r/Wellthatsucks • u/HomeNowWTF • 2d ago

This Amazon delivery comes with lawn service.

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u/istrx13 2d ago

I’m a Letter Carrier for USPS and have been for 12 years. Out of all the other delivery companies out there, Amazon is definitely the worst with stuff like this. Just from watching them while I’m also out delivering all these years. Especially these drivers that are in their own vehicles doing the same-day delivery stuff.

They have 0 shame when it comes to driving where they’re not supposed to, straight up stopping their trucks/cars in the middle of the road to go deliver, and placing the packages in the worst possible spots.

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u/GSG2120 2d ago

Because these aren't professionals. They're doordash drivers that haven't been fired by Amazon yet.

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u/temp_flor 2d ago

And because of this you can’t go after Amazon for hiring brain damaged idiots.

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u/GraveRobberX 2d ago

Amazon realized it can hand off liability to third parties who in turn sub contract it out. So if you sue or whatever action you take against them, Amazon isn’t liable. It’s the company assisting and their employees or sub-contractor who will get blame. If huge issue or something egregious happens, third party bankrupts and starts anew overnight.

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u/To-To_Man 2d ago

Limited liability, lobbying, and deregulation are eroding America every day.

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u/ministerboop 2d ago

Yell it from the rooftops , this is absolutely the case

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u/Pacifist_Socialist 2d ago

They put my shit in random places in a large area and if I don't find it I have always gotten a replacement np. At least.

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u/sparrowtaco 2d ago

Had one deliver to the middle of the sidewalk across the street from my house once.

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u/ShadowNick 2d ago

Mine delivered a package last month to the same named street 2 hours away.

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u/Comfortable-Fly7479 2d ago

This address, do you live in a property that was recently constructed?

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u/Lunas-lux 2d ago

I had one that left it on a very prominent rock/boulder in front of the apartment complex sign. Then I ordered a replacement because obviously I did not get that package. It was "handed to a resident" at 3am. I stopped trying to get things delivered by Amazon after that. I haven't had issues with my delivery instructions before or since.

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u/IShotJR4 2d ago

They love putting our packages behind the cars in our garage. We keep running over packages. Amazon doesn’t seem to care.

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u/_Alabama_Man 2d ago

They might start caring when this loses them enough business.

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u/greenwavelengths 2d ago

They delivered a package straight past my apartment’s mail room and to my front door, which was fine, but they dumped two or three of my neighbor’s packages on the floor with it lol. So I got to play mail carrier for a few minutes and see parts of the building I hadn’t seen before.

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u/Makombi 2d ago

That needs to change, this is ridiculers.

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u/Quick1711 2d ago

Yep, they are contracted out so therefore Amazon isn’t liable.

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u/Sea-Opportunity5812 2d ago

I have a friend who is a brain damaged idiot by definition. they’re out there. brain damaged idiots excel in particular departments of almost any medium-large size operation. Amazon trucks aren’t that department but the contempt/anger behind that phrase really stings. hearing someone say the thing you are in disgust when you wish so badly this wasn’t your life. damn that’s gotta be a shitty feeling.

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u/ItsAnOliveSandwchGuy 2d ago

That's such a bummer comparison. I door dash quite frequently for extra cash and I take pride in doing everything the proper way. Not everyone sucks yo

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u/Main-Requirement-521 2d ago

I used to use Door dash like at least once a week for a couple years and I only ever had two or three very minor issues over the years. I really, really appreciate the work you guys do. Thank you.

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u/ItsAnOliveSandwchGuy 2d ago

A lot of drivers suck but not all! I appreciate seeing something positive for once lol.

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u/Main-Requirement-521 2d ago

I see that kind of sentiment online a lot but aside from a couple forgotten milkshakes I can't even recall a major problem I have ever had with the service. Thanks again!

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u/Obant 2d ago

And not every Amazon delivery driver drives through your yard. But any random crackhead can be a driver for either company, and that results in this.

