UPDATE*** With my new DSP, the routes are 10 hour routes. I usually always hit 40 hours working 4 days here. There are very few rescues/sweepers here so everyone is doing a full route (the dsp I'm talking about above had people who took of your work). The new DSP pays every 2 weeks and I get around 80 hours totaling 1,500~. Just wanted to let you know because I realize every DSP has different structures. Also note you can get paid time off. I believe it's like every 25 hours (not sure) you work, you get an hour of paid time off. Best of Luck Everyone!
@LaosHouse thanks for the input. It really helps. 40hr week with current pay is not much money after taxes. I think it would be worth it if you could do lots of overtime. Unless dsp drivers live with their parents I can't see how people make it on this. This jobs seems like a cake walk to me. I used to clean carpets. That's a hard job. Anyway thanks
It's crazy that 21/hr these days seems like it's barely enough to survive. Circa 2002 I was making 25/hr and I had plenty of $$ to pay for everything. Everything is so expensive now.
@@LaosHouse Im brand new to amazon and my DSP does pay a full day pay even if the day is short. Im just wondering will I get this pay for my nursery routes considering they are short?
I use to work in Transportation years ago. But I find your videos very entertaining, informative and interesting! I like how you just come with the facts and let the viewer decide. That is how JOURNALISM should be! Keep up the good work!
I quit only after working 3 days on graveyard warehouse shift packing boxes, on the third and final day a manager/supervisor that was training me came up to me and told me that I was not working "Fast enough" based on my stats, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 2 DAYS INTO TRAINING, so I just quit and never came back. One of the best decisions I've ever made.
@@stevebello1098i get what you're saying but why assume you think he's a quitter based off what he said and the stigma around amazon and how they have been known to have unrealistic expectations and piss poor work environments.
Quitting a job for being treated like trash isnt the same as quitting in life you brain dead baboon. Its called having a spine. Life is too short to put up with that crap and to work for companies that look at you like nothing but an expendable tool. @@stevebello1098
Im getting paid 27/hr as a team lead. Its very chill. I always get the smallest route since i always sweep after and im usually the last one to get back. Im averaging around 45 hours a week brining home around 1100 per check
For those of you that are mechanically inclined, go to trade school for electrical controls. Most trade schools have certificates that take less than 2 years. There are companies dying for electrical maintenance that start at 30+ an hour right out of school.
@@nsantyeah it’s kinda crazy. I’m a third year commercial electrician and a lot of seasoned guys are saying it won’t be uncommon for us to be making $100k a year. Just because nobody wants to do it
considering you can make as much money doing this as being a nurse, says alot. they also don't require any experience and the work isnt horrible I was a FedEx driver and it really isn't demanding just hot
@@Kni0002lol ‘pretending to work in an office’ I used to work carrying bricks and mixing concrete for 12 hours a day 6 days a week for years. I now work in sales in an office making way more and I work way harder than I did doing that very physical job.
Definitely depends where you drive and who you drive for. I worked for three different DSPs at a Amazon before I found one that treated and paid their drivers well with hourly and weekly bonuses and I can only speak for myself but I worked 4 days a week and we got guaranteed hours for those days so even if I finish at 2 I’m getting paid until 8:30 and my two week checks were usually between $1500-2200. Money is there especially if you have a company who offers an additional $150-175 A WEEK like mine did.
@@pbear216its hard to become a driver there tho they dont hire off the street like amazon and fedex otherwise i wouldbe been joined and im not trying to be a package handler for God knows how long just to become a driver
i got hired through a company called parcel i’m hoping that they roll well and get the ball rolling pretty fast. i need to work baddd. i want to work hard. they say it’s hard work and i love hard work as long as i feel supported but if not then it’ll be a good time
I am in McKinney, Texas. I get paid 19.25 as step van driver. 4 days for 10 hours. I run my routes and usually only work 28-30 hours a week. We get paid for 40 as long as we don't call out and don't have low scores. We don't get paid extra for rescue, but I hardly do any rescues. We did have bonuses for Christmas of 50 dollars each day we picked up. I worked 5 days for Dec and 1 week 6 day. Will never do 6 days again. Not worth it to me.
Informative. I'm 34 years old living in Houston, and going to interview for an Amazon DSP position that say it starts out 17.75 at 4 days a week. I have no experience driving but my cousin who been driving trucks for years been trying to get me to do it. When I interview going see if there is any possibility i could get more because the fine print did say 17-21 per hour.
That's heaven. 20 years go with Fed Ex, I worked 6 days a week, 12 hour days, and there wasn't any GPS. They just throw it in your truck, give you a map and say "knock em out bud. NO LATES!"
I've worked for 2 DSPs in Portland, Oregon and have talked to dozen of drivers from other DSPs in the area as well as a few DSP owners as well. In Portland, a driver can make anywhere from $18.50 - $25, depending on the DSP.
@@LaosHouse My FedEx ground pays me 150 a day plus 1.25 per stop after 80 stops. Is it a good deal? I like it better than the hourly pay at amazon because you get paid less for going faster.
I was with Fedex Ground for about a year and I liked it but management was horrible. I am not longer working in the same field but if I could go back, I would’ve gone with UPS. Definitely awesome pay and benefits. No other non CDL drivers even come close. I know you barred for driving with them but I probably would’ve give. Fedex express a shot, I think they are second best, but still very far from first.
You CANNOT just go to UPS and get a driving job, PERIOD! They hire from within, meaning you have to start out at the bottom loading/unloading trucks part time for a minimum 7 years maybe 10. There are seasonal driving jobs using your own car that pay very well plus mileage but you get treated like shit by your managers because you arent union so they can shit all over you!
