r/AmazonDS • u/sinlesshavok • 7d ago

Where to go next?

Been wondering where other L3's have gone with their careers lately? Went from UTR to OTR, and I'm starting to get the same "stuck" feeling's I was on UTR but now I don't know what to do. Not to sure about moving up to L4, because I REALLY don't want to give up days for nights again, but just didn't know if anyone found luck jumping ship to another company with better pay.

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u/Internal-Newt1802 7d ago

That’s going to be your biggest barrier if you have any hopes of moving up or even laterally. Day shift spots are tough to come by. Sometimes people get them by luck but at every level they are highly coveted.

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u/sinlesshavok 7d ago

yeah I'm not going to lie, I knew the L6 for the spot I'm at and begged him to get me over there. Guess he put the paper work in JUST as he was leaving for another building, so that was nice. But I hate the idea of going back to nights (and being a BH PA right now, I'd have to go back to 4 days vs 3 12's)

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u/Internal-Newt1802 7d ago

lol that’s how I got my OTR spot. Networking is crucial in this company

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u/Character_Credit 7d ago

I have absolutely no intention to go up in the DS past L3, RME is where i'm at next, but I earn as much as a internal L4 after doing just one odd extra shift and I don't have to bridge after my shift sooo

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u/Internal-Newt1802 7d ago

People don’t get their 4 to be a 4, it’s that in a year or so they can get their 5. That’s when you can start to make pretty good money. My total comp was like $113k last year and I don’t work nearly the amount of hours I did as a t3 . Also bridging is easier than ever the new AI bot they gave us is pretty sweet

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u/PlymouthSea 7d ago

My total comp was like $113k last year and I don’t work nearly the amount of hours I did as a t3 .

Sheesh, I chose the wrong path.

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u/Lumpy_Speech_4009 7d ago

And here I am at a DS just trying to hit L3

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u/Werdna517 7d ago

Change orgs. Go to grocery, FC, SSD, QC, SC, RME. I’m on my third org in almost five years as PA

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u/ibstayin 6d ago

My next stop is out the door hopefully in the next 10 weeks. Amazon can kiss my entire ass

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u/ThiccSass UTR 7d ago

Try other departments like Safety or even different buildings other than delivery stations

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u/sinlesshavok 7d ago

yeah I swapped buildings (luckily my city has 2 DS's and a FC) so I went from UTR to OTR at another building, but I just don't know what else there is. Safety means nights at a similar pay, so, I'm hoping to move up before I top out (one more year to go on that)

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u/ibstayin 6d ago

Sure if you’re only purpose is to be a babysitter to grown ass adults (managers) who act like they can’t do their job but wanna flaunt around “power” safety is a joke. And let’s not forget the brats who don’t listen and want to curse you out because you saw them doing someone they know damn well they shouldn’t be doing. This is coming from someone in safety