I’ve been at this job for 3 weeks my stacking have been terrible and frustrated. But now I feel so much better after watching this video.Thank you so much you is a life saver.
If you really have to do this job, please remember to always use proper lifting technique, have good pair of shoes/boots with insoles, good gear, interlocked your pallets wisely, heavy items on the outside, small light boxes in the middle (if possible, otherwise interlock and evenly build your pallet) and watch out the way you build your pallet so that as you build your pallet up, there is no weak areas which could cause your pallet to fall or be weak. Personally, I don't recommend this job as a long term thing because of how back breaking it is but it's ok for the money now a days.
I was thinking the same thing seeing how they move and all that. Does not matter how fit you are, heck they said lift 100 pounds in freezing temps, I though to myself, sounds like an injury waiting to happen, oh well. It is what it is.
Hey man just wanna say I stayed up until 2am watching this video because it was my first day building pallets at my job. I was extremely nervous and didn’t wanna go in because I thought I’d have a terrible day. Took what you said in this video, believed in myself and KILLED it today. People were complimenting my pallets all day!!! Even I was surprised every time one came out how I wanted!! Thank you!!!
I've been a warehouseman for over 18 years. I am currently a selector trainer at a distribution center that handles produce dairy and meat and I agree with everything this man says.
Thank you for this video. I am on my 2nd week on my own as a Trainee and Building the Pallet nice is the hardest part for me! I haven't Dumped one yet or been called back to rebuild but I just feel like every time a trainer walks by he looks at my build like wTF! 🤣 I will definitely be taking this tips in tomorrow night!
Great tips for beginners man. I wish I would have something like this when I started 20 years ago lol. I would have save myself a whole lot of time. Anyone who’s watching this, he’s dead on definitely use this video as a tutor! 👍🏾
I just got a part time job as a selector and I am over 50. The company expectation is 2200 cases in one shift which 8 hours and with two breaks it come to 7 hours. I don't want to do 5 days because it will kill my back at this age. But I want to do it for little time to challenge myself but two days only. I am following your tips because you are experienced in this job and will use it at work. Because I want to reach to that bench mark. Thanks for all these tips and hopefully lots of new young kids would benefit from your channel.
Solid advice from a master here. I've been doing picking for the past couple years, and recently moving up to forklifts and slowly getting more time in that job instead of picking, but even the drivers with the most seniority have to pick on occasion. These tips are absolutely essential. The job is basically not unlike being a bricklayer, except you can't take the time to make every layer absolutely level. With that mentality, even a slightly uneven layer at the bottom is disastrous for the whole structure. It's better to build to collapse inwards than out.
I may be doing this job, not sure what they will have me doing but I am coming from UPS loading trailers (worked there years ago). Getting use to the products dimensions was key. Some just wont fit into your scheme.. but certain businesses made boxes that ALL fit together in some way. These are great tips to build confidence in pallet building. Thanks!
Thank you so much, I go back tomorrow after being out for awhile and now I am genuinely excited to practice these techniques in the morning because I know they are going to improve the quality of my pallets TREMENDOUSLY. Thank you so much!
I have been selecting in a warehouse for around 1.5 years and I am able to do 400 an hour in the produce section and I'm still learning some very useful tips from this video, thank you for the tips!
I see y’all do the produce orders different. We stack the potatoes first for our base and then put a doubler on them to put the bananas or other cases on them. Sometimes we can luck up and scoop the bananas. Stacking those potatoes on top is hard work 😓. But love the video Tim. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks man. Your videos are super helpful. My trainer is awesome. My last training day is tomorrow and I go in the freezer for the first time. I’m going through all of your videos.
I'm an order selector, pretty good, typically can hit rate + incentive at will, and I got to admit I'm impressed with the video everything you said was dead on plus I learn a few new tricks to try *subscribed* *liked* *About to watch part 1*
Thank you so much. I'm starting a job tomorrow without any experience. Good information. I may have some questions later. Great job relating your experience.. good technical info.
I'm not an Order Selector, but I work at Amazon and we have to build pallets. I find this video VERY helpful! I love that I can find a channel with this niche. Thank you!
@@TheWarehouseSeries if an order with different boxes as if we were selecting in a werahouse juices potatoes strawberries grapes from different boxes see the stabling of each box
Yo Tim. Man I really appreciate you making this video. I’m about to start next week in the freezer bro and I have no experience at all. Plus, I’m 42 but in decent athletic shape. Keep ‘em coming bro for I’m definitely learning from you.
Great and fully understanding. A few things I've done, which I learned from. Ocean spray juices and flour. I keep these things in the middle. Bad experiences but yes your cross image is too accurate.
