How to stow faster at Amazon

[@t2nong]

I’m convinced most associates are weebs

[@Em-sd8zm]

Yes we are

[@drewerd15]

I would play weeb stuff all night long when I had control of the warehouse speakers. Diggy diggy hole, Tank!, Nightcore :)

[@MilkLostar]

@@drewerd15 bring your own speaker with a clip and clip it to your vest or wherever you choose. You're allowed to bring your own speaker.

[@elles9315]

@@MilkLostar they keep saying no personal speakers at my location. I don't understand why, I can hear and I can listen to my music instead of the random garbage they play 🙄

[@kingkills3406]

@@elles9315 I feel yo bro

[@CrayZJo3Davola]

I'm a stower and there's nothing you can do when you get nothing 90% big items and every pods coming in are 90% full and doesnt fit. and that goes on the whole day. they want you to stow 12 item per pod but dont want you to over stuff their pod that are already overstuffed.

[@mtzdotcom7260]

I feel you! Literally I get so many big stuff and they don’t even fit in the pods. It’s rare if you get a pod with a open space for the big stuff

[@znta6591]

In my warehouse we have large racks for big items. We label those big items as "Oversized" and we do NOT place them inside pods.

[@BatArtie]

@@znta6591 Yes but there are still large boxes that aren't OS so you do have to fit them in the bags still.

[@meyou5789]

This is for Stowers at Amazon Logistics not Fulfillment Centers tho

[@bj8995]

Cut open the pods to fit in more hahaha or pull something out to make your hundred items and just claim amnesty took out an overhanging item. No your right job expectations are either too low or too high there’s little in between or often any recognition

[@robertsanta91]

Supervisors and Learning ambassadors should close bags to make it easy for us the Learning ambassadors never know nothing

[@no-ss2dw]

my learning ambassador was so dumb, we were supposed to learn stowing and he taught us picking the whole orientation.

[@gailbozeman9626]

I agree learning ambassadors don’t know jack and walk around all night tell you dumb stuff ..like what you could be doing or I stowed this amount..yeah right sure you did

[@shannonland1137]

Just never stop scanning and the small shit is the good shit

[@jamesfritzinger147]

That is what I do!

[@usynthesis4749]

I would like to know if it's common to be responsible for 2 or 3 aisles at the same time in other distribution warehouses. They makes us do 2 or 3 rows at the same time which is technically 4 and 6 aisles. 21-24 or 21-26 for example. I really think it's an overkill for one employee.

[@alejandrobustillos6244]

Yeah I’ve worked at a couple delivery centers now and 3 is standard. But like the video mentioned try not to stay in the same aisle for too long. Do 70% of the boxes and jiffies or just leave enough space for the pullers to comfortably stack boxes. It can get stressful at times but you find ways to be more efficient

[@krischow3]

The stations I’ve worked at have an average of 3-4 assigned aisles. I once was assigned 5 lanes (11-19) when we were short head count. In all honesty I found it enjoyable, primarily because there were six of us doing this (we knew each other and cheered each other on), and no one was floating into my aisles because we were all just too busy with our own 😅 That said, it’s not something I’d do very often nor would I encourage it as an acceptable standard.

[@thomasinedouglas9384]

Yes , It is common to have 2 or 3 aisles. Focus on scanning as many packages and jiffies as possible. Think of it as a video game. Make it fun. You will have a better day.

[@Roberto84cc]

We have 6 isles all day.

[@TMB1974]

It would be better if we could have a separate stow bag for boxes and jiffies. Sometimes boxes and jiffies be too much to fit in one bag.

[@jamesfritzinger147]

Cram that crap in there until they tell you to stop

[@TMB1974]

@@jamesfritzinger147 I have tried. They have silly rules that requires me to let a computer dictate when I can stop cramming stuff.

[@jamesfritzinger147]

Yeah that's what they tell me

[@TMB1974]

@@jamesfritzinger147 That is crazy after you can clearly see the bag is completely full.

[@tony9622]

So they care for quanitity over quality, then at this point it just a matter of luck

[@Em-sd8zm]

Just started and my numbers were bad. Then realized after watching this video I’m literally doing all the bad habits 😂😂

[@juangonz1823]

What where your number's? Mine are 190 per hour 2nd day on the job

[@Em-sd8zm]

@@juangonz1823 3rd day, 260. Try to get to at least 200. And as long as you’re getting closer to 300 and not moving backwards, you should be good. Ask your leaders before your breaks what your numbers are so you always know how you’re doing

[@majinoozaru]

it’s easy job, i hit 428 all through the shift number 1

[@javiersantos201]

I just started too, mine was 138 for about 2 hours.

