It can feel really frustrating when you finish all your packages and feel good when you can finally go home but dispatcher calls you and tells you gotta go help some driver
For those wondering, mandatory rescues usually only happen with DSPs that offer guaranteed hours every week. Meaning if you get done early you still get your full days pay. At least from my experience. Found one that offered both guaranteed pay and paid rescues, those are the unicorns.
Same with mine. Some are part-time, some full-time. So if someone who's full time is running super late, they'll send a rescue, usually from someone who is part-time, or vise-versa if you're full time and finish early, they'll send you to rescue. It's all mandatory. But if you have to rescue a certain amount of times/week, they pay per stop. So it kind of evens out the pros/cons. One DSP in my warehouse pays auto OT pay for rescues.
I just want to say that, if no one else will, I appreciate all package delivery drivers (Amazon, US Postal, UPS, FedEx, etc.) Y'all are under appreciated, over worked, and wildly underpaid. My hat's off to all of you!
In germany, we have a few drivers always stationed as pure Rescue Drivers, usually we have 5-6 People, who have 190-250 Stops. Also fast drivers can optionally do rescues, I usually do it, since I work mostly in Villages where either most of the customers are at home or you can deliver to the door and leave, so I usually finish at 4-5pm
@@esaumesinas310 no lies, we are mostly doing calm villages where literally everyone allows us to deliver at the frontdoor / garage. If you deliver in Cities, you usually get 120-140
at the DSP I worked at rescues where not optional. they where mandatory so I would slow down around my last 10-15 stops to ensure I didn't finish too soon.
I don’t say no to rescues because I hate knowing a coworker is probably stuck in the route while I get to go home and chill. I also bring a cooler with cold water, bringing just a bit more relief to the driver I’m rescuing.
I really enjoy watching your ride-a-longs. I had considered doing Amazon for the 3 day work week as a part timer, BUT I have serious issues driving in the dark. I live in a rural area. Lots of mountains lots of wildlife. Stay safe out there!
My DSP has mandatory rescues. What I do is, once I hit around 40-50 stops, I take my time so that I don’t have to do rescues. Usually I can get 25-30 stops done a hours, so I turned that 25 to 12, because I don’t feel like getting done by 6:30 and then having to pick up 30 stops. So I try to drag it out to at least 7, because my DSP is stingy so they don’t like drivers being out past 8 or they have to pay us OT.
Yeah why do more work and not get paid much for it, I’m all for working the overtime and extra shifts IF YOU want to and IF YOU agree but if you’re not wanting to and they’re not paying well for it then take ya damn time bro
Thank you for the Many Hours you Work and for the Time you’re Away from your Families Delivering our Packages. You Don’t Hear Enough but you’re Appreciated.
I used to do the Amazon XL deliveries and now I’m heading up to swap to to the smaller packages. You’re videos already have me a good idea of what’s to come.
@@LaosHouse less stops but more driving and packages that are 100lbs+. Then sometimes you get a lazy helper or helper that can’t even lift the packages lol. If I’m gonna do 10 hrs either way I’d rather save my back lol
I just got hired at Amazon, and now I am waiting for my drug/alcohol test day to came and the classes so I can begin driving. Thanks for making this videos and helping me understand a bit better on what to expect while driving for Amazon
I used to do Amazon Flex to make my rent, and my start time was 3:30 in the morning. I feel ya delivering at night. They used to send me rural too, was spooky to be in the middle of nowhere on people's land before the woke up. Anywhere from quarter mile to mile-long driveways constantly.
i drive for a DSP that requires rescues if asked. i also finish my route 1st or 2nd every day so its a rescue every day. sucks that my company cant offer something to drivers that succeed in what they do.
I worked in a food delivery company. The only time I got out on time was through training then the real job was nothing like they showed me. Super long unfinishable routes, no ability to stop for a break or lunch, low pay, low to 0 tips espcially the more money the area had the less they gave out until you'd just run into house servants that didn't even speak english keeping their houses in order. Just felt like a slave after a while and quit.
I feel for you being out in the dark, my DSP is the 1st out and 1st back to my terminal. So usually if I have to do a rescue I take like 20ish depending on how far behind they are, and it’s usually out of a regular van. But it all depends on there pace and my DSP. Great stuff man!
My Dsp is the last to load up 😭 we load up at like 11:30 and I’m not at my first stop till about 12 12:15, and having 150+ stops is just so annoying, I’d be much happier if we loaded up a lot earlier
@@stevensinclair3037 My DSP is also the last one to load. But my DSP does pay for rescues (one dollar per stop). There’s positives and negatives to my DSP like there is with everything in life. I usually clock out between 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM. I’ve only been rescued once because I had a bunch of deliveries to a psychiatric center and I had a hard time finding all the buildings because I wasn’t familiar with the campus. After a couple weeks I got much better at it. Sometimes my dispatchers send me a sweeper to take some packages from me and sometimes they don’t. I’m always appreciative when they do send me help. On a lot of days it’s very necessary. I usually get over 300 packages a day.
I saw something like this not long ago. At the time I thought the first truck had broken down. But after the rescue truck left there was a few minutes pause before the first truck left. They were of equal size so when they pulled up back-to-back there wasn't hardly any gap between the two. Kinda cool to see how you guys help each other out.
Just some advice. At night I use a head flash light that I converter to go around my wrist like a watch so I can still hold packages with both hands and still shine my light. I also got a thin 5000mah battery with its own built in type c cable that slips into a phone dry case. So I can work in the rain while still charging so no need for wires and power bricks. I also stick on a metal magnet plate on 1 side of the case so it works with magnet mounts too. Ive been a driver for 3 years and 2 months and it works good for me.
working for a contractor for fedex, they made helping people mandatory and they only paid you a flat day rate! I would have 120 BUSINESS stops and then i finish in 9 or 10 hours and they give me someone that was slacking. I did that for about a year and I was basically running two routes once i turned in my two weeks
One of the main drawbacks keeping me at FE Ground. Busting my tail all day trying to go home to my life then being yanked out to go finish someone elses route. Newer drivers shld have routes they are capable of handling and it shld grow as they progress. Slow delivering is no excuse. A legit breakdown or true emergency is my only acceptable exception to "rescuing."
