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t1_jdfurgg wrote

Interesting, I'm assuming they have enough redundant coverage in their North American network that this won't significantly impact delivery lead times.

I usually get my orders next day in Pittsburgh (sometimes 2), which frankly is way faster than I've ever personally needed...

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t1_jdfyzg4 wrote

Good. Maybe Chewy will stop spamming every job search site with shitty warehouse jobs no one fucking wants

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t1_jdgg91d wrote

The other issue is the colony of stray cats behind this facility. Chewy employees previously held a TNR some years back, but new cats have arrived and there are a bunch expecting kittens. Chewy now says they don't interfere with 'wildlife'. Really seems like they aren't going to do anything at all to help. Stray cats, even feral cats, may not be friendly but they are domesticated animals and not wildlife.

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t1_jdgxhn9 wrote

I wonder if the founder applied a little too much of what he learned from assisting in creating Amazon’s empire and over extended himself a tad bit.

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t1_jdh6o7w wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,332,813)

I’m in bed with a 5 yr old feral cat that we trapped at my front door some months back.

Besides his giant tomcat head you would never know he was once “wildlife”

This is a bullshit “fuck you I got mine” answer from chewy.

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t1_jdh88re wrote

For literally everyone here who didn't read the article, it's because it's one of their oldest warehouses. Another warehouse in the area with up to date robotics automation will be taking over the work.

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t1_jdhboiu wrote

I love how all up and down 81 they build these giant warehouses with the excuse of jobs and tax breaks and all that other bullshit, now the highways are packed with semis and soon all those jobs will be automated as soon as possible. Complete and utter garbage.

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t1_jdhe08i wrote

Replying to KindKill267 (#2,333,567)

I do ecological work and deal with solar farm projects pretty frequently. I like a lot of our solar farm designs because they allow for relatively undisturbed native herbs and grasses to thrive and basically block out areas for wild space as part of their footprint. I would much rather see installations that preserve wild space AND solar on roofs. Human settlements tend to be fluid in their purpose and built on top of, limiting long term viability of those panels. Throwing panels in a field for 25 years vs putting new ones on buildings every 5-10 years and throwing them away after.

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t1_jdhhyi7 wrote

Replying to Otherwise_Comfort_95 (#2,333,748)

I agree that taxes are high in PA but the job market is strong so I think that aspect attracts workers

Re: real estate prices, with the chewy center being in the Lehigh valley near Allentown/Bethlehem there is definitely affordable housing in the area

Not sure on what chewy was paying though so I guess affordable housing really comes down to it being affordable to who? If chewy wasn’t compensating adequately, the workers could be being priced out,

On the other hand though, that area has thousands of warehouse jobs so they would need to be competitive.

Additionally, regarding attracting workers. These types of positions are primarily filled by local workers because people don’t generally move interstate for entry or advanced level warehouse positions

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t1_jdhw4cl wrote

Replying to Pa17325 (#2,329,433)

They still have one warehouse in the area and they had this one from the beginning. There not going to stop spamming jobs at one point they were losing 7 percent of there workforce a week and from people I know who still work there it's only gone down a little.

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t1_jdhy9hy wrote

Replying to KindKill267 (#2,333,643)

I made the same argument when they demolished 2 (occupied rental) homes and plowed over farm land to build a massive warehouse off 81 here in Newville. Its bad enough the in town roads are not big enough for a semi and a car, but those things utterly destroy local roads. The pavement is a total washboard at every light. I was told to basically shut up and sit down because it is bringing jobs to the area. Yeah. Low wage, dead end jobs to an already poverty line area.

Fuck monster warehouses.

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t1_jdhzc4c wrote

Replying to darkapollo1982 (#2,336,337)

This, I live in Shippensburg so I know exactly what you're talking about. Now they're even building them off 11. Here in ship were dealing with the same thing. This was all planned I'm sure of it. All of the land around 81 was bought up by the university, the family that owns h&h Chevy and other investment groups. They just waited for all this to happen and cash in. Farms get bought up not by farmers but by developers.

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t1_jdi183y wrote

Replying to cmatthews11 (#2,328,977)

I'd been getting mine within 2 days.

My autoship date just hit (yesterday), and the delivery estimate is now... next Wednesday, a full 7 days out.

I'm now going to run out of food. Sigh. I guess we really aren't allowed to have nice things in America anymore. I only moved to Chewy because, if you autoship, the price increase was negligible, and stores kept leaving me hanging with empty shelves and price spikes.

If Chewy's going to leave me holding the (empty) bag... now what?

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t1_jdi5xo1 wrote

Aaaaaaaaand this is why we should never be giving LERTA tax breaks to warehouses. They come in, fuck up a community for ten years, and bounce leaving local municipalities with a monstrosity no one uses.

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t1_jdihfpr wrote

Replying to kormer (#2,333,259)

It's not just one of the oldest, it was THE Very First Chewy warehouse. It was in a dire state of decay and I'm honestly surprised they let it limp along as long as they did. It was originally a tank factory, then an ice cream factory, then Chewy bought it. The building has run its course. The Lewisberry facility is awesome and will be absorbing any of the workforce who wish to transfer, nobody will be laid off or demoted.

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t1_jdis4kt wrote

Replying to cmatthews11 (#2,336,816)

I doubt it.

Something appears to have gone very wrong with their supply chain or their fulfillment operation.

It shipped immediately, yesterday morning... from Phoenix, AZ. Nobody who has a nationwide distribution network, functioning as intended, especially for shelf-stable pet food, should have to send orders to here from freaking Arizona.

You're right, their customer service folks are awesome. I just don't see how they're awesome enough to stop a truck 3 time zones away and, what? Put my stuff on a plane to get it here maybe a day sooner?

Maybe just the shortages are getting worse. I can't imagine they don't still have a distro center in, say, New York or New Jersey that's a hell of a lot closer. So the fact that it didn't come from there tells me they didn't have any to send.

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t1_jdiu9en wrote

Replying to KindKill267 (#2,333,567)

The roofs of the warehouses around the area are not manufactured to hold weight, only to keep weather out. These buildings are made at the lowest cost possible by land owners/logistics companies.

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t1_jdjdt40 wrote

Chewy has no retail stores so this is just a strategic move. When Ryan Cohen took them from a Pet Smart reject to an Amazon killer in the pet supply world, he opened so many DC’s close together due to them not having that brick and mortar sector to worry about in their budget.

They did an amazing job during the pandemic having to deal with supply chain issues, worker shortage, and the overall economy. Now with inflation so high but supply chain issues being worked out better, they are able to cut costs in ways they weren’t previously able to. And with that comes these unfortunate consequences of running a successful business. The fact is they currently have more Distribution Centers than they need to still maintain a very acceptable customer rating. Time will tell if the decision was good or bad for the company, but I would gather they are a smart enough bunch to have already worked out the logistics before making this decision.

If it keeps the prices low, and the shipping times and customer service the same as we expect, then this is nothing more than a smart business move. I better get birthday cards for my pets still haha. That’s the sweetest gesture that they do.

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t1_jdjoqp8 wrote

Replying to darkapollo1982 (#2,336,337)

There’s a bunch happening here in Lebanon county. Big Walmart off 72 has killed traffic just north of the city and now there are massive warehouse buildings popping up along 422 just before the residential areas in Palmyra. It’s a shame …

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t1_jdm9ws0 wrote

I used to get special kitty food from Chewy in Mechanicsburg like next day to western PA. It was nice to know the autoship would be delivered quickly.

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