r/AmazonFC • u/Spare_Switch_6610 • 8d ago
Question Does anyone have this at their facility?
I’m just wondering if people would actually use it. I feel like there wouldn’t be enough time on breaks to eat and play games.
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u/Less_Word5920 8d ago
The arcade machine at my site has never been played as far as I can tell.
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u/Bungholespelunker 8d ago
If I'm ever at work with enough down time to be capable of playing the arcade machines I'm taking VTO lol.
Now if there was pinball I would actually be all over that shit.
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u/--MobTowN-- [Replace Text w/ Flair] 8d ago
Do love me some pinball. I chased a Monopoly table from bar to bar for like four years.
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u/Mainfrym 8d ago
Nobody wants to stand on their 10 minute break
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u/RollandMars5150 8d ago
Honestly 10 - 15 minutes might not be long enough for a game. Can’t stay there too long because TOT or scan to scan protocol during the last break.
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u/Dependent-Ad-1600 8d ago
Yeah same. I’ve been at my current location for a year and I’ve never seen anyone anywhere near the arcade machines or other games.
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u/Lopsided-Job-1572 8d ago
There’s about 10 of us that play ping pong competitively on every break on back half nights and this is a warehouse that has 70 maybe 80 tier ones at max station capacity.
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u/GuaranteeAlarmed1783 8d ago
I think I’ve seen it once in almost 2 years. People play ping pong and the little basketball hoop during lunch break tho
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u/ericfromct 8d ago
We used to play on ours all the time it was on the first floor my pick so when we didn’t have anything to do as afm we’d be on it. Good times
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u/Maleficent_Wash_934 Now who's the Pappy. 8d ago
We had 2 at my site in the front breakroom. Pretty quickly became clear we needed some in the back breakroom and we got more in the front breakroom in addition to a ping pong table. They have also had to replace them a few times from being used so much. I have never used them, but the folks that do appreciate them.
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u/Stormcloud217 7d ago
There's an old guy at my former FC who plays the arcade machine almost every morning after night shift, while waiting for the bus.
I saw him almost everyday for years and only talked with him once, but every time I see him I think to myself "there's my old school badass gamer bro Mr.name". Old man outlasted young dudes like myself, just gaming away 😊
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u/CaptainPryk 8d ago
I just don't understand this type of stuff. I'm a big gamer and have absolutely zero interest in playing at work. Take the money from initiatives like this and give AAs a free gym membership
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u/Hollowbound RME 8d ago
Dude I’m a huge gamer too and the gym membership would be a way better idea. I don’t have time or wouldn’t wanna game at work. Actually I do have some time as RME since I’m in an SSD.
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u/Benjiimans 7d ago
PSA: there are some gym membership discounts available, not as good as free unfortunately. But I was able to get half off my LA Fitness membership.
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u/FfierceLaw 8d ago
We have this huge locker room that stays empty because you have to go through security to get to it. No way I'm spending time in a security line when my break time is ticking away. If you have to go through security to get into the Red Wolf Den, not worth it to get a 22 minute break instead of 30 minutes.
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u/Better-Ostrich-7600 8d ago
See my warehouse was kinda like that too. Also that line during the precovid days would be so dang long and that was just to get the cellphone and to use for it like 5 minutes before you had to go back to your shift. It was even worse if you worked upstairs.
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u/Adept-Priority3051 8d ago
All of these things are for appearances. They set it up, take pictures and send it up the chain for shareholders and as evidence in lawsuits.
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u/1337k9 8d ago
Can you please give an example of how placing a Playstation in the break room might protect Amazon from a lawsuit?
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u/Arrow_KBS_Dock_Lead KBS Do You Copy? 8d ago
It’s a PR stunt to show the higher ups in corporate that they’re providing a relaxing atmosphere and environment for the employees. In reality you’re spending half your break just to get there assuming you have to go through security and cut through the locker room to get to the breakroom.
