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Can Amazon Warehouse Employees Listen to Music?

man wearing airpods

Amazon employees in certain facilities are allowed to listen to music. It comes down to the facility’s policies, local laws and regulations as well as management’s level of tolerance. In some Amazon locations, wearing any kind of headphones is a…

Shifts at Amazon Facilities

Most Amazon warehouse facilities have two shifts – day shift and night shift – and follow a four day work week schedule. Shift lengths vary depending on the location; some go for eight hours, some ten hours while others will…

Earbuds for Warehouse Work

Wireless earphones

Most shift work like warehouse, construction and factory work is laborious, repetitive and most of all boring. It drags on and on – which can be pretty demotivating over time. One effective method I use to pass the time at…

10 Best Warehouses to Work For

An order filler on a pallet jack

Warehouse jobs can be very lucrative. They tend to pay well since there is a lot of demand and competition for warehouse workers. What’s even better is that you don’t need any specialized education as an entry level warehouse employee.…

How to Hand Wrap a Pallet

stretch wrapping a pallet securely

Knowing how to effectively hand wrap a pallet is a useful skill that will help improve your performance in the warehouse. Many warehouses have wrap machines that do the work for you. However, these machines don’t work sometimes and can…

5 Best Back Braces for Warehouse Workers

back brace for warehouse work

As a warehouse worker, I deal with literal back breaking work every day. Here are a few reasons that, in my experience, cause back pain while working in a warehouse: lifting heavy items such as products and wooden pallets bending,…