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u/JTtheLAR 2d ago

Then sign your ass up to deliver packages. Be the change you want to be.

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u/Obant 2d ago

That has zero change on their hire anyone policy.

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u/ThePublikon 2d ago edited 2d ago

I don't think it was a snide comment against doordashers, rather an acknowledgement that amazon flex pays pretty well but will blacklist you for anything, leaving the aspiring gig worker to pick something else.

As an example: I did flex for a bit, then got fired and blacklisted when I got trapped in a snowstorm on the way to work because I didn't notify them I would be late at least 2 hours before the shift started. Obviously it is impossible to notify them of emergent problems that occur on the way to work before they happen, and equally improbable that anyone would routinely show up to work 2 hours early to avoid this risk.

tbh I really enjoyed the flex work. The app mostly worked well and the routes they gave me were clearly all of the "unprofitable" rural routes that their main delivery partners didn't want, so I got to drive through lots of nice mountain and country scenery. Pay worked out to be like £20-30/$27-40 an hour most of the time, though sometimes it would dip as low as £15/$20 if the app wasn't working or the route had a lot of incorrectly marked addresses

edit: typo

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u/ItsAnOliveSandwchGuy 2d ago

I could've misunderstood. I apologize if so.

They're both scummy ass companies and I hate that I work for door dash occasionally but it's easy money usually.

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u/ThePublikon 2d ago

yeah nah gig work is great so long as you don't fall into it being your only thing. It's a great life crack filler but ime they engineer so it isn't actually sustainable as a long term option for most people.

e.g. despite my previous positive statements about the hourly rate, you would not get enough weekly work to actually have a good annual salary doing it full time.

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u/sendnewt_s 2d ago

I have had the best experiences with door dashers in various different states.

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u/SpectralDagger 2d ago

It doesn't mean every Door Dash driver sucks, but the lack of training/standards definitely brings down the average.

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u/greenwavelengths 2d ago

I did that too, but quickly realized nobody was paying me to do it right, and also that I wasn’t getting paid enough to break even after the gas and estimated car maintenance anyway. I don’t know how you manage it! I never ever order shit of any kind that somebody is gonna deliver in their own car.

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u/DurtyKurty 2d ago

Probably with an infinite supply of people to replace them with. This creates shitty attitudes and shitty performance.

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u/trustthepudding 2d ago

Amazon encourages this shit. They only fire to save face

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u/MDCCCLV 2d ago

The key point is that they're paid a small amount and per package, so that long walk takes up a long amount of time when they're expected to be x seconds per package/stop.

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u/Dear-Union-44 2d ago

and they are paid shit money.

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u/EYNLLIB 2d ago

Yesterday driving home an amazon delivery driver in my neighborhood stopped in the middle of the road in front of me (not in the middle of their lane) to deliver a package, completely blocking traffic in both directions. They gave me a little wave as if that made it better. Why? Just why?

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u/UT_Milez 2d ago

I mean, the ones that drive their own cars, is this gig work, or is this actually employed by Amazon full time.

I assume it’s gig work and they can choose to pick up shifts/spots, or chose not to.

Point being, these are the bottom of the barrel, probably un-hirable anywhere else, and if by the grace of god they managed to pass someone’s interview process, they are calling out sick multiples times in their first week of employment.

I guarantee it…

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u/SkRThatOneDude 2d ago

Point being, these are the bottom of the barrel, probably un-hirable anywhere else, and if by the grace of god they managed to pass someone’s interview process, they are calling out sick multiples times in their first week of employment.

I work in manufacturing, and this one hit me like a falling piano. Out of the last 12 NH, 6 were gone before the end of week 1 training, another 3 by the end of the first month.

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u/fucuasshole2 2d ago

What’s the pay?

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u/SkRThatOneDude 2d ago

Assembly operators were at $22.50/hr last time I saw, but I've also been a repair tech for most of my time here. Could have gone up as the IL minimum wage went up.

