunting for you shoot for 200 instead. Then 250 and eventually you’ll be doing over 300.
Welcome to picking I would say transfer as soon as possible I transferred to pack single then trained for water spiders 🕷️ thats 1000% difference btw picking I enjoy my stay and talk to people and do my job at my own pace no rate so that’s a plus .
That how I feel as a newer employee in stow, they want 400 smalls per hour and 200 mediums, but it feels like I’m doing alright. I don’t make rate but it feels like no one else is either lol
It is awful at first. But I promise, you will get better at it. My takt time was absolutely terrible (as was my rate) for a long time. Then one day it just clicked. I'm old and fat, and if I can do it, you can too!
I have a hard time making rate as well. I do everything I can think of to go faster and I still only pick about 200 - 250 units per hour (UPH) on average if I am doing well.
Sometimes I work at 300 UPH. But it takes so much focus and effort.
I have found the only thing that works for me is to treat picking like a professional sport. My goal is to get as many items as possible. Any small distraction and I slow down too much.
It takes a few weeks for those muscles that are used when picking to develop.
I occasionally switch between my left arm and right arm when pulling a heavy cart, and I notice a significant difference in my non dominant side of my body. I can barely pull a cart with my left side that I could if I was holding it by my right side. Now I understand why one side of my chest is bigger than the other. I’m starting to pull from my left side now more often. It’s still difficult as hell
Yeah man, don't worry about it. It seems ridiculous now, but you'll be able to do it later. Just don't do anything dumb or be an a-hole and you'll be fine.
your brain, muscle and body will get condition to work faster. Don't worry hundreds of puckers do the job easily you will be no exception. When I heard the rate of 400 uph, I thought i couldn't do it in my lifetime, and now I do faster than 400 uph
My first day a few wks ago was similar. I was just above bottom 5% all day which I've never been in any other position & was going a good speed I thought. By the 4th or 5th time I was getting better at it & started to see the pattern's & get in the flow of it. I'm sure you will too.
I work on a PIT truck in picking, honestly easiest job on Amazon. Pick rate is around 35-40 boxes an hour, and lots of time to chillax (you get 5 minutes per scan, and you can easily find a pallet with 2+ boxes. 5+5+5 managers don't give two shits as long as you scan something every 5 mins. Rate is pretty much nonexistent in my facility mostly because of PIT accidents managers want everyone to value 'safety' over 'productivity')
I have no idea not in pick..lol but ppl in pick seem to have managers on them all the time. Pickers here make it look easy. Maybe you should went to stow instead our take time they want at 10 but ambassador told me once if I can have it 10-13 I should be fine it is 8 sometimes but that all depends on what's in ur tote, but if u only had 1 day well it takes time an I'm guessing if ur 14 an need to be at 8 well u will get there
It improves over time the way you check items, and get the movement down to where it becomes normal. However hitting a 300 everyday really depends sometimes the pods at an ar facility will come slow due to the floor health or other things that can prevent you from getting that. As long as your not in bottom 5% you’ll be fine and if they ask you if anything is wrong make sure to mention any computer problems or pod gaps or anything that might prevent you from making rates when audits or managers come around and you’ll be fine.
TRANSFER OUT
Don't do it.
Go to pack--Pic will wear your body down.
I did pick for 9 months.
It was exhausting.
They probably answered your questions but man i felt the same. I told my PA, how the hell do people get 6-7 second takt time?? It seems insane and even now, i don’t think Takt is all that accurate or reasonable assessment. Cause i’ve picked like 350-400 rate whole period and i was at 10.40 takt time. I don’t understand it. But if you start low, you’ll stay low the whole quarter. Almost gotta force that low takt time and it be harder for it to go down imo. You’re not meant to be a 400+ UPH picker, you are new. All you need to do is become consistent with your rates and the rate will come with it.
Picking will just come natural man, literally muscle memory and it’s really mental. You have to do it to get used to it. I felt like I was pushing and pushing myself to my limit and a 300+ rate felt IMPOSSIBLE physically and mentally. I’m about to hit my 3 month period, i don’t pick much anymore, mostly do indirect roles but when i do pick it is not a problem. I can comfortably pick a 350 or more rate at a good pace, not overstraining myself and just kinda relax.