I quit, there were like 10 days after peak season where i woke up, got ready for work, drove all the way to the lot for them to say they didn't have enough routes for everyone and sent me home. Just got hired at a damn CAR WASH making the same amount of money and I actually get full time hours. Amazon can suck it. Got free shoes and rain jacket out of it though.
I wish I could had spare drivers this past week. I dispatch this past week many of my drivers either went on vacation or got sick 🤒. This past week was shit for us he had to drop routes and where 340 package routes
Forral bro amazon 🗑 like am in HVAC now make 21 hour & Learning a trade also they let me take there truck home also got some free steel toe boots I need for this job lol
I work as an Amazon driver in Italy, we can work from 4 to 6 days depending on how much work we have. I work 8 hours a day for 4 days a week for a total of 1700/1800€(1900$) a month. We get paid by the month
@@futmut1000 Yes, but that's probably the take home money (after taxes) plus everybody gets full benefits and pension. Way better life for an Amazon driver in Italy than anywhere in the US.
@@ernesstocaratiestoNah bro, thats almost certainly pre-tax. Although your other points stand. Im a dual US-Irish citizen and people who haven't experienced it don't quite realize how low salaries/wages are in much of Europe. You have better social safety nets if you're a lower earner, though.
We work 4 10 hour days per week and get paid biweekly so the checks are 1400 and your take home is between 1100-1200. Starting out you make 17.50 at my dsp. If you finish your route before 10 hours our dsp will make up the difference so you will get 10 hours regardless.
Getting your CDL is a great option. There are so many driver jobs out there to choose from based on how much you want to work, the type of work, pay, time off, etc. Can make $60-70k with half the year off or $130k if you want to work all the time. Very flexible industry and you can always change jobs/careers at the drop of a hat. Had my CDL for 4 years now, first year training I made like $65k but every year after that 100k+. If you go OTR (over the road) and live out of your truck so you save on rent and bills you can literally stack almost $100k a year in savings. Do that for a bit and then have freedom.
Brother, we must live and work in different realities. I’ve been in the trucking industry six years now and everyone agrees it’s miserable. What is this “half the year off” you’re talking about? “Flexible industry?” Bro what? What trucking job doesn’t try and work you the full clock and cry like a bitch when you request time off? I make 100k/yr working 70 hours a week (OTR) with maybe three days off a month. I don’t rent anywhere and just grab an AirBNB when I’m off and it’s still not worth it. Too much working for free since we’re only paid by the mile. I’m based out of CA where I know the rates are complete shit but can you please explain to me what you’re talking about?
@@Ward413 I’m just talking from my experience. I’ve done 4 days on 4 days off as a local driver with dry bulk, that’s half the year off, made 75k. And OTR I work all the time and can make up to 130k best case scenario at the moment but probably less when you factor in canceled loads and stuff. You can even make that much local if you get a job that can offer overtime but it depends on location and typically the new guys get the crappy shifts. Have to admit it’s nice to be able to do whatever. Can do 6 months of flatbed, then swap to 6 months reefer, then dryvan, etc. Never stuck doing the same thing if you don’t want to which I like. After doing dry bulk local for a year I didn’t renew my lease and am back OTR dry van with no bills again. Probably won’t go local again unless I buy my own place. Might be done with trucking after this year though we shall see.
@@Ironiclobster69 Yeah I never tried the local stuff; always had a truck with a sleeper birth. All the local jobs I could find here in CA were just shit so I never tried it. I don’t know how much longer I can do this and will likely leave in the next year as well. It’s just gotten too miserable and the things the companies expect me to do for them for free is getting more and more laughable.
I am an AMXL driver who gets paid full day rates, but the routes generated are horrible in my area. You could seem like you are flying through the route only to find you have 1 package going to a town 60 miles out of the way adding like 3 hrs on to the route.
I'm in the Los Angeles area working as an Amazon driver, I work 4 days a week and making about $700 a week on average, usually 10 hour days at $18.25/hour
In Jacksonville Fl, My dsp pays bi weekly, my starting pay was 17.75 but since I drive a step van I get a $1 raise no matter what Im driving that day. My paychecks range between $1200-$1500 depending on my hours. Sometimes I finish early and only work like 6-8 hrs vs the 10hr. I transferred from a dsp in greensboro, Nc. Here in florida my routes are smaller. Anywhere between 120-160stops. In greensboro my routes were 160+ stops. I hate peak season and prime week 😂 Delivering 200+ stops is mind melting. Being 100 stops in and Looking in the back of the van and seeing 5 or more totes makes the day worse 😭
High school dropout here. 40/hr forklift repair tech in SC. I made $35/hr in Cali. Way cheaper to live here too. Grab some tools and get into the equipment repair field. Oh, and learn how to negotiate with hiring managers. You'll get your own van to take home and some places don't trip on GPS.
