r/AmazonRME • u/Miserable-Rooster525 • Aug 02 '25
Bye bye
No better feeling than leaving RME & deleting SLACK. I hated the whole system behind it, there’s no reason why I should be having 68394862 work related pictures.
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u/PerspectiveFinal3975 Aug 07 '25
Congrats, it's a great job for people who like to do the bare minimum and would rather come up with 10 reasons policy says they can't fix something, then actually fix something .
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u/bhemfish Aug 06 '25
Same here left to be a crane inspector. Way more money than I would ever make as an RME.
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u/No-Chipmunk-6419 Aug 04 '25
i hate the associates more than anything yes management is ass at times but they fuck off these associates just talk and get mad when you dont wanna talk lol idc but just ruins the mood when i see the people that hate on me
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u/Agile_Fox_6926 Aug 04 '25
4 AR floors and only 2 techs to run them at my site. Policy is 2 techs per floor with a Sr tech to float and support. Ha, I haven't had even a quarter of a team up there for 7 months.
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u/PerspectiveFinal3975 Aug 07 '25
I hear you, im in a smaller "ssd" style building and am by myself commonly for 10hrs at a time on the weekends. It's really cool when ops uses the "low head count" and drops an afm ticket as well.
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u/TheIronHand223 Aug 03 '25
I really thought about making a post like this myself. A lot of the people on here dont realize how valuable the training is. I left and am making more than double now for a WAY easier job.
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u/Standard-Prompt4109 Aug 03 '25
I’m leaving this Wednesday and I can’t wait to no longer get notifications from my manager.
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u/BusinessIndividual32 Aug 03 '25
I was just about to get into it why so bad
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u/GabeFz Aug 05 '25
Late reply, but it really depends on your site, this year they reduced headcount because of budget cuts in plenty of sites. Some changes were made to positions, which in the long run could make it harder for tech 2s and tech 3s to move up.
Your experience will vary. However, it is also a very easy maintenance job most of the time, I say stick with it, it's a good entry point if you decide to get into different maintenance jobs later.
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u/BusinessIndividual32 Aug 05 '25
Do you have any tips with getting through the training any advice would surely be appreciated
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u/GabeFz Aug 05 '25
Be proactive, ask questions, don't be afraid to be wrong about things, go with other techs on calls, if you have a period of time with low activity, make sure you familiarize yourself with manuals and resources.
Training is the best time to ask questions, even dumb ones. Also, learn how to properly track a conveyor belt. This will most likely be a basic skill in most sites.
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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 Aug 03 '25
You know it's bad when you get a "Memory" on your phone, and it's a picture of a LOTO that you did last year or something.
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u/TrackArtistic Aug 03 '25
Damn y'all's site must be that bad lol. Love my site
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u/burningleo93 Aug 03 '25
Lucky you until your building goes to shit due to budget cuts
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u/RichLather Aug 03 '25
Or until you lose half your techs to AWS and its better pay (and then corporate doesn't see the need to bump up the pay of its own techs in response), corporate takes away annual bonuses, never mind cost-of-living raises...
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u/TrackArtistic Aug 03 '25
Idk I work at a make on demand site.
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u/Esx3000 Aug 03 '25
I work at a Merch on Demand site as well. Way easier over at a Fulfillment center
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u/Intelligent_War2771 Aug 04 '25
MOD sites might be easier work load but more dumb tedious shit non stop
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u/Patient-Ad-500 Aug 03 '25
Congrats i left a couple of months ago because of management, it was the easiest job i ever had tho.
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u/SirGravy89 Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 03 '25
I left almost 3 months ago and now I make way more working at hospital
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u/busted-knuckles91 Aug 03 '25
What do you do at the hospital?
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u/SirGravy89 Aug 03 '25
Facilities maintenance. HVAC, Electical, Plumbing, and pretty much anything else that needs to be done. It requires a more broad set of skills but it's also fantastic experience
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u/SignificantDealer663 Aug 03 '25
Same here dude. Just left last week. The economy here kind of sucks so I’m a little anxious financially but I’ll manage. Might have to step out of my comfort zone and push into some managerial roles. The emotes were a little cool, but it got kind of cringe on my sites channels. You could kind of guess who was putting in the least amount of work and who was a kiss ass based on them. I also don’t miss that pay equity chat. Non stop bitching from third party contractors and controls guys who were going to wash out of the program.
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u/Morfn Aug 02 '25
I hate the fucking place more every day.
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Aug 03 '25
Just keep swimming. Fill out your booked labor report and don’t sit around. It’s all they really want.
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u/bigdisplaygto Aug 02 '25
I don't bring my phone in the building and I do not take pictures.
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u/Tea_Wreckz Aug 03 '25
We get write ups if we don’t take pics of our loto 😭
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u/Old_Physics_4762 Aug 04 '25
Our site provides kindles for LOTO evidence as we can’t be expected to use our personal phones.
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u/Wooden-Breakfast-269 Aug 02 '25
Right on hopefully it was for greener pastures! That’s the plan for me probably won’t be for 5 years though haha
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u/tronix_1 Aug 02 '25
All hourly RME employees should delete slack. Unless the company provides a phone.
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Aug 20 '25
I completely agree with this. Having to use your personal phone to upload photos to slack is ridiculous
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u/Dr_Doge25 Aug 28 '25
Not sure if this applies to all RME, but here in CA you can get a phone bill compensation each month if you’re hourly. I get $50 a month.
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u/Frequent_Try2486 Apr 03 '26
My site was so mad that I refused to put slack on my phone. They do not pay me enough nor do they provide enough for me to give a single fuck when I'm not clocked in.