Gratitude Towards my Workplace

In November of 2009, I had placed myself in a critical low financial situation working part time at an office retail store with no benefits Living in my home state of Missouri.  I was renting a run-down make-shift garage 1 room house from a relative in a very low spiritual and low moral attitude about life. Using the library’s internet,  I found an ad on craigs list for full time Holiday help at a  warehouse and applied thinking I needed something to get bills and child support all caught up.  My son was a senior in high school and I was determined not to attend his graduation that following spring unemployed.  So on Thanksgiving 2009 weekend I started at Amazon.com in Coffeyville Kansas as an SMX associate. .  Within 5 months with SMX, I was converted to a full pledge Amazonian with benefits and everything.   I drove an hour and a half everyday for 6 months till I was able to afford for deposit and first months rent of a nearby apartment to the Amazon FC.  Within another 6 months of being employed with Amazon, I was a fill in PA as a teir 1 for 2 months then hired as a teir 3 seasonal PA.  Also within the first 6 months I was selected to participate in multiple Kaizans to help the departments in the FC improve.  After my first full year plus a couple of months was accepted to apply and was offered a full time teir 3 position to relocate along with a 5 digit bonus offered to relocate cross country to CAE1 Amazon FC in Columbia, South Carolina. Being involved in launching the FC gave me another opportunity for an international opportunity to assist in setting up a fulfillment center in India this summer.  So Bottom Line, in less than 3 years with the company went from almost homeless and discouraged to an elite gated community apartment, assisted financially getting my son through Junior College and opportunities world wide with Amazon.com that I would have never imagined that I would be where I am today as a ICQA PA.   This was accomplished by Hard work and showing up for work non-stop.