@jafp1617 I'm 160 lbs u just need grip strength and don't be a hero with lifting, if your going to do this for 30 years you need to conserve your body. This job isn't for everyone but it's worth a shot if you like learning and figuring things out
Go to CDL since you like delivery and still single, I worked n Amazon and FedEx and Uber and I did the math these jobs ain’t worth wasting my young age for it, good luck sir
I'm at $20.50 in Santa Ana, California, still working 6 days currently, paid bi-weekly at 112 hours, so about $2100 every 2 weeks after taxes and such, not a stepvan driver, driving the Ram 3500
Wish I could just go on a route with you and pick your brain dude.. been with FedEx ground since before peak and have been watching you since, your transition to Amazon is putting many thoughts in my head. How are things when you have an issue and can’t deliver everything? Do you ever hear about it? Are you expected to work your full 10 hours or speed through your route? Positive vibes bro ✊
Is cintas better than Amazon in your opinion? Been looking to apply for route sales rep for them and just haven’t been able to find much info about the job
@@danp411cintas is an awesome place as long as you have a gm who wasnt a sales snake and a caring service management team who were once ssr’s. if your location is ran by a management team who were never truly ssr then your life will be a nightmare because they obviously don’t understand the nature of a job so they will always point the finger at you if your not finishing a 45 stop day in 9 hours because they dont seem to understand their scanning and job expectations are so damn unrealistic for some routes to do so
I used to work at cintas for 4 years. It's not too bad of a job, you work 4 days a week and each day anywhere from 8 - 12 hour days, depending on your route of course. If you don't mind picking up dirty/soiled uniforms, dirty towels and dirty floor mats you should be alright. There are good and bad stressful days, but that's just like any other job.@@danp411
People forget about taxes. If they start you at a wage, money gets deducted and goes to the hand of the taxman. So expect your actual payout to be less than the wage you signed on for, unless you choose to pay your taxes at the end of the taxable year.
When you quoted your earnings, you used your after tax amount. Your earnings are your pre-tax amount which were materially larger than your after tax amount.
Just got a Delivery Job Here and you are on point dude!!! Grateful for your knowledge man wtf 🙏🏾 My start is 19.50 and there's only 8 on the crew. Your detail is superb. I'm in a new Amazon Warehouse in Medford Oregon and I'll upload a few Vids soon! Thanks again Chris 🤙🏾
After doing the math, that's what my checks should be after every 2 weeks. I get this Friday for training and orientation hours. By mid August I'll have have a better gage on this mula
Not true. I worked in the warehouse for 6 months. A week or two after my 6 month mark (6 month is the quickest) i got a call. Granted this was in the pandemic. They were hiring quick and alot. But it may slowly go back to a few year wait as we exit the pandemic and sail into this looming recession
I used to work 40 hrs. Per week plus on call for the weekend and only take home $900.00 every two weeks my rate was $16.75 hourly I worked at a hospital it really sucked !
I am in the "State of Cunfusion!" hehehehehehehe.......Yeah... I wasn't to happy with the no "bounuses" those past few months after the new driver camera systems went in. That really hurt our pocket book. Going on the old system I figured I missed out on about $600.00 in two months. Watching your videos, you seem to have a lot better then I did coming in. I did back ups straight for like two months everyday, and when I did get a route it was like 130 stops. Took me a good 6 months to finally start to make heads or tails of things. Next video please...... hehehehehehehehehe
I think this job underpays too much! you guys literally get on the road and risk your lifes and the lifes of others around you. You deal with the elements of weather, traffic, can't really make it too the rest rooms conveniently so you gotta shit on a bag, and piss on a bottle or do it in some ones yard. all the set backs of delivering the packages, not finding the home numbers, dog attacks, weirdos in the streets. Most don't even take their brakes or else it means falling behind on the routes. Most don't even eat for those 8 hours. All the exercise you got to do running up and down the homes, apartment stairs,etc. etc. I'm not saying its an impossible job, all I'm saying is not enough money is being paid to you all. 25$-30$.HR dollar seems about right for dealing with all the stress and shit of the daily DSP driver life.
In my dsp before Xmas I won a 55in smart tv and sound bar with sub with it and top 10 driver get weekly $100 bonuses our boss treats us right and brings us breakfast weekly twice a week driving xl vans
There's way more driving jobs that pay a lot more. Pretty much most trucking jobs will pay more. I drive a Garbage truck in the Chicago suburbs and just about double what Amazon drivers make.
Dude, people praising this job are SUCKERS. That’s what they want are suckers who don’t realize what kind of opportunities are out there. I was serving, making basically twice as much as I am now as amazon dsp driver. I’m about to be done. They say it’s not for everyone…hell no, not for that pay rate
In okc full time is 4 days a week you can work 5 or six days a week you make your own schedule you work ten plus hours and those nursery routes lasted one day then next day had a full route noybody trained me was getting 50 hours plus a week
I am Amazon driver in New Jersey. Myself in Gloucester county area with my dispatch All X and they started me at $20.75 and I've been here about 2 and 1/2 months. It's not what I expected but a job as a job.... It's definitely not a career. Something short-term
Always calculate your costs too. As a driver using your personal vehicle, you have other costs associated with your job, ranging from fuel costs to maintenance, and even parking costs. Also calculatedthe fringe benefits, like insurance benefits, food, and PTO. Most young people today don’t account for these, leading to the misconception of being “under paid”. For example, a job might pay lower wages, but the fringe benefits could add up to thousands and thousands. This is one issue that comes up when people demand more money and they end up with less in the end because they get the higher pay, but the company cuts benefits to balance the loss.
I assume you are talking about the programs where people are using their own cars but these videos are on dsp with the vans. I door dash currently and honestly don't take into account car maintenance costs all but a rough idea in my mind. However, I know about these costs and door dash anyway because I really need the money right now and am using door dash to help me get out of a spot. I'm still making a decent profit for what I do though. Only because it's temporary do I continue to not take into long-term costs though. I honestly can't even begin to phathom how people take door dash, uber, lyft seriously as a freaking career or full time job. Holy hell... like how are they making enough money, lol. The only thing I can figure is that it will bite them in the butt later on when their car is being held together by dried chick fil a ketchup and mcdonalds straws bursting out of their cars, lol.
@@GMoney-BI hear ya! I'm doing DD , Lyft and Uber and I hate putting miles on the new car I just bought . I have a interview tomorrow with DSP . My buddy said they don't work you to hard 10hours a day for 4 days then 3 days off . Some people said DSP gave them 40 hours even for getting done early . Not sure. I believe that
I was working 50 hours a week most weeks bringing home almost 1k. Especially during peek season. I work in a fulfillment center now and it's about the same.
