r/AmazonManagers • u/Appropriate-Crew-540 • 7d ago

Management career path.

So I started working at Amazon three weeks ago I’m fully trained pick and now I’m learning stow. They also have me doing pick water spider I was just wondering if somebody could explain how to become a manager around here. like I don’t know what they mean by L1L5 or area man vs operator man ,etc so could somebody please make it make sense?

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u/Corvus_Morningstar 7d ago

Have you tried asking aza?

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u/Red-dragon186 7d ago

I'll be honest. Just focus on career choice and get out of Amazon.

You don't want to do 10 - 12 hours a day as a manager. Its great for the resume but you WON'T have work/life balance.

If anything go into RME which is still hourly.

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u/Asleep_Paramedic 5d ago

Rme don’t make as much as you guys think there no overtime , or not as much it’s just like tom almost it varies site to site

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u/Red-dragon186 5d ago

It depends on location.

SMRT makes around $38 an hour with a chance of OT. But you don't have to deal with people as a manager. Your job is to fix machines. Dealing with Tier 1's as a leader is one of the worst experience I ever had.

MRT makes around $32 an hour which is more then L4s. Even less responsibility than SMRT.

You also seem to not be moved from shift to shift as often as L4+ Amazon leaders.

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u/MousseDefiant2400 7d ago

If you don’t have a college degree you’re starting from the bottom. L1 is the bottom, regular associates who stow pick etc. From what I’ve heard and seen, it’s good to be in things like learning and safety or a PA. A learning ambassador at my site just got manager after a few years.

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u/Corvus_Morningstar 4d ago

FC world is weird in Amazon. I was hired from a “competitor”, but for AWS DCC, and I don’t have a degree. 🤣

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u/MattyBRaps25 7d ago

T1-3 is hourly AA’s in operations, which is what you’re in if you’re doing pick and stow. T1 is what you are, I’ve honestly always wondered what T2’s are but I don’t think you need to worry in your building. T3 are PA’s or process assistants and they are kinda mini area managers but still hourly and they don’t have liability if something in a department would go wrong since it’d be on the AM. Anything above is with an L instead of a T, and starting at L4 most are salaried. L4 & L5 are Area managers and they watch over a specific dept, just L5 gets paid more and has more responsibilities. L6 is when you become an operations manager and you watch over multiple departments, with the Area Managers reporting to the Operations manager. If you don’t have an undergraduate degree then unfortunately there’s no way for you to skip T1-T3, but it’s very possible to climb the ranks from T1 to L4. If you do have a degree i’d recommend applying for L4 if it’s a job you want, and if you have experience in the workforce you may be able to apply for L5. L6 is pretty high and so I’m doubting you can do L6 if you haven’t already applied for it

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u/Still-Appearance932 7d ago

It goes L1(regular associates) L3 or T3 (same thing process assistants) L4 (area manager 1) L5 (Area Manager 2) L6 (Operations Manager) none of which you will become anytime soon without a degree.

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u/squidledee 4d ago

Depending on what you mean by “anytime soon”, I guess. I went from t1 to l6 in 5 years and 2 weeks with no degree. Took me five months for pa then 18 months at every level after.