Order Selector Produce 

🤣😭😭😭😭 brooo I hate that part

say again??

The worst thing about scanners is that you constantly have a scanner in your hand. Very cumbersome, inefficient and time consuming.

At Pepsi warehouse we have wrist scanners. You still say say again bc you’re moving so fast. And for some reason it seems like it tricks the system to thinking you’re moving faster than you are. Percentage averages are like 100-110 on any given day

Say again ??? I activelly never applied for voice picking roles (scottish accent) such a pain in the arse to use and rfids are so much cheaper to use and setup in the long run with everything u need displayed on a screen

@@xqeze Where is that place for produce i am looking for produce for my store

How many hours u do

@@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi2070 hours for what

Yep and right when we got that remote they went and shortened time for trips 😅

Have fun with it, I did it for awhile you need to be in top notch shape and if you're tall like I am your gonna suffer once you with the water section

​@@blackwaxtiger6442 why the water session

Lmfao dude fr only benefit of being short is less back pain when picking shit up

Np

i used to do this work as well. me and a colleague of mine always tried to put as much product on a single pallet. it was a game of tetris to us :P

some stuff just sucks to find out where to stack it at lol. but this type of work really isnt bad and pays well

@@musclecarsdaily3020 yeah man it’s how the grocery stores order the stuff they order hella cases thats not ment to build column stacks so you have to get creative like pineapples next to potato bags for example

@@musclecarsdaily3020 like 65 watermelon 🍉 is a 4 block .., or cauliflower.., trust me I know

@@yodambomb4974 From a former producer dept manager...now I know why the pallets are like that LMFAO

@@banefulbrandon oh at a grocery store ., right ! Yeah the pallets will look like shit but only single stop shops send there orders out batched in cubes in order to save space the best possible like 1 out of 4 pallets for a stop 🛑

I hope you enjoy your new job.

This is walmart lol

Reach drivers are low key pos, not all of course

Sounds about right

The only sections that's separate is freezer and perishable. If you in perishable you get meat, dairy, produce, cooler, flower or banana orders at random. They use to be separate sections and yeah some are easier and that's why they combined them. Some people were making too much time in dairy or flowers. Freezer is separate and on a different shift but standards in there are the highest.

We have specialist who do banana picks.

@@dylanw6804 everyone does bananas. There use to be a guy who did flowers and bananas. He made too much time so they got rid of sections.

@@xqeze I'd like to hit you up sometime and text you about some of ur picking tips.

@@dylanw6804 Discord Oeze#8883

Do you work in the produce area

I start in produce at Lakeland Monday 😳

Lol good stuff man. I started at 200 and one year later rock solid at 165

@@PatriotFlow 200🤔🤔🤔🤔

Easiest and best place to be at rs💯

What don't they like?

Is it required that you build a certain way? We have different ties, too. The most common are 5 , 4, and 7, but there are others. It's easier if you build a 5 tie as a 5 or a 7 as a 7. But if I get 4, 5 tie boxes and 1 7 tie. Guess what? That 7 tie box becomes a 5 tie box. If you're aloud, get creative. Sometimes 2 boxes together make 1 5 tie box or a 6 tie. I know that 2 of our mangos equal roughly 1, 5 tie box. Play around with it. I often build like I have all 5 ties even if I don't. What's more important is grouping like height boxes together so you can cross tie over top. Especially on your base. After about 3 to 4 feet, it doesn't matter how it's stacked as much, just as long as your base is solid. But ask around and watch what other pullers are doing. You're not going to reinvent the wheel. There are rules and patterns to follow depending on the boxes, and I guarantee that knowledge is passed between pullers and the best are probably doing similar things and have similar techniques. Sometimes, if I'm behind someone who I know is good. I'll just watch them until I notice them do something I don't normally do. I ask them why they do it that way. If I agree with their logic and I determine it's better than mine, I steal their technique or at least try it out to see if it works for me. I hope that helps.

@@xqeze yes we have tie formats we go by but a lot of ppl there say just fit it where it fits when it comes to smaller boxes but i do mostly 5, 7, and mixed ties. so for the mix ties it has 5, 6, 7, 8 tie boxes and they can all fit on there. i’ve been getting the hang of it and getting a little faster but still need practice, i have probation for 3 months so i hope i pass

@Abel You'll be fine. Just focus on technique for now. Once placement becomes instinct, speed will happen on its own for the most part. Just be smooth and practice placing a box once and leave it. Every time you adjust a box, that's one more you could've grabbed. After technique is down, try doing things like grabbing multiple boxes and moving with fewer steps. Think of ways you can shorten time on little things, and it will add up.