I did it for about 2 months. DSP’s are under pressure to finish their deliveries as fast as possible. The one I worked for promised 40 hours, but that was never the case. I showed up multiple times and didn’t even get a route. Too much uncertainty. And if you tried to stretch your delivery route out, they would send someone to “rescue” you.
Thanks for sharing. Did you think that you soaked enough information the first day of training for you to be alone the next day???? If not what obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them?
Amazon flex sounds way better. Only caveat is using your own car. I make 600-650 a week easy. Make up the rest of what I want with Uber eats. Make around 750 a week. I can make more just depends on how much you want to hustle. Gas also sucks but you can actually make decent money from it.
I did Amazon delivery December here In Connecticut a customer gave me a like 2 gram nug Christmas Eve haha. Sooo when my Xbox was delivered few weeks ago I gave the driver some loud. Do you smoke? Yes? Here take it
I applied for Amazon. they told me they will do the background check and call me up later. I then applied for UPS. they made me took their classes for 2 weeks and I passed. I am working for UPS as a training in 3 more weeks then I got a call from amazon saying my background check has come clean, so I can start coming to work now. I don't get it. UPS only take a couple days for background check, while amazon needs 5 weeks.
Just to clarify, (I’m a driver trainer for Amazon & have worked for Amazon for 3 years now) delivery drivers are NOT Amazon employees. The are subcontracted by the DSP’s. Amazon has NOTHING to do with their routes, how many deliveries they do a day, their pay or benefits.
Yes it does. Amazon generates the routes, pays the dsp’s on tight margins, and constantly increases metric expectations while increasing route package counts. I’ve been a driver delivering for an Amazon DSP for almost five years. All the while they claim delivery counts are barely going up while our delivery locations increased by 40-60 locations because our grouped delivery counts have almost tripled since may 2020.
@@hadrurus01These group stops are no joke. You think you are flying through your route only to see you haven't moved or moved a stop or two. It's so crazy 😵💫 lol
@@NoxNtellado I need experience I’m working construction right now and while I love it it’s extremely back breaking and dangerous and I won’t make it into the union this summer which sucks so I won’t get union pay till then so I’m stuck at 25 an hour where everyone else gets paid 45 minimum and I got foreman who sits in the ac getting paid 67 an hour to watch us suffer
Yeah Amazon Delivery Driver is a dead end job. Just use it to eventually work toward something better. I worked 3 and a half years for a DSP in Las Vegas. Our pay capped at $18.50 and I worked at one of the DSPs that guarantee hours. We were guaranteed 9 hours every day but if we finished super early we had to rescue someone (rescuing didn't come with extra money, thats how they justified the guaranteed hours). I stopped being a driver in early 4th quarter 2022 so the pay may be different now. Everything really depends on the DSP you get with. There are good DSPs and horrible ones. The amount of work you have to put in as a driver is definitely not worth the pay, but if its what you got then it is what it is.
Agreed. It's a stepping stone job. It's meant to slowly save up if you can find a better job or thing for yourself. If not, you end up in a situation that you cannot get away from. In my case, I'm frantically looking for a remote job again so I don't have to go back to doing manual labor type of work but will if it comes down to it. It's worth the stability but longevity, I don't see myself doing it for another year after saving up for 1 year to escape it.
Hi! Your video helped me very much to imagine how would be like thanks! I went to an interview for amazon driver and the interviewer said they will call you today if your hired but if not it means it wasn’t. I didn’t receive the call but, should I apply again in another day??
If you're gonna do delivery for Amazon you might as well work for UPS and get paid $50/HR after 4 years of working with them full time. Amazon severely underpays these drivers and you're basically doing the exact same thing as UPS.
It's not even close to the same job. Ups delivers much bigger and heavier pkgs. And also picks up pkgs from businesses. My first rte delivered 70 stops and between 300-400 pieces by 1:00. Then started my 43 pickup stops and picked up 400-700 pieces. Also, almost none of those pkgs were little 1 lb padded mailers. I picked up 5,000-10,000 of pounds of pkgs per day. No Amazon driver does anywhere near that much work.
I work for a DSP here on Katy Texas and I’ve be paid $17.75/ h and I make biweekly if I work like 86$ hours around 1400-1600 (including like 7 h overtime at 26)
The part that gets me is when you said don't call out. Majority of the time when I talk to drivers they say they get worked like a dog aka ridiculously hard.
Also, the route have been feeling like peak level still. But that is just my dsp, pay 19.50 a hour. Can’t even get a step van certified cuz my hearing loss since I’m dead. Which I think it’s dumb.. honestly Amazon is actually getting worse. Becoming the next Walmart.
I was really looking into applying as a driver to make a little extra on the side, but I'd only be able to work weekends and nothing more. Is that an option for me or would they expect me to work more than that knowing full well of my existing work obligations?
What if you work 30 hours a week (10 hours for 3 days a week) as an Amazon DSP driver, how much would I make? Because tomorrow I get my first paycheck and I’ve only worked there for 3 days.
If you are not sure what to do to earn a living and especially if you're relatively young, GET INTO A TRADE. I wish i knew then what i know now about trades. If not a trade try your best to land a city job. Both of these routes can take some time to break into so start looking into it asap. Pays very well, pensions, OT, etc. It is NOT easy work all the time but is rewarding and you can build a solid life on it.
How are rescues mandatory without pay? that would be illegal right? If a rescue say takes me over my schedaled hours for that day shouldnt i be getting paid overtime etc?