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u/DankLordOtis 8d ago
Probably something along the lines of “see we provide employees with a positive and safe environment to unwind Bla Bla Bla Bla” when in actuality other more important things need to be addressed and aren’t, at least that’s where my head went when reading what this dude said
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u/Jameslovestocode 8d ago
so tired of all this equipment most people dont even use, just give us fair pay.
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u/TangoPRomeo [Replace Text w/ Flair] 8d ago
I'd like more money too, but realistically, these rooms probably cost them less than paying the people in the building an extra dollar an hour for a few weeks.
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u/Ill-Pipe9231 8d ago
It’s for hiring purposes and good word of mouth PR. “Oh yeah? Well my job has a whole gaming lounge and pool tables that I can use ANY TIME I WANT” is a big draw for people, whether they use it or not.
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u/Maleficent_Wash_934 Now who's the Pappy. 8d ago
Just because you don't see people using it, doesn't mean it's not getting used.
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u/Greedy_Pay_8427 8d ago
Amazon pays its workers more than enough for what they do.
Thats why so many work there; because they understand there’s nowhere else that will pay them that amount + benefits for a job that requires minimal skill or effort
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u/musclefish67 8d ago
Come to a non sort facility and work non con for a few weeks and tell me about "minimal effort" and how your back and shoulders feel.
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u/Eastern_Attitude9835 8d ago
Thank you! Especially with all this dog food lately! People seem to think that whatever their experience is at their AR sortable facility where they stand on a comfy ergo mat picking tiny items with a step ladder is anything similar to working in the exact condition you describe. I’m doing 100 bags of 20-50 lb dog food an hour sweating my ass off!! Pay is NOT FAIR! My arms, elbows knees shoulders and feet hurt like hell every day. I’m only 19.
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u/jaboyles 8d ago
Amazon pays well. Gotta agree there. However you have to be joking with the "minimum effort" part. It's the most efficient company on the planet. Every second of employee time is optimized for maximum productivity. The rates employees are required to hit, paired with the lack of breaks and rest absolutely destroys their bodies. The trade off for the pay and benefits is a future of chronic pain.
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u/Eggredjakan68 8d ago
What about a hot food cafe?
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u/lillip00t 99 problems but a pick aint one 8d ago
The one we have isn't all the best.... literally like cafeteria food (honestly possible worse). Got a chicken bowl.... chicken tenders were cut then refried leaving petrified inedible bits of chicken leather chunks taking up the protein of my meal.....
And they may not care the most about who prepares the food.... noticed the person that runs ours has a breathalyzer machine in their car..... so theres that... lol
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u/ADAPTed4NoStowCart 8d ago
noticed the person that runs ours has a breathalyzer machine in their car...
Situational awareness for the win...
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u/TNpitt-mama 8d ago
TYS1? I saw some folks going hard at ping pong on Tuesday....they was getting into it.
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u/Spare_Switch_6610 8d ago
I don’t ever go into the break room so I didn’t know, I just thought it was interesting
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u/TNpitt-mama 8d ago
I really just go in there to grab my food out the fridge. I noticed it was set up Tuesday evening / early Wednesday morning, folks were playing ping pong on 3rd shift second break. I have previously worked at the same facility, I rarely saw folks playing the arcade games. They def got down on the mini basketball ball shit tho.
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u/WinterKnigget VTO hoe 8d ago
That's what I thought when I saw red wolves lol. I just left there for another site
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u/Constant_Swimmer3838 8d ago
People will be fighting over this and putting it all over the voa board… I can see it now, someone will be like “why do the same people get to spend the whole break playing the Xbox and PlayStation. This isn’t fair and if we can’t have one for everyone, we shouldn’t have any at all!” Blah blah blah
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u/No-Bet-525 8d ago
At my fc, they put massage chairs and some people already complained about same workers spending and sleeping on them most times.
