My Day, START TO FINISH, Amazon Delivery Driver 

You're welcome, although I've changed it up a bit and found a much faster way. email me or contact me and I can explain my new way and you'll see that it's so much faster.

nice, hope you enjoy, hope you do good and feel free to reach out to me if you need anything, and thank you for watching.

@@Mestizo90I need help lol

The beta version of the Flex app is about to be pushed out to all the drivers. In it, you can ungroup a stop, or regroup a stop with different locations. , especially in apartment complexes.

thank you for watching!! Hope you watch some more while I rush to edit even more that I've recorded.

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching

thanks for watching, hope you watch some new videos.

Yeah it would be nice, but that's not how Amazon does it, so all we can do is make the best of what we have. I think by being organized, studying your route on the rabbit before you leave the station and having a backup map tool can really help with some common issues. Of course, that won't help with apartments and businesses lol. Thanks for watching!!

Or we can apply to UPS! @@Mestizo90

Thanks for watching the video, what station or area are you in? How are the DSPs there?

@@Mestizo90 I work out of WNY-1 Conklin, NY and the DSP I work for are amazing and are on top of everything, they are there at the terminal every day and are very Approachable with making a request, as for the other Dsp's I'm honestly not sure how good they are.

@@Mestizo90 are the benefit's good?

DUDE, you and FridayAdventureClub are the reasons I get into DSP driving. I watch all your vides!! Between the two of you, I've learned so much more. Thanks so much for the comment. I'm going to post another soon to show my rural deliveries.

Felt like an intro to Toy Story 😅

😂😂

Well I have rural routes about 1/3 of the time. With rural routes you get a lot less stops and packages, but it still takes a while because of the very long drive out to the country and the distance between each stop. When I get more city routes, I'm full like you're probably used to seeing.

So often there is no on home, with the size of routes we can in cities, if we have to knock on every door and wait for a response, we would never get out packages delivered. We often look for a place we can leave the package that is not visible from the road and take the picture so that the customer knows where we left their package since they get the picture of the package delivery.

people dont really steal much here thank god, only issues really is during the holidays with porch pirates

Thank you 😁

What station do you work at?

That's interesting, currently, the Flex app will stop you from working more than 12 hours in any one day period, even if you still have packages. It will automatically remove them from your itinerary and tell you to RTS. I'm at one of the biggest stations in my state, and I don't know of any driver that gets that many stops. I think with UPSP is probably is easier to do that many because if you're in an urban or suburb area, you're just hitting one stop after the next, most houses get something. Whereas we can go into a subdivision have have 3 packed or 40 packages, it just varies, so we drive more between stops, and driving takes time. Thanks for watching!

I get 340 packages average and I’m one far from slow. I never work more than 10 hours. I don’t see how you get 713 houses.

@@JonLevel2 that’s called being a professional and doing this for over 30 years. Something you can not comprehend or achieve working for Amazon.

@@MM-ig2zq I didn’t read your comment right. I thought you meant working at Amazon you were getting that many houses. There’s no competition bro. I comprehend what it takes very well. Doing these deliveries is nothing compared to the things I’ve done.

@@JonLevel2 it’s all good. Right out of the military I started working at USPS no way that I could have done right away what I do today. Took years of training and sweat. I trained some good ex Amazon drivers. But to have them in my route for someone that just started was overwhelming. I blame USPS management for this. End result these drivers left and I don’t blame them.

We have 20 minutes to load out. We also have a separate parking area for loading due to issues causing a delay, we call that the "milk run" area. Our station has 14 DSPs, and over 1,000 vans, it's a very large station. Thanks for watching, and I'd love to see how you guys do things. I'm curious about the similarities and the differences.

Indeed, I have an hour and half drive to the first stop, and same when I RTS, so there's 3 hours in just going and coming. Additionally, the stops are pretty far apart, sometime's I'll drive 5-10 minutes between stops. So it takes a while to do even though I didn't have as many stops as a normal city route would have. Thanks for watching, I'm going to be posting a longer rural video in a day or two showing all the turkeys, horses, long driveways etc.