[@CLC592]

4th week in and I just realized I'm doing the bad habits. Gonna really try to do everything listed in this video and get my rate up.

[@the_one_55_24]

Not so easy when some stow isles look like they’ve been bombed and the bags are just trashed. Boxes on top of jiffies and boxes sticking out of the bags. Diagonal boxes in side the bags 😂

[@ramblingswithkim7543]

There is literally no way to do this where I work. We get counseled one day if our pods aren't completely full & then we have to have a manager look at our pods before we close them. Then the next day we don't need one as long as no more boxes can fit in them and that literally means NO MORE BOXES even the smallest. Then we are if put large boxes in the pods that don't fit even if they don't say oversize. Then we have floaters who put boxes that don't fit and you can't close any pods and everything is falling out of the pod and you're the one who is blamed. We have rampant nepotism. Anyone of color is pulled to be trained on something that will lead to a full-time or easier position. We have employees who are using dangerous methods of moving bags into empty pods at the end of the night but I was counseled for having someone training me to use a stow cart to move bags. The pickers constantly place items in the wrong buffers so you are running everywhere. There is literally no time to take a drink of water or go to the bathroom. Now maybe this is just me. I have a PhD in psychology & am literally doing this to train for a duathlon but it makes me sad to see hard working employees shredded who can't afford to lose their job while I am literally the only person who can walk off at anytime or have the ability to say how I feel or what I see.

[@jamesfritzinger147]

YOU ARE CORRECT

[@redsun5826]

ok, i tried this method today & i made one of the top 3 stowers. first time ever! 😭 i usually rank somewhere in the middle (the median of the group).

[@pittking61]

Lies

[@redsun5826]

@@pittking61 bruh, no lie.

[@majinoozaru]

428 beat me :)

[@Jokerarusee]

I`m doing 600 and have 2 and half months in amazon hope soon for blue card :) Also my advice is to keep jiffies at front in the box at the first hours so if big box coming you can move them ez :)

[@jaegarr9632]

what is a jiffy?

[@vic3roy]

@@jaegarr9632 cmon

[@javiersantos201]

I just started yesterday, and I have no idea what a jiffie is.

[@vic3roy]

@@javiersantos201 Bags

[@Jokerarusee]

i got blue badge already and i dont do 600 any more my record is 750 and next target is level 3 :)

[@Jimmy99243]

Top top priority is keeping your bags tidy and having good pickers with organised cages that’s all

[@nahg3204]

Picking up after a shitty stower was the worst

[@user-fk8tr5ev8q]

you're either fast or tidy

[@Mr.DABZ007]

@@user-fk8tr5ev8q don't forget people who are a little bit of both

[@yendysennui619]

What is the sense if your stow rate is high?Who will benefit?will your salary increase or will you just tire yourself out?#worksmart@amazon

[@orionsbasementandbeyond8447]

You'll tire yourself out.

[@nudehunter8057]

Your best guy out there flex on the others .........my body sore but better than farm work for 12h 7 days

[@Rin-oi8cc]

Just tire yourself put, but it gives you something to work on and improve. A short term goal basically.

[@znta6591]

@yendys Ennui It all depends on your perspective. First of all, let me tell you that you're not wrong... It won't increase your salary and you'll be exhausted after work. That's one way to look at it, but in my case, it was my daily high rates that got me noticed by leadership and got me a chance to get a small promotion. As I said, it all depends on your perspective.

[@joshklein5070]

@@znta6591 I start in a month. This is a little discouraging. If acceptable levels is 250 but in reality they want 800 why have such a high bar?

[@lefttoesunite9323]

currently stowing 230-260 on a good day 😭😭,, im gonna use these tips and see if it works

[@kaymelrose945]

Me to😞

[@Konfektionery]

When is stow rate calculated? Anyway to pause it when you have slow moments, talking to superiors, bathroom breaks or need to do anything else? Edit: guess I should mention I work at a delivery station (stow packages for 8 hrs, pick and stage to delivery vans till we go home)

[@user-fk8tr5ev8q]

Get your badge scanned into another function otherwise it's inferred time. At least that's how it works at the sort center I'm at.

[@Konfektionery]

@@user-fk8tr5ev8q I'm assuming this is something I can't do on my own? I'm still learning the ropes and testing the system but it makes it hard to know where the sour spots are in timing if I cant observe the system in action. So far I aim for 4~5 stows /min and if I need breathers I don't spend more then 4 minutes doing so at any one time.

