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Can skinny women work in warehouses?
Does warehouses hire skinny women?
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Quick answer is yes. It is not your size but your ability to do the job. Not all warehouses count on share muscle to do the job. Many warehouse jobs are pack and ship warehouses where you fulfill customer orders. One such warehouse is operated by Amazon. Others use forklifts to move freight around. In this work it is your ability to drive the machine not how much weight you can lift.
UPs, FEDEX and other small package airlines operate different types of warehouse where your ability to move and lift bulky items is required. In these warehouses they have methods where the so called 97 pound weakling can work in them.
My advice is if you want to work in a warehouse that you go and apply. Before you do apply do a bit if research and see what the company does so you are confident you can handle what the job may require. In this way you can speak confidently with the person interviewing you. Being confident in your ability will go along way in helping you get the job.
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If you are meaning that you lack muscular strength and the job requires being able to life 25 to 50 lbs, or perhaps more like 75 to 100 lbs with only your muscles, no aid of forklift, then yes, you may not be hired. I applied for a job where I was asked if I could life boxes, at a thrift store. Yes I could. Then they told me I'd need to be able to move furniture donations like sofas from outside into the store without aid of another person or any lifts...What!? I couldn't believe that and they claimed the other women there had that same job as a starting position. Well, I wanted a job but not bad enough to risk injuring myself. On the other hand, I worked thru a temp agency once long ago hiring extra's to help stand on a production line packing the windows 98 upgrade with brochures and that took only the ability to move your hands fast and stand on your feet a long time in one place and not being able to take potty breaks when you want or need to but only when scheduled unless emergency and your boss stepped into your place for the 5 mins. This was a warehouse setting also.
So it depends on the job dear.
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