Impossible to get shifts, due to the covid 19 and new pilot program.
Pros
-flexible hours if you can get the shifts.
Cons
-there is more cons than pros. 1)shifts are very hard to get get now that a new pilot program has introduced, MTR(more time ready associate) means this allow shoppers to have early pick(suspected to be at least 1 week ahead) on tuesdays at 6:15, this apparently leaves no shifts available for shoppers who arnt gold shifts. regular shoppers have an impossible time to get any shifts at all. -Starting from summer a couple new whole food shoppers locations opened, however it appears they did not increase the shifts due to it and they are merely redistributing amount of shifts that were previously held by a couple stores, now its spread out to more stores, leaving very little for certain stores. There is also some shifts nobody will pickup, which forces amazon to hire more workers, when they are 800+ shoppers in my area, which forced people to be terminated due to inability to get shift, or they have to resign and find another job. Summer which will reduce amount of orders amazon get, will in turn reduce the amount of shifts available. The new pilot program, has become extremely problematic, as only a select number of applicants can be one, and they are the ones and new hires are getting priority shift drops ahead of regular shoppers, which takes all the shifts available, and leaving none for regular shoppers on the time 6;15 everyday, except if your lucky leftover shifts . covid19 accelerate the problems with shifts currently, as most of it is students and you are forced to compete with students that dont need to go to school anymore for shifts. -as amazon hiring so many shoppers and introducing this new pilot is not by accident. Many shoppers believe that this is a way to get rid excess shoppers, because amazon hired too many shoppers for tax breaks, and they need to have a positive light, since amazon disregards things like of shift availability and safety. since in my city alone, how do you even compete with 800* shoppers for just 5 stores? -summertime means low amazon shop orders, means less shifts available. -Now we have summer approaching, the corona virus and the new pilot is preventing people from getting shifts altogether -as amazon has bought wholefood 2 years ago, the whole food side of the employees will give shoppers attitude, because we keep asking for replacements and sometimes you can feel the tension. -other amazon shoppers may become vindictive towards you if they dont like you. to clarify about MTR program, which allows them to pick shifts from tuesday 6:15, to at least a week out, by the time regular shoppers try to choose shifts within that time frame, there will be no shifts or very little shift since mtr have taken most of them already. -Now that amazon has changed thier attendance policy, you must work 3 shifts a month to not get terminated, some already have been terminated this way already, so tread carefully. The recent change was amazon not being able to fill most of the shifts in other jobs like the warehouse, and probably whole foods. Now here where it gets interesting the MTR which leaves little or no shifts available for the rest of the week, through attrition will get people terminated due to the inability to get shifts. -managers do not come to the stores most of the time, mostly because they want to manage at arms distance, and not feel the wrath of whole foods employees or customers if a problem arise because it involves amazon shoppers.