I have drove for 2 DSPs and for Amazon when they had delivery drivers. Amazon didn't give any bonuses but our hourly was higher than the other DSPs at the station. 1st DSP - I was working around 45 to 50 hours a week delivering an estimate of 300 packages a day, and with the bonuses I was bringing close to $900 home a week. (Bonuses were paid on weekly checks - $1 per package rescue and driving score and weekend bonus) 2nd DSP - I work about 35 hours a week and deliver around 280 packages a day, and bring home $600 a week. We get paid full 40, if our scores are good. We get a monthly bonus which is $0.25 per package. Plus a weekend bonus of $50 per weekend. My bonus check is close to a $1000 take home. Next check will have a dollar raise per hour. We have a few drivers that average around $35 an hour.
My recommendation is to learn a technical trade (i.e. self-employed computer technician) which can gross $100/hr. with no physical effort, driving routes, or dealing with company issues. Easily make in one afternoon what Amazon drivers make in a week.
They gave me 8 hours at my DSP if you finished early back in September when I got hired. They took it away at the beginning of the year tho..So now everybody just stalls for time lol.. For peak we got like 250 so yeah sucks if you didn’t get tht
Yeah......... I'LL STICK WITH UPS WHICH IS KING OF ALL DELIVERY COMPANIES, PAY IS THE MOST, BENEFITS ARE THE BEST, YEAH. FULL COVERAGE MY FRIENDS, MY CHECK IS ABOUT 1700 EVERY WEEK AFTER TAXES, YEAH IM GOOD WHERE IM AT 😊😊
Casino work is the best job. You can either be a dealer bartender slot tech and they always promote from within. Never rains on. You never snows on you and it's great pay
UPDATE***
With my new DSP, the routes are 10 hour routes. I usually always hit 40 hours working 4 days here. There are very few rescues/sweepers here so everyone is doing a full route (the dsp I'm talking about above had people who took of your work). The new DSP pays every 2 weeks and I get around 80 hours totaling 1,500~. Just wanted to let you know because I realize every DSP has different structures. Also note you can get paid time off. I believe it's like every 25 hours (not sure) you work, you get an hour of paid time off.
Best of Luck Everyone!
Can you work More than 40 hours per week? If yes how high can you go?
@@scottmoering9810 some dsp's will let you get 1-5 hours of overtime. other dsp's will try to not let you hit overtime
@LaosHouse thanks for the input. It really helps. 40hr week with current pay is not much money after taxes. I think it would be worth it if you could do lots of overtime. Unless dsp drivers live with their parents I can't see how people make it on this.
This jobs seems like a cake walk to me. I used to clean carpets. That's a hard job.
Anyway thanks
It's crazy that 21/hr these days seems like it's barely enough to survive. Circa 2002 I was making 25/hr and I had plenty of $$ to pay for everything. Everything is so expensive now.
@@LaosHouse Im brand new to amazon and my DSP does pay a full day pay even if the day is short. Im just wondering will I get this pay for my nursery routes considering they are short?
Gotta respect the transparency, a lot of people make videos like this and hide the numbers for no reason.
I use to work in Transportation years ago. But I find your videos very entertaining, informative and interesting! I like how you just come with the facts and let the viewer decide. That is how JOURNALISM should be! Keep up the good work!
I quit only after working 3 days on graveyard warehouse shift packing boxes, on the third and final day a manager/supervisor that was training me came up to me and told me that I was not working "Fast enough" based on my stats, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY 2 DAYS INTO TRAINING, so I just quit and never came back. One of the best decisions I've ever made.
Well were you sweating? 😂
Nice! So next job if someone says something to you. You’re gonna quit again 😂
You were probably lazy asf
@@stevebello1098i get what you're saying but why assume you think he's a quitter based off what he said and the stigma around amazon and how they have been known to have unrealistic expectations and piss poor work environments.
Quitting a job for being treated like trash isnt the same as quitting in life you brain dead baboon. Its called having a spine. Life is too short to put up with that crap and to work for companies that look at you like nothing but an expendable tool. @@stevebello1098
Im getting paid 27/hr as a team lead. Its very chill. I always get the smallest route since i always sweep after and im usually the last one to get back. Im averaging around 45 hours a week brining home around 1100 per check
Do they help you get your cdl?
@@yiyosolis9444yes they do. They pay it for u now
@@yiyosolis9444I didn't think you need one
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1100 a week?
For those of you that are mechanically inclined, go to trade school for electrical controls. Most trade schools have certificates that take less than 2 years. There are companies dying for electrical maintenance that start at 30+ an hour right out of school.
proof?
@@__-xp2np The company I work for has hired 3 of them this year and can't find anyone else.
Yeah but don't wanna be a electrician
@@nsantyeah it’s kinda crazy. I’m a third year commercial electrician and a lot of seasoned guys are saying it won’t be uncommon for us to be making $100k a year. Just because nobody wants to do it
@@nsant tell me. I tried going to a union and passed the assesment but never got scheduled for an interview
For the amount of work you do and hours put in, I believe you deserve more.
$8K a day?
considering you can make as much money doing this as being a nurse, says alot. they also don't require any experience and the work isnt horrible I was a FedEx driver and it really isn't demanding just hot
its called life. its not easy.
can make more pretending to work in an office
@@Kni0002lol ‘pretending to work in an office’ I used to work carrying bricks and mixing concrete for 12 hours a day 6 days a week for years. I now work in sales in an office making way more and I work way harder than I did doing that very physical job.
Definitely depends where you drive and who you drive for. I worked for three different DSPs at a Amazon before I found one that treated and paid their drivers well with hourly and weekly bonuses and I can only speak for myself but I worked 4 days a week and we got guaranteed hours for those days so even if I finish at 2 I’m getting paid until 8:30 and my two week checks were usually between $1500-2200. Money is there especially if you have a company who offers an additional $150-175 A WEEK like mine did.
