Amazon Process Assistant Reviews

Pros

Fast paced so time goes by fast. Every day I learn something new. Great opportunities for growth. Managers like to hear your ideas, and are open-minded to any change to better the department.

Advice to Management

Know going in that you will make mistakes, own them and learn from them. I wouldn't know half of what I know if some mistakes weren't made along the way. For a sort side AFE PA, log your associates out for bathroom breaks to ensure their time off the floor is tracked in case you get someone who takes advantage of break time. Keep your dwells clear and cpts should always be manageable.

Pros

- Huge company with a ton of different opportunities across the world, in any position you are interested in.
- Process Assistant role in particular is an excellent opportunity for building leadership and management experience.
- Very open-ended roles with lots of individual flexibility in driving your own success. Large departments have a variety of processes, goals, and the people to achieve them. As a PA, it's largely up to you to decide how to utilize your resources through your associates to achieve your department's goals.
- Strong employee support from management and HR. Majority of managers are highly skilled, extremely focused on employee support and development, and strongly motivated for the success of the team.
- Constantly exciting and ever changing situations and goals. No end to the creative and organizational potential for those willing to build off of it.
- As a PA, you are the most immediate (indirect) supervisor and face of leadership for the vast majority of employees. Majority of your day is working with associates and solving their problems. Extremely good role for anybody who likes helping people. Many of the tier I associates are unskilled, and it is exciting to develop your associates into their potential.
- Decent pay and benefits for an entry-level leadership role. Lots of potential for overtime if you are physically up for it (see cons).

Advice to Management

Prioritize the processes needed to achieve clear organization and communication with the team. This is a small investment in time for large rewards in reduced labor and materials costs.

Pros

Pay
AM's expect a lot out of you and complain for things out of your control like rate

Pros

Decent pay, room for advancement.

Advice to Management

Be a top performer and always have a positive attitude. Incorporate leadership principals to your day to day.

Pros

Job security, possible development, and stock incentives.

Advice to Management

Cultivate your people not your numbers.

Pros

Decent pay and benefits for my area

Pros

Room to move up in company

Pros

Good resume experience
Benefits
Very Reasonable Time Off Options
Fast Pace

Pros

Amazon focuses on results and numbers. Managers don’t care who you are and where you’re from. If you work hard and is good at what you do, uou can be easily get promoted.

Advice to Management

Reach out to associates. Empower them more. Most of them have brilliant ideas on how to improve the organization.

Pros

Plenty of Overtime when you need it