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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 214732" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p>Great thread, Hoser. When I went to see customers, I often had to make the trip out there to visit the shipper for one reason or another. Shipping/receiving jobs have a tremendous turnover because (depending on the company, of course) they make a whopping $8-9 bucks an hour, which rarely comes with bennies or time off. </p><p> </p><p>Many times a shipper would quit, and nobody else knew the shipping system or how the heck to get a package out. And the new shipper is of course clueless. Shipping/receiving isn't rocket science but those guys work hard. Their work stations are often right next to the dock door (open all the time) to the elements of nature. </p><p> </p><p>They record what goes out, what comes in. They do the inventory as they go, (rather than a once a year inventory) they receive orders to be filled and often fill those orders themselves with a forklift, if necessary. They deal with every dept. in the place - the front office, accounting, you name it. Some of them also do the receiving, which is another 25 things to do. Everybody's in a dead panic to get it all done in time for the driver, and they're always sweating it when their customers don't get the freight on time. You'd think they owned the company!</p><p> </p><p>I always walked away very impressed with their responsibilities - sure made my job seem like cake in comparison. And all that running around like whirlwinds for 8 bucks an hour....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 214732, member: 8657"] Great thread, Hoser. When I went to see customers, I often had to make the trip out there to visit the shipper for one reason or another. Shipping/receiving jobs have a tremendous turnover because (depending on the company, of course) they make a whopping $8-9 bucks an hour, which rarely comes with bennies or time off. Many times a shipper would quit, and nobody else knew the shipping system or how the heck to get a package out. And the new shipper is of course clueless. Shipping/receiving isn't rocket science but those guys work hard. Their work stations are often right next to the dock door (open all the time) to the elements of nature. They record what goes out, what comes in. They do the inventory as they go, (rather than a once a year inventory) they receive orders to be filled and often fill those orders themselves with a forklift, if necessary. They deal with every dept. in the place - the front office, accounting, you name it. Some of them also do the receiving, which is another 25 things to do. Everybody's in a dead panic to get it all done in time for the driver, and they're always sweating it when their customers don't get the freight on time. You'd think they owned the company! I always walked away very impressed with their responsibilities - sure made my job seem like cake in comparison. And all that running around like whirlwinds for 8 bucks an hour.... [/QUOTE]
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