Day In The Life At Amazon (Shipdock) 

Shipdock was probably the only department at Amazon that seemed like a normal warehouse environment. It wasn't fun, but you just stayed busy and people leave you alone, whatever. The jobs like pick, stow and count - the ones where you're alone doing repetitive robot work at a high speed all shift were much worse. Management up everyone's butt about rate and bathroom breaks. Extremely depressing, physically and mentally deteriorating situation.

Literally looking at this video during my break before I start next period. Thanks! You’re a life saver. My ambassador is horrible at explaining

I was so confused when they gave me shipdock, but I've done the pallet stacking before, and I like the looks of what you're doing. They told me there will be a *LOT* of walking the warehouse, but I could stand to lose another 40 pounds lol! Trying to stay positive. Thank you 🙏 I really appreciate your explanation and for taking some of the anxiety off me.

You don’t see many videos on shipdock. In my opinion it’s the best area to be in. You have so much more freedom. I work in shipping in an FC in the UK. What we use to stack packages in is cardboard Gaylords, or ATS carts. We don’t wrap pallets anymore. Although most of our packages are sorted automatically into gaylords from the shipping sorter, and we just change them out when they’re full.

I receive these pallets after you guys at our sortation center. Great work on the stacking. PURE ART

I worked for Amazon in Apopka for a few months. I did picking, stowing, staging, water 🕷 spider, trailer load & unloader. I hated that job. One of the worst jobs I ever had in my 26yrs of working. I literally felt like a slave. Can't even tell you which was the worst part. (Maybe stowing) No matter where they put u, the meteor storm nightmare of packages was always OVERWHELMING. So many overpack gay lords and crates In the ship dock area you can't even see anybody. All u see is packages in every direction u turn...🤦🏽‍♂️ and the pay was hello my name is..💩 15.50/hr but hey really enjoyed your vid. Very good clarity, quality & audio. Very informative, helpful & attention grabbing. Great content! & great job at producing it.

Thank you for making this! Today is my day 2 and I was absolutely nervous yesterday because i thought I was going to be a packer but when they said I was going to shipdock I was nervous as heck I've only done Stowing and packing I've never done shipdock so I was doubting myself and saying I wouldn't know what to do or what of I mess up but after watching this made me feel less nervous

I start this job in 2 days and watching this put me at ease, I'm so thankful I found this video 😅

I am currently working at Amazon AUS2 in Pflugerville TX USA; I am very interested in working in outbound ship dock versus stowing/picking/packing/receiving. I like to walk or have mobility around the warehouse. Also I strongly preferred jobs that DOES NOT have to do with metric rates or being labor-tracked. Like any waterspider duties, non-inventory, or hazmat waste sortation.

I’m new at Amazon and I’m outbound packing. It’s ok. Sometimes I feel like I’m ok slow since it’s repetitive I’m almost at 30 days and I’m applying for my internal transfer to ship dock. Thanks girl.

Loved the video. I work for amazon as a packer, outbound flow pack, and Im gonna put in a transfer right now to outbound ship dock.. Thanks for explaining.

I work outbound ship dock in Toronto Canada, and Its hard work but its a decent job!!

You have a good way to work. I don't work for Amazon but another shipping company.. Dammmm you work fast. Learned from you.

very explanatory.. i feel like i know how to work shipdock now 👍🏿

I work at Amazon ORF3 Shipdock... I love it... It's not always fun but no job is always fun... I absolutely hate those carts tho 🤣

The pallets and cages are never this perfect.

I work as a ship dock associate as well,and I absolutely love it!!

I'm currently pick nights and wanted to change my shift to day, but only outbound ship dock was available. This videos helps me make a decision on this switch. thanks

Thank you for this video! it was my Day 1 at ship dock last night. this helps a lot! keep it up!👏👏

I've never seen anyone stack the boxes sideways 😂😂😂 I'm going to try that tomorrow.

Nice video. 05:20 is called a cart. The word Gaylord usually referred to big boxes containers. Lately we call them shuttles.

gonna start my part time job at Amazon next week! I'm excited to finally have a job! Thanks for the video! We are essential workers!