@@anthonymercado8126 what do those look like in terms of how many stops, locations, packages? Because I feel like I never had a route that was less than 8 hours lol

Well my first stop is about an hour and half from the station. The average day had about 80-110 stops, so not too many. It took about 6 hours to finish, then another hour and half drive back. It's an easy route physically, it just takes time cuz it's so far out and the stops are not close together, I have now posted a video on rural routes, country roads recently. However, we have since had a DSP area change since making this video, and we are now back in the suburbs and I've been in the EDV a lot recently. Thank you for watching!!

Thanks, I've uploaded a new video this morning that about rural routes, farm animals etc. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for watching. It wasn't Tomball, but you are close.

@@Mestizo90 Yeah I grew up down there. I miss it somedays. My distribution area is Dayton Ohio and surrounding communities. Mainly downtown Dayton. I don't like the streets up here.

When's the last time you were down here in the Houston area? It's growing very fast.

@@Mestizo90 last Christmas I think. Yeah thats what I heard.

Just wondering, can you get some video footage of your station, how it works and layout and send it to me please? I'm wanting to get footage from several different areas of the country for another video I want to make?

Each day can be different, different load sizes etc. The day I recorded this, I have a very low amount of tote and packages and overflow. So there was no need to rush, and we were all done before the time limit. We definitely have days when we get close to the time limit and someone from the warehouse is yelling out time remaining lol. Usually this is during peak or just unusually heavy days. Thanks for Watching.

In my own experience, as long as you stay organized, keep you repackages organized and sorted, you should be fine., Thanks for watching! I just posted a new video this morning.

How did you first day and week go?

It was great I was sweating bullets tho!!!! Never realized how intensive it’d be for sure

I'm sorry to hear that you didn't like it. It does get better and easier once you're done with your ride alongs and nursery routes. Depending on which DSP someone is with can have a significant impact on your happiness with your job. My DSP is really good, in my opinion. Thank you for watching, and I hope you find something else that you enjoy!!

What station will you be at? Do you know the station code?

Yeah we have our SUM at 9:10, and load out is at 9:35, and same as you, we are done whenever we get everything delivered. The area I was delivering to in this video has a stem time of over an hour before I get to my first stop, so my stop count is lower since I will have driven almost 3 hours just to get out there and back. However, we recently had a DSP area change, and now we are back in suburbs. I've been in the EDV mostly recently, and was hit last week while stopped with the hazards on making a delivery, I was not in the EDV when the car hit it. I will make a video on the accident in the EDV but it really screwed my day up. I sat for 5 hours and 30 minutes for the police to arrive, and that day I have a nearly full EDV since it was during Prime2 peak. I keep hearing more and more DSP's have stopped using Mentor, but it seems like mine is rigidly holding onto it. I don't run, I do briskly walk, but I don't run. And I organize the back so I don't spend time looking for packages. Thanks for watching my video, I appreciate it. Be safe, and have a great day!!

@@Mestizo90 I don’t run either, I just got my headphones on, blast music and it goes by fast. If I ran which I tested it out out of curiosity I finish at 2pm. I have a way to organizing everything so I don’t have to look either. For example the first two bags that I work from I dump them in the front, overflows on the ground and the rest on the seats. Don’t have to go back and forth in the back and waste time, highest I’ve ever done was 65 stops an hour and that was like gated community. In the video delivering to places like that are amazing, low traffic, no long driveways. Mentor is still used at my dsp just some of us don’t log in😂 they don’t say anything really. Guess yours is more strict

oh yeah I love doing subdivisions, they are so easy and fast. I significantly dislike apartments. I have come to the conclusion recently that anyone who lives on the first floor of an apartment complex does not order from Amazon. In our new area, we have a LOT of apartments and I can't remember a single delivery on the first floor lol. And the flex app is seldom accurate on apartment locations, buildings and numbers, at least in this area lol.

