Anybody Ever Done Warehouse Work?

[QUOTE=Hittin_Shots]Is costing more smashing or is costing less? Wouldn't people want to cost less? Our capital city cost of living is apparently the lowest or the country.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know, hence the frown, i was just being stupid. Perth is a joke for how expensive it is. Great place, but Christ it's expensive. I know Sydney is higher on the list but I believe that's purely based on rent and mortgage factors there. Everything is substantially more expensive here after having spent plenty of time in both places. It's easy to find a good cheap feed and drinks in Sydney, nearly impossible here.

Adelaide isn't that bad as a place, it's nice around Glenelg, from the 3 days I spent there anyway. Place has a nice vibe.

[QUOTE=SevereUpInHere]Yeah I know, hence the frown, i was just being stupid. Perth is a joke for how expensive it is. Great place, but Christ it's expensive. I know Sydney is higher on the list but I believe that's purely based on rent and mortgage factors there. Everything is substantially more expensive here after having spent plenty of time in both places. It's easy to find a good cheap feed and drinks in Sydney, nearly impossible here.

Adelaide isn't that bad as a place, it's nice around Glenelg, from the 3 days I spent there anyway. Place has a nice vibe.[/QUOTE]

Yea and we don't seem to have to deal with all these natural disasters in the outer states, like last year when your half was on fire and the other was under water.

[QUOTE=Hittin_Shots]Yea and we don't seem to have to deal with all these natural disasters in the outer states, like last year when your half was on fire and the other was under water.[/QUOTE]

The fires here weren't really that big of a deal to be honest. With respect to the peeps who lost homes, it was tiny compared to the Vic fires and the Canberra ones 10 or years ago. I was living in Canberra at the time and it was 10x worse.

[QUOTE=Anti Hero]Just got hired at Amazon warehouse today, Clippersfan86 you and I are one now.[/QUOTE]

You did?? Grats dude!

BTW Australia's cost of living is WAY higher in most parts so of course minimum wage is a lot higher.

[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]BTW Australia's cost of living is WAY higher in most parts so of course minimum wage is a lot higher.[/QUOTE]

I just wish the beer prices here were lower :(

[QUOTE=SevereUpInHere]I just wish the beer prices here were lower :([/QUOTE]

I've always thought it would be awesome to live there.. but I can't afford!

[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]I've always thought it would be awesome to live there.. but I can't afford![/QUOTE]

I'll trade for your green card?

[QUOTE=LJJ]A buddy of mine did this:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvcUnQZ_g2I[/url]

Knocked down about 30 pallets of milk and yogurt drink. Good times.[/QUOTE]
those reflexes:roll: :roll:

Okay so... I start Monday. I had a choice of Picker/puller vs sorter and chose picker. Sorter is mostly standing still and I'd rather walk 10-15 miles a day and lose weight and be doing more activity than stand in the same spot all day looking over orders. So basically I have the scanner gun running around like a mad man grabbing the packages and delivering to the sorters.

I hope I made the right choice! Sorter would have been easier but I truly want to lose some weight and TBH standing 8 hours is a lot more painful than walking 8 hours to me.

I think you're probably correct. Our bodies were made to walk.

I passed the online assessment test on amazon.com. Just waiting for the final interview.

worked in a paper mill (wisconsin)
* Brain was melted in less than 6 months.
Worked in one warehouse in Illinois (woman's clothing line) I was a stocker.
By 1 pm lunch was a pitcher of beer and a joint.
* Thank god I was introduced to NT

We all grow and learn , different strokes for different folks.

If you are looking for a stable career, can do a reasonable amount of math, and have a clean record, look into the water industry.
Water is something everybody needs, so your jobs are pretty much recession proof. Most plants are 24/7, so there are a fair number of jobs. Because it is needed everywhere, you have flexibility if you want to move. Primarily union jobs, so generally good pay and benefits.
Most areas have training programs/schools to help you with the state tests. There is also online stuff.
Public jobs are better than private ones.

[QUOTE=Chick Stern;14470969]If you are looking for a stable career, can do a reasonable amount of math, and have a clean record, look into the water industry.
Water is something everybody needs, so your jobs are pretty much recession proof. Most plants are 24/7, so there are a fair number of jobs. Because it is needed everywhere, you have flexibility if you want to move. Primarily union jobs, so generally good pay and benefits.
Most areas have training programs/schools to help you with the state tests. There is also online stuff.
Public jobs are better than private ones.[/QUOTE]
+1 to things like this. Especially the food industry. Everyone always needs to eat. Anything working with food production was labeled an essential worker during the COVID stuff. I'm a Lab Tech at a diary plant that works in Quality Assurance. Also kind of depends on they vendors you deal with too. The current company I work for their demand increased during the pandemic because of consumer purchasing, but my old company I worked for they demand decreased because most of our product went towards resteraunts, which were severely impacted by COVID.

All-in-all though, I only got laid off for 2 weeks last year and during those two weeks I just took unemployment for one week and took PTO the other week.

Sounds like a shitty job. Running around all day and you get paid like shit.

I'd recommend getting a job in the chemicals industry. Double pay on the weekends and really easy going job albeit kind of dangerous.