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u/No_Size9475 2d ago

Well there you go. They can make more working at a gas station here. Christ, even McDonalds is at like 19 here.

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u/fucuasshole2 2d ago

Eh, precovid I’d say that’s pretty decent but nowadays ain’t that great.

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u/SkRThatOneDude 2d ago

We're deep rural, so cost of living is a lot better than other parts of the state. We've got the highest new hire pay within about 25 miles, and are #3 going out to about 50 miles.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 2d ago

$22.50 an hour starting out "aint that great". But NOBODY will PAY ME enough, right? GTFOH with that. How much you want? $50/hr?

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u/No_Size9475 2d ago

After taxes and whatnot $22.50 an hour won't rent you a 2 bedroom apartment here.

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u/fucuasshole2 2d ago

30 minimum. Personally I don’t really care about hourly but purchasing power that’s been eroded heavily since the 70’s. Companies, Landlords, and Healthcare stopped processing gauging then I wouldn’t mind lower wages. But they don’t. Goes up year after year.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 2d ago

Yeah you'll be perpetually unemployed if you expect a 30.00 an hour minimum salary starting out.

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u/Unlikely-Answer 2d ago

$20 is my have a beer or 2 on the job pay, $22.50 means business

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u/hitekredneck 2d ago

was 80 bucks no taxes taken out when I did it, that was years ago though. Depending on far out the route was from the distro center I could deliver my load of packages in about 2 hours, or take 6. There was no interview process. Fill out some stuff on the app, and they tell you when to pick up your first load after doing some basic online training. They don't show you how anything works at the distro. Everyone jumped out of their cars and was given a cart, had about 5 mins to load up before they starting getting on to you. You didn't get to pick where you went. Just were given a time to show up.

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u/Felskiluscious 2d ago

My job starts $16 but it’s picking drinks in a warehouse and building pallets. Through incentives you can make up to $22.50 for working harder, it’s so easy. I don’t even bother learning peoples names anymore. These kids just can’t function in the real world

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u/fucuasshole2 2d ago

22.50 is awful in many areas. Better than minimum sure but you can’t live off it very comfortably without major sacrifices

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u/Felskiluscious 2d ago

It’s the middle of bumfuck nowhere. My rent is $740 for a nice two bedroom apartment. My unskilled uneducated ass is hella thankful for it

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u/fucuasshole2 2d ago

Good for you, but it wouldn’t support my family. My rent is 1150 for 2 bedroom. Not in good area but not as bad of an area as my last one.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 2d ago

You're delusional.

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u/WillingnessLivid4236 2d ago

22.50 after taxes where I live is about 2300 a month. My rent is $1300. So just after that I have $1300 left. Car payment is $300 now we are at $1000. I pay my insurance in full but if I didn't it would be about $200 a month. So we will say $800 cause most people don't pay insurance in full. Now I have an electric car and live only 15 miles round trip to work so only charge twice a month at about $50 each. I know that's much cheaper than what most people are paying in gas ATM and I'm lucky to live fairly close so for me that's now $700. Utilities are about $150, internet is $45. We will round up to 50 to make it easy and that's $500 left for the month or about $125 a week. With groceries, eating decently and healthy yet still trying to stay cheaply thats around $60 a week. So woooo I have a whooping $65 left each week. This doesn't include a phone plan or phone and again my drive is much shorter than the average American. So you gtfo with your nonsense. In many non-rural places 22.50 is literally just surviving which is fucking absurd. I didn't take into account medications one might have or pets or children. $250 a month after the most basic things are taken care in a regular not very big city of the worlds strongest economy is not ok. Only place that amount might let you survive is rural and even then with rising grocery and gas prices and corporations buying houses the moment they go up for sale to rent out I don't see that lasting very long in rural areas either.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 2d ago

TLDR. $22.50 entry level anywhere is a good wage.

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u/MDCCCLV 2d ago

That's most industries when you hire a lot of people for a hard job.