@@xqezespeed definitely came with time, im hitting 90s now and hit the weekly % i need to be at

People like to gimme shit for that.

@@xqeze dude ! Story of my life ., but if it wasn’t for the Back Pallet First then some of us would literally not be able to hit our numbers I swear

Building the back first cuz it’s easier?? I finna apply for a job

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@@xqezeyooooo 😭😭😭

Dang that sucks. There's one guy in my entire warehouse that knows every pick slot. He some kinda savant. He calls out his whole order before he's half way done with it and make tons of time.

It's nerve racking having a camera on your head in a warehouse where you can get fired for something like that. Plus the pressure of knowing everyone is going to watch exactly what your doing. And this is my worst pulling video but somehow its the most popular. I hate you

Yeah the headset tells me everything. In produce you only get one order at a time. In freezer you might get two orders at the same time.

I was looking for this comment. I worked for MBM Corp for 3 years. They used stickers for freezer, cooler, and dry pulls. We loaded our own trucks as well.

Shit was funny once I went back and looked at it

I hate the how cold the freezer is. -10 is too cold. The boxes are usually lighter though and if you keep moving fast enough it's not that cold. Sometimes Id prefer freezer over produce because there was less people in freezer and rarely had to deal with someone in the way. Id prefer the freezer more than any section, if it wasn't freezing.

You'll be fine. If you can read and write you'll figure it out. I'm sure they will train you as well. It probably has a motorcycle style accelerator. Twist forward to accelerate back to decelerate and reverse. Don't roll yourself over.

I did too I started this week and got certified the driving part isn’t hard to learn next week ima learn how to use the talk man

Yeah totally but I don't give 2 shits

That's the check digit of the slot I grabbed product from. My headset tells me a slot number to go to and how much to grab. I reply with the check digit of the slot, confirming I grabbed to product.

@@xqeze Oh I see, thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work! These are jobs that nobody shows it on TV, but it's what keeps people living their normal lives. Much respect to you!

It's took about a year before I got trained on lift. It's been a little over 3 years and I still pull boxes most of the time. There's people that have been here 30+ years. I don't have the seniority to complete stop pulling. Another 5 to 10 years I figure.

@Xqeze keep it up that's still very good. I work night shift. If I was to work days I'd probably be pulling boxes most of the time.

@Xqeze the bosses also told me how to get wear I'm at fast like I did

@hakiem mayo That's why I'm still pulling boxes. No seniority on days. If I was on night shift I would be a little fatter but I wouldn't touch boxes.

Produce is cold but when you working hard it's probably better than grocery. Grocery warehouses aren't usually air-conditioned. But I've never pulled grocery.

That's for sure. Thank you

@@xqeze nice. & fast. what kind od camera are you using. is this safe/albertson? i heard they just bought by fred meyers

@@nixablaza5482 it's under the same ownership. But I'm not sure on the rules of recording. I used a ordro ep7 and made a attachment for the bill of my hat.

I went from picker to reach driver in less then a month and my spot

tracy ,CA?

Looks like it's on his head

Head camera and no comment...

If it's not there I call an exception in the headset to let the system know the slot is empty.

I try not to give them any more than I have to. I keep it 100%. I don't get enough incentive for it to be worth pulling extra. I can pull 120 to 130% if i get behind. Our 100 percent is about 300 cph in produce and 270 cph in freezer.

When I worked for ups that's how they loaded trucks too. You can get more product in a truck if it doesn't go on pallets. That's probably why they do that.

I'm talking to a ai program. It gives me commands I respond with confirmations and visa versa. That's how I find the "bin". We call the bins "pick slots". The ai will tell me what aisle to start in. Then it begins telling me which pick slot to pick boxes from and how many to grab by saying something like "445 pick 2". I respond "67" which is the check digit from that slot confirming I've grabbed items and put them on my pallet. I continue doing this until the store order is completed.

@@xqeze i see thats pretty cool! you guys dont need to use scanners! thats awesome! and you guys just drop it off after wrapping the pallet? Then start a new order?