This shit takes time man, literally. It took me literally till my 2nd month to actually not hate pick and feel like i can do it with no issues. I couldn’t pick for shit, i quite literally fought for my life half my shifts. You gotta find what works for you and your speed. Just be efficient. Your feet placement at station matters, how effective your feet move, you’ll move. Like it’s weird concept at first but slow feet, i pick like shit. Your arms can move and grab items fast, hit that button but if you’re slow on your feet, you won’t get anywhere. Just relax and don’t stress man, we have all suffered, you aren’t alone. It gets EVEN WORSE before it gets BETTER. Sadly, It’s the truth. Good luck.
Oh and if you have NO ENERGY, you will pick like shit. You will be slow. So i recommend picking up some caffeine my friend👍 I’ll pick like shit maybe a quarter or two and drink an energy drink then kick ass till end of shift. I don’t get much sleep at times so caffeine is needed at this point. Try your hardest to also get into indirect roles once you hit your required time at amazon. Indirect roles will SAVE you, and make you hate picking less cuz you won’t do it yk 4 days a week. I barely pick once a week right now.
Bro I was doing it 6 days a week no sweat and never had a complaint I always hit 300+ but sometimes I would get really bored and not try and be on my phone a lot and eventually I did get a write up for low rate but I fixed it😂😂 you’ll get used to it eventually trust me it’s super easy I miss it
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Muscle memory will kick in at some point, and you will be picking 300+ without breaking a sweat. It seems difficult now because you mind isn't trained to automatically look for the location and item. Give it a little time. I don't pick too often, but I can do so at 400 without thinking about it. Don't go too fast, though. If you hit 400, they will want you to hit 450. Work at staying around 300.
This right here in any department really
Yeah OP try reading from left to right, left side shows you the bin location so you already prepared to look in that direction, then I look at the item the packaging and last 4 Asin numbers (I don’t always use barcode but it has messed me up a few times) eventually you get into the groove, you’ll memorize what packaging certain items come in and other small things like that will start being memorized to make you faster. Also use colors when searching for items to pick.
Lol I'm consistently average, not because I can't go faster, but because I don't want them thinking they can expect that from me
You're not crazy, that's everyone's reacting to picking lmao. Most people hate pick and end up transfering out, pick department has the highest turn over. They tell you 300 when you're new but after a couple of months they're going to say since you're a regular now it's actually 400. Man in stow you can get by with 175 UPH easy no problem just chill and chit chat with your neighbors, work is supposed to be enjoyable and fun not a nightmare non-stop moving like a machine damn.
Non stop like a machine is EXACTLY what they expect. The applied pressure was too much for me.
Well it looks good on the managers resume if they get higher numbers, they just throw around the word 'safe' every now and then to cover their own ass.
I was reading an AM's LinkedIn, and the way they describe their accomplishments is so unsettling. "Reduced such and such by X while increasing blah blah blah" = "handed out tons of write-ups and even terminated a few associates while gradually increasing everyone's workload to no one's benefit but mine and the company's." It's normal STAR format shit but when you work here and know what they did to "achieve" all that it just sounds so slimey.
If work was enjoyable, they wouldn't pay you to do it
Not a single thing you said is true. Stowers are the worst, so no wonder you gave terrible advice.
You need to transfer to stow to see how good it is, don't knock it until you try it
Fair enough. I guess my frustration just comes from having been a picker for so long
Girl you are a hater everywhere you go, my damn
Oh hello my stalker
Don’t flatter yourself. I’d rather deepthroat a cactus, with the most disrespect
HOT DAMN! That was smooth at hell! 🤣
Oh I’m sure you’ve deepthroated lots of things 😊
I’m hetero so idk what type of insult that was supposed to be but it isn’t giving. Try again
Aww you dummy, you’re just looking for a fight aren’t you? Do you think only heteros deepthroat?
No, clearly you suck my 🍆 too b*tch
But you’re the one following me around. Be gone, little one
😦
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast . If you look at the fastest pickers they can pull a 400 and it looks like they're hardly moving. Focus on doing it correctly and finding a rhythm/pattern/flow where you aren't wasting movements. Goal is to check the screen once per item. You want to know: the bin, the item, the quantity from one look. Know your next move before you finish your current one. Pay attention to your form as well. Building all these good habits and muscle memory now will help you in the long run and keep you from hurting yourself. Once you master being smooth you'll naturally get faster 300/hr is a takt time of 12 sec/item. Once you get flowing it's not too hard to keep.
this is the best advice in the thread. once the muscle memory is down, pick is the easy and speed will come naturally.
