The New Guy Part 12.

This week saw me experiencing some worst case scenarios, learning more about inner details of sub-same day and starting and conducting ADHOC sorts (crash sorts). I did them at previous sites but my current one is a little different. 

I'm adjusting my day to get a sharper cadence especially now with added admin and more balance. I won't always work 11-12 days and I'm trying to keep those to 10 hours. 

I did get praised for keeping Pick and Stage running well this week and for delivering the most writeups in a week. I delivered so many my laptop crashed if you needed a number. 

It's almost a month overseeing this department and 5 months in the overall role. I want to continue to fill gaps, communicate effectively with all involved and be awesome! 

The New Guy Part 11

I do love the number 11 as it's one of my special numbers. 

I'm slowly feeling more comfortable running pick and stage as I'm filling in the gaps far as admin, time management, people management and finally inner office politics. I'm ensuring I work well with my counterparts and are setting clear expectations for whomever deals with me and seeing what I want. 

I'm getting a supervisor soon (process assistant) which means so much in my role far as delegation and my flexibility. 

I'm in charge of affinity groups now at my site which I'm happy about as the powers in the executive office attempt to strip away DEI. I'm also working on improving area readiness and career development for those that wish to move up in the company. I see these as site gaps (aside from the affinity groups which I was assigned). 

I got a good review from my manager and will continue to work to be great. 

The New Guy Part 10

Welp it's always Day 1 at Amazon. 

I found out post Cycle 0 that I'll be going to Pick and Stage. It's a later shift that focused on staging the routes for dispatch. I'm also over same day, the early waves. 

I have a solid team around me and have been trained well. It's bridging knowledge gaps, developing a cadence and getting ready to run it alone this upcoming week (talk about a stress test!). I've did parts of it on Cycle 0 but it was slightly different. 

I look forward to yet another challenge and narrowing down my L5 promo doc project.  Currently I'm looking at area readiness, inactive time mitigation and employee engagement. I'll fill it on Safety stuff where applicable also. It's time to get it!

The New Guy Part 9

We're in 2025 now of course. Cycle 0 is wrapping up soon with myself set to go to Cycle 1 as a sort AM. 

I felt like I gained a lot of experience, growth and development the past couple of months. Deion and Shirley were great, knowledgeable mentors. They never allowed me to fail but wanted to ensure I could stand on my own two feet. I had awesome Interim Process Assistants and critical role associates that really helped me and I'll rely on them throughout my year in this role. 

My site lead send out an email for 2025 outlining our cost goals. That's definitely on the list of opportunities for my continued growth. I also want to help create a more safe culture, reduce inferred time, fully utilize Engage and ADAPT to set the proper tone for those associates that need improvement and guidance. Additionally, I want to know more of the ins and outs of the sort floor, continue my growth on the dock and with Pick and Stage. Finally I want to be more adept with running DCAP, routing, the end of shift wash, bridging PerfectMile, writing good, detailed ADAPTS and Thrives, keeping my connection scores favorable.and executing shift plans. 

I obviously have aspirations of getting promoted to an L5 and doing these smaller tasks can help me when it's time to form my promo doc. 

I'm going to start yet another new series and I may return to this one and others from time to time.

The New Guy Part 8

I'm becoming not so new now. 

I'm still improving in many areas, thriving in others. I'm becoming more adept at shift flow, cost, required headcounts, all of that fun stuff. 

I'm learning my associates/supervisors better as well as their strengths and weaknesses. This helps me to develop and utilize them effectively. 

I have one more full week of the year which starts on a weekend where I am working 6 of 7 shifts and then 3 more for 2024. I'm going to do a recap for the year before I pin my favorite piece on www.imjustdrew.com: my 2024 Christmas Letter!

The New Guy Part 7

This compromises two weeks worth of things. 

Peak 2024 is underway and I'm starting to fill my groove. I'm getting better at the running the floor and Pick and Stage. There are still opportunities for me on the dock but I have some great leaders/mentors guiding me there. I've been going through stress tests at work to see what I know and the gaps for me to fill. 

I like accomplishing shift goals, working with the management team, learning and perfecting my admin and developing/motivating the team. 

I will check back next week but I feel I'm getting my groove, it's clicking and I can see continuous growth. 

The New Guy Part 6

I'm getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving, learning more about the role, developing my Interim Process Assistants and little stuff about the operation in this shift. 

I am blessed my higher ups don't encourage me to work and work, to go home when I'm done. I'm encouraging my PAs to do the same. I want to take care of my entire team and be there for them. 

The new hires are gradually improving and I'm trying to help them be in a favorable position and set up for success when Peak 2024 kicks off this week.