What have employees experienced with background checks at Amazon?

The best reason to work at Amazon is that it provides very good benefits to its full-time and part-time employees such as dental, medical, eye-care, and 401K. The managers are friendly but they are assertive because they are determined to perform well and maintain a safe environment. The work they ask the associates for is something that anyone can reasonably get done without getting themselves injured if they conduct the work safely as they are instructed in their training. The warehouse that I work in doesn't ask for too much for one person to do and the majority of the tasks are fairly attainable to do since no one is being pushed to work to their limits nor are any associates are evaluated on their performance. If they physically are not able to do the work they are asked to do then managers can provide alternative work and accommodations to those who need it.

Some of the downside of working at Amazon is you could be surrounded by a lot of associates who are not ambitious or motivated to do the simple and attainable tasks that the managers require them to do. Since there are a lot of unmotivated workers, it could be very easy to get sucked in to the negative mindset of being lazy and unmotivated as well. They don't really do a background check or interview process when it comes to hiring Amazon warehouse associates which is something I wish they did because it bring more motivated individuals who can bring more to the table at the site that I'm working in.

Great Team development, Mentorship and training

Robot screening is at the worse for hiring. So much potential missed taking the linear approach

Was quick and easy to get hired here. I start tonight. Had to take a mouth swab drug test and background check to get hired. Will update in a few months.

Will update in a couple of months

There aren’t any Pros w this job.

Worst unprofessional unorganized onboarding process and admin office I’ve ever witness in over 20 yrs of working. I got hired for a pt flex position and went to complete my background check and drug test and the recruiter inform me to wait on my email clearing me to be able to work it should arrive in a couple of days so I’m able to get my work boots to begin my start date which was 3 consecutive days on the following wk. I picked the pt shift becuz I have other employment else where which I used a personal day off to attend this onboarding process. Days go by and they have yet to clear my background check and the start date is approaching I’ve given up days at my other job to be free to work those start date. The day right before the weekend of the start I receive an email saying my background and drug test cleared and immediately after this email was an email notifying me my start date was canceled and I would have to pick another start date through the link provided. I click the link it’s a box on my employee profile that states there aren’t any start date available. I call the ERC number I get a hold of this woman w a heavy accent i asks her if it says this when will my start date be if there aren’t any available she informs that I’ll have to keep checking the site periodically to schedule a start date and they usually drop start dates on Friday-Monday, mind you this is just training not my actual schedule. One weekend goes by nothing pops up for a start date , another weekend goes by nothing pops up I call ERC again they give me this same lady who tells me the same thing, also to add w her heavy accent and her rudeness it’s hard to hear her becuz she will talk over you before you finish your question. i ask her how long will the profile be in this status because we going on 3 weeks without a start date and nothing has changed with start date schedule becuz at this point I have an alert set up for when a start date pops up on the site. She replies you just have to keep checking and as sumone who handles onboarding process she doesn’t have the information to tell me how long the profile can be in this status. lol ATP I’ve accepted Amazon has wasted my time and gas money to start my employment and don’t care so if I can give any prospective employee any advice DO NOT QUIT YOUR JOB FOR AMAZON EVEN WITH A START DATE because their office will have you waiting without any real assistance to your problem. I’ve worked for Amazon before it was simple as you watch the training video while at home go in for training day after the video then pick your schedule these ppl have overcomplicate a once simple process. Do not work for DCX9.

There was no real interview, just some online assessments, drug test and background check. There’s many ways to take time off if needed, such as UPT, PTO, vacation time and VTO if offered. Everything is done through the app. Work is fairly easy.

Working in the summertime when it’s over 100°. Managers and PAs playing favoritism.

The job is easy at times and there are times it will be slow. If you are train in other departments, you can help them out. The best part is no interview, And you have to pass a background check.

The managers have their favorites associates. They trained them and only them to successfully to learn all the departments. We can no longer take old or expired bread, cookies, hot bar food. We know they have cameras. We thought since it was going in the garbage it was okay to take home, Wrong!!!! they called it theft. You don't have to worry I will not touch any of your food that goes to waste again. Be careful I got the wrong info from an associate about expire foods. never again I will trust another associate.

The screening call was very casual to get a preliminary understanding.

No negatives. Everything went fine.

Hiring process pretty easy. No interview at all just take the drug test pass the background check and you're in.

Management sucks period. They micromanage every little thing.

Very good enrolment process, everything effective and online as expected.

Hard to get employment references.

Very good enrolment process, everything effective and online as expected.

Hard to get employment references.