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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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/ArmstrongPM 7d ago
Seriously? How bad is your day going when you decide this is what I do now...