I no longer do this job but I always hated getting done and sent to rescue then having the driver that I rescued getting finished and heading in before me. Most of the time it was the same person and they were sandbagging just to get help so I would start sandbagging on my own route and get done just about an hour and a half or two hours before I was supposed to be in. Most of the time there would be drivers that got done earlier and they would get sent to rescue and I would get to go in. I didnt mind helping someone out that had a big route and actually needed it (believe me, I needed it from time to time) but when someone just sandbags because they want someone else to do their job then I play their games too.
I'm a DoorDash driver and there are some deliveries that I've done between 7PM and 2AM that are in really sketchy looking neighborhoods. So I usually lock my car when I do a delivery even tho its only a few feet. I eventually want to become a driver with either Amazon or FedEx since I've worked for both companies before.
Laos your videos have me thinking out giving it a try. I love your attitude and your spirit. Some people only see the bad parts of a job and that is all the focus on. I am used to delivering pallets of nuts and bolts with a box truck. I live in Sioux Falls Sd. I loved driving and not having to be stuck in a warehouse all day. The biggest drawback was having to dive a 13ft truck on back roads during the winter time. Thank you for all of your videos and thank you to all the Guys and Gals who deliver our packages to us. I am going to look and see if my local DSP is hiring right now.
It's good you are willing to help each other finsh a late delivery. Teamwork is what it is all about, you don't know; maybe one of these you will need someone to assist you ( if same thing should happen). Good job on the team work.
Im in florida. I was delivering in the sticks today and heard gunshots. Thats typical and legal. people set up shooting ranges on their property. also my DSP is mandatory recues but thet pay 10$ extra plus whatever hours you take to do them.
👍👍👍Good job...and thank you for your hard work. As for late deliveries in dark areas, rather than using your phone flashlight, may I suggest a "head strap lamp" !!!! 👍👍
since started driving in mid July, its really interesting watching your channel and how you take it. My DSP has reeally drilled speed and not taking your breaks and stuff. We get a slight incentive finishing early as of this week. Getting a rescue is always nice, but the earlier you finish the more likely they throw you into a rescue haha.
My DSP is the last one to leave our warehouse in Carle Place NY (Long Island). In the winter months that’s a nightmare because I was delivering in the dark for hours and hours every day. I usually don’t finish my routes before 7:00 PM. Our late start time is also bad if you have a lot of businesses on your route.
What is the best way to apply to be a DSP driver is there a certain website we can go to apply for a position? I also have a Motorola phone I call it karate chop
I had to do 53 group stops at 6 apartment complexes. I dunno how those people with those routes do that. Neighborhoods are my strong suit cuz they’re all just down the street. Country routes, I’ve come to hate them cuz it’s like 2 or 3 miles between each stop and I don’t feel as productive, add the fact that sometimes I have a cargo van with not so good AC
My DSP just does it on a who’s behind after 6:30 or 7:00 basis. I remember one time management had me drive 45 minutes all the way out to the country after my urban route. Then by the time I got there, the rescue was called off. I won’t complain about that tho. That’s an extra hour and a half on the clock for me.
Man, had to turn down Amazon DPS after getting hired last week for a better opportunity, but I still ended up watching all your vids. Love em! Keep it up, subbed.
I’ve been working as a driver for about a year am a Hub driver now but still do rescues when finished with hub route usually take between 65-80 stops just to take the load off the other drivers I love it.
I landed a seasonal job a few years ago at UPS. initially, you have the thought of eventually taking over one of the routes and making "real money" but what i discovered were guys who started at say 7 in the morning but was not dont till like 8 or 9 that same evening. It was at this point, i abandoned and thoughts of taking a route.
Hey Laos, Not sure if you’ll see this, but I’m hoping you’ll do another informational video for beginner drivers. I know you did one before, but maybe an updated one with new tips could be helpful. I start the 3 day training next-week and learned a lot from your videos so thank you
@@jesterfrx1682 surprised people actually wanna know, so I’ll say The job is interesting to say the least. I’m on my 3rd week delivering now, and it’s weird. I enjoy the job, but it can be tough going into work sometimes. The start of the day can be a bit overwhelming with a van filled with totes and oversized packages, but by the end of the day when you’re done and driving back to RTS (return to station), it’s a great feeling. Right now I drive a Mercedes sprinter van and deliver from 100-160 stops, 150-250 packages a day. The best route I got was in a gated community, the second best was a residential neighborhood but in a low-income neighborhood (it’s a bit harder than gated communities), and the worst route I got was in a rural country area with long distances between stops and run-down roads. As for the job incentives, my DSP doesn’t really incentivize that much to work faster, which sucks. You do get paid $1 per stop if you rescue someone, but there’s been days I worked as hard and fast as I could to finish early so I could get rescued and got sent home early. I realize I could’ve just took my 2 optional 15 minute breaks instead of skipping them and worked a bit slower to make more $ that day. So now I just work at an average pace because you don’t really make more $ by working faster, even with rescue incentives. I don’t plan on doing this long-term, otherwise I’d try to get hired by UPS/Fed Ex, just doing this to make some $ to pay for another semester. Not sure how/why anyone would do this job long-term. It’s long hours, physical days in hot weather and rain, dealing with traffic and dogs. I make $18.50 an hour in SW Florida, but even though I complain, I’d rather do this job than work indoors all day for $13-15 an hour. It’s nice to constantly be on the move and work by yourself. Sorry for the long comment but yeah, that’s my rant. If you have any questions or anything I’d be happy to answer.
i get my route done starting around 12 and ending around 6. get paid full my 10 hours. this is my second dsp and ive made it clear, i will get whatever route you give me done today but dont ask me to rescue. they dont ever bother me about it lol but i do have 180 every day.