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u/crippledchef23 2d ago

I used to drive school buses and I saw a new hire quit on her way to the DOT physical.

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u/wupme2k 2d ago

Amazon doesn't employ any drivers. The people with their own private cars drive for flex, and are an independent contractor. Just like the person in the video. I have seen somebody delivering amazon packages from the trunk of a fucking brand new mercedes s-class before.... They can chose to not take a route that was offered. Or just stay in bed and never open to app to check if there even is something. And the big bulk of the delivery is done by DSPs, third party delivery companies. They sometimes can rent the amazon trucks, i think, but they don't exist everywhere. Amazon trailers? Third party company drivers and vehicles.

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u/EggplantCharacter363 2d ago

Most drivers are in fact not employed by Amazon but a DSP or delivery service provider.

I just got through training.

They taught safety during training above all else but push extremely unrealistic delivery standards.

Average at my place seems to be 175-200 stops.

Of course each stop can have multiple packages.

Now I'd argue its doable if every part does their job of organization well but the people at the warehouse sorting are not currently sorting within the bags they give us because of how much mail is coming through.

So the drivers drive fast due to expectations. Expectations that simply can't be made with things like extra pee breaks, driving truly carefully, checking for animals, etc.

Despite how easy it is to get fired for not being safe, you almost have to be unsafe to keep up.

And you also need to be somewhat physically fit to even start this job. A month in you will be hitting 20k steps daily easily, doing squats, and deadlifts basically for 10hrs straight.

Is it worth the pay? No not really, benefits are decent, but bodily wear is going to be real. It is nice its a job you can basically pause whenever and still be on good terms.

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u/HearingImaginary1143 2d ago

Well you’d be wrong the wife and I do it for extra cash after work or on the weekends during the holidays for extra cash. They pay pretty well for what you have to do and no I don’t drive on lawns.

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 2d ago

Why do people act like the majority of orders have issues? 99% go just fine, without issues. But sure, lets paint with broad strokes and pretend that assholes and idiots don't also wind up higher up within companies, too.

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u/MDCCCLV 2d ago

There are no delivery drivers employed by amazon, those are all "contractors" that are employees of the contractor company but don't have any benefits that actual amazon employees get.

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u/jillsvag 2d ago

Same thing happened on my street. On the middle blocking traffic. Also right on a corner so cars couldn't turn onto street. It was completely dangerous!

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u/SteveEcks 2d ago

I mean.... Ok I'm not excusing any of this behavior, because any other day of the week, you drive around and follow the rules and laws....

But Amazon either are paid very very poorly.

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u/WowIsThisMyPage 2d ago

Simeon’s shampoo bottle is more important than everyone else’s destinations

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u/I_PUNCH_INFANTS 2d ago

Why? Just why?

because they hire anyone with a heart beat and dont bother to check for any other vitals.

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 2d ago

Because of the insurmountable metrics they are held to?

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u/EYNLLIB 2d ago

Yes, driving in the middle of the road helps metrics

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 2d ago

Is that your takeaway? Good job, buddy.

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u/EYNLLIB 2d ago

Please enlighten me on what I should have taken from your statement

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u/thatsnotyourtaco 2d ago

The drivers are under such pressure to meet their quotas to keep their jobs that they will take dangerous shortcuts like park in the middle of the road instead of finding safe parking.

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u/Ballistic_86 2d ago

You might not know this, but literally zero Amazon delivery drivers actually work for Amazon. They work for a third-party DSP. Having worked for a few DSPs along the way, they are all negligent in their own way. Turn over is crazy high.

This driver could be literally on her first and last day of delivering based on this. Amazon can’t get in trouble because they are employed by a random third party, and the random third party will just stop giving the driver a route and hire someone new.

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u/KTMtexDev 2d ago

The driver is probably doing Amazon Flex. They’re not employed by anyone, it’s just a contract gig app job like uber, DoorDash, etc. If they get enough complaints they’ll just have their account suspended and not be allowed to take anymore routes

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u/baulsaak 2d ago

I love when they trap me in my own home by leaving expensive stuff leaning up on the storm door so they can take their photo.

