Amazon

I see them advertising a position for Amazon in San Antonio, TX. We have a big DC out in Schertz, north of the city. They claim its a home more than weekly position, which has piqued my interest.

I am really struggling with the local work in San Antonio since the oilfields went bust. The jobs either pay too low and/or they screw with you on hours. Interviewer will tell you its 55 per week and you struggle to get 40. Or they'll tell you in M-F and its turns into Monday thru Saturday and twice on Sunday. Or the job just simply doesn't cut you a check???

I've grown tired of it and this Amazon gig sounds decent, if it really does exist. Y'all know if they did indeed lose their contract in TX? I would hate to switch jobs (yet again) for another bait and switch at orientation.

unloader

 

amazon just opened a big warehouse in DFW, I've also seen job postings for it for SNI. in fact, here's a link...
http://schneiderjobs.com/search-driving-opportunities/details/151749

If amazon is anything like the rumors i hear of people working inside, it's very cut throat. the guy i spoke to said they give you "quotas" and if you don't make it once, you're fired.
I can't speak to the validity of that, however, because this was also the type of guy that needed to add 12, 32 times to figure out how many inches were in 32 feet. Literally, I saw him writing it all down on paper... while he was texting on his smartphone.... "smart"phone...

some people's kids

 

Another reason why the south sucks!!!

 

Amazon pays for service -- they are all about delivering customer orders on time or early... I doubt it was an underbidding issue.

Tis true. They call it "purposeful darwinism:" http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/1...stling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html

If they let a carrier with service issues keep an account, those issues would only get worse...

 

SNI still has lots of Amazon accounts on the intermodal side, last I heard we just got one of JB Hunts Amazon contracts. Lots of Amazon fulfillment centers here in SoCal, I pull an Amazon load almost once or twice a day sometimes

 

I believe its alot on amazon. Been helping out but the wharehouse acts like your there because its a tour

 

The Amazon account is alive and well in Texas. The recruiter told me 47 cpm with my verified experience and an average of 2000 miles a week.

They were pretty vague about the more than weekly home time, would just say 1-2 times per week but wouldn't indicate if that included your weekend 34 hour reset or not.

Schedule was Monday thru Saturday, or Sunday thru Thursday. Still deciding what I'm gonna do. It sounds nice but I need to think about this t some more.

unloader

 

More than weekly means couple times a week plus weekend for at minimum 34 off to reset.

Really depends on park location in relation to home too.

 

SNI is totally incompetent. Planners are the worst only a couple DBLs worth a salt, drivers are completely disrespected and lied to. AMAZON is the absolute worst consignee I've visited. Each time has been an absolute bust. Each load high value critical expedited freight. current in a Dallas location been waiting 8 hrs for a set ready appointment time. Miss an appointment (equipment failure) and get turned away. Will never do another Amazon load!