Not to take away from Laos, but I heard a few months ago our DSP was getting rid of recuses... But that I think flew the coupe?... It was good to see you man the other day. I am figuring you got kicked out by we know who!.... Stay safe out there....The smiles gotta reach their homes.....
Anyone else is sick on that bs update they did to the Amazon flex app? We can’t even group stops anymore, we have to take pics of every stop. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE MULTIPLE PICS OF ONE STOP 💀 such bs, they need to revert the update back to how it was
Been there and done that for two years and i don't miss it one bit na im lying it was pretty cool to be out and about on the road all day and getting a great cardio workout and some heavy lifting. Only part that sucked is i worked there during COVID times. So in having that said we would have between 140 to 200 stops and within that time you gotta eat and that puts you back and also finding a washroom because no gas station would let you in (because of COVID) made good money tho!! Hated buildings with multiple stops in it. However The customer's really appreciated our work and what we were doing. Also bought some Amazon stocks during that time too!!
I use to drive for FedEx and I would have to meet two other drivers every morning to take some of their stops, ontop of my average of 120 stops. After doing that, I would usually add 30-40 more stops to my route. Left for a long day, especially when it normally would take 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to my first stop. Stopping and grabbing what they had left me getting to my stop usually around 2 1/2 hours after leaving the terminal.
Interesting insight into your work, as I too work as a delivery driver with heavy loads that would most likely break your delivery trucks due to their weight. The most delivery-stops I had so far was 30 and that is more than enough for one day The heaviest load I have ever dealt with was on an industrial pallet (EPAL classification) and weighed around 1 tonne (metric) and I didn't have an electric pallet truck at the time... So far I have only had one day where I had to take a pallet from a colleague, more specifically a driver working for our subcontractor, because he was way too early for the customer, opened at 10:30 (I think) and my colleague would have been at the customer promptly at 9 or so, that was a few years ago now so my memory of the actual times is a bit hazy. And since the company I work for is one of the largest providers of temperature-controlled transport in Europe, if the vehicle breaks down completely, it is best if this happens at a store where I can coordinate with the staff and my superiors to store the goods that need to be cooled in the cold storage facility there until a replacement truck comes to pick them up and take them back to the depot.
I'm my area if Amazon is running late, they just stop delivery. I had a few pagages now where I was literally within 3 stops, and the truck stopped about a mile from my house at an address for over 20 minutes before Amazon said my package was delayed. It was around uh d 7pm when this occurred as well. Not a happy custo er those days..
Where I live, you can hear the sounds of nature with the occasional aircraft flyover, which is a helicopter, fixed wing private prop plane, or regional jet airliner. Regional airline service recently came back to my local airport, which I’m happy about because the Little Leaguers and their families use my local airport to come into town from all over the world.
If an person that lives in a house is snitch then they will snitch. Amazon driver and UPS drivers always park at my driveway, one UPS driver parked for 10 minutes 😂I don't care if they park if it's some civilian on their private car then no I will kick them out, if it's delivery drivers parking at my driveway I don't care
I would all way's get my rout done fast. And had to help some one in my area because they where slow. The area i was in i knew every road i knew how to skip lights that take up time. And some of my route was in-apartments where you could leave packages at a front desk. So you would not spend 2 hours going up and down the elevators. Some times the apartments would order 30 + packages and there's half your route.All ways do those first.
Lol I remember when i rescued this dude and he hugged me and gave me a soda and was out of breathe and struggling with the route. I feel for him those business deliveries and apartments are a pain.
It sucks to do 150 stops then have to do a rescue. also sucks for the guy that was hurt and still needs to work. my old dsp would give heavy routes to people they didn't like.
My DSP makes it optional, and we get a bonus if we do it (not based on per package) its $50 outside of peak but when we were in peak it was $75. And with ours it’s completely optional and only ever 20 stops picked up
My method at my dsp is one day I’ll say yes to a rescue the next time I’ll say no not today then the next time I say yes and so on and they still give me my bonuses , as long and you do rescues here and there they won’t cry
I worked for a DSP that would have a good crew. We were all fast for the most part and there were days that I'd work 6-7 hours and get paid for 10 hours. Those were the good old days.. Everyonce in a while I'd go and rescue someone but it was ok. Because I'd probably worked 33-38 hours a week and got paid for 40.
My third and final time working for an Amazon DSP came when there was this brand new driver that wasn't given a baby route for their first day. They were given close to 300 packages, at around 6pm that day as I was almost finishing up my own 300 package route, I was told to rescue this new driver, when I got there, this person still had close to 200 packages left. I was made to deliver the entire rest of their route whick required me to first drive 45 minutes to meet up with them and then still deliver the remaining packages. No i wasn't given any help of my own despite my pleading with management. I finally finished around 11pm and after that I was out.
Not sure how often you deliver in the dark, but I would say (even though it may look a little sketchy) get a good flashlight, definitely been a good investment for me (I work at FedEx). One of my coworkers just switched to amazon and I've been thinking about doing the same.
I use to work for Poland Spring. They paid salary without overtime and whenever I watch Laos videos, it gives me anxiety lol. Helping other drivers, the day turning to night, and watching minutes be wasted that turn into an hour. I use to literally sprint on every delivery and those days were still 11 hours. Don't miss it.
Get you a light up vest and a led spot light that mounts on your head. Make night delivery alot easier. I use it for semi deliveries at night. Good luck
I first found your Rivian video. That Rivian is awesome and I definitely understand why you like it more. I would love to experience what it's like to do deliveries for Amazon, or even drive a big rig. I used to drive big trucks in the army, and I miss it. Unfortunately, I've gotten too many speeding tickets over the last few years, so I doubt I'll be able to get any kind of driving job. Oh well. I enjoy being a SWE, but I work from home and never get to drive anywhere interesting.