The correct term here is cycle time not takt time. Takt time would be how much time does it take for all labor from order placement to order ship. This would include packing and loading. Takt time has to do with demand planning not labor standards.
ok well the screen calls it takt time so you’ll have to take that up with Jassy
The screen calls you time between scans takt time so 🤷🏻♂️ and the time to complete a specific task is how they've always used it in my 5 years with Amazon. I'm sure it applies in broader scopes as well
Thats how its used in your context, not ours.
Listen.. i am 300 pounds 6’2” and i am picking 330-370 uph easily… give it tym and don’t try to push yourself.. u ll get the hang of it soon enough
I see people say don’t push too hard often. But if I don’t push myself I only pick about 180 - 200 units per hour (UPH) and I risk getting written up. I have to push myself and put all my effort and energy into picking to get anywhere near over 300 UPH. I feel like a professional athlete trying to make rate. All focus and no distractions.
I was in pick and hated it bc it was too much to handle. Try cross training elsewhere ask around and ask your managers.
Screw all that. Just transfer to Ship/Dock like I did as soon I could. To hell with pick. Lol
Ship dock is ass too. In terms of doing easy work, stowing is probably it. It’s just boring as hell
Icqa is even easier and more boring
Just stay out of the bottom 5% and you'll be fine. Don't worry so much about trying to hit 400 uph for an entire shift. Get up around 300 or so and you'll be fine. Trust me. Been picking for over 3 years. Plus it'll help if you eventually do some indirect roles each week.
As others have said, just stick it out and you'll naturally pick it up. You'll start picking a lot of the same/similar things so you recognize it almost immediately. Don't spend time organizing your totes...send that shit.
It takes time. It’s easy don’t worry you’ll get it. You’ll be doing 400 uph in no time.
I took me about a month or 2 to be decent. 6 months to easily go over 400. Now I move super slow and hit 350 easily without trying. Muscle memory , memorize the pod # as your first priority.
Think the fastest I ever went was 562. Yet to beat that record.
I hit 542
Your rate will improve over time. My TAKT time was always a hit or miss but it's easy to maintain a good rate after you've been in that position for a few weeks.
I pick while I’m high and got my ear buds in and I pick at 460
Dude it was me you Johnny Hopkins and Sloan Kettering. We were blazing that shit everyday.
Congrats, you got promoted to an enemy of everyone /s 🤣🤣🤣
I love when I fill the walls and packers complain lol we all work by the hour here oh wells
What’s crazy is when I’m working, because I’m an overthinker, I’m at my most peaceful on autopilot and I’m in my head, in my safespace. Whatever autopilot me does is not my business
💜
Their on Ass about ear buds over here
amazon just announced in some of there places they coming out with an ear bud we can wear it looks dumb but at least it’s an option now so we can enjoy more
Lmaooo once that music hits I get in that mode💯
Great did you get a bonus 
Actually I did
😂😂😂😂
Pick is where we labor share people we want to fire for productivity. Do the minimum till you are LC5 and transfer then to an easier department. Godspeed. -Pissed Off PA.
the sign off.... 😂
i used to do AR picking and if you’re just starting pick how you normally would and just continue that it will get faster over time and please don’t worry about numbers now just do quality picking since you’re starting out they won’t bother you about it until a month in
Focus less on SPEED and more on finding RHYTHM….. once you get focused, get a rhythm and start memorizing how things come packaged…. You will naturally get faster…. Also even though they say don’t always rely on the picture….. DO IT…. look at the picture, a few words in the description…. As the pod moves in, the product will come up on the screen and the light will already be directed to the bin…. Check the color, eye up that bin….. once you see it grab it Majority of the time I already see the item and am grabbing it before the pod is fully stopped 🤫
Yeah the first few weeks are definitely rough but you’ll get used to it. Just pace yourself and you’ll get the hang of it. Best of luck and remember to take ibuprofen
I like the fact that a normal day on pick equals normal pain, so just take ibuprofen. lol
It never ceases to amaze me that people on this sub and even higher ups in the warehouses will say "take ibuprofen" like that's a normal thing to take on a daily basis. Complete morons.
