Pros
- The job activities is typically as described. Heavy lifting (sometimes up to 30kg), a bit of walking around (especially at bigger hubs). Attention to detail and the ability to read labels fast, good memory and spatial co-ordination (especially when stacking boxes). - Anyone who's serious with a little common sense can master most of the tasks. - You get Good starting pay/benefits (compared to similar positions from competing companies) in a Unionised position and Lots of overtime opportunities, especially if you are experienced. Note that there are major Con's that make the union membership more of a pain that an advantage
Cons
- Company insists in maintaining and enforcing absurd and pointless so-called "Safer Workplaces Policy" among other already absurd rules. So, you won't be hired if you've not received the 1st 2 doses of the Covid19 mRNA vaccines (even though updated health guidelines no longer recommend it for current variants). This is openly and publicly known as has been reported and publicly complained about by other former employees and applicants. - I mentioned that it's unionised. However, the union practically has no benefit or purpose to the average worker. You'll spend more in dues and get nothing in benefits - The training isn't as good as it should be. Some training content doesn't match real work environment expectations, and temporary staff are used from time to time and they receive no training. - Warehouse environment have little to no temperature regulation (trailers are really cold in the winter and even worse, you could get a heatstroke in the summer seeing as the tasks are physically demanding). - Management is disorganised a lot of times. - Proper work ethics are never enforced, thus a hard/serious worker can be taken advantaged of (you may find yourself covering for lazier/unserious workers, especially if you're a male worker).