I'm working as an InPodt Delivery driver, most of the year I've got around 150 stops. During last three months of the year we got too much work, around 300+ stops. Rescues are not a thing here, we help each other by choice, cause we know how fcked up amount of work is.
I'm surprised Amazon doesn't have a messaging service so that you can connect with the other driver. Sort of like Uber does with the riders and drivers. It's so inefficient to drive around the city hoping to find the driver, that just doesn't seem like the efficient Amazon that we all know!
I recently started a couple of weeks ago, my first day actually driving, it was certain things my trainer wasn’t telling me so I was going slow, they almost had to send a rescue on a nursery 🤦🏾♂️, but another dude did a ride a long with me a couple of days later and I learned some more tips and finished 157 packages by 5:30. That’s better than what I was at first with 122 stops getting done about 6:40.
I thought it was marking the delivery as complete causing the customer to contact support. Then support will tell them the package is actually arriving a bit late. Then you ask why they marked the delivery complete and they have some excuse for it. It would be best if Amazon just said "Hey, the driver got injured so the delivery is going to take another day." instead of jerking customers around.
It can feel really frustrating when you finish all your packages and feel good when you can finally go home but dispatcher calls you and tells you gotta go help some driver
Can’t u just tell the dispatcher u don’t wanna do it
@@crazygamingyt7245Ya might make the dispatcher like ya less but oh well.
@@crazygamingyt7245 I dont work for amazon or even live in the usa. We do things a bit different
@@Donari I don’t even live ina country that has Amazon bro
@@lights_utopia1130 so? Doesn’t the dispatcher jsut check on u, who cares if he likes u lesss
This man took on a rescue for our entertainment and joy sir I salute you 🫡🫡🫡
anything for my subscribers
Yo, I I watch your videos
For those wondering, mandatory rescues usually only happen with DSPs that offer guaranteed hours every week. Meaning if you get done early you still get your full days pay. At least from my experience. Found one that offered both guaranteed pay and paid rescues, those are the unicorns.
Same with mine. Some are part-time, some full-time. So if someone who's full time is running super late, they'll send a rescue, usually from someone who is part-time, or vise-versa if you're full time and finish early, they'll send you to rescue. It's all mandatory. But if you have to rescue a certain amount of times/week, they pay per stop. So it kind of evens out the pros/cons. One DSP in my warehouse pays auto OT pay for rescues.
my dsp are cheapos
here in austria in my dsp it was mandatory and i had 55-60 hours a week because of the rescues .. xd
Dark syde phils?
we got unlucky with mine. No guaranteed hours and mandatory rescues
I just want to say that, if no one else will, I appreciate all package delivery drivers (Amazon, US Postal, UPS, FedEx, etc.) Y'all are under appreciated, over worked, and wildly underpaid. My hat's off to all of you!
Not USPS, they are Federal, it's a whole different world when you work for the government.
@@mattevans1643 Yea it's worse we have many extra responsibilities on top of what the other drivers have and our vehicles are 20 years out of date.
I agree❤
@@Kyubikarnagesounds about right🤣appreciate yall
Underpaid.. Ups makes 70K and can reach 160K.
In germany, we have a few drivers always stationed as pure Rescue Drivers, usually we have 5-6 People, who have 190-250 Stops.
Also fast drivers can optionally do rescues, I usually do it, since I work mostly in Villages where either most of the customers are at home or you can deliver to the door and leave, so I usually finish at 4-5pm
Yes. People with no route and purely do rescues are known as sweepers!
thas a way better !
Same about 1-2 sweepers per shift non-winter months, more in winter
Lies 😂 you can't tell me that without showing facts especially when There's traffic
@@esaumesinas310 no lies, we are mostly doing calm villages where literally everyone allows us to deliver at the frontdoor / garage.
If you deliver in Cities, you usually get 120-140
Absolutely love this trend of people filming and posting their daily work! I also appreciate your positive attitude to helping out another driver.
at the DSP I worked at rescues where not optional. they where mandatory so I would slow down around my last 10-15 stops to ensure I didn't finish too soon.
I don’t say no to rescues because I hate knowing a coworker is probably stuck in the route while I get to go home and chill. I also bring a cooler with cold water, bringing just a bit more relief to the driver I’m rescuing.
My DSP gives a $50 bonus for doing a rescue. That usually ends up with no one getting a rescue because the DSP doesn't want to pay out
every driver for themselves.
So uh 50 bucks for a chance to get mugged and beaten?
@@gshepherd6141a chance to get mugged and beaten also comes with the regular job though
@@gshepherd6141what can i say? some people arent content sitting inside a building all day getting micro-managed
Why am I watching you deliver packages after 10 hours of delivering packages myself 😂
😂😂😂
I cant almost sleep until alarm how I am stressed by this work, but than I arrived home and I am caught watching Chriss videos. Whats wrong with me 😂
Because we’re the adult equivalent of those kids nowadays who watch other kids play with toys on TH-cam!
Sign of autism spectrum
Me to be bruh😭😭😭😭
I really enjoy watching your ride-a-longs. I had considered doing Amazon for the 3 day work week as a part timer, BUT I have serious issues driving in the dark. I live in a rural area. Lots of mountains lots of wildlife. Stay safe out there!
My DSP has mandatory rescues. What I do is, once I hit around 40-50 stops, I take my time so that I don’t have to do rescues. Usually I can get 25-30 stops done a hours, so I turned that 25 to 12, because I don’t feel like getting done by 6:30 and then having to pick up 30 stops. So I try to drag it out to at least 7, because my DSP is stingy so they don’t like drivers being out past 8 or they have to pay us OT.
Man you ain’t lying that’s the way to do it then they get mad you got finished so early and won’t let you go home
Run.
