hello all, got a bit of a long story but i'll try to keep it simple..
im a new employee, just finished my 5th day. interviewed for unload, got the job.
day 1: first day at work i watched 15 minutes of the training video and was moved to the primary by a supe. was told two people no-showed and immediately started unloading, eventually was moved to sort and then finally was brought down on the belt to start loading 2 trucks with the aid of another supe. first day and im doing a job i didnt know i was going to do, no formal training except the hazmat portion of the video. unload was simple, sort was simply divided into three categories but loading... thats an iffy one.
day 2: told im on the belt again, i asked why, they said the person who interviewed me made a mistake and loading was my job. ok. loading the same 2 trucks while a supe loads the two adjacent. asking questions along the way, still no formal training. manager comes by and informs me that i'm not doing things correctly despite the information ive gathered from the supe. try to adapt, change my workflow, survive day 2.
day 3: im moved to a completely different belt with a different supe. this time 3 trucks at once. again my methods are wrong despite what ive gathered from supe 1 and manager. this guy is level-headed but works at a pace i cannot understand. somehow manage to keep up. still no formal training or paperwork.. just things ive picked up/common sense. before i leave i ask what my employee ID is and how to punch in/out and get "we'll figure that out tomorrow".
day 4: same belt with my new supe, same 3 trucks but now i'm also loading a semi that delivers goods to a large sporting goods store. 2 misloads from the day prior (you don't say..). pace picks up but randomly am told to start filling out an intro packet of some sort (name, date of hire, things i enjoy). back to work "we'll get to that again later". still loading 3 trucks and a semi. some belt employees are told to go home and am now working with my supe to finish loading 1 semi and an entire side of the belt. before i go im given a quiz to fill out based off of things ive learned from the video... of which only the hazmat portion i saw. i tell him this, he does the quiz and says the answers while i watch.
day 5: nearly the exact same scenario as day 4 but with the information that i had 4 misloads. still not surprised even though i've been busting my ass, trying my best. i think the supe realized that and tried to help me out a bit more today. same pace which is so fast i barely know where i am half of the time. during a lull i fill out some other quiz.. we'll see how that goes.
thats the jist of it but i've omitted a lot in terms of dialogue between the supes and i. basically i finished my 5th day today for a job i didn't know i was going to do.. without proper training and without, what would seem to me, proper supervision and guidance. this entire experience seems VERY questionable to me and would appreciate any advice. i'd also like to know if this is how new employees in general get 'trained'...
cheers
im a new employee, just finished my 5th day. interviewed for unload, got the job.
day 1: first day at work i watched 15 minutes of the training video and was moved to the primary by a supe. was told two people no-showed and immediately started unloading, eventually was moved to sort and then finally was brought down on the belt to start loading 2 trucks with the aid of another supe. first day and im doing a job i didnt know i was going to do, no formal training except the hazmat portion of the video. unload was simple, sort was simply divided into three categories but loading... thats an iffy one.
day 2: told im on the belt again, i asked why, they said the person who interviewed me made a mistake and loading was my job. ok. loading the same 2 trucks while a supe loads the two adjacent. asking questions along the way, still no formal training. manager comes by and informs me that i'm not doing things correctly despite the information ive gathered from the supe. try to adapt, change my workflow, survive day 2.
day 3: im moved to a completely different belt with a different supe. this time 3 trucks at once. again my methods are wrong despite what ive gathered from supe 1 and manager. this guy is level-headed but works at a pace i cannot understand. somehow manage to keep up. still no formal training or paperwork.. just things ive picked up/common sense. before i leave i ask what my employee ID is and how to punch in/out and get "we'll figure that out tomorrow".
day 4: same belt with my new supe, same 3 trucks but now i'm also loading a semi that delivers goods to a large sporting goods store. 2 misloads from the day prior (you don't say..). pace picks up but randomly am told to start filling out an intro packet of some sort (name, date of hire, things i enjoy). back to work "we'll get to that again later". still loading 3 trucks and a semi. some belt employees are told to go home and am now working with my supe to finish loading 1 semi and an entire side of the belt. before i go im given a quiz to fill out based off of things ive learned from the video... of which only the hazmat portion i saw. i tell him this, he does the quiz and says the answers while i watch.
day 5: nearly the exact same scenario as day 4 but with the information that i had 4 misloads. still not surprised even though i've been busting my ass, trying my best. i think the supe realized that and tried to help me out a bit more today. same pace which is so fast i barely know where i am half of the time. during a lull i fill out some other quiz.. we'll see how that goes.
thats the jist of it but i've omitted a lot in terms of dialogue between the supes and i. basically i finished my 5th day today for a job i didn't know i was going to do.. without proper training and without, what would seem to me, proper supervision and guidance. this entire experience seems VERY questionable to me and would appreciate any advice. i'd also like to know if this is how new employees in general get 'trained'...
cheers