[@jamesfritzinger147]

YEP ME TOO,

[@luken4331]

at mine they even count your 15 min breaks as time you could be stowing packages😂😂

[@MilkLostar]

Bruh this was so much big brain at once. Thank you

[@FlexSZN23]

Work harder for no rewards 👍

[@mya632]

Right. I mean, is there a bonus for stowing the most packages or something?

[@tiesltd6725]

This is for a delivery station not fullfiment

[@joshklein5070]

So what does a fulfillment center do? I asked when taking the drug test and they won't give me a clear answer.

[@tiesltd6725]

The delivery station deals strictly with packages and boxes. Getting them on trucks to be delivered to customers. The Fulfillment center handles actual products (food clothes games etc) stowing picking and packing them to be shipped

[@sheeesh8116]

if you stow more alot more jiffy’s than boxes you’re a horrible stower. letting the rack get full with the big boxes. ill do all boxes first and still beat your rates 😂 #realstower

[@1wayyupp]

sucks to be you

[@NasAriffin]

Amazon has help me to keep fit.. Stowing department, also known as fitness department..

[@Mr.DABZ007]

Facts lol very good job if looking to stay fit or loose weight

[@sanileo3600]

Because sometimes we got big items so what to do

[@juevon_]

Thank u now my stow rate is 100000

[@YungBl3ss94]

Lol 😂 cap 🧢

[@johnrambo4259]

1 trillion an hour

[@cmccollum51]

This video has made me realize I’m doing this completely wrong 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@stopsomeguywithoutamoustac9556]

I used to push the oversize but I'm still rapid haha now I dash them

[@Theresaspiritchannel]

You should not work like a robot

[@znta6591]

I agree and I'd like to hear your opinion if you don't mind. What made you feel that you're working like a robot? Was it that you were doing the same task everyday?... And what do you think leadership can do different to create a better work environment for you?

[@nahg3204]

@@znta6591 doing the same task every day for 4 days straight, 10 hours on nights. It slavery + depression with okay money to compensate. While they put the girls on easier jobs like divert.

[@matthewgarcia9494]

I just passed 500 tonight with my own approach

[@matthewgarcia9494]

Update,I stow at a 700 now.

[@znta6591]

@@matthewgarcia9494 Wonderful, how long can you keep that rate? And what is your approach?

[@stopsomeguywithoutamoustac9556]

That's rapid my guy my max is around 600 I bet they always put you on stow like me😅

[@matthewgarcia9494]

They try but im in problem solve and saftey and running clusters when we have the staff so im hard to catch lol. Multi carry and rely on pick to buffer being accurate as well as stowing the correct combinación of boxes and jiffys to keep it neat

[@matthewgarcia9494]

My pick is 1800 sometimes 1900

[@alejandrobustillos6244]

What could you do when you have a puller that doesn’t organize the boxes right ?

[@caanodahab2488]

I do this on an hourly basis 700

[@majinoozaru]

428 rate, new hire easy job :)

[@Freeface677]

Bravo 👏 but don’t scan wrong parcel 📦 in your aisles

[@lanternlife7779]

i would also suggest to go for cages that look like you can stow in either barrels or bat bins as those bins have a lot of empty spaces

[@FirstnameLastname-nn2ex]

6:10 I don't think these are the main reasons. Bathroom breaks and being reassigned to a different location that takes about 10 minutes to get to because you have to be walking down floor levels and walking long distances would be main culprit. You really can't just take a bathroom break only once in a 10 hour or 12 hour shift. You would likely need to take at least 4 bathroom breaks during these 10 hour shifts and 6 bathroom breaks during a 12 hour shift. Your not gonna go to your bathroom break on your 15 minutes break because you have to drink something before you get your 30 minute unpaid lunch break. You get 15 minutes of break during your 5 hour shift than you get 30 minute break in between your 10 hour shift and i believe its 30 minutes of break after 6 hours in your 12 hour shift per day schedule. The building is so big that by the time you walk out of it your 30 minutes are almost up so you have to bring your own lunch or eat there unhealthy snacks. Yet amazon should be mindful of there employees and at least create an cafeteria where people can buy there own meals. Every big corporation does this so amazon could show some appreciation for its employees. That's the main issue with amazon that they have a 10 hour shift or 12 hour shift with high rate demands but the lunch break is too short of just 30 minutes though it could be 45 minutes or 1 hour because its not a regular 8 hour shift. If lets say you have an emergency that day where your stuck on the toilet, your bound to get written up and fall behind in the rate. In my opinion they should get rid of the 15 mintues break and give employees there 1 hour lunch break or let us have the option to forfeit out 15 minutes paid time break and let us have a 1 hour unpaid lunch break. Its not gonna make a difference in production. That way they get to keep the employees a extra 30 minutes if the need too.