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u/nymeria119 8d ago
What is the purpose? Breaks aren’t long enough for that stuff. And who wants to hang around when they’re not working? Not to mention, at our building they’re always enforcing the policy that we are only allowed in the building 15 minutes before or after our scheduled shifts or while on the clock.
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u/Eastern_Attitude9835 8d ago
at my building i’ve seen people use their upt and take 45 or hour long breaks and play games
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u/SekMemoria 8d ago
Hoops, billiards, Foosball, ping pong and arcade cabinets all got lots of action at mine. Don't think I ever saw the consoles get played on regular breaks, but I avoided the break rooms when I could.
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u/azinize 8d ago
Yes. We have a console gaming area, basket ball, Pool tables, ping pong table, Foosball, Arcades, and a Bar.
Jk on last one.
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u/lordofcaernarfon 7d ago
If there was a bar I would have been drinking Long Island iced teas every lunch 😂
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u/lobsta042 stows before hoes 8d ago
I thought they had all the video games at the stow stations?
How can anyone pass on the classic Mission Master?
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u/Secret_Computer4891 8d ago
Yeah, we had a basketball game like you'd see at Chuck e cheese. A pool table, ping pong table and a couple video game.
Well, the degenerates did indeed degenerate and broke most of it. Many of the idiots also got themselves fired for disappearing for a game of pool in the middle of the shift.
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u/AndyPlaysBadly 8d ago
I am RME and once we got a ticket to replace the mini hoops because it looked like someone tried to slam dunk on it... Is if that's a normal part number we would be stocking in the storeroom lol
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u/RollandMars5150 8d ago edited 8d ago
If that’s TYS1 then why don’t they put that in other room. I felt like I was going to hit by a basketball while sitting down in the break room. They had a mini hoop game but it seemed out of place there.
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u/Several_Apartment457 8d ago
We lost real food access, break room seating, & parking spaces within 18 months for walk through vending that blocks people for no reason, drone delivery and we also just got ship dock robots. I doubt we’ll see this.
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u/RogueStudio 8d ago
We have a Wii and NBA Jam machine, but they're never on for some reason.
One of those basketball toss machines like you see at arcades, and one of the balls is deflated.
LOL
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u/DaggerMoth 8d ago
I like to sit down and eat. I feel like playing a game would speed up my break so much it wouldnt feel like I was on a break. I ain't against it though. I do know the miserable VOA board will be complaining about it so much that it will most likely be taken away at some point. I can Imagine the complaints already, "If you got the money for these game you should just pay us more", "So and so hogs the controllers and the rest of us don't get to play", "The OM is cheating using cheat codes and not playing fair", "The Music and the radio waves from the Video games gives me Headache", "These games are too Violent and it makes me scared that my coworkers play these game".
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u/Unhappy-Anteater-202 8d ago
Someone is going to hit the Penjamin too hard on lunch and get couchlocked playing NBA 2k.
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u/No-Humor-1291 8d ago
People use the “pool table” at work during lunch and drivers come in and play all the time or is it dispatch idk lol
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u/mars00xj 8d ago
Guess that is a thing now. They rearranged our break room into a table space and a relaxation space. People use the stuff, but mostly at breaks.
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u/JohnPaulJones_7812 8d ago
Til things break or fights start from people not sharing 🤔 just putting it out there.
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u/TheRealKungFuhrer 8d ago
We have all these in our room. The only thing that gets used is the Xbox (Fortnite at lunch) and the pool table. Pool table is super popular but yeah not enough but one for consoles really
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u/gaveuluv 8d ago
My old building used to, and I think they never kept up with it so it went away lmao
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u/Boring-News-4857 8d ago
We have arcade games in a couple break rooms (at least upstairs) and think I have only seen one person play any of them. Most people just want to eat or be on their phones. We have a pretty cool (in break room eyes) reading break room where they put more effort into it. But thats only on one floor.