I'm looking this up because at my job you got to be at 100 % as a case picker I'm at 85 % been there 5 months I'm trying .. I even downloaded Tetris to see if it would help. And if you pick faster than 100 you get paid incentive up to 9 dollars more an hour
I just applied for a order selector I know a lot of guys that do it. Do they train you? I have Warehouse experience, fork truck, order picker, reach truck.. This experience comes from Lowes and Home Depot. During my time there for two years in the receiving department.
@@TheWarehouseSeries same for woolworths dc it was 3 days training and the trainer stacked most of the orders himself and barely gave me any advice on proper stacking practices
I’m considering applying for the job with a company. This was so helpful. I’ve been doing a lot of research. Also what encouragement do you have for me as I already work in Amazon warehouse and tough it through on my ankle that’s 11 months post op after I broke it last year. I still have plate and screws at the moment and it throbs at times and I limp sometimes but I take medicine and I walk the large warehouse and we palletize so I’m super familiar with already stacking and interlocking and keeping the corners etc. if I was not injured I know I would be a top selector after getting used to it. I’m just trying to make money for my kids an I so I won’t be homeless anymore.
Biggest downfall to selection is it beats up the body, so if you do Select and the ankle is bothering you I wouldn't push it. I hope everything works out for you and your kids. If you do get a selector position please ask any questions, I'm happy to help
The way our warehouse is set up the pick path doesn’t make sense to me, you pick little stuff then giant stuff so it’s almost impossible to get a good base then my boss tells me no time is given to rebuild your pallet so I’m at a loss 🤷🏻♀️
Hit nail on the head,I’ve been in the business over 20 years and I try to help and the guys like I do it this way,I’m like that’s why you’re not close to minimum.
oh wow yall only go up to 2 pallets? we go up to 7 and our max cube per pallet is 80 and the higher pallet orders (olive garden for us) our time is reduced for it so our pick rate is 175 cases a hour but on the bigger orders they want us to do around 230 in a hour
How would one start with bigger orders when they are for examlle at the other corner of the warehouse and the smaller ones are near? Do you suggest to go around the entire warehouse and start make the base with bigger ones? Are the bigger ones naturally the first ones which the order picker can take?
Your warehouse "should " be set up to pick bigger / heavier cases first. I would have to chat back and forth with you to get a better idea of the set up. It also depends if your warehouse has the time in your order to go get bigger cases first.
Just got on the job I have previous warehouse experience as a lumper. I am selecting in the dry side gets a little tricky with the big boxes of plates and cups etc
I'm guessing since they're bigger boxes you have no room left? I will say that once you learn to build you will naturally have room. Newer selectors do not use all the space provided. For now I would take a few minutes to move some cases around to make them fit.
@@TheWarehouseSeries I’m also having problems with my pallet leaning one way. I take care of all 4 corners as I go but there is still one case leaning against another but I have no choice to put it there because it won’t fit anywhere else
Where I work, the problem of getting better at pallet-building is there is no reward (as in, no pay increase). And, when you make improvements with skid building the company just expects a higher standard (increased production) from you. ... And, considering that most grocery store customers have wage-earning-employees, most of the customers don't even appreciate how beautiful the built pallets look. I'm not being cynical. Its a serious problem. There is no incentive to build better. "Quick and smashed together" is my strategy, because all our warehouse watches is our stats, as in lines/ hour. You don't score points for building a beautiful work of art. I build big and heavy corners too. Our warehouse of grocery store packaging products is set up with aisles heaviest to lightest. We drive Raymond Order Pickers that elevate 30 feet. We have to pick up in the air, tied off with a harness.
I work for medical warehouse and struggle to build a pallet based off what’s on the order. Not the same size boxes. Frustrated with building. Touching boxes more than once affects my time
@@TheWarehouseSeries yeah I have a good idea who to ask. We use the Jennifer system and what gets me is when during my assignment Jennifer would ask to pick like items that are heavy which I would have to rebuild because I have light boxes already on pallet. Or i would get big boxes. Which I have to re-touch boxes. But I did use your method where I had different size boxes picked.
I work for ADUSA in North Carolina it’s my first time selecting. I work with the produce. Grapes strawberries cold drinks. I got the speed I just can get the stack together is there anything you can help me with
Go to my Playlist, although all my case selection videos will help there is a Playlist with perishable in title. Those videos may help. Grapes and strawberries you want to column stack (stack straight up). Just like they are on the pallet you're picking from. If you join Discord you can send me pics of your work if you're allowed
With my luck, they would give me half a pallet of bread, followed by 20 watermelons, then to top it off, nice square boxes of canned food. How do you deal with the pallet when the product gets delivered to you like that?
