Both Amazon and FedEx use independent contractors for last mile delivery. At Amazon, these contractors are called delivery service partners (DSPs), and at FedEx, they are called independent service providers (ISPs) and serve FedEx Ground. DSPs and ISPs move goods…
Amazon delivery stations are warehouse facilities that prepare shipment for last mile delivery. Each delivery station is served by one or more delivery service partners (DSPs). DSPs are not owned by Amazon but are independently owned franchises that have a…
Amazon warehouses typically do high volume hiring twice a year: March to June and late September to December. We know this because they’ve hired around this time in previous years, e.g. in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Hiring ramps up…
To operate efficiently, Amazon warehouses are highly dependent on information technology and, consequently, on IT workers. OpsTech IT is the department tasked with deploying, operating, maintaining, and fixing IT systems in an Amazon warehouse. Networks, servers, routers, scanners and PCs…
The Loss Prevention department at Amazon warehouses is in charge of protecting people, products and information. Loss Prevention (LP) specialist (the lowest-ranked full-time LP position at Amazon) is a prominent hourly position and this is well reflected in the compensation.…
If you are interested in operations leadership at Amazon, becoming an Area Manager (AM) is not a bad choice. Warehouse operation teams at Amazon need mentoring, motivation and coaching so that the facility can meet predetermined goals. The only major…
At Amazon, RME stands for reliability maintenance engineering. RME is the team charged with maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing robots, material handling equipment (such as conveyors) and their control systems. RME teams Amazon RME teams can be third-party contractor employees or…
Amazon announced plans to hire over 150,000 workers in October 2022 along with a $3,000 sign-on bonus to be awarded in some sites. This information was disbursed through news outlets as well as the Amazon A to Z app –…
Amazon is a second chance employer, meaning that getting a job with a felony on your record is possible at Amazon warehouses. And it’s not just Amazon. Warehouse jobs act as new career paths for many ex-convicts. Amazon (in some…