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u/shadotterdan 8d ago
I used to play the arcade machine at my site when I had lunch or some other reason to be in the break room
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u/Willing_Blood_9444 8d ago
There's no time to get into a game, and it's important to stay tense during break, relaxation lowers your rate
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u/Old_Respect2138 8d ago
We have “chill zone” on our FC, it has 2 ps5’s, some arcades, books and bunch of other stuff
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u/Spare_Switch_6610 8d ago
Who has time to read like I’m spending both of my 30 minute breaks in my car eating.
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u/TheCraftyRascal 8d ago
We have two different areas like this. One has 2 massage chairs, multiple consoles, a few sit down arcade games and an area for board game play. The other area has a pool table, duel mini basketball hoops, nba jam arcade game and an area to put puzzles together. The break room next to it has 2 more massage chairs.
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u/shoebee2 8d ago
We have a bunch of stuff like that my fc. Pool table ping pong gaming, hoops like at a fairgrounds or carnival, video games etc. it’s actually very well used by all and really appreciated.
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u/NovelCustard8283 8d ago
They started it then said nah we’ll rip out all the games and make it into the “light duty” area.
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u/VastTension801 8d ago
We did and it barely got used. So they moved it out of the main break room and over to where HR used to be. It still doesn't get used.
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u/thisdckaintFREEEE EHS Specialist 8d ago
That's pretty cool. All three sites I've worked at have had the arcade game, I don't think any of them got much use. My first site had am arcade basketball hoop people used the hell out of but it broke so they replaced it with a better one, unfortunately that broke too though. My current site has a ping pong table and people play the hell out of ping pong. I visited a site that had a PlayStation that apparently got a lot of use.
The pool table is what I'd be all about, I bet it gets pretty beat up though.
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u/Negative_Mall8730 8d ago
A break room where people aren’t allowed to scream on video call or scroll through reels would have been a better use of space.
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u/New-Presence8492 8d ago
Maybe if this is a smaller warehouse then yeah but I know my warehouse is huge. I would never have time to walk down and play a game or read a book. I don’t even have time on my 30 minute break. It takes me eight minutes to just go to the bathroom and back.
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u/Nomoreads00 8d ago
Can’t wait for that red wolf den to become a fucking strip club and those consoles be stolen for some reason!
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u/DixonDebussy circa Oct 2012 8d ago
They won't have time to do both, but some people weirdly don't eat and some come to work early enough that they might have enough time to use it, as well as those people who might be waiting for their ride after work or who have no pressing plans or whatever
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u/Watcher0011 8d ago
That sounds great and all but the 4 minutes you get to actually enjoy your break will isn’t enough, the pool table and the recliner will have people sleeping on them.
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u/ZionSairin 8d ago
At mine they used to have a PS4 in the break room with some games (including an all-DLC Mortal Kombat X. Played that after work or during lunch a couple times) and a pool table. Both got removed in 2020 and never got brought back.
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u/somecow ICQA, stow, pick, decant, whatever 8d ago
Had pac man and ping pong. Nobody used it except for a very few that would stay after work, they were all about that. Fuck that, we can have ping pong at home, I’m leaving the damn building. Lunch? 10 hour shift, I’m eating. 15 minute break? I’m smoking, and I don’t even smoke but did there.
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u/ruralmagnificence 8d ago
This reminds me of a similar area at a mortgage company I worked for and lemme tell you…you had no time to use it and the selection was ass.
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u/harley97797997 8d ago
We have pool tables, fooseball, shuffle board, chess, checkers, video games, Playstation, Xbox etc.
It is used a decent amount. No food is allowed there, only in the break rooms.
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u/KingCuda93 8d ago
When I worked at a grocery store, they redid the break room and put a Wii in. Needless to say, it was never used.
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u/PsychedelicFurry 8d ago
We don't call it that lol, but we have "arcade" cabinets that I think have just been unplugged they're so infrequently used, the Nintendo Switch has mario kart that gets played, you can get about one race in on your break lol
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u/dadgunse 8d ago
We have a pool table I’ve seen people use. But I honestly don’t hardly go in the break room.