Then if you get DOT certified (they pay for it) that was an additional one time $400 bonus plus an additional $50 a week for driving the step vans.
Again, you're getting screwed. I made $2071.15 in one week, working 46 hrs as a UPS driver.
@@pbear216its hard to become a driver there tho they dont hire off the street like amazon and fedex otherwise i wouldbe been joined and im not trying to be a package handler for God knows how long just to become a driver
i got hired through a company called parcel i’m hoping that they roll well and get the ball rolling pretty fast. i need to work baddd. i want to work hard. they say it’s hard work and i love hard work as long as i feel supported but if not then it’ll be a good time
@@pbear216you do a lot more genius. You guys have 50+ pound packages, the max we move is 50 pounds.
I am in McKinney, Texas. I get paid 19.25 as step van driver. 4 days for 10 hours. I run my routes and usually only work 28-30 hours a week. We get paid for 40 as long as we don't call out and don't have low scores. We don't get paid extra for rescue, but I hardly do any rescues. We did have bonuses for Christmas of 50 dollars each day we picked up. I worked 5 days for Dec and 1 week 6 day. Will never do 6 days again. Not worth it to me.
Informative. I'm 34 years old living in Houston, and going to interview for an Amazon DSP position that say it starts out 17.75 at 4 days a week. I have no experience driving but my cousin who been driving trucks for years been trying to get me to do it. When I interview going see if there is any possibility i could get more because the fine print did say 17-21 per hour.
@@MichaelElam2Which dsp is that?
@@777Luxe Katy TX
That's heaven.
20 years go with Fed Ex, I worked 6 days a week, 12 hour days, and there wasn't any GPS. They just throw it in your truck, give you a map and say "knock em out bud. NO LATES!"
@@dialecticalmonist3405damn, no gps in ‘03? Ya’ll had to use map quest or something? That blows lmao
I did Amazon flex 3 times. 1 out of the 3 was worth it. I rather drive the Amazon truck and get paid by the hour then do flex again. Good video!!
So does Amazon flex not pay by the hour?
@@aaliyahd9723 nope. They pay by the job.
@@aaliyahd9723driving amazon trucks you don't have to worry about miles, gas, wear n tear on your car like amazon flex
@@aaliyahd9723yes it does, and not very much either. Not sure what dude is talking about
I've worked for 2 DSPs in Portland, Oregon and have talked to dozen of drivers from other DSPs in the area as well as a few DSP owners as well. In Portland, a driver can make anywhere from $18.50 - $25, depending on the DSP.
Bro I was having that same same but Spark_Techz help me out with a bot grabbers and now I can earn $600 in 4hours bro
HE’S ON INSTAGRAM
$18.50 hourly
“Cries in $17.75”
Im in Salem Oregon(45 miles away from Portland) starting mext week my DSP is paying $20.25 per hour
Been watching your channel. I’m Lao too and I work for Express. Keep up the good videos. Wishing you many blessings on your next journey. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
For anyone getting into Amazon this is how much you can expect to make. Not bragging, just full transparency!
Great video as always , Thank you!
@@malko8477 Np!
@Tommy KFP It's a lot better!
do i need to have prior experience driving a van?
@@LaosHouse My FedEx ground pays me 150 a day plus 1.25 per stop after 80 stops. Is it a good deal? I like it better than the hourly pay at amazon because you get paid less for going faster.
I was with Fedex Ground for about a year and I liked it but management was horrible. I am not longer working in the same field but if I could go back, I would’ve gone with UPS. Definitely awesome pay and benefits. No other non CDL drivers even come close. I know you barred for driving with them but I probably would’ve give. Fedex express a shot, I think they are second best, but still very far from first.
Yep management can vary with these contractors.
UPS has a five year + waiting list to become a driver, and it's not guaranteed you pass their test.
You're gonna work the cans for half a decade.
You CANNOT just go to UPS and get a driving job, PERIOD! They hire from within, meaning you have to start out at the bottom loading/unloading trucks part time for a minimum 7 years maybe 10. There are seasonal driving jobs using your own car that pay very well plus mileage but you get treated like shit by your managers because you arent union so they can shit all over you!
@@chhansen9813i was hired directly as a full time driver
@@chhansen9813Sometimes they hire drivers off the street though
I quit, there were like 10 days after peak season where i woke up, got ready for work, drove all the way to the lot for them to say they didn't have enough routes for everyone and sent me home. Just got hired at a damn CAR WASH making the same amount of money and I actually get full time hours. Amazon can suck it. Got free shoes and rain jacket out of it though.
And my dsp got me working 5-6 days a week, hitting overtime every week 🥲
Like if peak season never ended
I'll take free stuff anyday
I wish I could had spare drivers this past week. I dispatch this past week many of my drivers either went on vacation or got sick 🤒.
This past week was shit for us he had to drop routes and where 340 package routes
Forral bro amazon 🗑 like am in HVAC now make 21 hour & Learning a trade also they let me take there truck home also got some free steel toe boots I need for this job lol
@@georgec.6989it's because you're actually good. If you aren't getting a lot done then they won't give you routes.
I work as an Amazon driver in Italy, we can work from 4 to 6 days depending on how much work we have.
I work 8 hours a day for 4 days a week for a total of 1700/1800€(1900$) a month.
We get paid by the month
Yeah Italy is kinda low pay
@@futmut1000 Yes, but that's probably the take home money (after taxes) plus everybody gets full benefits and pension. Way better life for an Amazon driver in Italy than anywhere in the US.