@@Mestizo90 you are 150% correct, Amazon app is one of the worst to deal with. Lags, the pins are always wrong & idk about your dsp but here we used to do hard drops but now they want you to contact customer support. Theres a way to by pass that of course cause calling takes forever. Good luck to ya mate, stay safe

Yeah, the newest version of the ever evolving rules is for when there is a delivery problem is to, call customer twice, text customer then call driver support, that entire process gobbles p 10 minutes it seems like. My current MO is to just hit GPS not working, use my other phone with google maps, verify and deliver without GPS, take picture and be gone lol

They are pretty strict on the age requirements. I'm not sure why, I don't know if its because some of our packages are prescriptions from Amazon's pharmacy, or because some products contain lithium-ion batteries in them. When I have a box that contains batteries, there is always a bi label saying caution. What you maybe can do is get hired on with a DSP in a non-driving role. I know at my DSP we have a 19 year old who does various things, but he does not drive yet. Maybe that's a possibility for you, not sure. Thanks for watching my video!

isn’t trucking better though?

I get paid hourly and thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching, I'm with SPDC. We are done with county routes and are back in Houston finally lol. I agree, organization is key. I walk fast, but do not run and I usually finish early. If you see me at the station, come say hello.

Every driver has their own way or style I guess, but for me, I do not run, that's who you can get hurt. I walk briskly. I think the thing that helps me the most is being organized in the back with all your packages, overflow and totes. I've seen many drivers have different ways of being organized and what works for them. I have my way, and it is ever evolving, but I get my work done without exhausting myself. I think during peak is the only time I really truly hustle or on days where something has happened which put me way behind like when I got it in the EDV (electric delivery van) I was driving that day to make deliveries. I made a video and posted it. Thanks for watching!

last summer it reached 110 for over a month. But we manage and get by. Thanks for watching.

It is a rural route, so I only had about 100 stops. My stem time to my first stop is 1 hour 30 minutes and the same back so I spend 3 hours just driving there and back and each stop is spread out, so I work but not physically lol.. But since then we have moved back into the suburbs so I'm carrying about 130-1560 stops in the EDV. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the oops reminder and thanks for watching :-)

If I’m not going over 30 mph my side door stays open. They try something my dispatcher is going down with me 😂

Well what you couldn't see was there were Rivian vans, EDV's, behind me also. Thanks for watching, I just posted a new video about country routes this morning.

Sorry no, I'm down in the Houston area. What station did you apply at? I don't see an Amazon delivery station in Waco.

@Mestizo90 it's fairly new been here about a year its a warehouse but also delivery

hey thanks for watching... , who you with?

amazon doesnt really have pickups usually they send you to ups/usps here in usa

I just delivery, sometimes pickups at Amazon lockers. I delivery for Amazon not FedEx.

I do not run. I walk fast and I try to stay very organized in the back. Thanks for watching !

You get 2 15 min paid breaks and 1 30 min unpaid break. Bathroom for a dude would just be a porta potty or bring an empty bottle

yeah these rural routes are very low on stops and packages, just because of the stem time and how spread out each stop is from the next. They are so relaxing and nice. Comparing that to my route yesterday in the city, I had 173 stops and 311 packages. Add to that that every single apartment I had was on the 2nd or 3rd, floor. I've concluded that first floor apartment residents don't order on Amazon lol. Thank you for watching :-)

Well I am here in Texas lol. What station are you at?

Never wear boots bro never😂😂

I wore Oncloud shoes, love them, they absorb the impact of each time to hop out of that van, super easy on your joints. I get them at REI.

That's my station, which DSP are you interviewing with?

Depends on the DSP, each are different. Mine pays higher than most and we get bonuses. I feel like my DSP is good to us and is supportive. But I have heard of bad DSP's,, so it's important to ask around and compare DSPs.

oh that kinda sucks, you prob don't get off until late

contact me privately and I'll tell you. Thanks for watching.

1, at the present time, I'm happy where I am at. 2, I have no clue what UPS is like or if they'd want me or what the process is to become a driver, though I've heard stories about having to be seasonal and do sorting before becoming a driver, and I don't want seasonal work. 3, I get customers who know when I am arriving and have some interesting and sometimes unusual conversations with them that I've grown to like, and I enjoy seeing them happy with me delivering whatever it was they were waiting for. 4, I enjoy a pretty easy schedule and flexible time off. 5, My current leadership is pretty good, and I enjoy working with them. They have been honest, respectful and supportive of me.

