One of them soon returns and drives away perhaps she was simply accompanying a friend. Two Black women arrived together, their hair held back by multicolored wraps, chatting and laughing happily. Perhaps BFI4, this third-of-a-mile-long building, is also large enough to require different outfits depending on where you work within. I find myself wondering about the indoor temperature of the building as more and more people pass, dressed for conditions ranging from what I’d call “sub-arctic tourist” all the way to “new money beachside.” It reminds me of a Boeing factory tour guide who once proudly announced that their Everett, WA facility - the one that builds the 787 - is so large that it has internal weather patterns.
A petite Asian lady strides quickly past my car wearing shorts.
A lanky white teenager walks by toward the front doors of the building, looking official with his reflective vest already on. I’d later learn this is a common practice because you’re not allowed to enter the facility more than five minutes before your shift starts. Many sat in their cars huddled over their phones, their faces glowing with a patchwork aura of colors as they scrolled through various feeds. I watched as people began arriving before the 7:30 morning shift. I was one of the few associates sporting a minivan. For some reason, Jeeps seemed to be especially popular, followed by SUVs and crossovers.
A pair of Lexus SUVs were parked like twins next to each other. In any case, the parking lot was filled with cars of all sorts. Perhaps that’d get worse as Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach. Parking, which I was previously concerned about, especially during shift changes, was no problem at all. I ended up arriving thirty-five minutes before my shift. And at any job you have, you only have the first day once.” It always feels like there’s so much possibility ahead. I think first days at work are a lot about hope and promise, you know. I think, with every job I’ve ever had, I’ve always felt the sense of potential imposter syndrome when I show up on the first day, not sure if people will find out I’m not actually good at the job that I’ve been accepted to. You really don’t know how hard the job will be. You don’t know what your boss will be like, you don’t know what your coworkers will be like. “I love the feeling of the first day at work. I also nearly forgot my vaccine card, which is required on the first day. I normally wear non-laced shoes, slip-ons, but today I have to wear laced shoes, so I’ve worn the best laced shoes I have, which are not the Zappos shoes I was looking for, and not composite toe, but it’ll have to do for now. I nearly forgot some important things today. Since the building is a third of a mile wide, it’ll be interesting to see. They didn’t even say which door to enter through. “It’s 6:50 in the morning on my first day at work, Day One, heading out the door here. I got up earlier on my first day at Amazon than I had for the entire eight months I was unemployed, hopped in the minivan, and hit Record. We should first talk about Day One, my first day at Amazon. The one historical thing I know for sure that I’d be contributing to is Amazon’s rise to become America’s largest employer, which, at 950,000 employees and growing quickly, it’s on track to become by mid-2022. But I’m guessing neither of those is the history they refer to. Amazon is currently the world’s fifth most valuable company. But make history? Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, was recently only the second man to found a private company that launched him to the boundary of space. Make history.” I could very well believe I’d need to work hard. When you enter the floor-to-ceiling security turnstiles at Amazon’s flagship fulfillment center, BFI4, just south of Seattle, the only words printed on the twenty-foot white wall towering above are, I’m sure un-ironically, “Work hard.
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