WEEK 24 – KEY MESSAGES

IT Manager – Shapina Prescod:

Hello everyone!
I am the IT Manager for BRS1 and BRS2 and support 16 remote sites. My responsibilities include overseeing the IT infrastructure
and ensuring the remote sites are running efficiently. As such, I manage a wide variety of IT issues and strive to provide superior
technical support and customer service. I have an outstanding team that ensures zero down time. They are there to serve the
customer – YOU  . You may have noticed a decrease in IT presence. Please bear with us as we adjust to the evolving IT support
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world. IT kiosks have been setup around the FC to assist you if you have a problem with your devices. First responders are there
to help you resolve your issues, if they cannot your trouble ticket will be passed onto the support team to resolve the issue.

Out of the Amazon, I am a mother of four - 30, 20, 16 and 15. I have three dogs – Labradors - the joy of my life and my chickens
that give me 8-10 eggs daily . With my family, animals, and the fresh produce I get from the garden, life is truly a blessing. I live
in rural Wales on 7 acres where I have planted 7,000 trees creating a food forest and am working towards sustainable living,
promoting permaculture – Eat what you grow.   I am passionate about creating a resilient future for my family and the
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environment, and strive to make a positive difference every day.

Booking your Holiday

Annual leave can be requested up to 24 hours before the date, and can only be taken in 30 minute increments.
These requests are reviewed by the Regional Centre, not local HR and based on site capacity. You can check holiday
availability (updated on a daily basis) here: http://qrco.de/bdWL7o
Please note: this does not reflect shift swap availability, only annual leave

HR Hub Hours Launch

Please note from WK25 (Sunday 18th June 2023) HR Hub will be closed between the following hours:
Day shift – Closed between Night shift – Closed between
09:00 – 10:15 | 11:50 – 14:00 22:50 – 01:50
Total hours closed: 3.25hrs Total hours closed: 3hrs
Comments: Close before first break & reopen during Comments: Close after OB first break and
breaktime. Close again after first break remain closed until 1:50am
If you have a question for HR, please raise a HR Case via your AtoZ app, if it is urgent, please see a manager on site.

Dress Code
Dress code has been developed for various reason but the main one is safety.
• Never wear items of loose clothing or jewellery when on the FC floor
• You must always tie long hair back due to the risk of entanglement when working next to
conveyance
• Always wear suitable footwear when on the FC floor, running trainers are best
• Never wear footwear such as stilettoes or flip flops, they are not suitable for the FC
environment
• Challenge anyone not adhering to the FC dress code

Site Shutdown
The next site shutdown will be on Saturday, 24th June during the day shift. If you are scheduled to work on this day, your options are Paid
Vacation, Unpaid Vacation or Shift Swap. For paid holiday please book it through Amazon AtoZ app. For shift swap - please submit your
request using AtoZ app. We appreciate that there might be a wish to take Holiday Unpaid for the FC shutdown. We would like to confirm
that if you do not choose to use one of the 2 paid options available by 17/06/2023, you will be coded with unpaid leave.

In other news…
• Voluntary Extra Time – Please note that overtime will be limited to a maximum of 60 hrs during WK24, if you have any questions,
please reach out to your Area Manager.
• Shift Swap - You can request a shift swap with a minimum of 48 hours’ notice and up to 4 weeks in advance. These requests first
wait for organic swaps between associates, and if unmatched will come to the BRS2 HR Team for review 5 days before the
requested date. You may request one swap a week, as long as it is not an overtime day, the dates are both in the same working
week, and you haven't made the same request within the last 3 weeks.
• Swag Store – new items are arriving soon! You can check the catalogue here: http://qrco.de/bcobA4
• Canteen Menu – The menu for week commencing on 12th June available here: https://qrco.de/be2n0Q
• Arts & Crafts Monday 12th June & Thursday 15th June 4 sessions each shift.
Sign up to attend a session in the HR Hub. 10 spaces per session.