We do not zone at our warehouse but if you join Discord they talk about it over there. Over 200 people from around the world helping each other make it
Honestly 99% of people who apply for warehouse selecting will probably get the job because it's a position that needs filled all the time. Just remember going in that you may work any position and anywhere from 8 to 12 hours a day.
Come to Discord and get help from others as well as me. There may be someone who works with you over there or at the same company. My response would be to keep watching my videos
Bro I work at Sysco warehouse and I’m looking at your videos to make me faster and I believe it will I’m in the 110 but I wanna pull higher any tips please.???
Just keep watching my videos. Scroll my Playlist to find something you might need. If you're doing a 110 you should be able to catch on quickly to what I'm saying in my videos
@@TheWarehouseSeries if you know anybody who looking for work with warehouse experience in San Antonio or me Braunfels Texas send them out way we need help bad
freezer selector here. we only have 2 customers and they're fast food restaurants, easy right? Can you make a video about getting faster. im frustrated maxing out around 300-320 an hour, and that's when I'm running full speed. were on a label system. I stick and pick, stacking is good, build efficiently, ect. great basics. However someone twice my age just runs that bitch. his normal pace is 300+ an hour. He'll his 400-500/h a lot. i just want to know how to get to that level.
I appreciate your comment but its hard to say exactly what to do. I wouldn't know what it's like to throw in a freezer. My honest opinion I would say that it takes a certain person to throw in sub zero conditions. Are you making your times at 300+ cases?
You're probably just not efficient at all. I'm a top dog at my DC and I just do shit better than a lot of people. I don't sweat at a 200% which is around 600cph. Your boy is slow.
I think he meant to write *weaker*. If you know you’re gonna have bigger boxes later in your order, put the smaller/lighter boxes on the forks till find a solid spot for them. A spot for them is guaranteed to open up.
It all depends on how many minutes you were selecting that week. I would ask one of the selectors that been there awhile to show you how to keep track of your minutes. I would imagine it's similar to ours but it may not be
Nice review. You definitely are a good order-filler. Just a few disagreements on technique. Gaps are bad in every case. Every time you make a layer and you miss a case it adds to the height of the trip. If it's 20 boxes to a layer and you're doing 18 then after 10 layers you have an additional layer of boxes. That's more lifting and more energy. Just remember your ties and your heights and pack it as tight as possible. Always order fill middle out as well (especially when it's taller), and forget about corners being taller until you get about 2 layers up, because most boxes can be column stacked 2-3 layers and then they are brick-layered. Middle out is better when your trip gets taller as well since you can't pack the middle if you're short. I also work in a freezer so it's a lot different. But anywhere I've order filled I never wrapped a trip. Maybe as a joke. Slipsheets, knowing your case heights/ties, using pallets, or even random paper can just add friction to the trip. We also do double 72" pallets.
We definitely do things differently but in the same sense I like that your comment is so detailed, it means you take pride in your work and I appreciate that. Our orders cube out at 65 so little gaps are not going to be a big deal. I can't stand cases hanging off my pallet. My later videos get a lot more into detail. I agree 100% building middle out once pallet gets chest high
@@TheWarehouseSeries Some of the older guys suggest having the cases always on the inside and no overlap on the outside. I think it just depends on the case. Some can handle it, and others buckle when overhanging. I am not a very tall person so my trips tend to be as tight as I can get them within reason. A 72" cube that misses a few boxes each layer can easily turn into 80-85", and then the loader will struggle with it (if they can even get it in). I wish they'd make our trips a little shorter so we'd have some play in how we stack them. They just want it done one way, and if you make a mistake it turns into a nightmare later. I'm not very fond of our system. You'd do fine where I am anyway though. Your fundamentals are better most of the orderfillers I see. And you're one of the only ones I've seen who can discuss the idea without saying typical vapid stuff we hear in training. Such as, just put the heavy stuff on bottom, and big stuff on the outside. Just really empty advice that doesn't really get you anywhere. I wish I saw this stuff starting out. It would have been a huge help, but I had a lot of older guys to help me out.
@@TheWarehouseSeries Also, you can use the example of a baseball pitch to explain why the beginning of a trip is the most important. Throwing a baseball off by a degree at the pitcher's mound might result in it being called a ball, but being a degree off in the outfield means it could hit someone in the stands potentially. That's the same principle as why you can't really make mistakes early on. You can make minor mistakes later because the price of the error is minimal.
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I’ve been at this job for 3 weeks my stacking have been terrible and frustrated. But now I feel so much better after watching this video.Thank you so much you is a life saver.
You bet! Stick with it
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Same with me. My performance has been at 50% .
