Amazon may use the MOST automation, but they are far from the MOST AUTOMATED. Amazon does 90%+ piece picking. So yes, they have autonomous robots bring goods to a person, but there is still a person picking the odd shaped individual units. Now, Amazon is investing hundreds of millions in vision guided robots with end-effectors that are closer in capability to a human hand. But they are not widely used at scale yet. For the most automated facilities, there are Grocery DC’s and Pharma DC’s that are close to 100% fulfillment without human involvement. In these environments, you have very robot-friendly packaging. So the idea of automatic selection of cases for orders, and then robots building customer order pallets using “kinda AI” based software to build a nice, steady pallet is now a standard approach. Sobey’s, Kroger, Meijers, Americold, and many others are all implementing “almost light’s out warehouses”. More on reddit.com

They’re all fake, man — straight up. If Amazon automation actually worked the way they pitch it, these “companies” would just run their own stores and print money. Instead, they take your money and run risky or shady models under your name. The biggest one recently was SmartFBA — looked legit, even had influencers vouching for it, but it collapsed and left people with millions in losses. If you want to succeed on Amazon, skip the shortcuts. Learn how to: Use product research tools like Helium 10 or Jungle Scout Understand what makes a good niche (demand, low competition, margin) Start with a small test order, optimize your listing, and build from there FBA works — but not as some “hands-off, passive income” fantasy. It’s a business. And if you're not running it, someone else is... usually straight into a wall. More on reddit.com

I'm actually a part of 2 eCommerce groups selling anything from amazon automation to Facebook automation stores. Simply put, Imagine you are the owner of a Mcdonald's Franchise and you have all the knowledge, skills, hires, network to scale and expand your income by opening multiple.... However, the laws of your country only allow one McDonalds Franchise per person. Naturally, you would open another Mcdonald's under your mom, significant other, friend's name and take a profit split... This would then continue until you make a business selling your "McDonald Automation" to individuals. Never get an automated amazon store for 30k... its a scam They run around 15k for a 60/40 profit split, on average (if the firm you are working with is good) anywhere between 5-8 month ROI. Always DYOR. one of the things I learned being part of these groups is that NOTHING... and I mean NOTHING is too good to be true : ) . More on reddit.com

I would say it depends site to site, but if you want WLB you will not find it here. I am about to start 4x12 night shifts and am still technically on call on top of that. More on reddit.com