@@Mestizo90 all that sounds amazing… missing one important issue…$$$ ups is paying like CRAZY.. enjoy your day sir

I've heard so many different statements about what UPS is paying that I really don't know what is true and accurate. I've heard drivers lease their truck or own it and are independent contractors, I've heard they get paid $150,000 but pay for their own gas, maintenance etc, I've heard they get $50,000. There's no way for me to know what is accurate. Can you contact me directly?

@@Mestizo90 yea we need to talk none of that is true me being a driver for 17 years (except for the pay)

cool, reach out to me please.

I recorded this during the heat wave when we had temps over 100 for 45 consecutive days. EOC was waived. the van will never cool off enough to get cold just from one stop to the next. So the air blows cold so I just point it on me and move on. Thanks for watching.

If I did, I didn't mean to and I'm sorry. It's a small world, Fedex, UPS and Amazon drivers are always switching back and forth and we get to know each other locally. Thanks for watching.

If a driver is behind, for whatever reason, and they are unlikely to complete their route on time, another driver will come and "rescue" some or all of the packages you have left, depending on the circumstances of why you need rescuing. ... well really, they rescue the packages, not the driver lol.In the most recent video I posted as of today, I was driving an EDV (Electric Delivery Van) and was hit. I had to wait over 6 hours for the police to arrive and do their report. There was no way I was getting my route done, so they sent 4 rescue drivers who each took 2 or 3 totes.

@@Mestizo90 okay cause I’m gonna start working soon. How does your first few days go like? Are you training with someone before they throw you off on your own?

@@teddysworldinsane7382 You will go through 3 days of Amazon training in the classroom which will end with a driving road test in an Amazon van, either gas or electric. During that time you will learn basic Amazon policies, help active drivers during load out so that you learn how to load your own van, learn how to use the rabbit. After your 3 days, you are sent to your DSP who will do 2 more days of training out on the road on a real route with real packages and a trainer will be with you. Once you're done with that, you will start driving on your own, but you will have what is called "nursery routes", which means a very small route so that you can go slow and continue to learn and talk to your dispatcher and get more help from Driver Support. You will have small nursery routes for about a month. Once you're doing ok, they will slowly start increasing your loads and you will eventually get to normal size loads. A nursery route will have about 4 or 5 totes, 50-60 stops and maybe 100 packages. You will probably have that done within 5 hours easily. A full normal route can vary depending on where you are delivering to, my current loads have been averaging between 160 to 200 stops with up to 300 packages.

Sorry, I'm new to video editing and RU-vid. There was only music in the beginning and end. But I'll try to add more music and make it audible in future videos, thanks !

LMAO. well, that's if you're a slow driver, slow rate of delivery. All the DSPs around here had an area change 1 week before Prime 2 and now I ma back in the suburbs of Houston. My lat shift was 155 stops, 291 packages. One stop had 21 packages lol. It's always fun to delivery to them, they are very friendly and have drinks outside for drivers, they make RU-vid videos, more professional than mine lol.

cool. I've never seen your car at the station lol. Are you with my DSP?

why is that? and thanks for watching. I have never worked for Fedex, Swift or England trucking. Hope you watch some of my newer videos

Are you at my DSP?

@@Mestizo90 yeah!

Can you message me in sling? I don't know your name lol.

Mario C. ?

Yeah as long as everything goes right in the process, it's not had. Thanks for watching!

Good luck and thanks for watching. I've been to Atlanta a few times, mostly Roswell, Buckhead, Marietta areas.

HA, no one does, but we got to take the good with the bad, that's just how life is. Thank you for watching and hope you keep watching as I make more videos.

I thought it was pretty easy.

HA, well after this video, I was moved to an even more rural route, I posted a video of it. But as of Oct 2023 we moved back into the suburbs and city and I'm driving the EDV most all of the time. How far out is your route from your station? In the 2nd video of my rural route after I was moved farther out, my stem time was 1 hour and 20 minutes just to get to my first stop. I can't decide which I like better, rural or suburbs and city. They both have good and bad. Anyhow, thanks for watching.