Yeah why do more work and not get paid much for it, I’m all for working the overtime and extra shifts IF YOU want to and IF YOU agree but if you’re not wanting to and they’re not paying well for it then take ya damn time bro
People working from morning to evenings untill 8 for a shit pay is not worth it. I feel bad for delivery drivers working like crazy
@@Chris-hw4mqshit pay? I don’t get shit pay and I get 3 days off.
Nawww man night delivers would have been a huge no for me. I think the latest I was ever out to was 8 o’clock. And I was pissed.
Thank you for the Many Hours you Work and for the Time you’re Away from your Families Delivering our Packages. You Don’t Hear Enough but you’re Appreciated.
You are a good soul
I used to do the Amazon XL deliveries and now I’m heading up to swap to to the smaller packages. You’re videos already have me a good idea of what’s to come.
Don’t XL pay more ? Or did you leave because of the overweight boxes and killed your back
@@Qnz_Hectic the pay was around the same taking 50 cent pay cut to save my back lol
I feel like Amazon XL is better?
@@LaosHouse I heard it isn't but I could be wrong.
@@LaosHouse less stops but more driving and packages that are 100lbs+. Then sometimes you get a lazy helper or helper that can’t even lift the packages lol. If I’m gonna do 10 hrs either way I’d rather save my back lol
You should definitely get yourself a headlamp that you can use at night , it would help you a lot with seeing in the dark.
I was thinking that too. I got mine at the dollar tree
Get two rechargeable the same, I like the “180 degree” ones for steps and uneven ground work. One in use, one on the charger in case. Good luck
I just got hired at Amazon, and now I am waiting for my drug/alcohol test day to came and the classes so I can begin driving. Thanks for making this videos and helping me understand a bit better on what to expect while driving for Amazon
Are you still there
I used to do Amazon Flex to make my rent, and my start time was 3:30 in the morning. I feel ya delivering at night. They used to send me rural too, was spooky to be in the middle of nowhere on people's land before the woke up. Anywhere from quarter mile to mile-long driveways constantly.
i drive for a DSP that requires rescues if asked. i also finish my route 1st or 2nd every day so its a rescue every day. sucks that my company cant offer something to drivers that succeed in what they do.
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I worked in a food delivery company. The only time I got out on time was through training then the real job was nothing like they showed me. Super long unfinishable routes, no ability to stop for a break or lunch, low pay, low to 0 tips espcially the more money the area had the less they gave out until you'd just run into house servants that didn't even speak english keeping their houses in order. Just felt like a slave after a while and quit.
I feel for you being out in the dark, my DSP is the 1st out and 1st back to my terminal. So usually if I have to do a rescue I take like 20ish depending on how far behind they are, and it’s usually out of a regular van. But it all depends on there pace and my DSP. Great stuff man!
yeah we're second to last to loadout 😭. A DSP is moving so we're fighting for their loudout spot rn
My Dsp is the last to load up 😭 we load up at like 11:30 and I’m not at my first stop till about 12 12:15, and having 150+ stops is just so annoying, I’d be much happier if we loaded up a lot earlier
@@stevensinclair3037 My DSP is also the last one to load. But my DSP does pay for rescues (one dollar per stop). There’s positives and negatives to my DSP like there is with everything in life. I usually clock out between 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM. I’ve only been rescued once because I had a bunch of deliveries to a psychiatric center and I had a hard time finding all the buildings because I wasn’t familiar with the campus. After a couple weeks I got much better at it. Sometimes my dispatchers send me a sweeper to take some packages from me and sometimes they don’t. I’m always appreciative when they do send me help. On a lot of days it’s very necessary. I usually get over 300 packages a day.
I saw something like this not long ago. At the time I thought the first truck had broken down. But after the rescue truck left there was a few minutes pause before the first truck left. They were of equal size so when they pulled up back-to-back there wasn't hardly any gap between the two. Kinda cool to see how you guys help each other out.
Our DSP rounds up our hours to 40. So getting done early daily is worth it. They also always run a few sweepers, so rarely get asked to rescue.
the crazy part is that amazon drivers are so underpaid for what they do compared to ups or other companies
So true they even have better benefits i think
True but hard to get a delivery job there, you have to work at least 2 years in the warehouse.
shit, try being an Autozone Hub Delivery driver.. worst underpaid ever
@@darrenrobinson7197 do they do 150+ stops a day and have to go into apartment complex's?
Raising wages only increases inflation and be happy with what you get
Just some advice. At night I use a head flash light that I converter to go around my wrist like a watch so I can still hold packages with both hands and still shine my light. I also got a thin 5000mah battery with its own built in type c cable that slips into a phone dry case. So I can work in the rain while still charging so no need for wires and power bricks. I also stick on a metal magnet plate on 1 side of the case so it works with magnet mounts too. Ive been a driver for 3 years and 2 months and it works good for me.
working for a contractor for fedex, they made helping people mandatory and they only paid you a flat day rate! I would have 120 BUSINESS stops and then i finish in 9 or 10 hours and they give me someone that was slacking. I did that for about a year and I was basically running two routes once i turned in my two weeks
One of the main drawbacks keeping me at FE Ground. Busting my tail all day trying to go home to my life then being yanked out to go finish someone elses route. Newer drivers shld have routes they are capable of handling and it shld grow as they progress. Slow delivering is no excuse.
A legit breakdown or true emergency is my only acceptable exception to "rescuing."
I no longer do this job but I always hated getting done and sent to rescue then having the driver that I rescued getting finished and heading in before me. Most of the time it was the same person and they were sandbagging just to get help so I would start sandbagging on my own route and get done just about an hour and a half or two hours before I was supposed to be in. Most of the time there would be drivers that got done earlier and they would get sent to rescue and I would get to go in. I didnt mind helping someone out that had a big route and actually needed it (believe me, I needed it from time to time) but when someone just sandbags because they want someone else to do their job then I play their games too.