[@MsSweetlove90]

Ive stowed 1200 items every three hours , i dislike big items ..lol and when the wrong pod arrives..😅

[@znta6591]

That's a 400 rate. Great job! and yeah, we all hate Oversized items

[@nekoneko8378]

silliness...faster? its max speed already

[@SuburbanDude.]

3:05 my location refuses to let us close full bags even when the bag is overflowing 🤦‍♂️

[@jakethepyro5186]

same

[@noahschaub1984]

Tried this today and hit 480.

[@znta6591]

I'm more than happy to hear that. Keep working hard if you want to get promoted quickly.

[@LB-dm5yn]

cap

[@edibleparrot9653]

How do you see your stow rate

[@znta6591]

@@edibleparrot9653 Either on Station-Command or Amazon-fclm... Ask a learning ambassador or shift assistant if you want to know more details.

[@MauriceLabandeira]

How to increase your stow wait……don’t put on caustic and outline the bags with boxes upright and jiffy on top of boxes…fingerscanners are a joke

[@chriswillis462]

Pickers that put wrong iems that belong on another aisle on rack!!!! Ugh. And stop stowing call, SUCKS!

[@trevorbynum4891]

My average is usually a 330 to 380 and our top stower is usually around 450 but he stows jiffys all the time....cheater lol

[@Tegui4]

Are you really talking about phisycal effort? They don't care about it

[@znta6591]

Warehouses in general require some degree of physical effort, after all, the contact you signed says you'll work in a fast-paced environment. Of course they care! but don't forget that you're the one that signed up a warehouse job. Now, if you feel that you're not being compensated properly for your efforts (let's say, for being one of the best stowers / pickers)... That's a whole different situation, and I suggest you to speak with your Area Manager.

[@Troncarter2]

a lot of it is luck! Sometimes you don’t get lots of jiffies and get boxes instead. It’s all luck.

[@vic3roy]

I’ve been getting bad information from credible sources. Thank you!!

[@vic3roy]

I can’t believed I watched a youtube video on how to get better at a job as horrible as this one

[@thehead0r]

good video. doing it like this. beeing most time top 1 or top 3 if stowing. doing jiffies only i hit 700+ some times. but in a full shift stowing my pph is like 450 with around 2700 total packages

[@oscarm878]

Bruh I stow like 5000 packages in one shift with a 1500 oversized scan

[@Rin-oi8cc]

Trying to get my 500 pin. I keep getting close. I see now that I do 2 bad habits so I'll try to break those.

[@znta6591]

Keep it up! I hope you get it soon

[@DiamondPlayBotton]

Its my 4th day at amazon I got 900 something in 4 hours they told me I was up with the vets and #1 in the facility. Im looking for competition over here lol. Im repping for Sacramento

[@summerbrock8255]

late but Its currently 3am so far im at a 415 as my rate 7 hours to go😂

[@PLeasantTRaces]

what is a stow???

[@shannonland1137]

My stow rate was always 700 -650

[@znta6591]

Nice! that's a high rate. Do you mind telling me which stowing-method is used at your warehouse. I know that in some places they use a cart to move packages and jiffies are organized on bins. h

[@hilo221]

The downstackers loading the rolling belt is so unhelpful. Like yeah I can stow this whole row of 18.5s no problem (not). Literally had to tell a guy he was messing me up. I just stage them individually myself

[@znta6591]

In my warehouse we call downstackers "pickers"... But it does sound like they're really doing something wrong. Do you mind telling how what kind of stowing-method is used at your warehouse? In mine we use a cart to move packages through the aisles, and bins to separate jiffies.

[@FirstnameLastname-nn2ex]

6:10 so basically you get 7.5 seconds to stow an item into a bin to get a rate of 480. How much is the stow rate, 400. If its 400 it would like 8 seconds to put one item into a bin. Plus you have to get the boxes where you would have to cut open to take out a item.

[@YungBl3ss94]

Can this be used for pick ? Too

[@yngj0e958]

Tbh I just start out as fast as I can then once I clear my Isles I just start to go wherever I want lol idec if I’m assigned to my own isles I still check up on them then keep walking around my avg stow rate is high 300 to 400

[@johnk608]

My average is top 10 or low 20s out of 50 ......and I just started lol

[@justiceinmytea]

Thanks

[@jamesfritzinger147]

The bag is only full when the computer says its full

[@AlanakaBlackCat]

250 amazon is 350 if u go under 15 seconds thats a write up.

