Working at amazon.com

We have been working quite a bit lately. Even with the slow economic times, we have started the busy season here. Last week we worked 50 hours and will continue with at least that many hours until December 23. Some of you have asked, so here is a little about the work we are doing here. This fulfillment center is the largest of the 26 amazon has around the country. It's a million square foot facility, and during their peak time last year they processed in excess of 300,000 orders per day. Never a dull moment, for sure. We work in the inbound section, mostly on the receive line. Our job involves opening cases of product once they have been unloaded from the trucks. We sort like items, enter into the computer system and place in plastic totes. It's not a difficult job, but we are working constantly, sometimes processing as many as 400 items per hour, per person. In a way we are like Christmas elves helping in the workshop. When we see the toys, we imagine the happy child that will receive it as a gift. It's a surprise when we open the boxes as they can contain anything you can imagine and maybe some things you can't. We work with many nice people, managers, permanent employees and workampers alike. We have renewed friendships with people we have worked with before and have made some new friends.

An interesting mural on the side of a truck box we saw on one of our rides.

The amazon facility in Coffeyville is only 5 miles from the campground.

A view of the amazon facility. It is so large we could not get a picture of the whole building from the road.