empleado de almacén

ayudante de chófer

empacador

intendente

ayudante de producción

I’ve worked with this company for awhile, I’ve seen lots of changes. It’s certainly experienced peak years by now, and I would very much like to see that happen again.

Lately it’s been difficult to want to stay. I do believe this is something that can be remedied.

First off I will say this is a fantastic seasonal job for a student; the peak seasons coincide with school breaks. Get good, let management know you’re willing to travel and they can keep you on the road / busy enough you could probably ditch your apartment rent for half the year. Minimal engagement with others will give you time to listen to podcasts, audiobooks, music, recorded lectures, whatever you like. Take breaks when you need to, keep the stores happy, do honest work and you’ll be treated like an adult.

As a Technician, you get compensated per piece assembled. This works to your benefit and your detriment at the same time. You need to have a decent setup of mobile power tools, quickly switch things over, and a good mind for strategizing / thinking a few steps ahead so you can move smoothly if you want to get higher commission rates. You can make a good chunk of change per hour if you can keep moving, or you can fall into deep suck if distracted or a total fumblebus.

As a Technician, you accrue ZERO BENEFITS. That may not be an issue if you bust your butt enough to cover vacation and sick days when needed, and you can—for the most part, set your own schedule, but medical coverage? FSA? Retirement? You’re on your own. Employer matching is a nice pipe dream, Cheech.

The other thing is; your productivity is predicated on by store organization; doesn’t matter if you’re good at what you do if the store is actively making it difficult for you to do your job. This happens often, for various reasons; Management plays hide & seek, nobody actually knows what work needs done but everybody has their own idea and plays volleyball with you over it all day, Associates get in your way, the store tries to put your station in a high-traffic area, customers / customers’ children aren’t given sufficient cause to avoid you as you work, etc. These last few actually make the job dangerous, and the stores always have some excuse why they choose not to do anything differently to protect you or the customers as you build things. This could be done differently with better accommodations—*every* store in the chains served by NWS know they need items assembled—this isn’t a passing thing; give your Assemblers a space to assemble without customers putting everyone at risk already. There is *no feeling* like watching $30-45/hr work get whittled down to $14–or less, because of circumstances outside your control.

Keep an eye on your gear, btw; lock it up / cart it with you somehow when you take breaks...customers are not kind.

Steps taken to connect the invoicing process have created significant hurdles to getting signatures should glitches and issues arise. If you can’t—for *any* reason, get a signature on your invoice during the visit,
rescheduling a return event can be challenging. They are geofenced and attached to a scheduled block of time. These should be automated to sense your proximity to a store and re-open themselves if you have an unprocessed invoice without having to bug NWS Management to set you up a new event, but it doesn’t work that way. At least not yet.

On that note: the required software for invoicing needs your location at all times. That’s a huge, huge risk anymore in the age of subversive analytics and digicreepin’. You really want somebody who can gain backend access to your mobile device to exploit system flaws and find out where you actually go each day? The Toolbox app developers are going to try to hide from the liability here but will likely be defenseless in court should sufficient injury happen to you and negligence on their behalf with your data. If you—or your loved ones survive whatever happens to you. 
I switch it back off to “Never” when I’m done with the work and “Always” only when onsite, but you do what you like.

Commission for items built doesn’t always increase each year, but sometimes build complexity or SOP do; which means year after year, you could actually see negative raises for sticking with the job. They almost always change prices in big, slow batches and you may find it takes too long, certainly slower than the rise in cost of living.

These are all things that can be addressed. I truly wish they were, I’d stay longer. There are benefits to the job if you do something else on a part-time basis that are worth the time it takes to get good, but keep in mind you make ZERO DOLLARS AN HOUR for repairs, unpackaging items shipped incomplete that cannot be built, setup and teardown time. These happen often, but the only ones in your control are when you show up and take off, really. If you’re going to commit to a day, try to make it a long one to make more per hour. That’s kind of a big deal.

Good luck!!

You cant even go to a drs appointment nor get sick nor have your children sick and stay with them because they will give you a memo and a suspension for that.
There is no open door policy, the president is an arrogant and humiliating person  it has a hostile work environment.
You live everyday with the uncertainty that today you have a job but you don't know if tomorrow you will because they will dump you whenever they want

They will hound you over and over again until the day you leave. They micromanage everything you do from the moment you arrive to the moment you leave. The people in charge know less than those keeping the production going, which is stressful to say the least.

It’s very easy to work with your area manager to figure out a schedule that works best for you. The compensation is good if you are willing to put in the time and effort, as after trading you are payed via piecework(by what you build).

If you like the work and can take the stress and don't mind having thousands of peoples life's in your hands performing calculations attempting to determine stochastic behavior in a deterministic system... this job is for you.  It was for me for nearly 35 years.

The owners care about you, but they are small and very busy. Sometimes it's hard to get a timely response, and sometimes the responses are so brief, they could be interpreted as curt. The HR folks will try to make as much time as possible for you.

I received a raise in September 2016.  I enjoy the work and have helped install vend and processing units.  Much work may be done without tools.  I enjoy educating customers about reverse osmosis water.

I enjoyed with the National Weather Service.  I learned more about forecasting, as well as hydrometeorological forecasting.  I participated in a tornado damage survey and was certified in the Upper Air balloon-launching program.

Friendly working environment and great team work efforts. Great for education in atmospheric science and can help boost chances of interviews for prospective positions.

Great job to expand your knowledge and also interact with families on a closer level. Many opportunities to further your knowledge through training's as well as supportive staff.

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