If you really have to do this job, please remember to always use proper lifting technique, have good pair of shoes/boots with insoles, good gear, interlocked your pallets wisely, heavy items on the outside, small light boxes in the middle (if possible, otherwise interlock and evenly build your pallet) and watch out the way you build your pallet so that as you build your pallet up, there is no weak areas which could cause your pallet to fall or be weak.
Personally, I don't recommend this job as a long term thing because of how back breaking it is but it's ok for the money now a days.
I was thinking the same thing seeing how they move and all that. Does not matter how fit you are, heck they said lift 100 pounds in freezing temps, I though to myself, sounds like an injury waiting to happen, oh well. It is what it is.
@shawnmendrek3544 I mean if you need the money I'd say go for it but just use it as a stepping stone onto something less strenuous.
Hey man just wanna say I stayed up until 2am watching this video because it was my first day building pallets at my job. I was extremely nervous and didn’t wanna go in because I thought I’d have a terrible day. Took what you said in this video, believed in myself and KILLED it today. People were complimenting my pallets all day!!! Even I was surprised every time one came out how I wanted!! Thank you!!!
That's great! Love hearing it. Any questions along the way let me know
@@TheWarehouseSeries will do!
Les get this money bro
Ive been a selector for 5 months now and i still come to your videos for more tips!
I agree with this whole video! I worked at the Wal-Mart DC for 14 years! I've trained a few people and I would preach those corners all the time!!!
I appreciate the comment! Are you still doing warehouse work?
@@TheWarehouseSeries no I quit there about 5 years ago. Such a beating. My body was just so worn out.
@@TexLive34 why didn’t you transfer departments and drive a forklift
This is giving me better training then what I am getting at my job right now earned my subscription.
I appreciate it!
Not even surprised. It is why I did a search for this kind of video, I expect bad training.
I've been a warehouseman for over 18 years. I am currently a selector trainer at a distribution center that handles produce dairy and meat and I agree with everything this man says.
I feel its harder when you get alot of small boxes
Build your corners strong long boxes in the middle then try to build like bricks
You can definitely tell you've done this for awhile. More good advice
I appreciate it!
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You'd be surprised there's people in this field that still don't know what they're doing after 15 years on the job
Just started as a warehouse selector and been having some trouble building my pallets in certain areas, this is a lot of good information. Thank you
Anytime. Join my Discord for free if you haven't done so
Thank you for this video. I am on my 2nd week on my own as a Trainee and Building the Pallet nice is the hardest part for me! I haven't Dumped one yet or been called back to rebuild but I just feel like every time a trainer walks by he looks at my build like wTF! 🤣 I will definitely be taking this tips in tomorrow night!
Lol, it will come. Check out my selection Playlist and any questions just ask
been doing this job for a couple of months and two different people on different shifts recommend your videos good shit bro
Cool, glad to help out!
Great tips for beginners man. I wish I would have something like this when I started 20 years ago lol. I would have save myself a whole lot of time. Anyone who’s watching this, he’s dead on definitely use this video as a tutor! 👍🏾
Thanks! I appreciate it
@terry Bradford I agree with you, the guy is a good teacher
I'm almost certain there will be more of these videos to come
Seems like you're helping a lot of people 👍
I hope so, thanks for watching!
Thank you, as I know all too well how bad trainers can be. Big help.
I just got a part time job as a selector and I am over 50. The company expectation is 2200 cases in one shift which 8 hours and with two breaks it come to 7 hours. I don't want to do 5 days because it will kill my back at this age. But I want to do it for little time to challenge myself but two days only. I am following your tips because you are experienced in this job and will use it at work. Because I want to reach to that bench mark. Thanks for all these tips and hopefully lots of new young kids would benefit from your channel.
Thank you and I wish you the best.
Here in Italy, it needs 2600 which is a bit too much for a newbie like me cause I started working for a month
Yes sir another video is helping me on my journey at my local wally wolrd DC my first week on training, thanks 🤓👋
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You're actually an artist . This all rings so true
Thank you again
Solid advice from a master here. I've been doing picking for the past couple years, and recently moving up to forklifts and slowly getting more time in that job instead of picking, but even the drivers with the most seniority have to pick on occasion.
These tips are absolutely essential. The job is basically not unlike being a bricklayer, except you can't take the time to make every layer absolutely level. With that mentality, even a slightly uneven layer at the bottom is disastrous for the whole structure. It's better to build to collapse inwards than out.
I appreciate it
I needed this video I’m struggling stacking produce and meat at my job it’s so frustrating thanks for the video
You bet! I have tons of videos that will help as well
New subscriber here thank you so much for this and the 1st one.