😢
@@ernesstocaratiestoNah bro, thats almost certainly pre-tax. Although your other points stand. Im a dual US-Irish citizen and people who haven't experienced it don't quite realize how low salaries/wages are in much of Europe. You have better social safety nets if you're a lower earner, though.
Cost of living in Italy is a lot lower than the US.
$2800 a month is not enough to survive in California.
What part? I work in the bay area i get 22.50 soon to have a raise too
its enough to get roommates
I love california but everything so expensive
@@LaosHouse not only that, it has too many and stupid laws 😭
@@ImLazyTodayI work in the DSF8 we get the same pay.
We work 4 10 hour days per week and get paid biweekly so the checks are 1400 and your take home is between 1100-1200. Starting out you make 17.50 at my dsp. If you finish your route before 10 hours our dsp will make up the difference so you will get 10 hours regardless.
That's low
Garbage
what state are you in?
Thats horriblee.
whoever do those jobs are diffrent in the head
Is that 1100-1200 by week or by month?
Getting your CDL is a great option. There are so many driver jobs out there to choose from based on how much you want to work, the type of work, pay, time off, etc. Can make $60-70k with half the year off or $130k if you want to work all the time. Very flexible industry and you can always change jobs/careers at the drop of a hat. Had my CDL for 4 years now, first year training I made like $65k but every year after that 100k+. If you go OTR (over the road) and live out of your truck so you save on rent and bills you can literally stack almost $100k a year in savings. Do that for a bit and then have freedom.
Brother, we must live and work in different realities. I’ve been in the trucking industry six years now and everyone agrees it’s miserable. What is this “half the year off” you’re talking about? “Flexible industry?” Bro what? What trucking job doesn’t try and work you the full clock and cry like a bitch when you request time off?
I make 100k/yr working 70 hours a week (OTR) with maybe three days off a month. I don’t rent anywhere and just grab an AirBNB when I’m off and it’s still not worth it. Too much working for free since we’re only paid by the mile. I’m based out of CA where I know the rates are complete shit but can you please explain to me what you’re talking about?
@@Ward413 I’m just talking from my experience. I’ve done 4 days on 4 days off as a local driver with dry bulk, that’s half the year off, made 75k. And OTR I work all the time and can make up to 130k best case scenario at the moment but probably less when you factor in canceled loads and stuff. You can even make that much local if you get a job that can offer overtime but it depends on location and typically the new guys get the crappy shifts. Have to admit it’s nice to be able to do whatever. Can do 6 months of flatbed, then swap to 6 months reefer, then dryvan, etc. Never stuck doing the same thing if you don’t want to which I like. After doing dry bulk local for a year I didn’t renew my lease and am back OTR dry van with no bills again. Probably won’t go local again unless I buy my own place. Might be done with trucking after this year though we shall see.
@@Ironiclobster69 Yeah I never tried the local stuff; always had a truck with a sleeper birth. All the local jobs I could find here in CA were just shit so I never tried it. I don’t know how much longer I can do this and will likely leave in the next year as well. It’s just gotten too miserable and the things the companies expect me to do for them for free is getting more and more laughable.
you need a million dollars to retire nowadays
What’s retirement? 😂
I am an AMXL driver who gets paid full day rates, but the routes generated are horrible in my area. You could seem like you are flying through the route only to find you have 1 package going to a town 60 miles out of the way adding like 3 hrs on to the route.
Question where do you apply the amazon XL position and what are the pay rates and benefits? Thabks in advance.
I'm in the Los Angeles area working as an Amazon driver, I work 4 days a week and making about $700 a week on average, usually 10 hour days at $18.25/hour
Your math is horrible
I’m in Carson, Cali and I make around the same
Damn I thought it be more than that in I got my interview this week for them our site pay 19.25
Correct
In Massachusetts they start you at $21 hour.
In Jacksonville Fl, My dsp pays bi weekly, my starting pay was 17.75 but since I drive a step van I get a $1 raise no matter what Im driving that day. My paychecks range between $1200-$1500 depending on my hours. Sometimes I finish early and only work like 6-8 hrs vs the 10hr. I transferred from a dsp in greensboro, Nc. Here in florida my routes are smaller. Anywhere between 120-160stops. In greensboro my routes were 160+ stops. I hate peak season and prime week 😂 Delivering 200+ stops is mind melting. Being 100 stops in and Looking in the back of the van and seeing 5 or more totes makes the day worse 😭
All of my routes are about 180 stops (200+ locations), and at 18.50. I’m done with this shit
High school dropout here. 40/hr forklift repair tech in SC. I made $35/hr in Cali. Way cheaper to live here too. Grab some tools and get into the equipment repair field. Oh, and learn how to negotiate with hiring managers. You'll get your own van to take home and some places don't trip on GPS.
Do you need to be a big guy to get into this forklift repair tech? That sounds interesting 🤔
@jafp1617 I'm 160 lbs u just need grip strength and don't be a hero with lifting, if your going to do this for 30 years you need to conserve your body. This job isn't for everyone but it's worth a shot if you like learning and figuring things out
Go to CDL since you like delivery and still single, I worked n Amazon and FedEx and Uber and I did the math these jobs ain’t worth wasting my young age for it, good luck sir
but its a start for a lot of people most won't just go straight into CDL. I deliver and don't want to go into CDL and some may not want to either.
CDLs aren't for everyone
Thanks Luffy. I want to drive a boat like you
@@LaosHouse lmao
So true work smarter not harder
I'm at $20.50 in Santa Ana, California, still working 6 days currently, paid bi-weekly at 112 hours, so about $2100 every 2 weeks after taxes and such, not a stepvan driver, driving the Ram 3500
I’m trying to get into a dsp out of the Santa Ana location, I don’t see any dsps hiring tho!
