Pros
The job was simple, I was a packer and because I was part-time and flex schedule, I only had to make up a minimum of 4 hours a week which was easy. I never got trained or asked to do another function because I was rarely there so days I did work were chill and easy. I had the option of doing full shifts (8 hours, or 10 at some) or half shifts (3 hours and 30 mins, or 4 hours and 30 mins, and in some 5 hrs). I generally did about 12-20 hours every week and it came with 401k benefits, PTO, and an 8 point attendance system. They also offer premiums of 2-5 dollars on some shifts which is a good way a making lots of money but with shorter shifts.
Cons
They only offer good flexible hours during peak, outside of that season you only get hours of shifts that you typically pick, (so if you generally do nights, they’ll only start offering night shifts but if you wanted to switch to mornings, which being flex you should have the ability to do so, you won’t be able too because they do not give you the option too. It’s vice versa for days). They also try to make you vto on days you do come in even though you are already doing the least amount of hours possible, if you don’t, they illegally try to force you to do another function. You have to take care of your of your attendance for carefully because they try to give you a point for everything even if it is not a violation, and when you try to get it fixed, HR takes forever and sometimes does not even understand, or refuses to read cases. They will close your case without fixing anything, then you have to go back and open it again and basically keep doing that until they fix your issue. And they are suppose to update you if you hit 8 points which qualifies you for termination, but they do not always do that, (I was fired because I was not warned that I had 8 points, and because they did not even give me a week to deal with it, it boot me out of A to Z and making a case was the hardest thing ever). If you are there a lot, management will take advantage of you and try to harass you in the most subtle ways possible, they really try to condescend you. A MAJORITY OF HR PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW AMAZON POLICY OR STATE LABOR LAWS, and will break them consistently. Break times are really short and managers will make petty comments if you take to long to get back even though TOT is not an issue in the state of California.