Absolutely! Thank you!
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I may be doing this job, not sure what they will have me doing but I am coming from UPS loading trailers (worked there years ago). Getting use to the products dimensions was key. Some just wont fit into your scheme.. but certain businesses made boxes that ALL fit together in some way. These are great tips to build confidence in pallet building. Thanks!
I appreciate the comment. First UPS person that I know of.
@@TheWarehouseSeries I came from UPS as well put in three years there.
Thank you for this video. Started as a order picker last week and you give out really useful advice. Working on my pallet stacking :)
I appreciate it, I have a lot of warehouse videos if you need more tips
Thank you so much, I go back tomorrow after being out for awhile and now I am genuinely excited to practice these techniques in the morning because I know they are going to improve the quality of my pallets TREMENDOUSLY. Thank you so much!
Awesome! Let me know how it goes
I have been selecting in a warehouse for around 1.5 years and I am able to do 400 an hour in the produce section and I'm still learning some very useful tips from this video, thank you for the tips!
I appreciate it!
Sheesh 400? I never had an order with that many cases.
I see y’all do the produce orders different. We stack the potatoes first for our base and then put a doubler on them to put the bananas or other cases on them. Sometimes we can luck up and scoop the bananas. Stacking those potatoes on top is hard work 😓. But love the video Tim. Keep up the great work!!
I appreciate it! I've noticed quite a bit with the pictures I receive our warehouse is definitely slotted a lot differently
Build around your pallet going up cross your cases to lock them in to prevent items falling off
Thanks for the tips...these will help when I start stacking. More power to you.
starting orientation great content its clicking in my mind thank you for the content
Happy to help, good luck to you
Thanks man. Your videos are super helpful. My trainer is awesome. My last training day is tomorrow and I go in the freezer for the first time. I’m going through all of your videos.
I'm glad I could help. Good luck in the freezer
I'm an order selector, pretty good, typically can hit rate + incentive at will, and I got to admit I'm impressed with the video everything you said was dead on plus I learn a few new tricks to try *subscribed*
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*About to watch part 1*
I appreciate it!
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Thanks For The Video’s I Begin Selecting Next Week....God Bless You Bro!!
💯 Thank you!
Great advice sir!!! Helping me so much as a new selector!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great to hear, Discord you will get more help from other selectors from all over the world
Thanks and god bless you! This helped a lot
Thank you so much. I'm starting a job tomorrow without any experience. Good information. I may have some questions later. Great job relating your experience.. good technical info.
Nice! Anytime
When you see the veterans pick their brains.
Am really enjoying your videos....am searching for a warehouse job. Your videos are teaching me a lot bro 👍
Awesome, glad to help!
I'm not an Order Selector, but I work at Amazon and we have to build pallets. I find this video VERY helpful! I love that I can find a channel with this niche. Thank you!
Appreciate the comment!
Nice job explaining man, can you do another one of these?
Stacking Bags of onions or potatoes makes it hard if you don't know what your doing.
I have over 300 videos out. Check my Playlist
Produce Playlist
Part 3 link in description above also at end of video. Part 4 will most likely be coming next week. Thank you guys for watching!!
Start tomorrow thanks for the tips
Good luck 👍. Any questions, just ask
The first 10-15 years as a selector is crazy
Definitely
Can you make a video selecting boxes of different sizes and different orders please?
When this question is asked I refer people to Discord since I've never done it
@@TheWarehouseSeries if an order with different boxes as if we were selecting in a werahouse juices potatoes strawberries grapes from different boxes see the stabling of each box
Thank you for your time and information,this was very helpful! 👊
You're welcome! Thanks for commenting
The one thing I learned is waist high, don’t worry about slightly smaller cases on the edges.
I just started at shamrock food distribution this helps alot thanks brother
Glad I could help!
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Yo Tim. Man I really appreciate you making this video. I’m about to start next week in the freezer bro and I have no experience at all. Plus, I’m 42 but in decent athletic shape. Keep ‘em coming bro for I’m definitely learning from you.
Absolutely, glad I can help. Have you seen my other videos? I have quite a few. Hope everything works out
Plus join Discord, a lot of freezer people over there that will also help
I have a chat room for freezer where people post their work
@@TheWarehouseSeries is the discord free?
@@philiphall4822 yes! Click link below any of my videos.
Thank you so much for this video, I like it
Great and fully understanding. A few things I've done, which I learned from. Ocean spray juices and flour. I keep these things in the middle. Bad experiences but yes your cross image is too accurate.
I appreciate the comment
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This video helps a lot, thank you
Thanks!
I like your way for guide the people.
Thank you
Great video 👍
Thank you! And thank you for sub!