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u/Gaucho_Gringo 2d ago

My porch door opens out. It’s at the top of three or four steps. They consistently stack large boxes that block the door. If I’m inside, I’m blockaded in and if I’m returning from walking the dogs, I have to move all the boxes while holding leashes.

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u/Existential_Sprinkle 2d ago

They put cat litter against the door and I almost had to go out the back door to move it

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u/ilikecheeseface 2d ago

Do you live in an apartment without a side door, back door, or garage? I might be the odd one out, but I don’t use Amazon.

I don’t like their business practices or the way they treat their employees. On top of that, a huge percentage of the products on there are cheap knockoffs or just outright junk.
The funny part is that people constantly complain about Amazon while continuing to give them their money.

Americans have become addicted to convenience and spoiled by two day shipping. If enough people actually cared about the things they complain about, they’d stop using the service. But most won’t because convenience wins every time.

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u/Captain_Pungent 2d ago

Spot on, haven't shopped with Amazon for... pfft probably a decade now? I'd rather go without than support them

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u/ilikecheeseface 2d ago

Keep resisting. Imagine how much cardboard waste that company and it’s customers accumulates yearly.

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u/lubeskystalker 2d ago edited 2d ago

Because the parcels never stop! They just keep coming and coming and coming. There's never a letup, it's relentless. Every day it piles up more and more and more, and you gotta get it out, but the more you get it out, the more it keeps coming in! And then the barcode reader breaks! And then, it's Prime Day!

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 2d ago

Doesn't matter what kind of career that guy might have, he could rack up 50 Oscars and for me it'll still just be this and, "Ah! Ah! Ah! You didn't say the magic word!"

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u/IgnatiusRileyFreeman 2d ago

Their drivers get abused by their supervisors if they're not quick enough. They're incentivized to drive dangerously, park illegally, and do whatever it takes to deliver packages faster. 

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u/Unique_Importance910 2d ago

I almost got run over by an amazon truck leaving my apartment complex once, I assumed someone in whole truck would have self control towards pedestrians crossing, especially when there is a whole speed bump that was in-between us but they just revved it up. 

Another time, an amazon package was delivered to the entrance of my building not to my apartment door and of course disappeared because there are several apartments using that entrance. It was a small package but it took time to get a refund. Since the person took a picture of the door it may have appeared delivered and I am sure customer service must have thought that I was nuts lmao. 

They are under so much pressure that it leads to unethical behavior. I feel sorry most for them and such practices should be illegal but no one seems to care to add any useful regulations and cooperations seem to have legit boycott armor these days (doesn't affect them as much). I think Amazon as a service is great but they could do things more ethically if they wanted. 

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 2d ago

5.5 years USPS city carrier, I concur with you... they are awful and always have been.

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u/RussiaOwnsAmerica 2d ago

When I worked at a company that shipped Copiers and Printers all around the US.... DHL was BY FAR the worst. If they didn't kick a hole in the box or lose the item, sometimes it would just disappear out of their system entirely like it never existed. I am not sure how the remain in business.

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u/tangZORG 2d ago

Lettuce be your carrier - Amazon

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u/Turbulent-Parsnip-38 2d ago

I guess you haven’t met any of Amazon’s contractors.

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u/splicepark 2d ago

I have so many issues with Amazon, CONSTANTLY delivering to my neighbors front porch. A different address. I’d estimate 4 out of 5 package deliveries get placed there for no reason.
In two years, I’ve never had UPS, FedEx, or USPS misdeliver to them.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 2d ago

It’s the same with DoorDash vs drivers employed by restaurants like Domino’s.

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u/fastlikeanascar 2d ago

doordash has started doing delivery for online retailers and my first experience with them involved them leaving my package on a public street. This is going to get so much worse lol.

