Amazon Delivery Driving
Amazon Delivery Driving
I want to share this Wealthy Affiliate Community Blog post because it gives an insight into the wonderful world of being an Amazon Delivery Driver
I was invited a few weeks by an associate of mine, to help him get his logistics business up and running, by being a driver and to do some recruiting for him...
Being the kind soul I am and knowing what its like to start a business up, I accepted
However what he neglected to tell me, possibly because I might have said no!!!
was that his logistics business was delivering Amazon Parcels
Anyway I went through his companies onboarding process and training, which went swimmingly well, I provided him with Feedback as he asked for and at at that point all was going well...
No problems
Starting off...
This is where it all started to go a bit, how shall we say peak tong
Because absolutely everything inside of Amazon and I do mean absolutely everything is ...Timed to the milli second!!!
So from the time you place your order to the time you get it, which is the easy bit, when you get your Amazon Delivery which puts a big smile on your face
The middle part, which involves picking and packing, then the delivery part is timed
You are not allowed to move your van at the depot, until the clock hits 10.27 for example, the times were always odd minutes, not half hours, but odd minutes
You reach a staging area, where you collect your crates which contain your packages, if its a nursery route, then you have 120 Parcels. You get 15 Minutes to load your two crates into your van, then get into the van to wait for the order to go
You have to click and unclick your seat belt, other wise you get fined for it!
Then you drive to your round, and start from stop 1. Every thing works through the Amazon deliver app, which is specific to drivers and is optimised for a 9 hour day
Now the App is programmed for a robot to use and it expects drivers to be like robots, you have to drive to within a certain meterage of a house or drop, otherwise you can finish the delivery and you are expected to drive through blockages and to cause blockages, regardless of where you are.There are no exceptions to this
If you fall behind you are constantly bashed verbally till you are ahead and you literally can't even take a Pee break, well you can if you have a bottle and lock your van so you can pee inside he bottle inside the van... This isn't an exaggeration.
So after 4 weeks of this, and having an OSM(On site manager ) with zero people skills, I decided that this helping exercise had to come to a natural end and gave my feedback to my business associate, stating that unless he got rid of his OSM then his business was not going to grow as he had hoped.
So next time you get your amazon order, this will give you a little insight into what happens 'after' you press the 'order now button
Recent Comments
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Wow, Dave!
It’s definitely not a job that I could ever be successful doing.
I’ve read these stories before. The job must be fairy lucrative to keep employees from walking away.
Frank 🎸
The App, is designed to take you to point of delivery however if you have a brick wall in front of you that can't be negotiated you have to drive round the block to make your drop, so the app can turn green and let you continue
When I encountered the brick wall and asked for guidance on how to get round it the reply I got was
Your the ex policeman you figure it out
Really?
My associate apparently has had 150% turnover in staff, in just 5 weeks...
Its unreal, and to think I did this as a favour to provide feedback and guidance for a colleague starting out!!!!... I must have been mental :0
Thanks for the comments, I wouldn't mind but he hasn't taken the advice on board ( No pun intended!!)
Delivery driving is no fun at all Dave, I did it for a short time a few years ago and quickly gave it up.
These companies treat their drivers appallingly and will continue to do so whilst they can get away with it.
Rick
It was pretty tough and they bang on about safety and breaks, yet when you do be safe and take a break they want to know why
I delivered for Amazon for a while.
The most stressful and high pressure and UNappreciated occupation I’ve ever experienced.
I do admire the efficiency of the system, but it’s no place for a “human” to work.
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Hi there, Dave.
Thanks for sharing this harrowing Amazon experience and giving us a thumbnail sketch of the delivery process. I am a huge patron of Amazon goods. Now, I will be be more appreciative of the trucks that drive up to my door. Always on time with the right orders intact,
Rachele