Been selecting 16 years stacking is like riding a bike now
What I be telling my supervisors I even had to show one of them my BMX video
You stack while riding a bicycle? Impressive!
I love the info thanks
Coach you are the best
At 15 mins in that back pallet with the milk. I NEVER got any silk milk on the out sides bcz those boxes are horrible
I'm looking this up because at my job you got to be at 100 % as a case picker I'm at 85 % been there 5 months I'm trying .. I even downloaded Tetris to see if it would help. And if you pick faster than 100 you get paid incentive up to 9 dollars more an hour
I know everyone says it's like tetris but I disagree. Join Discord for tons of help
Am getting home Training this really helps
Damn here in Publix we get up to 74 cubed it’s insanely stressful depending on what it is
Oh my goodness,everything you say is dead on,especially with the overhang on the pallet.
I just applied for a order selector I know a lot of guys that do it. Do they train you? I have Warehouse experience, fork truck, order picker, reach truck.. This experience comes from Lowes and Home Depot. During my time there for two years in the receiving department.
Every warehouse does train you but from what I'm gathering through others on here it's not long enough. Our work is 3 days and that's ridiculous.
@@TheWarehouseSeries same for woolworths dc it was 3 days training and the trainer stacked most of the orders himself and barely gave me any advice on proper stacking practices
@@kaly3877 This is a major problem. They wonder why people can't do the job.
These are very helpful videos 👌
Thank you
I get anxiety if I'm an inch out to the sides . Bit more grace long ways . Great video
Thank you
I’m considering applying for the job with a company. This was so helpful. I’ve been doing a lot of research. Also what encouragement do you have for me as I already work in Amazon warehouse and tough it through on my ankle that’s 11 months post op after I broke it last year. I still have plate and screws at the moment and it throbs at times and I limp sometimes but I take medicine and I walk the large warehouse and we palletize so I’m super familiar with already stacking and interlocking and keeping the corners etc. if I was not injured I know I would be a top selector after getting used to it. I’m just trying to make money for my kids an I so I won’t be homeless anymore.
Biggest downfall to selection is it beats up the body, so if you do Select and the ankle is bothering you I wouldn't push it. I hope everything works out for you and your kids. If you do get a selector position please ask any questions, I'm happy to help
The way our warehouse is set up the pick path doesn’t make sense to me, you pick little stuff then giant stuff so it’s almost impossible to get a good base then my boss tells me no time is given to rebuild your pallet so I’m at a loss 🤷🏻♀️
I feel your pain
Nicely done
Thank you!
Are you a trainer? I feel like I'm in school, lol.
I am not. I will never be one either. 98% of our new employees know everything. Absolutely impossible to teach someone who doesn't listen.
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Hit nail on the head,I’ve been in the business over 20 years and I try to help and the guys like I do it this way,I’m like that’s why you’re not close to minimum.
oh wow yall only go up to 2 pallets? we go up to 7 and our max cube per pallet is 80 and the higher pallet orders (olive garden for us) our time is reduced for it so our pick rate is 175 cases a hour but on the bigger orders they want us to do around 230 in a hour
I've been stacking perfectly but still at a 70% for 2 months
Are you constantly moving cases to get that perfect pallet
1 second per case
2 steps to pick it up
2 steps to place on pallet
Place it once and don't move it again
Don’t worry bout your percentages lol and try to get out of order selecting and get on a reach/Lift!!
At our work newer employees don't have that option for quite awhile
My last job i couldnt stand. Theyd wait till i got up to like waist high to send me to the 100 pound bags of rice.
Warehouses do not care about their selectors
What if you selecting sugar flour? Thing like that cause it’s be coming frustrating
Have you seen my videos of me selecting? Check out my Playlist
70 cube, I'm expecting two pallets. I pray that one of them is nice and flat.
70 cube is pretty big
How would one start with bigger orders when they are for examlle at the other corner of the warehouse and the smaller ones are near? Do you suggest to go around the entire warehouse and start make the base with bigger ones? Are the bigger ones naturally the first ones which the order picker can take?
Your warehouse "should " be set up to pick bigger / heavier cases first. I would have to chat back and forth with you to get a better idea of the set up. It also depends if your warehouse has the time in your order to go get bigger cases first.
Just got on the job I have previous warehouse experience as a lumper. I am selecting in the dry side gets a little tricky with the big boxes of plates and cups etc
I'm guessing since they're bigger boxes you have no room left? I will say that once you learn to build you will naturally have room. Newer selectors do not use all the space provided. For now I would take a few minutes to move some cases around to make them fit.