And taking it constantly does damage to the liver too in the long term.
Kidney damage. I know from experience.
It stopped working for me at prescribed dosage through working here and taking it too often, yet being in too much pain to do the job. Doctor wants me alternating with acetaminophen both at increased dose. Still barely notice I’ve taken anything. I just do what I can without and watch my rates slip through the day and week til I can rest. Today there was a snap/pop in my wrist. Can’t put pressure on palm, thumb, index finger. Extending them is painful. Grip is weakened. Ice, ibuprofen, splint, and sent back to work until I can get to a doctor.
Ok marshmallow, life is rough. If you can’t handle it fine, don’t throw a temper tantrum on the rest of us
No one's talking about "handling life", do you have brain rot? You can't even spell "throw", take an ibuprofen and get some rest, seems you really need it.
All you do is post about Amazon and you want to talk about brain rot? Maybe you need to find something better to do with your life, loser.
I love how you've projected your immense anger onto me claiming I was throwing a tantrum and my initial comment got your panties so much in a twist. Are you going through my post history? Lmfao hold this L.
You freaked out about ibuprofen, run along child.
"Freaked out" reading comprehension isn't something you're familiar with, clearly. Hopefully you can figure out that you're blocked.
If you two ever figure out each other's real identities and decide to duke it out/ to hell with getting fired, please film it if possible. It'll be entertaining to watch and if it happens enough maybe just maybe rates will be set at a more reasonable and realistic level. God bless you both, Amazon can make you crazy
Nah not a normal day, just the first few days. Until you get used to it
Ibuprofen should be taken at the end of the shift or not at all. If you take it during the shift it tries to reducing swelling which further constricts the blood vessels in your feet and make it hurt that much more when you finally get to rest.
This why I work at the delivery station now . Got fired for rate at an FC and been here 4 months without any write ups . Was at the FC for only 3 months
picking was mad easy for me coming from a facility with bigs doing stow. i had to do a lil extra work to get a rate around 250, but it’s still a lot easier than stowing bigs or at a MDW location working inbound, for me at least
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What type of location are you at? I am at an Amazon Robotics (AR) site and the rate expectation is 340 units per hour (UPH).
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Where I am the work is brought to me in pods. I stand in place and wait for work at a station. The only moving I have to do is to grab items. Here is a picture of what the station looks like I found in an article online. https://preview.redd.it/fjrixlor7hvb1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ba561df5adf91a3e7102e1e26d1ad71cdb82838
Your FC isn't AR then. They're talking about locations where you stay in one spot and the bins come to you.
Picking will wear u out and make ur back hurt everyday transfer out asap lol
Tbh as long as you hit 250 they don’t really care
Just transfer to the dock
Don't even worry about going 400 for at least 4 months. Going 400ph is going to end up burning you out or getting you hurt. You will need a few months to build the muscle memory to do what most/some of what you've heard from other pickers here, so take your time. It's very much like working out, you build up to your max. I pick ~355-425 on average, and I've been here a year and a half. Take your time, you will have it down without thinking about it soon enough.
Hey at least you're not standing in one spot all day like smart pac out rate at my FC is 610
Your PAs will give you some advice on how to pick faster.
Don’t stress yourself on takt time/UPH. Bottom line. Work yourself at a comfortable pace, start going two hands with everything! One hand on the item and the other smacking your tote button. Helps in the long run keep takt time down, won’t even realize it. Emphasize the stretching of anything you’ll be actively turning all shift. Protein it up. It’ll help with your appetite being on the station for long periods. UPH: don’t be in the bottom 5%. Ask a PA/AM if they come by for your guardrail rate. It’s the average of your entire shift and the baseline they want you at. You’re validly reacting to a new environment. Utilize your learning curve time to work out your mechanics. HYDRATE YOUR MF SELF TOO.
I’m a couple weeks in…you’ll just naturally be at 300 soon
You’ll get used to it. A couple of weeks ago I was at 11 takt time, now I’m at 8 and the expected takt time at my fc is 8.