I feel you man
I love night time delivery. Not an amazon driver but I do food delivery. No traffic and more money it's so chill.
I'm a DoorDash driver and there are some deliveries that I've done between 7PM and 2AM that are in really sketchy looking neighborhoods. So I usually lock my car when I do a delivery even tho its only a few feet. I eventually want to become a driver with either Amazon or FedEx since I've worked for both companies before.
You should at least have some pepper spray hooked to your belt/pants or a loud sound alarm on your keychain
Laos your videos have me thinking out giving it a try. I love your attitude and your spirit. Some people only see the bad parts of a job and that is all the focus on. I am used to delivering pallets of nuts and bolts with a box truck. I live in Sioux Falls Sd. I loved driving and not having to be stuck in a warehouse all day. The biggest drawback was having to dive a 13ft truck on back roads during the winter time. Thank you for all of your videos and thank you to all the Guys and Gals who deliver our packages to us. I am going to look and see if my local DSP is hiring right now.
It's good you are willing to help each other finsh a late delivery.
Teamwork is what it is all about, you don't know; maybe one of these you will need someone to assist you ( if same thing should happen).
Good job on the team work.
Im in florida. I was delivering in the sticks today and heard gunshots. Thats typical and legal. people set up shooting ranges on their property.
also my DSP is mandatory recues but thet pay 10$ extra plus whatever hours you take to do them.
Yo your videos saved me man i just started Amazon Deliveries my first day was Sunday it was brutal i go in today still getting the hang of it
👍👍👍Good job...and thank you for your hard work. As for late deliveries in dark areas, rather than using your phone flashlight, may I suggest a "head strap lamp" !!!! 👍👍
Smart
Respect for the rescue.
since started driving in mid July, its really interesting watching your channel and how you take it. My DSP has reeally drilled speed and not taking your breaks and stuff. We get a slight incentive finishing early as of this week. Getting a rescue is always nice, but the earlier you finish the more likely they throw you into a rescue haha.
I’d hate delivering late into the night like that
same. always try to finish before
My DSP is the last one to leave our warehouse in Carle Place NY (Long Island). In the winter months that’s a nightmare because I was delivering in the dark for hours and hours every day. I usually don’t finish my routes before 7:00 PM. Our late start time is also bad if you have a lot of businesses on your route.
Dude..it’s the weirdest feeling
30 stops left and she wanted you to take 20? that's pretty much doing his whole job. at least the dude offered you to take what you wanted.
I'll have some mercy for the new drivers
Yo no lie, one time my dispatcher told me to take 15 stops from a guy, he only had 15 left 😒😂 I only took half and kept it moving
@@ibnshabazz3989something similar happened to me ,called them back and they told me come back
@@ibnshabazz3989 All those dispatchers sound like they used to work in fast food lmao
I shop local. I don’t believe in Amazon’s inhumane treatment of employees.
Good luck paying x2 more the price. Amazon will always be cheaper and convenient.
who needs a rescue? I gotchu
What is the best way to apply to be a DSP driver is there a certain website we can go to apply for a position? I also have a Motorola phone I call it karate chop
@@z0mbyd0nkyjust apply on indeed they post Amazon jobs every day
@@z0mbyd0nkyindeed
Saca la Bolsita
I had to do 53 group stops at 6 apartment complexes. I dunno how those people with those routes do that. Neighborhoods are my strong suit cuz they’re all just down the street.
Country routes, I’ve come to hate them cuz it’s like 2 or 3 miles between each stop and I don’t feel as productive, add the fact that sometimes I have a cargo van with not so good AC
Just got hired for a DSP. Great info!
My DSP just does it on a who’s behind after 6:30 or 7:00 basis. I remember one time management had me drive 45 minutes all the way out to the country after my urban route. Then by the time I got there, the rescue was called off. I won’t complain about that tho. That’s an extra hour and a half on the clock for me.
ayy just driving and enjoying the view
Binge watching these makes me want my first job to be an amazon driver, new subscriber!
Work in warehouse instead not this
@@beton9169nah they both bad
Man, had to turn down Amazon DPS after getting hired last week for a better opportunity, but I still ended up watching all your vids. Love em! Keep it up, subbed.
lol. Hey man just gotta do what's best for you! best of luck!
@@LaosHouse thanks!
I’ve been working as a driver for about a year am a Hub driver now but still do rescues when finished with hub route usually take between 65-80 stops just to take the load off the other drivers I love it.
Great video Chris! Have a Great weekend( I am starting on Monday) your insight thru your videos definitely helps. Thank you
hope your day went well Scott!
A headlamp looks like itd be useful for night deliveries. Brighter than phone and hands free, though some people may wonder whats going on aha
Always offer delivery people snacks or drinks and say thank you.
I landed a seasonal job a few years ago at UPS. initially, you have the thought of eventually taking over one of the routes and making "real money" but what i discovered were guys who started at say 7 in the morning but was not dont till like 8 or 9 that same evening. It was at this point, i abandoned and thoughts of taking a route.
Hey Laos,
Not sure if you’ll see this, but I’m hoping you’ll do another informational video for beginner drivers. I know you did one before, but maybe an updated one with new tips could be helpful.
I start the 3 day training next-week and learned a lot from your videos so thank you
how’s it going ?
Also curious how’s it going…?
@@jesterfrx1682 surprised people actually wanna know, so I’ll say
The job is interesting to say the least. I’m on my 3rd week delivering now, and it’s weird. I enjoy the job, but it can be tough going into work sometimes.
The start of the day can be a bit overwhelming with a van filled with totes and oversized packages, but by the end of the day when you’re done and driving back to RTS (return to station), it’s a great feeling.