If your order ends in that aisle you will start planning ahead and leave a spot or 2 open just in case you get those cases
@@TheWarehouseSeries I’m also having problems with my pallet leaning one way. I take care of all 4 corners as I go but there is still one case leaning against another but I have no choice to put it there because it won’t fit anywhere else
@@SoFilthy do you finished a layer before moving on to the next?
@@TheWarehouseSeries I’m on break as I speak lol but yes I try to. If I can’t I start making a L
Where I work, the problem of getting better at pallet-building is there is no reward (as in, no pay increase). And, when you make improvements with skid building the company just expects a higher standard (increased production) from you. ... And, considering that most grocery store customers have wage-earning-employees, most of the customers don't even appreciate how beautiful the built pallets look.
I'm not being cynical. Its a serious problem. There is no incentive to build better. "Quick and smashed together" is my strategy, because all our warehouse watches is our stats, as in lines/ hour. You don't score points for building a beautiful work of art.
I build big and heavy corners too. Our warehouse of grocery store packaging products is set up with aisles heaviest to lightest.
We drive Raymond Order Pickers that elevate 30 feet. We have to pick up in the air, tied off with a harness.
I definitely hear what you're saying plus being a cherry picker would be different I would imagine
Right now I am starting to select at Whole Foods produce any tips on how to stack perfectly
That's what my videos are all about
I’m 18 and was just wondering if the job really is worth it, this is my first full time job and I’m having mixed feelings about this position
Honestly it depends on what they are paying you to start. There are a lot of jobs paying 15 an hour not to be a laborer.
do it for now but look for something better. Your back is not a renewable resource, plenty of bulged discs in this line of work
Stack your money for a year, then pay for trade school. Your future self will thank you.
I work for medical warehouse and struggle to build a pallet based off what’s on the order. Not the same size boxes. Frustrated with building. Touching boxes more than once affects my time
Takes time for sure. I would look for the employee building the nice pallets and ask questions. Best of luck to you.
@@TheWarehouseSeries yeah I have a good idea who to ask. We use the Jennifer system and what gets me is when during my assignment Jennifer would ask to pick like items that are heavy which I would have to rebuild because I have light boxes already on pallet. Or i would get big boxes. Which I have to re-touch boxes. But I did use your method where I had different size boxes picked.
Once I get the process down will be training others on how to pick
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Looks like Publix
I’m really curious what company you work for lol. I understand you probably don’t want to leak that kind of information though.
Yeah , I'm not sure if they would care or not. So I'm pleading the 5th. Lol
I’m 3 weeks in and my building is not so good
It takes time. 99% of people after 3 weeks still build bad
I just applied for a job at hobby lobby as order selector and I have no idea
I work for ADUSA in North Carolina it’s my first time selecting. I work with the produce. Grapes strawberries cold drinks. I got the speed I just can get the stack together is there anything you can help me with
Go to my Playlist, although all my case selection videos will help there is a Playlist with perishable in title. Those videos may help. Grapes and strawberries you want to column stack (stack straight up). Just like they are on the pallet you're picking from. If you join Discord you can send me pics of your work if you're allowed
With my luck, they would give me half a pallet of bread, followed by 20 watermelons, then to top it off, nice square boxes of canned food. How do you deal with the pallet when the product gets delivered to you like that?
If you get an order like that they need to seriously reconsider how they slot their warehouse.
Are you going to post another video about pallet construction?
I did put a 3rd one out. It has a red background
Working on a 4th
Do you have a video of good zoning.!??
We do not zone at our warehouse but if you join Discord they talk about it over there. Over 200 people from around the world helping each other make it
Any tips on what to say during an interview
Honestly 99% of people who apply for warehouse selecting will probably get the job because it's a position that needs filled all the time. Just remember going in that you may work any position and anywhere from 8 to 12 hours a day.
Check out part 3 and 4 too. Part 5 coming soon
If the voice headset confusing at first?
Very. Some people actually quit because they don't get what the headset is saying. I listen to the male voice, I think it's easier to understand
@@TheWarehouseSeries how does the headset know where I’m at tho in the warehouse
@@tymarcinick1613 using Bluetooth. Your warehouse has frequency boxes set up around the entire building that your talkman is communicating with.
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No been at Petsmart warehouse 10 years Orderfill
It’s not letting me join the discord
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How can get my percentage up high when I am selecting?
Come to Discord and get help from others as well as me. There may be someone who works with you over there or at the same company. My response would be to keep watching my videos
Bro I work at Sysco warehouse and I’m looking at your videos to make me faster and I believe it will I’m in the 110 but I wanna pull higher any tips please.???