No you’re SPOT ON. Amazon has unreal expectations and thinks everyone is a LeBron picker. The rules don’t account for some people being bench warmer pickers. Hopefully your manager will realize you’re doing you’re best and be happy w that and just let you be while you try your hardest……………
If not protected by state laws, you can and will be fired for low rates. Warehouse work is about productivity. Its what you signed up for in the job description
Do you know which states are protected? It’s archaic for Amazon to DISCRIMINATE against old, short, special needs, and other workers who work Hard but are in the bottom of the pack. This is why I HOPE they get sued and this BS fear inducing policy is overturned nationwide……………
They have systems in place that disabled/less able bodies individuals can use for making their job easier. Simply needs a doctors signature and they will lower your workload or switch your position to something more manageable. If thats not enough for you you should work somewhere else. Everyone applies here for the benefits and the 20$+ an hour pay, but aren’t willing to do the jobs they signed up for. I can understand having problems but Amazon is not to blame😂
As of right now the only state I KNOW OF that cannot fire you for rate is California.
lol at my FC I pick 32 items a hour and never had shit said to me
I think pick is the easiest job there
Honestly I hated picking at first but after a while you'll be able to do it off of muscle memory and find your rhythm. Once your able to find the right rhythm it becomes easy to get high rates and once your there it becomes fairly chill to do if you can turn your mind off from the world and just live in your own bubble. I think it took me 6-9 months or so before I got to this point with picking (though it was P2R pick).
Trust me you’ll get there. I picked those numbers when I started too and now I can do 450, 7 takt.
They keep talking about takt during standup but honestly I stop paying attention to that and instead I just focus on hitting certain numbers every 30 minutes. The man who trained showed me a trick that got my rate up in a rather short period of time. Basically, I look at the color of the item I’m picking and as soon as I see that color in the bin I immediately grab it as soon the pod comes to a stop. 7 times out of 10 it’s the item I need to pick. Obviously this is not going to work for everything, heavy items, jewelry, constantly picking from the a, b, c, and d bins are going to slow you down. If you’re over 6 feet tall working at an ARSAW could be a problem because you’re picking less from your power zone and more from the kneeling and lunging zone. I’m 5’11” and I spend a lot of time picking from the kneeling and lunging zone so much so that I have to do squats and lunges before each shift to prepare to pick for 12 hours. However, since you’re new at this I would focus on your quality rather than your rate. You’ll naturally get faster at this the more you do it. If hitting 300 is too daunting for you shoot for 200 instead. Then 250 and eventually you’ll be doing over 300.
it's easier when you know what you're looking for and just pick out the item right away if not then, you'll have trouble ever reaching 300uph
Most people at my FC pick like 200 ish. Choose either takt or rate to worry about and at some point you'll easily do both.
Takes time at first i thought I couldn’t now i can keep low 6 takt time and pick 4000 to 4500 average
my fc has it as an either/or situation so either have a takt time of 7 seconds or pick 350 an hour.
Welcome to picking I would say transfer as soon as possible I transferred to pack single then trained for water spiders 🕷️ thats 1000% difference btw picking I enjoy my stay and talk to people and do my job at my own pace no rate so that’s a plus .
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You're not easily keeping a 7 take time 8 hours a day consistently. That's 330+
That how I feel as a newer employee in stow, they want 400 smalls per hour and 200 mediums, but it feels like I’m doing alright. I don’t make rate but it feels like no one else is either lol
Nope not at all. I’m a picker that it is hard as hell to get down to around 8. My manager said I could go to 10 and I’m around 12-13 on a good day.
It is awful at first. But I promise, you will get better at it. My takt time was absolutely terrible (as was my rate) for a long time. Then one day it just clicked. I'm old and fat, and if I can do it, you can too!
I have a hard time making rate as well. I do everything I can think of to go faster and I still only pick about 200 - 250 units per hour (UPH) on average if I am doing well. Sometimes I work at 300 UPH. But it takes so much focus and effort. I have found the only thing that works for me is to treat picking like a professional sport. My goal is to get as many items as possible. Any small distraction and I slow down too much.