@@fookemon3326 yep we drop it on the dock for a loader and we keep going.

Appreciate it bro

produce is just 5 block within blocks bro i usually pull a 145 in apple room

@sm d our 5 tie or 5 block apples and other came before the start aisle in this vid. I didn't think it was very important to show 5 tie orders because of how simple they are.

It's all figured in they say lol. Idk if it's easier. But having 2 pallets gives you more options for spots to put a box. If it's 139 cubes though which is 2 pallet 70 cubes each. Then I like to build 2 solid cross tied bases with heavy stuff first. So I build both pallets at the same time. Some people do one at a time but that usually makes one solid pallet with heavy stuff and one questionable pallet that is near collapse.

@@xqeze double boards in produce is way more difficult., shit doesn’t have a pick list and orders are not cubed to be able column stack for the most part ., I like single board selection better

@@yodambomb4974 We don't have that terminology in my warehouse. What does board mean to you?

@@xqeze pallet

I think Honeywell makes the software. I definitely don't envy yall that have to do that. Just getting the talkman to understand the check digit is hard enough.

Thank God we don't have 3 pallet jacks. Your orders are probably atleast an hour a piece. Although I don't think we need 3 pallet jacks. I assume my warehouse is lower volume. We average 50k to 70k in perishable and 12k to 20k daily in freezer. How does your warehouse volume compare?

@@xqeze most orders are about 150-200 pieces and they give u 40 mins to an hour to complete it right now we’re averaging about 70k to 90k cases a night and they’re pretty evenly distributed in the 3 departments most nights being dry, cooler and freezer

@saint85 Mostly, yes. It depends on who you're working for, but it's usually hard work and pays above average. There's a wide variety of order selecting. Anything you see at any store or order online was most likely picked from a slot of some sort by an order selector.

@@xqeze are the benefits good or that also depends on what company you work for

@@saint85 They're good where I work but I can't speak for all of them. Where exactly are you looking to work?

​@xqeze I'm pretty much looking for something different I'm a Welder and just not feeling it anymore

@@saint85 This is definitely a tough job. You can move up to high lift or receiving possibly depending on location. But that could take 2 to 10 years. You're just waiting for people above you to die quit retire or get fired. Good luck, hope you find something you can enjoy.

I don't think it matters. The next order doesn't start until you say the first check digit. But I think it's best to maximize your travel time by ending your order quickly and waiting till the last second to start your next order.

Ok. Thanks. I had been waiting till I was about to put my next pallets on.

Your system might be different. Try different strategies different weeks and see if you notice a difference. @@tyroneperry5008

Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

Alaska Cold

So Fahrenheit lol. It's definitely cold up there. When I lived in North Dakota it would get that cold too. Not fun. I hope you where goggles so your eyeballs don't freeze. @@DonnellPrince

Took a full 15 min break for my fingers to defrost. Publix warehouse (Freezer) is no joke. You need timberland Pro boots, compos toe, 1000 cc of insulation. Battery opt Mitts. One guy did seven hours straight in the freezer, and damn near killed himself.

@DonnellPrince yeah that's too cold. Most of ours is 5 F and the coldest it gets is -15F in the icecream room

Nope

Good luck they’re blood sucking bastards that will work you into a hospital bed Rick coen is a real you know what , C n S got totally out of paying me a pension wouldn’t turn any heat on in any part of the building, one of their payroll checks bounced the one time they’re something else

I'm not Jake Paul but I'll give it some thought.

@@xqeze 🤣🤣🤣

@@xqeze 😂😂😂😂

@@xqezejackass

They're not too bad. At least they're not triple pallet jacks. Some warehouses have those. Appreciate it, thanks.

You will. When I started, I was in severe pain every day for about the first 6 months. But I started in my 30s. Younger people will usually adjust faster. Now, though, it's fairly mild pain, and I recover quickly.

@@xqeze good to hear, in my dc there’s lots of plastic crates / bags of potatoes that’ll take some getting used to

I don't pull that often anymore, but when I do, I still pull 100 plus.

It's a vocollect talkman. The software comes from Honeywell.

They don't expect you to know anything or be any good. Just learn and do your best and you'll be fine. Check out more of my videos or post in the discord if you need help.

@@xqezethanks brother for the reply do they also time you ?

