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b'Marty here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career. Hope you\\u2019re having a great week and I want to thank you for checking in with us today. I was asked last week, by a young gentleman named Brad with a background in the Restaurant Industry, what kind of a Warehouse job was the easiest to get into. He was looking to make more money and be able to get more hours. He\\u2019d been working in the same restaurant, for a major chain, for about 3 years. He had started with them right out of High School working in the back of the restaurant, really enjoyed it for his first year, then was moved to the front. He is presently a lead waiter & feels his bring home pay is about right for the work he\\u2019s doing but he\\u2019d like a bit more, more in the form of compensation, more hours and more Opportunity. He reminded me of our example employee, remember Joe Character from our first episodes, he too wanted more & was kind of introduced to distribution by the foodservice delivery drivers that delivered to the restaurant he was employed with. Brad\\u2019s done a bit of research regarding the positions available in his area and was introduced to us here at WAOC by a friend who listens to our shows. His friend works for a Distribution Warehouse, been there about 5 months & is really enjoying the work, he\\u2019s on the dock, unloading containers. He\\u2019s enjoying the physical aspect of the job, the hours fit his schedule & he\\u2019s excited about everything he\\u2019s learning. Brads been looking at the job postings, several facilities are hiring in his area, both Distribution Warehouses and Production Facilities. Although Brad has a friend at one of the distribution facilities, with so many openings around town he\\u2019d like to know our thoughts, and did we have a preference or believe one type of facility was better, or offer more opportunities than the other.
\\nFirst I\\u2019d like to thank Brad for listening in with WAOC, and applaud him for doing his homework or researching the different facilities and positions being offered. You know going out and getting a paycheck is usually pretty easy, we can usually find something, but here at WAOC we really believe it\\u2019s important that we will enjoy our job, and the work we\\u2019ll be doing & that there\\u2019s advancement and raises in our future, preferably our short term future, and with just a bit of planning, research and initiative we can all but insure we land at the right company and for the right reasons.
\\nTo answer the question \\u201cDo we have a preference or is there one type of facility or industry better than the other I\\u2019d answer, absolutely not, in my experiences, both Distribution & Production, and all the task involved with each can offer great jobs & long term Careers. It\\u2019s always nice to have a friend working with you of course but I think we each have to settle in with something we enjoy and fits our needs. After all we\\u2019re going to make new friends where ever we\\u2019re at, it\\u2019s more important we do something we enjoy instead of possibly doing what our friends find interesting.
\\nDistribution is great, and will typically offer us tasks such as Warehouse Sanitation, Unloading, Loading, Pallet Running, and it may expose us to different types of Powered Industrial Equipment like electric pallet jacks, Floor Scrubbers, sit down forklifts or stand-up lifts like the reach trucks, slip-sheet or clamp trucks. Order Selecting may be one of our goals in a distribution facility or a transportation position, being a driver helper is a great entry level position into the delivery world in distribution. And there\\u2019s several warehouse positions that can lead us into the office, accounting or admin areas like Inventory Control, Salvage or loss recovery, Returns Departments, Routing, or assigning stops for delivery etc. And of course a host of Lower, Mid and Upper management opportunities are waiting on us. That\\u2019s one of the great things about any warehousing function, there\\u2019s plenty of directions to go and advancement is honestl...'