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This is Work – Warehouse

Have you ever given much thought to where all that stuff we buy online is kept before it ends up in our homes?  Much of what people buy go from one large place, either the manufacturer, or seller, another facility closer to the consumer, before landing on the doorstep of the person who is eagerly awaiting their package.  These facilities are more commonly referred to as a warehouse. The warehouse is a temporary storage place for all the “wares” individuals and businesses buy or will buy. These warehouses are huge and everywhere. There are warehouses for pretty much everything anyone could possibly want. The content options are endless.


Some are very large and can easily be a mile long. The number of workers needed for the industry to move goods around is huge. While driving the delivery truck is a huge industry, the people that make sure the goods get from cargo ships to smaller delivery trucks, can be just as many. Each time another person chooses to shop online vs. in person, someone in a warehouse somewhere is looking to get the product to the next stop before the destination and then ultimately, it’s final home.

Some employers can easily hire hundreds of people for multiple shifts in one facility. Some jobs may be more physical than other jobs depending on the facility. These facilities are not people just passing boxes around. Ultimately, they are technological marvels that efficiently move packages on belts to the right spot to be loaded on a truck. While these facilities use the latest in technology to make the system work, they have the huge teams of people. There are Shipping and Receiving Clerks, people doing inventory, mechanical people and Information Technology folks keeping everything running smoothly. The hundreds of workers may also include administrative professionals and security teams.

When I look at the job postings in my area, I see so many for warehouses. I also know more and more people choosing this work job over other jobs. Perhaps because there are numerous jobs. It could be scheduling options, benefits, or wages higher than in other areas. It could also be because the people that work in these very facilities understand when they purchase online, there is a village of folks behind the scenes. This is work, the warehouse. #thisiswork

 ~Karen Cirincione

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