14 is max usually but I've worked a 16 or 18 hr shift before. I've also been forced to work over a month straight no days off with 14 hr minimum shifts. That was during covid. No matter or how long it takes theres a certain amount of product that needs to ship daily. If there's a shortage of worker it takes longer. When staffing is good you might work 8 hrs or less when it's not then 10 to 14hrs. Holidays also effect volume and that will cause you to work more. It's good money though and you can rack up some cash quick.

@@xqeze sheesh ill give it a shot, i don't mind physical work i have experience in that but i just don't know if id like to do a month straight 14 hrs. other then that i can do 10s and 12s anyday. hopefully at the sygma warehosue it isnt too bad. there a union too ?

@@xqeze mind telling me how you made that month ? and was it for sygma ? im asking these questions to see if i should cause money seems great

@@alonewulf6073 Teamsters

@@alonewulf6073 I made it because I'd been working 12 hr shifts for 6 months and was conditioned for it. I made it because I'm dedicated to my goals and nothing is going to stop me. I made it cause I got bills to pay and nothing in this life is free. I also wasn't going to loose my seniority. Some folks here made it 3 or 4 months without a day off.

It's measured in cubes. One cube is 1x1x1 box. I think of a pallet in 10 cube layers which is about 1 foot high on the pallet. A full pallet is around 70 cubes. That's about 7 foot tall. I can eye ball it but it should be as tall as the tips of my fingers reach. When starting out usually they don't expect you to build that tall unless you get a 140 cube order. Thats 2 full pallets and if you don't build 70 cube pallets there won't be enough room. When starting you're going to struggle getting 140 cube on 2 pallets because you're probably going to have alot of gaps. If you can't fit everything you will probably have a command you can say to your headset like "done picking" and that will end your order. You will drop off what you have and then finish it on a new pallet. Until you can build good solid pallets don't build too high unless you have too. And if you do stop and wrap each one when they start getting tall or looking sketchy. Otherwise you are likely to spill. Everyone spills though it's not a big deal just pick it up and put in some down time. Hope that helps good luck.

Not that produce. But apples, oranges and potatoes are pretty heavy. About 50 lbs for potatoes and 30 to 40 for apples, oranges, and grapes. Anything in a crate is usually a little heavy. Most of that order was loose lettuce.

Talkman speaks in English but you program your responses however you choose. There are no Russians here but some Hispanic pullers program their response in Spanish. They still need to know the English prompts I think. There might a Spanish option I'm not sure. However I've never even seen a Russian in person. There is not Russian system simply because there are no Russians.

Ive been doing it so long now that it's all the same. I'm just pulling boxes. I don't think about individual orders. I just think about cases per hour. I go as fast as I can and treat it like a long workout. Each box is just another rep. If you can separate your self from having a favorite section then you won't have a section you dislike either. Get good in every section and don't concern yourself about where you're pulling or how big an order is. Just pull those boxes and put your thoughts into your life goals or into listening to music. It will make the day go by and you will enjoy your job more.

Tape them?

@@xqeze Labels

@@superboyprime4893 Yeah that's the old way of doing it. I'd like slow down a bit.

oh you don't have to label well shit

@xqeze6849 Some warehouses use labels and the vocollect. At the point, the labels are more for the customer not the selector.

Yes. It's a by week basis. If you aren't at a 100% by the end of the week then you will get a step. After 5 or 6 steps you are fired and they fall off after 6 months.

I've seen it done but would not recommend.

Nope

Produce cases are all universal homie meaning that they are packaged the same everywhere you go pretty much (US ) at least dunno about foriegn produce but even shit from Mexico like avacados , cantaloupes 🍈, packaged all the same

This is where everyone starts, pulling boxes. Most employees pull boxes. As you move up in seniority you can get better jobs like high lift, loader, or reciever. But you are always a order selector and if we get short handed you go back to pulling boxes.

You don't need a gym membership. No customers. And if someone is bothering you you can tell them to fuck off.

2nd. It depends on the time of year and what's going on. I'm guaranteed 8 hrs. From October to January I was forced to work on my days off and averaged 14 to 15 hr shifts. Now I'm working 8 to 10. During holidays hours go up or when there's employee shortages.

@@xqeze 15hours WTF , that shit is illegal

@@L0CALDRUGMAN not in this state

@@xqeze ok in my country (finland) i can only do 40hours max per week, 80hours 2weeks and 120hours in 3weeks = no more.

