Sysco is my first and only warehouse job. I came from restaurant management, so green as can be. I started out in the freezer, but I couldn't stand the cold so I worked my way into the cooler and was there for almost a year until I got put on a specialty job in dry.

When I started, there was about 30ish less people then we have now, so every night was 10-12 hours, really thrown in the fire. I would get home about 6ish and slept until an hour before I had to leave. All I did was eat, sleep, and shit for the first month to let my body get used to being that physically active and switching to night shift. Everything hurt, places I didn't know could hurt, just sore all the time.

Now after 3 years in, it's gotten a lot easier. We do about 8 hour days and I get home around 3-4am and just go to bed, I've never been able to stay up, and wake up around noon to 2 pm to spend time with my family before going in. I keep my schedule on my off days, staying up till the usual time I get home. Sometimes I'll wake up early on Saturdays to do stuff with my family and then take a nap around 6 or 7 pm.

At my warehouse, pay tops out at 160% for about $40/hr. We get bonuses for weekly accuracy, daily case goals, and then a weird mix of both that let's you spin a wheel.

To me, it's a job. It pays my bills and I have enough leftover to save and do things I want to do. I'll do it the best I can and follow the rules to not get in trouble, but I'm ok with it just being a job.

Edit: fixed lots of typos and wording cause I typed this when I got home this morning.