The Warehouse Underground TIGER TEAM!

Sorry for the delay! (We've been busy writing SOPs for how to create 30-60-90 on boarding gameplans but with a Lean Philosophy layered in to remove unnecessary barriers of redundancy.)ANYWAY......this is a great episode!🐯 Ben & Jordan celebrate Cinco De Mayo with recaps of "Taco Tuesdays" at warehouses (and the bathroom blow ups that follow.)🐯 Jordan loves it when employees hijack her shift by having her explain EVERY metric for 30 minutes.🐯 The Tiger Team embraces AI by learning how to have it roast The Tiger Team Show itself (so hurtful, sarcastic and brutal Gemeni....we LOVED it.)🤣 Preview: "The Tiger Team is the Live, Laugh, Love of Distribution.....if Live, Laugh, Love was replaced with Scan, Ship, Sob." 🤣 Preview: "The show would be perfect for people who feel 5S stands for Sit, Sigh, Sob, Sulk & Sip."🐯 Cringe or Cool won't die. Jordan gets put on the hot seat to make hard calls, and there were some doozies in this one.

Kevin Lawton from The New Warehouse Podcast joins Jordan and I for an EPIC episode! 🐯 Operational decisions in the South when it's snowing, has snowed, or even has a 1% chance of snow in forecast. 🐯 Kevin reveals the inspiration behind the humorous "Where's my tape gun" post! 🐯 Ben ships Tony's favorite to a customer on accident. 🐯 Jordan in full send mode with an EPIC ROAST of our two podcasts! 🐯 Kevin and Jordan in the hot seat and decide "cringe" or "cool" on warehousing photos. 🐯 Two surprises for Kevin and Jordan to end the show.  

If you're going to quit during the middle of a shift, at least leave me your notes for the END-OF-SHIFT REPORT.

Overused phrases in warehouses, DCs & FCs!

Happy New Year from The Tiger Team Show at The Warehouse Underground and Episode 8! Check out our New Years show and start the year off right with some wit, humor, sarcasm from the world of warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers. 🐯 Just because you're chilling in the very back of your FC with your boyfriend/girlfriend does NOT mean you can be watching Netflix. 🐯 Open houses in big fulfillment centers are cool but....you better make sure what's in the bins is "family appropriate" for the walk thru! 🐯 Don't have your daddy call your manager if you get written up. 🐯 Cringe or Cool New Years Style: Area manager bobble heads? 5S as a strategy for self-help for your life? What Santa wish lists look like in 2025? Better have some penicillin at the eye wash station in your warehouse. Kill it with the "I forgot my vest now I'm wearing a pink vest" stuff. And more!

Episode 7 Show Notes: Need some fulfillment center cathartic stress relief from Peak Season?  Got you covered! 🐯 Ben & Jordan write love letters to some of our "favorite" things about Peak Season in FCs. 🐯 Learn about groundbreaking concepts such as:  Dumpster Diving The need for "just warm bodies" Boomerang associates Our favorite food "Peanut butter and SORTER JAM" AND MORE..... 🐯 Top 10 List of the most overused phrases in Distribution World we've heard 1,000 times like: "We want people to go home in the same or BETTER condition than when they started".  Duh. i'M vErY dAta dRiVen I hear you but "What am I supposed to tell THE CUSTOMER?!" "Hey, go quickly find if you can get some people to volunteer to stay late today." AND EVEN MORE! 🐯 Cringe Or Cool? Segment where Ben puts Jordan under the spotlight to rule on warehousing topics floating around social media!   "If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you. Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode 6 Show Notes: 🐯 Jordan chirps Team Europe at The Ryder Cup! 🐯 Fan sent in request to highlight more "typical distribution employee" team members we all know! 🐯 The 5S Blitz Blues.  You mean not everyone drools over how amazing 5S is?  🐯 Should we do a Kaizen to process map the efficiency of steps to save money doing a 5S Blitz? 🐯 Top 6 signs you've been a fulfillment center manager for too long: Don't say "we're bleeding hours" to your non-FC friends. 🐯 Cringe or Cool the final chapter!  (WWE warehouse belts, seasonal temp costumes, vests that cause toilets to flush!)  "If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you. Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode 5 Show Notes: 🐯 The "Light of Jordan" is beginning to dim?  NEVER. 🐯 Rookie mistakes when you're brand new and green in the industry. 🐯 Ben's first week FC feedback from his associates?  You're not going to make it son Mr. "Bin check Ben." 🐯 Jordan = MC-J-Money. 🐯 Need a rallying cry?  "Whatever you did yesterday....do it today but BETTER!" 🐯 Jordan gets totally played by hourly employees but learns her lesson going forward! 🐯 Jordan learns that "you must click the button no matter what to make the metric green." 🐯 Cringe or Cool 2.0 "If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you. Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode 4 Show Notes: 🐯 No Coldplay lecture promise! 🐯 Prime Day = Stress Day! (Stop complaining about poor packaging!) 🐯 If you're not posting online about how many records your site broke then you're "lost"! 🐯 How one FC got their hand caught in the cheating cookie jar. 🐯 If you're running out of space in your warehouse just ask the CFO to walk around and point out more! 🐯 The villain GM falls for an EPIC trap and is exposed! 🐯 Jordan squirms during a new show segment called "Cringe or cool?" "If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you. Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode 3 Show Notes:🐯 Is Jordan a real person or not?  Inquiring minds want to know!🐯 Mid-Year performance reviews are the WORST!  Hear the Tiger Team's take on some of the ridiculousness that can surround them.🐯 You won't want to miss Ben's "RAGE CAGE" story that he regrets to this day!🐯 Rage quitting!  🐯 Jordan relives the epic tale of rage quitters laying rubber in front of their site for all to see.🐯 WTF moments in warehouses, DCs, FCs that everyone can relate to!And more. Let us know if you like the vibe and spread the word on the show!"If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you.Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode 2 Show Notes:🐯 Buckle up for Ben's rant on the ridiculousness of facility "walk thrus" for visiting executives.🐯 (Laugh watching them put on their safety vest! Don't walk them past the maintenance manager's area! The slowest walking pace possible on earth. The daily management board is like an executive magnet. How to get an instant promotion.)🐯 Jordan levels up with the stories and messages for the support agencies there for operations.🐯 Ben & Jordan define the real meaning of warehousing vernacular!🐯 Light duty mostly means no duty, hearing the words "The Sorter is Down" elicits immediate cold sweats but not like the backup plan, deep dive or "thorough analysis", have a seek to understand conversation means I probably already understand.🐯 What does a "Tiger Team" actually do?And more. Let us know if you like the vibe and spread the word on the show!"If you know the real truths from life inside distribution and fulfillment centers that only come from being there, you'll love this show! We see you.Wit, humor, sarcasm, stories.... it's like being in the break room with just your friends letting it fly!"

Episode #1 notes: - Introductions (Ben & Jordan who ranks being a co-host of the show very high on her life's achievements) - Stereotypical warehouse employees you always see around the country without fail!   - Jordan's employee-built castle from boxes (sorry to tell you there's no moat though!) - Ben's "Conspiracy guy" claims the company is stealing money from him.  WHAT?! - Jordan's employee knows what to say to make leadership feel paranoid. - Don't put employees prone to "HR Horror Verbal Diarrhea" up in front of site leadership to speak!  Looking at you Norma. - Top 10 Signs Your New Manager Out Of College Is NOT Going To Make It!