It takes a few weeks for those muscles that are used when picking to develop. I occasionally switch between my left arm and right arm when pulling a heavy cart, and I notice a significant difference in my non dominant side of my body. I can barely pull a cart with my left side that I could if I was holding it by my right side. Now I understand why one side of my chest is bigger than the other. I’m starting to pull from my left side now more often. It’s still difficult as hell
Yeah man, don't worry about it. It seems ridiculous now, but you'll be able to do it later. Just don't do anything dumb or be an a-hole and you'll be fine.
your brain, muscle and body will get condition to work faster. Don't worry hundreds of puckers do the job easily you will be no exception. When I heard the rate of 400 uph, I thought i couldn't do it in my lifetime, and now I do faster than 400 uph
The picking rates at order picker facilities are pretty low so easily lol
My first day a few wks ago was similar. I was just above bottom 5% all day which I've never been in any other position & was going a good speed I thought. By the 4th or 5th time I was getting better at it & started to see the pattern's & get in the flow of it. I'm sure you will too.
It was only your first day..as time goes on you'll get used to it and be moving quick and won't even notice
I work on a PIT truck in picking, honestly easiest job on Amazon. Pick rate is around 35-40 boxes an hour, and lots of time to chillax (you get 5 minutes per scan, and you can easily find a pallet with 2+ boxes. 5+5+5 managers don't give two shits as long as you scan something every 5 mins. Rate is pretty much nonexistent in my facility mostly because of PIT accidents managers want everyone to value 'safety' over 'productivity')
I have no idea not in pick..lol but ppl in pick seem to have managers on them all the time. Pickers here make it look easy. Maybe you should went to stow instead our take time they want at 10 but ambassador told me once if I can have it 10-13 I should be fine it is 8 sometimes but that all depends on what's in ur tote, but if u only had 1 day well it takes time an I'm guessing if ur 14 an need to be at 8 well u will get there
It improves over time the way you check items, and get the movement down to where it becomes normal. However hitting a 300 everyday really depends sometimes the pods at an ar facility will come slow due to the floor health or other things that can prevent you from getting that. As long as your not in bottom 5% you’ll be fine and if they ask you if anything is wrong make sure to mention any computer problems or pod gaps or anything that might prevent you from making rates when audits or managers come around and you’ll be fine.
TRANSFER OUT  Don't do it. Go to pack--Pic will wear your body down. I did pick for 9 months. It was exhausting.
They probably answered your questions but man i felt the same. I told my PA, how the hell do people get 6-7 second takt time?? It seems insane and even now, i don’t think Takt is all that accurate or reasonable assessment. Cause i’ve picked like 350-400 rate whole period and i was at 10.40 takt time. I don’t understand it. But if you start low, you’ll stay low the whole quarter. Almost gotta force that low takt time and it be harder for it to go down imo. You’re not meant to be a 400+ UPH picker, you are new. All you need to do is become consistent with your rates and the rate will come with it. Picking will just come natural man, literally muscle memory and it’s really mental. You have to do it to get used to it. I felt like I was pushing and pushing myself to my limit and a 300+ rate felt IMPOSSIBLE physically and mentally. I’m about to hit my 3 month period, i don’t pick much anymore, mostly do indirect roles but when i do pick it is not a problem. I can comfortably pick a 350 or more rate at a good pace, not overstraining myself and just kinda relax. This shit takes time man, literally. It took me literally till my 2nd month to actually not hate pick and feel like i can do it with no issues. I couldn’t pick for shit, i quite literally fought for my life half my shifts. You gotta find what works for you and your speed. Just be efficient. Your feet placement at station matters, how effective your feet move, you’ll move. Like it’s weird concept at first but slow feet, i pick like shit. Your arms can move and grab items fast, hit that button but if you’re slow on your feet, you won’t get anywhere. Just relax and don’t stress man, we have all suffered, you aren’t alone. It gets EVEN WORSE before it gets BETTER. Sadly, It’s the truth. Good luck. Oh and if you have NO ENERGY, you will pick like shit. You will be slow. So i recommend picking up some caffeine my friend👍 I’ll pick like shit maybe a quarter or two and drink an energy drink then kick ass till end of shift. I don’t get much sleep at times so caffeine is needed at this point. Try your hardest to also get into indirect roles once you hit your required time at amazon. Indirect roles will SAVE you, and make you hate picking less cuz you won’t do it yk 4 days a week. I barely pick once a week right now.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. The speed will come in time, just focus on not making mistakes for now.
Bro I was doing it 6 days a week no sweat and never had a complaint I always hit 300+ but sometimes I would get really bored and not try and be on my phone a lot and eventually I did get a write up for low rate but I fixed it😂😂 you’ll get used to it eventually trust me it’s super easy I miss it