Just keep watching my videos. Scroll my Playlist to find something you might need. If you're doing a 110 you should be able to catch on quickly to what I'm saying in my videos
@@TheWarehouseSeries yes sir I’ll be on the look out. Appreciate it
@@TheWarehouseSeries if you know anybody who looking for work with warehouse experience in San Antonio or me Braunfels Texas send them out way we need help bad
@@curtisbarnes2283 I think every warehouse is looking. No one wants to do labor work.
@@TheWarehouseSeries lol yeah you right but man there’s guys come one week then never come back
freezer selector here. we only have 2 customers and they're fast food restaurants, easy right?
Can you make a video about getting faster. im frustrated maxing out around 300-320 an hour, and that's when I'm running full speed.
were on a label system. I stick and pick, stacking is good, build efficiently, ect. great basics. However someone twice my age just runs that bitch. his normal pace is 300+ an hour. He'll his 400-500/h a lot. i just want to know how to get to that level.
I appreciate your comment but its hard to say exactly what to do. I wouldn't know what it's like to throw in a freezer. My honest opinion I would say that it takes a certain person to throw in sub zero conditions. Are you making your times at 300+ cases?
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You're probably just not efficient at all. I'm a top dog at my DC and I just do shit better than a lot of people. I don't sweat at a 200% which is around 600cph. Your boy is slow.
how do you stack wicker boxes you pick way before before the heavy boxes picked later?
Would I be able to see a picture of what you're talking about?
I think he meant to write *weaker*. If you know you’re gonna have bigger boxes later in your order, put the smaller/lighter boxes on the forks till find a solid spot for them. A spot for them is guaranteed to open up.
Doesn't leaving gaps in the pallet causes cases to shift around when wrapping it up?
If the gaps are big enough and have cases leaning into them most definitely .
When wrapping if the pallet is constructed properly the small gaps will not matter
@@TheWarehouseSeries thanks man
How you cheat the vocal it
Not sure what you mean?
I’m hitting 88 / 90 % 5 days a week so what would be the average for that week ?
It all depends on how many minutes you were selecting that week. I would ask one of the selectors that been there awhile to show you how to keep track of your minutes. I would imagine it's similar to ours but it may not be
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i can not thank you enough for this information4 min in and i already learned alot. thank you thank you thank you.
Love to help!
Nice review. You definitely are a good order-filler. Just a few disagreements on technique. Gaps are bad in every case. Every time you make a layer and you miss a case it adds to the height of the trip. If it's 20 boxes to a layer and you're doing 18 then after 10 layers you have an additional layer of boxes. That's more lifting and more energy. Just remember your ties and your heights and pack it as tight as possible. Always order fill middle out as well (especially when it's taller), and forget about corners being taller until you get about 2 layers up, because most boxes can be column stacked 2-3 layers and then they are brick-layered. Middle out is better when your trip gets taller as well since you can't pack the middle if you're short. I also work in a freezer so it's a lot different. But anywhere I've order filled I never wrapped a trip. Maybe as a joke. Slipsheets, knowing your case heights/ties, using pallets, or even random paper can just add friction to the trip. We also do double 72" pallets.
We definitely do things differently but in the same sense I like that your comment is so detailed, it means you take pride in your work and I appreciate that. Our orders cube out at 65 so little gaps are not going to be a big deal. I can't stand cases hanging off my pallet. My later videos get a lot more into detail. I agree 100% building middle out once pallet gets chest high
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Some of the older guys suggest having the cases always on the inside and no overlap on the outside. I think it just depends on the case. Some can handle it, and others buckle when overhanging. I am not a very tall person so my trips tend to be as tight as I can get them within reason. A 72" cube that misses a few boxes each layer can easily turn into 80-85", and then the loader will struggle with it (if they can even get it in). I wish they'd make our trips a little shorter so we'd have some play in how we stack them. They just want it done one way, and if you make a mistake it turns into a nightmare later. I'm not very fond of our system.
You'd do fine where I am anyway though. Your fundamentals are better most of the orderfillers I see. And you're one of the only ones I've seen who can discuss the idea without saying typical vapid stuff we hear in training. Such as, just put the heavy stuff on bottom, and big stuff on the outside. Just really empty advice that doesn't really get you anywhere. I wish I saw this stuff starting out. It would have been a huge help, but I had a lot of older guys to help me out.
@@TheWarehouseSeries Also, you can use the example of a baseball pitch to explain why the beginning of a trip is the most important. Throwing a baseball off by a degree at the pitcher's mound might result in it being called a ball, but being a degree off in the outfield means it could hit someone in the stands potentially. That's the same principle as why you can't really make mistakes early on. You can make minor mistakes later because the price of the error is minimal.
@@randall2158 Really appreciate your insight