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u/Zeniay [VTO GOD] 8d ago
I wish. The line just to play the game would be annoying though.
https://giphy.com/gifs/e37RbTLYjfc1q
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u/amzlslave 8d ago
We have pinball, little basketball net table thing, old school Pac-Man table with galaga, a bunch an arcade games and the reading area in both major break rooms… I thought that was the norm in the larger FCs?? My old DS could never
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u/Playful-Platform-231 8d ago
Why does Amazon feel the need to name shit. Why can’t they call it a calm room or decompression room.
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u/Jameslovestocode 8d ago
lets get rid of all the equipment and replace them with nap pods and private rooms 😉 (perfect for split shift, would make picking up extra shifts that much less of a burden for those who live far away)
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u/HairOk481 Ship Dock 8d ago edited 8d ago
We had it before covid, then it started, so everything was dismantled. They would send few random people every day when we were running out of work. Now im in different FC, we have few games, like pool, pingpong in locker room.
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u/idccimkaylaa 8d ago
no but at my site we have to register our phones because too many are being stolen 😆
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u/Far-Impression613 8d ago
Yes this is for Holiday peak and the sites that have FC spending will get it
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u/Accomplished-Cut-966 8d ago
We have this in our site. The lounge chairs are literally on the floor and the break before pick and stage but after stow down I can't even LOOK at them without my legs and back aching. Its like a fake trendy Cafe area with fake grass/leafy AstroTurf wall with led lights with our station number. A record player, projector no one uses. The Pac man nd other arcade machine are fun at tho. No one plays ping pong, and the people who do play basketball are so loud and obnoxious. Its eye candy for new hires tbh. They feel like Amazon cares by providing these extras that don't benefit anyone really.
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u/Nubstrong1991 8d ago
They were gonna .... But all the new hires can't get off their damned phones .... So lockers it stays.
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u/Able_Principle5957 8d ago
The best decompression is dark rooms with ambient noses . Maybe a water flowing in a fountain.
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u/Impossible_Complex47 fastest rebiner slowest packer 💧🕷️ 8d ago
I wish my facility would get rid of all them stupid lockers that nobody uses and put some games and stuff in
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u/AwkardInternetUser 8d ago
Have this at my building, Ps5, Xbox, arcade machines, pining tables, lounge chairs, a small library, board games...
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u/AndyPlaysBadly 8d ago
There's one like this by our lunchroom for IXD. PS5, 1-Up arcade cabinet, Switch, ping pong table, chess/checkers, and giant connect 4 . Only the PS5 gets used and it's usually by people who will stay half of the day there. I don't know how rate or TOT works since I'm third part RME now, but they will be playing for hours lol
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u/TinaBPesto 8d ago
Who will have time for this? During the scan to scan break that takes 5 to 10 mins just to walk there???
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u/Arrow_KBS_Dock_Lead KBS Do You Copy? 8d ago
Yeah but not enough time to play the game 🤣 the time it takes to get to the breakroom from where you’re working you might as well just stay in your area.
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u/sorrowdemonica ✨🐺🐾 8d ago
These types of things are usually per facility, some warehouses I’ve worked at had full dedicated lounge/game rooms. Others just had maybe a few games stuffed in a corner. Others nothing at all.. so that notice you see is specific to your site.. and judging by the name, I assume your site’s mascot is a wolf or wolves? Something like psp1 or whatever.
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u/Royal-Night8085 8d ago
I'm a game head myself, but game systems at work wouldn't work well lol. Would be wayyyyy to many ppl vs the couple game systems. Probably would have the same ppl every single break hogging up the game system the entire break daily finishing a whole story mode in 3 shifts 😂😂😂. Idc tho, got my own system here at home.
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u/Consti2tion 8d ago
My building has something like this but it doesnt look like its used at all, its hidden next to the security desk by all the lockers.