@@L0CALDRUGMAN in america we can work 15 hours a day if we want. theres no actual limit

Head set makes you have to move faster. It only helps the warehouse. The talkman will have trouble understanding you and you it. It's frustrating and will make you very irritated or very patient. It takes less time to say a check digit than to scan or sticker. So expect to be pulling more cases per hour and be more tired than normal.

@@xqeze oh alright thx for the replies I don't mind making myself get pushed harder but that depends I guess I've dealt with so much bs that most people that came to my workplace quit just because if the job being dirty and dusty.. but it was a big office supply company. I know like with you dealing food the warehouse has to be very strict up to code but the company I work doesn't give a fuck unfortunately

@@bvbowler247yeah it's not dusty but management doesn't care about much except weather or not you hit standards.

@@xqeze yeah I understand that I never had a problem hitting numbers and picked over to get the top tier incentive every week but I did it for myself not to make someone happy

Fart?

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The robot voice in my headset tells me what to grab and how much. I respond with a 2 digit number letting it know I grabbed the cases.

@@xqeze say again?

The headset tells you.

They're reversible bro. Grips are on both sides bro.

It's likely but not certain.

I'm not sure. It depends on your warehouse layout. In produce I can easily pull 300+/hour. In freezer I average 245-270/hour. The freezer has more uper pick slots than produce so I have to grab my case hook more often and there's almost no pallet picks. In dairy I may take a full pallet of dairy at once that's 54 cases in 10 seconds. Ask what your fastest and average pullers are averaging and it will give you a good idea where you stand.

@@xqeze appreciate the response bro ima subscriber i start on Tuesday

And yea ima be doing produce they told me only experienced people can be in freezer so i hope 150 is possible for a rookie

That's not alot,2 brothers on teams average for the week was 458 per hr,making like 50 bucks a hr

@@mauricehankins2469 do the order selectors at your warehouse work in pairs?

The big one. Jk i ain't sure on the recording policy yet so I'm not sharing the company name. You may be able to figure it out from the product names on the boxes.

@@xqeze what do ur cph look like??

@@Nobody-xu8oe It's around 300 I haven't ask in a while. I just look at how many minutes and hours I'm up.

Looks like roundys to me

@@xqeze 300/hour? damn dude that is pretty fuckin fast. my tops ten years ago was around 240 and i was 26 at the time. tired as hell too in the end of the day :P

I would say yea just because at that age you have a lot of energy but I would say it should be a temporary job because it does affect your body in the long run

Hell no don’t this type of job. Learn a trade

@vaspike15 I just say it out of habit. It's not always because I didn't understand. It's more of a verifying that I heard it correctly, so I know for sure I'm grabbing the right product. Usually, I don't even know I'm saying it.

Nope

You seem to know it well enough. Unless you're using a translator?

@@xqeze 😄😄😄😄😄 yes you are right

@@xqeze 😄😄😄😄😄 yes you are right

Yeah I'm paid a little over 20/hour. That was a little slow tbh I was having an off day. I work that fast to get a little extra pay but mostly to keep my job. Everything I do is timed to the second. If I'm down more than 30 minutes in a week. I get put on step 1 for termination. You get up to 5 steps I think but it takes 6 months for a step to fall off. I've never been on a step and don't plan to. Going fast can be fun too.

@@xqeze I’m sure going fast burns time pretty quick and the pays pretty good glad it’s working out for you

@@xqeze that one selector was hella in your way too so understandable if that was a slower end time for you

@@yodambomb4974 thats so annoying when a slow guy gets in front of u

We're supposed to average 265 cases/boxes per hour. Some orders we're doing 200/hr and others are close to 350/hr depending on the distance and size of the boxes used to fill the order.

I'm in freezer now and I suck. I've never pulled dry though.

18 starting 23 max. There's also incentive pay. If you work faster you can make more. Overtime pay starts after 8 hours of work or if you there when you're not scheduled. You don't need 40 hrs to make OT.

@@xqeze what company is this?

@@MichaelMefford35 it's a big one

@@xqeze😂😂

America

23.23 per hour. Our contract is getting renegotiated right now. So hopefully we see higher pay soon.

@@xqeze is this the one in fresno?

@@gerlovestina naw somewhere in the Midwest. Not at liberty to disclose exact location.

Cause im schizophrenic.