I do work out outbound myself at Amazon so definitely I get what you're coming from this definitely was a great video I don't make videos like this to be honest but I just keep that to my private life but you never know this video might motivate me to make a video about it

Thank you! This helps me to decide what to do next in my Amazon job👍

Lmao you packed that blue cart up so nicely, I just got crossed train to ob shipdock and mine are terrible and only like 70% full when I run out of space 😂

I'll be transferring to ship dock in a week and im so excited ! Thankyou for this video :)))

I work at a amazon sort center doing pallet building with packages that come down shutes. Most people are trash at building pallets I'm constantly rebuilding them.

I’m watching this because me, my sister & my brother will be working there next month & I’m trying to watch more videos of what to do & to see what other areas are there. Looks like an easy job. I’m sure it took time to get use to it right? Of what you should be doing

I start next week an doing ShipDock is my 1st priority job I really hope i can get that job when I start.

I do have a question about pallets, I just started working at Amazon’s ship dock. When it comes to lanes being bare or basically no package coming down, do I just move to a lane that’s busy? My ambassador was real shitty with explaining haha. Thank you so much for this video!

I wanna switch to this because i get to clock in 7:00 am to 5:30 pm i usually get off work at 11 pm

I work at Amazon since 2017 and still working at sortation I love my job and the time coz I need only partime job

Cool video

Love these videos! Appreciate it greatly! :)

Always so detailed alot better than other RU-vidrs 🙌

I will flat sort all day! Beats being a picker.

Good video Ashlie!!thank you

Thanks, I think very well explained and informative.

I enjoyed this video and appreciate your commentary during it. Why are the boxes being wrapped in plastic - are they being sent to a different facility? Why are boxes being placed in the blue wire cage? Thanks for posting. I would like to see a video of you packing. From what I saw today you were steadily working but not rushing. All that I hear about the packing station is rush, rush, rush.

Dtw9 just over a month now. You have the only video of go carts. We move these 24 hrs. Cool video thank you.

how is someone this pretty 😍

Your loading skills are next level!

As an AA myself, I gotta ask - how do you feel bringing a camera inside? I mean, I understand carrying the phone is no problem, but how are you not worried about publicly posting videos online and violating Non Disclosure? You're not worried about OPs management finding this and losing your job?

Correction @ 4:05 the blue / grey cages are *NOT* called "Gaylords." They are called "Go Carts." Gaylords are the big cardboard box that sits on a pallet that you can put packages in. You cut a "U" shape into to unload/load. Sadly Amazon is trying to get rid of these universal shipping containers aka Gaylords/ pallets in favor for these "Go Carts." These Go carts are only used in the AMZL ( Amazon Logistics) & sort network. UPS & other carriers does not accept this shipping container method for a few reasons. A. The Go Carts are EXTREAMLY dangerous, B. These Go Carts are owned and made by Amazon and aren't Universal, C. They have to be sent back to a Amazon Sort center. That is why they are only used in Amazon's own delivery service (AMZL). Supposedly they are there to save money & to make it seem like the company is going green. But once these carts brake they aren't fixable and get thrown away. Plastic & metal doesn't go well with the the environment so I'm not sure why they are using these Go Carts. They can only be used so many times before it brakes down and are rendered useless. But hey, what do I know? I just work with these at Amazon daily and see them brake and get sent to the garbage afterwards. They suck and they need to go back to using Gaylords/ pallets. At least those are recyclable, cost less, & have a less impacted on the environment. Go Carts are $500 per cart as Gaylords are $12 per Gaylord. Who ever came up with these Go Carts should be fired and be put into jail for not thinking this through. Sorry for the rant but I had to correct you so those who don't work at Amazon know, and can help change this. These Go Carts are new and only been around for the last year so the more people that are aware of this awful invention, the sooner we can get rid of them.

Blue Badge 🔵❤

Yes do a picking video thanks🙂

I hate when a package is too damaged to ship and jackpot keeps sending it back....after 3 times I make it very obvious that it can't be shipped.

This was better than the hands on training I got🙏🏽😭

2 Chronicles 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.REPENT TO THE MOST HIGH. EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING 2 REPENT ALL PRAISE TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL

in the Amazon Site I work at (MME1 in the UK) What you call a gaylord we call a JPS Cart/ATS Cage. What we call Gaylords are Cardbord frames that sit on a pallet and we put a base piece of card in the bottom then pack the parcels into that.

