I loved working for Pepsi all those years ago. I made money, but most importantly, I made friends.

One day when I was working at Sonic I went to hand someone their milkshake and I dropped it and it splashed up and ALL over her. She was wearing a white dress and it was a strawberry shake. I offered to pay her dry cleaning bill, but she wasn't even mad at me. She said accidents happen. We made her a new shake for free and she was able to get the stains out with a wet paper towel in the bathroom. No harm done.

I grew up really POOR so I never got all the cool toys that my friends did. Well, when I worked at the Amazon warehouse my inner child would get so sad every time I saw a huge lego set come by. That and unreleased video games or expensive things I could never get when I was a kid, like rollerblades. I did like holding them briefly before I sent them down the conveyor belt though. It was kind of like letting my dreams slip through my fingers, haha.

Amazon is a great place to meet new people. I got to learn a lot of new processes and there was plenty of ways to have your voice be heard. The opportunity was there to further your education too with career choice which is held on site. If you do good you can earn swag bucks and cash em in for Amazon gift cards and other things. I worked as an outbound packer in the warehouse. I tried picking and didn't like running all over the place wheeling that yellow cart around. All set. Packing was where it was at.

When items arrive at the Amazon warehouse, they’re scanned and placed in cubby holes in one of 100's of rows of shelves. I attached a pic. Each little cubby hole is filled with a bunch of RANDOM stuff. There might be a book, an electric toothbrush, a copy of a Reading Rainbow VHS tape from 1984, cat food, and a pair of slippers. And you'll only pick ONE of the items. We use Amazon’s electronic scanners to tell us where to find the items we’re looking for. It's like when you were a kid and looking for Waldo. Remember those books? Every day I have to find him and all his stuff, haha. I go as fast as I can, racing against the clock. It's good but you definitely go home tired at the end of the day. Wanna work in the warehouse? You can see if they're hiring just add your location in. https://www.amazon.jobs/en/search?base_query=Warehouse+Associate&loc_query=&latitude=&longitude=&loc_group_id=&invalid_location=false&country=&city=&region=&county=

Hey!!! I just wanted to share with my fellow Jobcasers that Family Dollar is having a management hiring event on Wednesday, May 16th from 10am - 7pm at ALL stores! I work at Family Dollar myself so I am happy to help answer questions if I can, but I am NOT a hiring manager or anything like that. I just work as a cashier.

Interviews will be offered right away too! I would come all ready to go by filling out a job application online. Visit the site here https://www.familydollar.com/corporate/careers/storecareers/taleo-store Good luck everyone!

I worked at a 24 hour Walmart a few years ago. It was such a strange thing to see people shopping at 3 or 4 in the morning just like it was the middle of the afternoon. I once even saw a woman and her whole family there, kids and all. I guess when you're a nurse or picking your kids up after working some crazy shift, it's a good place to stop to get stuff. My store had a full grocery section so that definitely drew in people. Not sure I would want to go shopping at that crazy hour, but it was definitely nice and quiet as I re-stocked the shelves.

Before I drove for Lyft I was a truck driver. I liked it alright. I got paid 50 cents a mile. I had days I turned in over 600 miles, and days I barely broke 200. I made around what an average teacher with tenure might make here in the states. But because I was paid by the mile, I didn't really know until the end of the year what the hell I actually made. All I knew is my goal was to drive as far and as often as I could safely. Not much has changed with Lyft except all I haul now are passengers. :)

I don't get why some people say it is "cut throat" at Amazon. I guess if you act like a complete ass maybe, but if you're kind to others and do your job you should be fine. A few of the guys and I go out each Friday after work to grab a few beers. They are some of the nicest people I have known. You make your job what it is, remember that. If you want it to be miserable then that's just what it will be.

I like that Amazon always seems to be full of opportunity. Plus it feels cool to tell people you work here and add it to your resume. You learn a lot every day with the things you do or just by being around your co-workers. I have been lucky with surrounding myself with really cool people, but not every place is like that. I think a tip is that if you are able to find your niche within the company and what you really like, then there is definitely going to be room for you to further your career and keep going!