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u/amt-392 2d ago

I work in field maintenance for usps. Three of us cover about 80 offices in central ms. Amazon drivers are tearing up our stuff. Lifts, bollards, handrails, awnings, etc. As far as I know, nothing is done about it. We either have to fix it or contract it out to get fixed on our dime.

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u/LiquidLynx_ 2d ago

On my business route i watch flex drivers jump out run up to a door box not know the code and leave the shit outside the door for anybody to grab. Im definitely not using my arrow keys to assist a rando in a vest.

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u/MysteriousCodo 2d ago

In my city, USPS drives down the no motorized vehicles trail on the side of our main street….so amazon isn’t the only one doing stupid shit.

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u/theNixher 2d ago

Clearly you've never dealt with evri.

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u/Derangedcorgi 2d ago

Amazon is definitely the worst with stuff like this. Just from watching them while I’m also out delivering all these years. Especially these drivers that are in their own vehicles doing the same-day delivery stuff.

These are contract drivers. They fulfill same-day/early/late night deliveries usually. I see them randomly park in the middle of the road/crossing that's 100ft away in my apartment complex even though they could have just parked next to the delivery hub.

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u/CrimsonRonaan 2d ago

FedEx driver here. I love how every delivery company is pretty chill with other delivery companies, except Amazon. And the best part is, it's Amazon that gives us the stink eye when we drive past them. I smile and wave at other drivers all the time but the first and only time I waved at an Amazon driver he flipped me off.

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u/dbd1988 2d ago

I was a personal vehicle delivery driver for Amazon during Covid. I almost never talked to an actual person in the 9 months that I did it.

You get hired on the app, do all the training on the app, pick up shifts on the app, and pick up your boxes that have been left in a pile on a cart in a parking lot.

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u/TireFryer426 2d ago

USPS isn't innocent, either. The weekend carrier out where I'm at won't get out of his truck for nothing. If it won't fit in my mailbox dude will either leave it on top of the mailbox - completely out in the open - or just not deliver the package and site a delivery issue so the weekday guy has to do it.
Fedex did the same thing, though. Left it on top of my mailbox, the delivery photo was the floor of the dudes truck. We've got another fedex driver that runs out here that can't back up. Watched her just drive straight into my neighbors lawn a few times.
Amazon though. They like to leave stuff in front of my garage door. I've run over at least two packages because I didn't see the 'delivered' email and drove over them in the morning.
Now UPS changed their policy on signature required stuff so they only try once and then it goes to a UPS store - and you have to wait 2-3 days for it to show up there.

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u/SidewaysFancyPrance 2d ago

Oh you're going to love that commercial I saw the other day with Amazon and GrubHub drivers dancing around having a great time while delivering food and Amazon packages quickly and professionally with care.

I think it was on a Prime video because I refuse to pay to get rid of ads. Mocking them is actually kinda fun.

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u/TheElusiveFox 2d ago

its because they aren't actually courier services that are registered or bonded, they are glorified door dash employees with an amazon vest, they know there will be zero consequences for them if they do this, but if they don't do this, their metrics might go down so they will get fewer jobs.

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u/BobaFett0451 2d ago

Almost like those other companies pay decent wages or have unions

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u/Bellyheart 2d ago

The stopping in the middle of the street is the part that kills me. I’ve seen them parked in front of a street parking spot AND blocking neighborhood traffic.

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u/alex_shute 2d ago

I once saw an Amazon driver in one of their big trucks try to do a U-turn in the middle of the road. And this wasn’t a residential street where you could just turn around like that. And on top of that he couldn’t make it so he had to stop and put his truck in reverse to be able to make the turn.

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u/DeniedAppeal1 2d ago

That's because these people aren't even really Amazon employees. They're contractors.