I worked in every department but Ship Doc and single pack was the only good departments

Getting transfered for full time ship dock. I can not stand in one place too long. There's a reason I never apply for office jobs. I would lose my sanity sitting at the same spot all day. I'm not a big man but I have the need to move and work.

Shipdock for the win 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Those aren’t gaylords, the gaylords are the cardboard boxes with no top or bottom that transport the boxes to sort/load

Great video!

This video helped me out so much I always wanted to know what ship docks did . Thinking of transferring to a fc to ship dock

I been working at Amazon in pack flow for a little over a year now. The only thing I like about it is that I can interact with the ladies(when the managers are not around) they tend to force me to push totes, go to another station, AFE2 or singles when there’s not enough work in the wall. Recently, they made me sort. It’s hard to move at their standards due to my movement speed(compared to young people) and my eyes that are getting bad. That’s why I’m thinking about transferring to finding someplace else to work at.

I'm a process assistant for outbound packing at my amazon facility and I love my job

Damn you do it all don’t you. Jesus . I think I’m going to stick to one and be satisfied with that.

Smooth job 👌

Looks so easy i might like this job 👍

I just got trained at ship dock. I enjoyed it so much I transferred to the ship dock department.

Water spiders LOL 🕷

Have you ever got lost and don’t know what to do???? I’m afraid of that if I worked there

I’m so happy for my first night tonight. 🤯

I would probably love ship dock if I had a shorter shift & my manager would switch up the rotation of pushing freight. Doing that all day isn’t fun

I work inbound in Madison Wisconsin as a yard marshal so please don’t send 10 packages in a cart 😂

Yes, please do.

Ayyy ship dock fam. I’ve been on the dock for about 7 months

I love working at ship dock

I love you channel ❤️❤️❤️

Do you know if the customer service representatives work from home?

Thanks merci beaucoup, am starting next week, Amazon France

So wait , if " ShipDock" is pallet building and "Go Cart" loading. What do they call the position that loads and unloads the trucks?

The whole Covid era was so crazy working in that hot ass warehouse barely being able to breathe as is and being forced to wear those horrible cloth masks that got filthy with sweat and saliva and hot air and basically did nothing to prevent transmission and not being able to breathe properly, crazy shit.

Great video

What she calls a "gaylord" is instead called a "go cart" [04:01]. A gaylord is instead a huge cardboard container that sits atop its own pallet, as seen along her right side as she walks [02:15].

I did packing and stowing. But so after watching this video 1-10 how hard??? I’m nervous as hell lol I’m 5’0 short. Kinda pick up heavy things.

Thanks

The most replied is wild😂

Man theses folks just gave me cross training for this bullshit had to come see what it is 😂

Thinking about transfering to shipdock from AFE. I used to like AFE, not anymore!

No thanks marathons are much funnier than sprints

Today my first day and I’m outbound ship dock. It look easy but I don’t know I’m nervous

Where is RSG? Haha greetings from Poland

Have a question please What is the correct way to transport a go - cart?

I worked shipdock.... we loaded the trucks too staged the carts etc... returned the empty bags to the shelving... it was so heavy.... i don't know how people didn't get hernias... and that word gaylord on the floor was really unnecessary... it should have been worded differently...

I love this jobs and I don't have a choice for working at Amazon,can you tell me where do you lived??

Tetris on a Pallete -

More videos about other roles.

Would you know what does a sort-flow do? i see it in my A to Z. thank you

my fucking facility be running out of carts every two days . Be making us throw everything in Gaylords.

You guys dont have pallet jacks?

I’m seeing l these names and don’t know which one to choose😭😭😭

So what do you call the ones that prepare the bins for the dsp drivers?

You do the same thing I do lol

I work at the one in Charlotte. Tuckaseegee Road. I pack. Thinking about leaving because Jeff Bezos is not paying right lol

why is it that everyone is like oh you have to do this or that and work so fast because they'll be watching you and if you don't go fast enough they'll fire you? but you were working just fine seemed to me. probably they do watch but not as bad as all that.

hi I'm planning to apply but I just want to know are they (Amazon ) particular with the height or is there a height requirement and for a seasonal part time do you have any idea how many hours they give you for a week? Are you base in East coast?

where is shipdock? is it in a fulfillment center? or delivery warehouse or somethin?