Right now I drive a Mercedes sprinter van and deliver from 100-160 stops, 150-250 packages a day. The best route I got was in a gated community, the second best was a residential neighborhood but in a low-income neighborhood (it’s a bit harder than gated communities), and the worst route I got was in a rural country area with long distances between stops and run-down roads.
As for the job incentives, my DSP doesn’t really incentivize that much to work faster, which sucks. You do get paid $1 per stop if you rescue someone, but there’s been days I worked as hard and fast as I could to finish early so I could get rescued and got sent home early. I realize I could’ve just took my 2 optional 15 minute breaks instead of skipping them and worked a bit slower to make more $ that day.
So now I just work at an average pace because you don’t really make more $ by working faster, even with rescue incentives. I don’t plan on doing this long-term, otherwise I’d try to get hired by UPS/Fed Ex, just doing this to make some $ to pay for another semester.
Not sure how/why anyone would do this job long-term. It’s long hours, physical days in hot weather and rain, dealing with traffic and dogs. I make $18.50 an hour in SW Florida, but even though I complain, I’d rather do this job than work indoors all day for $13-15 an hour.
It’s nice to constantly be on the move and work by yourself.
Sorry for the long comment but yeah, that’s my rant. If you have any questions or anything I’d be happy to answer.
i get my route done starting around 12 and ending around 6. get paid full my 10 hours. this is my second dsp and ive made it clear, i will get whatever route you give me done today but dont ask me to rescue. they dont ever bother me about it lol but i do have 180 every day.
Same, i made it where im now just a sweeper.Plus when they call me on my days off i told them only if im sweeping and no routes.They agreed.
Rescues should be reserved for emergencies and certainly not an everyday thing.
Not to take away from Laos, but I heard a few months ago our DSP was getting rid of recuses... But that I think flew the coupe?...
It was good to see you man the other day. I am figuring you got kicked out by we know who!....
Stay safe out there....The smiles gotta reach their homes.....
Anyone else is sick on that bs update they did to the Amazon flex app? We can’t even group stops anymore, we have to take pics of every stop. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE MULTIPLE PICS OF ONE STOP 💀 such bs, they need to revert the update back to how it was
Been there and done that for two years and i don't miss it one bit na im lying it was pretty cool to be out and about on the road all day and getting a great cardio workout and some heavy lifting. Only part that sucked is i worked there during COVID times. So in having that said we would have between 140 to 200 stops and within that time you gotta eat and that puts you back and also finding a washroom because no gas station would let you in (because of COVID) made good money tho!! Hated buildings with multiple stops in it. However The customer's really appreciated our work and what we were doing. Also bought some Amazon stocks during that time too!!
Thank you so much. So much technology goes behind the scenes. Say what you will about Amazon they deliver.
I use to drive for FedEx and I would have to meet two other drivers every morning to take some of their stops, ontop of my average of 120 stops. After doing that, I would usually add 30-40 more stops to my route. Left for a long day, especially when it normally would take 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to my first stop. Stopping and grabbing what they had left me getting to my stop usually around 2 1/2 hours after leaving the terminal.
Interesting insight into your work, as I too work as a delivery driver with heavy loads that would most likely break your delivery trucks due to their weight. The most delivery-stops I had so far was 30 and that is more than enough for one day
The heaviest load I have ever dealt with was on an industrial pallet (EPAL classification) and weighed around 1 tonne (metric) and I didn't have an electric pallet truck at the time...
So far I have only had one day where I had to take a pallet from a colleague, more specifically a driver working for our subcontractor, because he was way too early for the customer, opened at 10:30 (I think) and my colleague would have been at the customer promptly at 9 or so, that was a few years ago now so my memory of the actual times is a bit hazy.
And since the company I work for is one of the largest providers of temperature-controlled transport in Europe, if the vehicle breaks down completely, it is best if this happens at a store where I can coordinate with the staff and my superiors to store the goods that need to be cooled in the cold storage facility there until a replacement truck comes to pick them up and take them back to the depot.
That house at 9:42 was nice asf how they had it decorated.
I'm my area if Amazon is running late, they just stop delivery. I had a few pagages now where I was literally within 3 stops, and the truck stopped about a mile from my house at an address for over 20 minutes before Amazon said my package was delayed. It was around uh d 7pm when this occurred as well. Not a happy custo er those days..
Where I live, you can hear the sounds of nature with the occasional aircraft flyover, which is a helicopter, fixed wing private prop plane, or regional jet airliner. Regional airline service recently came back to my local airport, which I’m happy about because the Little Leaguers and their families use my local airport to come into town from all over the world.
Thanks for your hard work I know its not easy.
He definitely didn’t have 200 stops in a step van.
😆
Easily, but the stops are probably bunched up and like 1 package per house.
Remember 1 stop can be 2-4 houses
It’s possible to have 200 stops in a step van. Rare but possible.
FedEx doing 300 stops in these things but bigger. Them knees gonna be wrecked in a few years
You should get a flashlight helmet or headband thats super bright and just stick it up in the truck somewhere just for the times youre out at night.
Night time delivery actually looks siiick. I mean kinda creepy but love the vibes
Especially around nicely decorated houses too.
Yeah bro , idk why , but I feel more energetic at night time
It’s fine in town, but sucks in super rural areas.
i would not wanna do this near detroit where i live lol
@@ralkiaas an amazon driver who has delivered in detroit, people left me alone and the houses are at least close together so it wasn’t that bad
Key advice. Always back into a driveway. Safer to pull out into traffic then back into traffic.
I work for FedEx express if I parked in someone’s driveway like that they would write me up. We can back into them and turn around but parking nope.
If an person that lives in a house is snitch then they will snitch. Amazon driver and UPS drivers always park at my driveway, one UPS driver parked for 10 minutes 😂I don't care if they park if it's some civilian on their private car then no I will kick them out, if it's delivery drivers parking at my driveway I don't care
Your DSP is different - with my DSP, it’s part of your shift if you finish your route early - I did two rescues yesterday!
