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Mail Order Seasonal Warehouse Holiday Crew at Zingerman's Mail Order, LLC in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time





Job Description:

Mail Order Seasonal Warehouse Holiday Crew

About Us
Zingerman's Mail Order is the online and catalog shop for Zingerman's. We ship great food and gifts all across America. Everything from bread and cheese to cured ham and tinned fish.

The holidays at Zingerman's Mail Order are crazy but fun. We grow from a crew of 75 to an organized swarm of nearly 500. People come to work here from all walks of life. Moms, dads, students, retirees, landscapers, dancers. Some people are in between jobs. For some, this is their first job. Some people come because they want to work with us for the long term. For some, it's to get some extra Christmas money. Any reason is fine with us. Nearly everyone who works here started as a part of a holiday crew. We'd love for you to join us.

Safety at Zingerman's Mail Order
The health and safety of our staff is our greatest priority. We are adamantly following the guidelines and directives from the CDC, Washtenaw County, the State of Michigan and other experts. We are focusing on screening, sanitizing and distancing in our building:

We are screening everyone who comes to work each day for symptoms.
All staff members wear masks at all times inside our buildings
We are sanitizing all touched surfaces every two hours.
We have set up safe working distances for every employee.
We practice social distancing of a minimum of 6 feet from each other

What is the pay?
$15.50 an hour

What kinds of things do you do in this job?
There are a lot of jobs in the warehouse:

There are pickers who select the items
There are route runners who roam the warehouse to bring pickers the food, like olive oil and coffee cakes.
There are checkers, the detail-oriented people (you know how you are!), who check box contents to make sure they are perfect.
There are the packers who perform three dimensional Tetris to fit the foods in the box.
There are UPS scanners and truck stackers who do more 3D Tetris (sorry if we're dating ourselves!) to stack the truck.
There are the food folks who bag bread, cut cheese and cook food in our kitchen.
Plus many, many more

Where is this job?
Our warehouse is located at 610 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108. We are on the AATA bus route.

What does it take to get hired in our Warehouse?
Availability to work is key. Two of the critical pieces we're going to need to know is what days you can work and during what hours of the day. Our shifts vary in length based on how many orders we have to ship, how many people are working, how much training we're doing. There's a range of available time we need to rely on for when we get "big days"--that is, when we're shipping out loads of food.

November Availability to Work
If you're looking to work with us during this period we need you to be available to work Monday through Friday. Chances are you won't work all 5 days, but you'll need to be available to do so. The shifts could start as early as 6am and end as late as 2:30am, so you'll need to be available during all of those hours. We won't have 6am-2:30am work days, but the start and end times will range between those times depending on your availability.

December Availability to Work
When December arrives we have different availability needs. In general the needs become more flexible. For example, instead of being available for 12 hours a day we have fixed shifts that are as short as 4 hours. However, there are a handful of days that we need all hands on deck. Since December is more flexible yet slightly more complicated we can talk it through in person when you apply and figure out what works best.

What is the pay?
$15.50

Are there any other perks?
Absolutely. Free meals. All training is paid, all breaks are paid. You get a 50% discount on nearly everything we sell and a 10% discount in other Zingerman's businesses.

Will I get full time work?
We aim to. You can expect part time hours at first. Full time hours come during the two weeks before Christmas.

When does this job begin and end?
Work is available immediately. It ends on or around December 22nd, 2020.

Can I apply for full time work after the job ends?
Yes, we encourage it. We'll have a limited number of part time positions at Mail Order and part & full time positions elsewhere in the Zingerman's Community of Business after the holiday.


What kinds of skills are required for this job?

The strength and endurance to lift 20 pounds at a time regularly, all day long, while bending and being on your feet.
The comfort to work with a computer. Not in any serious way, but to scan things and, when it goes wrong, to get out of mis-scans without too much waiting.
English fluency.


What kinds of personal traits fit well in this job?

You hate to let a problem go. You want to fix it before it leaves your hands.
You can do repetitive work without zoning out and not paying attention.
You love the game of how to follow a standard procedure yet do it with your own flair.
You are punctual. Being late drives you crazy.
You love new experiences. You have a gut feeling that the experience of a crazy-busy holiday season in a windowless warehouse surrounded by 10,000 breads and coffee cakes is going to be fun.
You can take constructive criticism well. It doesn't get you down. You say, "OK, got it," and work to do better next time.
You've got a deep well of relentless, outrageous enthusiasm & energy. Maybe you even love food. :)

Sound like you?
Please apply!

What's the hiring process like?
We don't have a typical interview for our holiday crew. Instead we have a trial shift to test for skills, like picking correct orders. We invite a group of applicants multiple times each week. That usually happens within days after you apply. If you're hired you'll get your start date the same day you trial shift.





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