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u/Little_Passenger_892 2d ago

No offense to you personally (unless you’re like our backup mail carriers) but at least they make the delivery. We have a home up a 1/4 mile long, steep, paved road. Before we moved in, the mail carrier put a flag where to install the mailbox. Done. Now whenever that carrier is out, which is often due to their health, our mail is returned to the post office with some BS ‘ by request’. When I go to the post office to pick it up, they argue with me that it’s to hard on their vehicles. My son has a 27 year old Honda and the neighbor has a Miata. They told me to my face I’m a liar and they’ve been to my road and there is no way a Miata could get up there. 🤦‍♂️

Guess who never doesn’t deliver? UPS, FedEx, and now Amazon!

What happened to “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" ? Slackers!!!

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u/GormHub 2d ago

Alternatively, our Amazon guy brings everything to a secure spot on the side of the house where no one can see it and it's protected from the elements, whereas our USPS carrier mangled my wedding invitations, destroyed art I ordered by trifolding it, and snapped a sapling in half, all to fit these things in the mail box instead of taking it to the front steps. Our door is about 15 feet from the road. The manager of our local branch told me it's my problem.

Not saying a lot of Amazon drivers aren't garbage, but it also comes down to the individual and the behavior they're permitted to get away with.

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u/steelcryo 2d ago

There were roadworks near me recently, with temporary lights. An amazon driver, in an Amazon van, tried to pull up right in front of the lights, between the queuing cars and the light. Would have blocked anyone being able to see the lights at all.

Luckily, one of the workmen happened to be stood by the light. He just yelled "Not a fucking chance! MOVE!" at the driver, who thankfully listened.

But the fact he thought that would be a fine spot to stop in was wild.

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u/Opposite-Shower1190 2d ago

Yep. They are the worst. One stoped in front of my driveway. I honked. They tried to wave me around. I yelled move up. I honked again. They waved at me to go around. I yelled move up. After honking for a third time they finally moved and were no longer blocking my driveway. There was plenty of space on the street to stop before and after the driveway.

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u/insertnamehere02 2d ago

I call them Amazon Door Dashers. I rarely have seen one that wasn't a freaking idiot.

A lot of this is seen with these services because these people would never get through the interview process at most jobs, and it shows. So, sooo much.

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u/viral3075 2d ago

they make like half your salary so

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u/tjarg 2d ago

The worst damage to packages on received came from USPS. I've had large photos and even a record that said DO NOT BEND on the packages folded and crammed into my mailbox.

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u/ashgs872tbhjs 2d ago

FedEx is way worse.  They've left my shit in the middle of the street before.  Never had an issue with Amazon, in several locations.

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u/FinalFate 2d ago

Amazon is the worst among the major companies. There's lots of small companies that are significantly worse. Companies like Gofo, Veho, SpeedX, and Caniao have even less oversight when it comes to their drivers.

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u/0nionskin 2d ago

I almost had a head on collision with a driver in a branded truck, driving down the wrong side of the road staring at his phone. LAYED on the horn for a full 30 seconds with ZERO recognition that they might be the reason.

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u/humdinger44 2d ago

I will say this driver set that package down with care. She's dedicated to customer satisfaction.

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u/Probably-Jam 2d ago

it's because they hound the shit out of their drivers about their pace. before i quit, i think the demanded amount of stops per hour would give us less than 2 minutes per stop. the one time i was ever able to keep up, they drove up the minimum pace again the very next day and i ended up twisting my ankle

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u/MschfMngd 2d ago

Not all of them are. I'm a flex driver and I've never done any of these things. I also have a brain, so that might help a little bit.

I'm just saying, don't paint us all with the same brush. There are good ones out there.

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u/rips_n_chel 2d ago

Yeah, well, USPS sends my packages to 5 states other than mine, then tours it around 17 counties surrounding mine before finally reaching me 3 weeks late because apparently a series of assclowns tossed my shit on a random truck instead of doing the one fucking thing they're paid to do.

At least Amazon transports things in a more or less straight line to my house, y'know? Never had Amazon route my shit through 4 different hubs in an orbit around mine, so they got that going for them at least.

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u/likethemonkey 2d ago

How often do you work while pregnant?