[@blackneji1701]

They want u to average 310 packages in a hour..

[@anitapanesar1545]

Very nice

[@allenleavell2847]

Do they let you go if your stowing numbers are low or will they just move you to something else?

[@Tripps_]

It’s been 6 days of constant 150-200 stow rates . My first 6 shifts. Last shift they didn’t even tell me my rates were low , I had to ask. Idk if they firing me soon but they definitely let me know how unhappy they are

[@tavionhannon4164]

@@Tripps_ hey do you still work there if so did you improve stowing

[@memelord9965]

No they'll help you improve,

[@NickRoeder]

Ok so I've officially stowed for a total of one and a half hours... What happens when I scan a jiffy for example, put the jiffy in the wrong bag, get the red notification and then forget wtf package I just put in. And then.... don't judge move onto the next package... Does that package get delayed for the customer? Sorry person! I'm going to do everything in my power NOT to do that btw I'm just worried about wtf happens.

[@randyrhondawright7252]

I used to be a driver now I'm in the warehouse. As a driver they made you deliver the packages anyway. Even if it wasn't on your route for the day.

[@oscarm878]

I stow like 720 in a 10 hr shift

[@NasAriffin]

any veteran stow rank here?

[@maryh561]

Some people say TOT doesn’t exist anymore 👀 does anyone know if that’s true

[@runsbetterthanitdidgarage.626]

Delivery stations are different from Fc. My location is 220uph, a lot of people don't hit it, they're still here month after month. Lol

[@geneyumang9554]

#1 is wrong u are not allowed to grab as many packages as you can stated by the orientation presentation ... this video is wrong ... u are suppose to only grab one package at a time ... thats the correct way!!!

[@mcharles8807]

Where I am, they want 500 an hour. If did 1 at a time, you will lose job instantly.

[@jyotiranjannayak1581]

comp knowledge on Amazon logistics

[@astericks53]

Damn min maxers

[@jyotiranjannayak1581]

Dolphin scaner full system processes

[@Lord-cy6es]

Stow)x3

[@ForHerEntertainmentllc]

Idont understand im day 3 can you stow items side by side or diagonally?

[@znta6591]

@@ForHerEntertainmentllc Bag organization might be different from warehouse to warehouse. In mine, we do boxes on one side and envelopes on the other. Organized sideways in a library style.

[@excxmoody]

or you could just do like whoever prepares what I end up delivering...handheld device says it's in a large box yet it's in a small bag lol or whoever happens to do the routing. Interesting 190 stops but when I scroll through the app...more like 225-240+ but considered less due to 'grouping'.

[@excxmoody]

more I do the routes the quicker I feel I'm getting but when its in a bag but claimed in a box...why mention passed a certain amount their are incentives. Whoever doing so likely for the same reason trying to get as much done as possible but all that does is when it happens is slows a person down. Certain whoever does isn't done intentionally...they have no idea who I am later down the line but even with organizing...when that happens; panic pissed off mode starts setting in lol

[@excxmoody]

Like the other day...was certain I'd get done or damn near close to done by ten but luckily someone showed up.

[@TMB1974]

I have a different question. When a bad package comes off the conveyor belt, where do they go and what to do with them?

[@mrs.chicagrow1499]

Problem solvers

[@TMB1974]

@@mrs.chicagrow1499 Thanks.

[@tiasantiago26]

Thanks

[@Graxu132]

Don't you guys love when you have 2 items that are the same size but different colours and you get an error saying that the item is too small for that pod, even thou' you just put the same exact item on the pod? or when you don't get the 6" or 14" pods? That shit is aaaaasssssssss!

[@dirtyjerseysfinest]

This video is trash. Pickers, who were and icq have a 5,3,1 rule. And if stow abides by the rule its almost impossible for them to stow that high cause they have to move after stowing 3 iteams if there is a picker behind them. This cause issues between the 2 teams. Your stow expectations is ridiculous. I'm a Picker and your causing a Rift between the 2

[@Freeface677]

Hi 👋 znta thank u so much ☺️ one year ago 2020 I watched your this video which is brilliant 🤩 I learned a lot of this then I try it in my warehouse now I’m top stower in my warehouse 700+ ph rates now iam not even stow 😂😂😂 iam champion in this my manager told me I’m training new people now thanks 🙏