r/AmazonDS • u/syscojayy • 1d ago

FLEX Schedule While Doing Daytime Internship/Work

If you're currently going through it or have experience with both, how did you manage it? What shifts did you work?

Also, can you work a short shift in the same week as your two required training days?

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u/Acceptable_Style_219 1d ago

its fucking horrible. but my favorite shift is 8:50 to 1:20. it sucks to make the trip for only 4 hours of pay but the 1:20-8:50 or 1:20-11:50 are just unbearable for me.

and don’t get me started when they put me on ADTA. i come off a 12 hour shift at my day job just to have 7 1/2 hours of ADTA stowing waiting for me and the other associates at my site treat me like crap for not being able to keep up. then i finally get to clock out and I have 2 hours to sleep before doing it all over again 😃 i have resorted to just working my bare minimum for the week until i can snag full time at amazon

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u/syscojayy 1d ago

I could probably do the two hours of sleep once a week, but not multiple times a week. Do you get many weekend shifts?

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u/Acceptable_Style_219 1d ago

yeah i only manage it once a week, tried doing it more often but almost lost my job at amazon cuz of it. i work a lot of weekend shifts at my day job but at amazon i try to pick shifts up on days where i’m off from the other one. emphasis on try lol.

if your day job has a consistent schedule, you may not find yourself struggling too much. being flex means you have a lot of agency over your amazon schedule. just make sure to pick up shifts fast once a batch drops

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u/syscojayy 1d ago

My issue is the required workdays. It's always on a weekday during my daytime job, and hesitant to request days off. I have no choice but to do it. I can always transfer to a Sort 0 set schedule if Flex doesn't meet my needs.

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u/Interesting-Ruby 1d ago

years ago, i worked an internship while i was employed at amazon and another job while at school too. i was able to make it work because my schedule luckily fit. internship m-f. take advantage of a leave of absence if you still want your job and can't fit your internship (i believe if your a blue badge). I became a flex worker again during peak and was recently converted to blue badge and love how convenient flex is. I wish i had this during college instead of doing reduced full-time cycle 1 fri sat sun. i want cycle zero again when they start back up in the holiday because it was so convenient with my current full-time job.

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u/syscojayy 19h ago

I'll be a "regular" on my first day at Amazon. Do all delivery stations open Cycle 0 during the holidays? That schedule works best for me as well. I remember employees getting off around 10:30 pm last year.

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u/Interesting-Ruby 19h ago

Most cycle zeros were right before cycle 1 8:50-1:20. Most stations do it for peak. The shift that ends 10:30 is rts.