Feb
You don't have to be a woman to answer this question! Do you know any kick a** women who are dedicated to the field of shipping/receiving/logistics? Is she a supervisor/manager? Are some of the male supervisor/managers jealous of her abilities? Do some of the men around her not know how to take her "strong" personality? If you know anyone like this, I'd love to hear about my fellow FORKLIFT MAMA'S!! LOL
Answer:
I used to be one of them. I wasn't driving forklifts but I had to deal with the drivers. My day would consist of getting the packslips 10 times a day (more or less depending of how many boxes we would receive), do data entry, deal with the decrepancies, fax and call the plastic suppliers or toy maker (I was working for Mega Bloks, the toy company) print labels, tell the lift driver where to go and where to put the toys/boxes of plastics (before they melt them into toys)/boxes of toys (one that make sounds, like figurines)/boxes of boxes etc.
My supervisor was a woman. She knew her job so well. She was firm but also very understanding if there was a problem. She would also understand we go on cig breaks if we needed it or if it was a slow day. As long our job was done.
Everyone in the department and in the company itself had great respect for her, because she was very good. The fact that she was a woman had nothing to do with if people were jealous of her or not. They were seeing her as a co-worker, not a female co-worker.
And working in a toy company was very fun also.
When ever I was going to Toys r' Us I could tell who, when and how they made each items lol
Answer:
My best friend is a woman who happens to be a shipper/receiver:) She actually works with mostly women, though…it's not in a factory setting, she works at a pharmacy. And she actually ends up being the "do-it-all" person, because she's pretty much trained to do it all at the store. And she's an Aquarian, so a lot of people don't know how to take her "strong" personality, haha:)