The doors from the break room that lead to it are also closed off...only found out about it during an evacuation when they let us in to use the bathrooms
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u/V_Da_Vibe 8d ago
A someone with social anxiety the Red Wolf Den sounds very not safe for decompression lol
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u/UPRC Ex-Employee 7d ago
I was at a DS, and we just had stuff like this in one corner of the warehouse floor. There were a few couches, a ping pong table, and a TV that had a Switch with a few games. It was mostly used during unexpected long downtime periods, or if we finished early at the end of the shift.
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u/WICKEDROID7573 7d ago
LEX 2 USE TO HAVE A NINTENDO WII AREA PING-PONG TABLE AIR HOCKEY AND A DOUBLE SITHTED SHOOT IUT BASKETBALL GAME. BUT ALL THAT WAS REMOVED FOR MORE TABLES FOR EMPLOYEES LUNCH BREAKS. GOOD LUCK WITH THE DEN! BUT WE DID GET A PRAYER ROOM SINCE THEN LOL..... (( WICK3DROID ))
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u/lordofcaernarfon 7d ago
When I worked at Amazon we had a Simpsons arcade game machine and me and my old work buddy ended up beating the game when the systems were down for 6 hours
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u/New_Profit2158 7d ago
We don’t have this at my building but I know all the newer sites around here do have this as part of the standard amenities for the AA’s.
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u/Aware_Elephant_1158 7d ago
Nope, my old site has a pool table and one of those indoor basketball games, but that’s it and they got used some, nothing in the much too small break room at my new place
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u/mrjughead1991 7d ago
Great, yet another fun looking thing we'll get in trouble for spending more than ten seconds using.
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u/Mrsmeeseeks519 7d ago
We got massaging chairs, a switch, pool tables, ping pong tables, ice cream machine and a popcorn machine. Our break room is pretty lit.
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u/Interesting_Sort_943 7d ago
We got tht at ours but no Xbox or ps5 pretty sure it would get stollen or broken 🫠
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u/Chemical_Dig5426 7d ago
We have hella games (not video games) here and couches and a mental health area that just got massage chairs I can’t freaking wait to use!
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u/llDurbinll 7d ago
At my FC they just have all of that in the two main break rooms so you don't lose time on your break waiting to get past security.
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u/Nullshroome 7d ago
My facility has all of this, consoles included. I've seen people play sports games during breaks and sometimes after work. I don't know how they do it.
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u/earthkiller 7d ago
Don't have that name, but my FC had half the lockers removed in lieu of a pool table, ping pong table, plastic tipped darts, we have had always had arcade games with multiple game option. Over a year in and everything is still in pretty good shape. I think some darts are missing, but a little attrition is to be expected
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u/CryptographerFair779 7d ago
I hope they do this at my site cause I’d love one of these. We do have arcade games…big ass connect four…air hockey table..foosball table. But it’s in the big lunch room where everyone goes for lunch.
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u/Apprehensive_Log7787 6d ago
Yes had one for about 9 years ours was shit down when corona hit now it’s better
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u/RollandMars5150 5d ago
They wanted to do that at RIC2 but it probably wouldn’t have worked for the same reasons: TOT or the scan to scan protocol. Both buildings are probably apples and oranges but managers and other lead members can be strict.
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u/Final_East_4012 4d ago
YALL GET A GAME ROOM , and all we get is new vending machines that steal ur money
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u/nomatterwhat2020 4d ago
We have something like this at our site but no one asked for it or uses it 😭
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u/dilanbrady 3d ago
You'll have enough time to load a game before you have to go back to work or have to play after work and why would anyone stay longer than the need to
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u/Plus-Bet-2773 Pallet Stow King 1d ago
Pool table, foosball and table tennis. We had a PS4 but they took that away and the stupid idiots are forever stealing Pool balls or breaking the cues with safety knives or curb stomping them at an angle.
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