I don’t know what the start time is. But I wouldn’t want to be out there 8:30-9:00 delivering Amazon packages
I would all way's get my rout done fast. And had to help some one in my area because they where slow. The area i was in i knew every road i knew how to skip lights that take up time. And some of my route was in-apartments where you could leave packages at a front desk. So you would not spend 2 hours going up and down the elevators. Some times the apartments would order 30 + packages and there's half your route.All ways do those first.
😂 damn deer 🦌 stay safe bro
Fckin deer 🦌 GET OUTTA HERE 🤬
0:47 to 1:10 thank you for the meaning of the Amazon helper I did not know that.
I died laughing when the deer scared ya
Lol I remember when i rescued this dude and he hugged me and gave me a soda and was out of breathe and struggling with the route. I feel for him those business deliveries and apartments are a pain.
I knew it was jersey immediately the minute you made your first turn after picking up the packages 😂 Common “hurry and turn”.
It sucks to do 150 stops then have to do a rescue. also sucks for the guy that was hurt and still needs to work. my old dsp would give heavy routes to people they didn't like.
My DSP makes it optional, and we get a bonus if we do it (not based on per package) its $50 outside of peak but when we were in peak it was $75. And with ours it’s completely optional and only ever 20 stops picked up
nice videos man! you've inspired me to work for amazon, i started last week. And im also in new jersey! DJE1
That dude you rescued wearing sneakers in this type of job is wild
gotta be fresh
It's mostly walking... you don't need work boots to walk, boomer.
@@dakota9821 I'm 23 lol
My method at my dsp is one day I’ll say yes to a rescue the next time I’ll say no not today then the next time I say yes and so on and they still give me my bonuses , as long and you do rescues here and there they won’t cry
I worked for a DSP that would have a good crew. We were all fast for the most part and there were days that I'd work 6-7 hours and get paid for 10 hours. Those were the good old days.. Everyonce in a while I'd go and rescue someone but it was ok. Because I'd probably worked 33-38 hours a week and got paid for 40.
Really enjoyed this vide you make delivering so easy man .
My third and final time working for an Amazon DSP came when there was this brand new driver that wasn't given a baby route for their first day. They were given close to 300 packages, at around 6pm that day as I was almost finishing up my own 300 package route, I was told to rescue this new driver, when I got there, this person still had close to 200 packages left. I was made to deliver the entire rest of their route whick required me to first drive 45 minutes to meet up with them and then still deliver the remaining packages. No i wasn't given any help of my own despite my pleading with management. I finally finished around 11pm and after that I was out.
That is insane
Not sure how often you deliver in the dark, but I would say (even though it may look a little sketchy) get a good flashlight, definitely been a good investment for me (I work at FedEx). One of my coworkers just switched to amazon and I've been thinking about doing the same.
Which one you suggest?
Messed up his knee, but is running across the road when you pull up LOL.
I use to work for Poland Spring. They paid salary without overtime and whenever I watch Laos videos, it gives me anxiety lol. Helping other drivers, the day turning to night, and watching minutes be wasted that turn into an hour. I use to literally sprint on every delivery and those days were still 11 hours. Don't miss it.
Get you a light up vest and a led spot light that mounts on your head. Make night delivery alot easier. I use it for semi deliveries at night. Good luck
The latest update for flex is you can't mark select all even if it's all the same house you have to take a picture twice, dang it !
It's been like that for a while. It sucks when you do apartments
I first found your Rivian video. That Rivian is awesome and I definitely understand why you like it more. I would love to experience what it's like to do deliveries for Amazon, or even drive a big rig. I used to drive big trucks in the army, and I miss it. Unfortunately, I've gotten too many speeding tickets over the last few years, so I doubt I'll be able to get any kind of driving job. Oh well. I enjoy being a SWE, but I work from home and never get to drive anywhere interesting.
part of the driving job is seeing/going places you ever would have gone before
I know how to prevent this happening. There’s this thing called a speed limit, and you stay under it.
Or you get 19 bags in a cargo van and every stop is fuckin 7 minutes away, and everybody's got a mile-long driveway in the middle of nowhere. Lol
Use red interior lighting to keep your night vision good
Bro, them intrusive hunger thoughts took over at 1:47. 😂😂😂
happens pretty often 😂
Sounds like a good dsp you work for i got my cdl for this stuff but dont know if i want to go back to a DSP around northeast 😮💨
I'm working as an InPodt Delivery driver, most of the year I've got around 150 stops. During last three months of the year we got too much work, around 300+ stops. Rescues are not a thing here, we help each other by choice, cause we know how fcked up amount of work is.
I'm surprised Amazon doesn't have a messaging service so that you can connect with the other driver. Sort of like Uber does with the riders and drivers. It's so inefficient to drive around the city hoping to find the driver, that just doesn't seem like the efficient Amazon that we all know!
I think I've seen it once but no one uses it.
I think UPS has this for drivers when I worked their as a driver helper so my driver was messaging for drivers that needed help
I recently started a couple of weeks ago, my first day actually driving, it was certain things my trainer wasn’t telling me so I was going slow, they almost had to send a rescue on a nursery 🤦🏾♂️, but another dude did a ride a long with me a couple of days later and I learned some more tips and finished 157 packages by 5:30. That’s better than what I was at first with 122 stops getting done about 6:40.
You still work there?
sadly my DSP is mandatory, if you decline it your only paid up until the time your route is done and you forfeit the rest of your shift
I have the interview next week but since I watch all and what and how it work.. it's really not a job for me.. 🤓
I thought it was marking the delivery as complete causing the customer to contact support. Then support will tell them the package is actually arriving a bit late. Then you ask why they marked the delivery complete and they have some excuse for it. It would be best if Amazon just said "Hey, the driver got injured so the delivery is going to take another day." instead of jerking customers around.