Is there high turnover rate for Amazon delivery drivers
how long have you been working there?
@@6a617b Good question 👀
What dsp you work for if u don’t mind me asking?
Wish I could just go on a route with you and pick your brain dude.. been with FedEx ground since before peak and have been watching you since, your transition to Amazon is putting many thoughts in my head.
How are things when you have an issue and can’t deliver everything? Do you ever hear about it? Are you expected to work your full 10 hours or speed through your route?
Positive vibes bro ✊
Why would u wanna quit a job and work for amazon?
A year late, hopefully you didn’t learn the hard way 😂
Definitely a fun job. I was there for about two years, I am at Cintas working as a Route Sales Rep
Is cintas better than Amazon in your opinion? Been looking to apply for route sales rep for them and just haven’t been able to find much info about the job
@@danp411cintas is an awesome place as long as you have a gm who wasnt a sales snake and a caring service management team who were once ssr’s. if your location is ran by a management team who were never truly ssr then your life will be a nightmare because they obviously don’t understand the nature of a job so they will always point the finger at you if your not finishing a 45 stop day in 9 hours because they dont seem to understand their scanning and job expectations are so damn unrealistic for some routes to do so
I used to work at cintas for 4 years. It's not too bad of a job, you work 4 days a week and each day anywhere from 8 - 12 hour days, depending on your route of course. If you don't mind picking up dirty/soiled uniforms, dirty towels and dirty floor mats you should be alright. There are good and bad stressful days, but that's just like any other job.@@danp411
People forget about taxes. If they start you at a wage, money gets deducted and goes to the hand of the taxman. So expect your actual payout to be less than the wage you signed on for, unless you choose to pay your taxes at the end of the taxable year.
His screenshot showed Net and Gross.
I would absolutely pay at the end of the year, right? Because these salaries are low enough for a refund.
When you quoted your earnings, you used your after tax amount. Your earnings are your pre-tax amount which were materially larger than your after tax amount.
My DSP allows us to work 7 days.
We get paid our 10 hour day and after 8 hours of workday is OT.
Ot is weekly based, not daily
Just got a Delivery Job Here and you are on point dude!!! Grateful for your knowledge man wtf 🙏🏾 My start is 19.50 and there's only 8 on the crew. Your detail is superb. I'm in a new Amazon Warehouse in Medford Oregon and I'll upload a few Vids soon! Thanks again Chris 🤙🏾
How much do you make every two weeks after tax deductions? $1200?
After doing the math, that's what my checks should be after every 2 weeks. I get this Friday for training and orientation hours. By mid August I'll have have a better gage on this mula
I’m doing it rn here in s FL, 18.5 to start. Take home so far is about 600 after tax. Honestly, it should be considerably more.
I would suggest being a ups driver. Top rate after 4 years is. Over 40$ an hour
It takes 7-10 years working loading/unloading trucks BEFORE you can even apply to be a driver
Not true. I worked in the warehouse for 6 months. A week or two after my 6 month mark (6 month is the quickest) i got a call. Granted this was in the pandemic. They were hiring quick and alot. But it may slowly go back to a few year wait as we exit the pandemic and sail into this looming recession
The DSP in Hazelton, PA pays 21.50 to start and is right next to a warehouse also.
And also can make up 25.50 an hour with bonuses like attendance and performance
That’s a bit more reasonable. 18.5 here in FL, I’m getting fed up.
Bruh, bout to start as a DSP driver and just started binge watching all your vids.
I used to work 40 hrs. Per week plus on call for the weekend and only take home $900.00 every two weeks my rate was $16.75 hourly I worked at a hospital it really sucked !
That weekly pay gone be fire 🔥🔥🔥
I am in the "State of Cunfusion!" hehehehehehehe.......Yeah... I wasn't to happy with the no "bounuses" those past few months after the new driver camera systems went in. That really hurt our pocket book. Going on the old system I figured I missed out on about $600.00 in two months.
Watching your videos, you seem to have a lot better then I did coming in. I did back ups straight for like two months everyday, and when I did get a route it was like 130 stops. Took me a good 6 months to finally start to make heads or tails of things.
Next video please...... hehehehehehehehehe
It’s time for you to move up to CDL driver, I started off as an Amazon driver then box truck driver then to CDL driver!
I was looking for something like this. How did you do that because that is exactly my plan?
Well I have interviews tomorrow for DSP driver let's see how it goes. Good info doe.thanks for sharing 👍.well have a great day 😊
how did it go ?
You can make a lot more being Amazon Warehouse associate, especially with benefits and overtime.
yep. there are a lot of perks being inside the Amazon warehouse. Future video for sure!
Yeah but its not peaches and cream either...depending on that work culture.
Good to know
I rather drive the vans worked inside the warehouse that wasn’t for me they work u like a slave 🤦🏾♂️
Thank you for posting this helpful video
I think this job underpays too much! you guys literally get on the road and risk your lifes and the lifes of others around you. You deal with the elements of weather, traffic, can't really make it too the rest rooms conveniently so you gotta shit on a bag, and piss on a bottle or do it in some ones yard. all the set backs of delivering the packages, not finding the home numbers, dog attacks, weirdos in the streets. Most don't even take their brakes or else it means falling behind on the routes. Most don't even eat for those 8 hours.
All the exercise you got to do running up and down the homes, apartment stairs,etc. etc.
I'm not saying its an impossible job, all I'm saying is not enough money is being paid to you all.
25$-30$.HR dollar seems about right for dealing with all the stress and shit of the daily DSP driver life.
Bezos has you guys shitting in bags out there?
In my dsp before Xmas I won a 55in smart tv and sound bar with sub with it and top 10 driver get weekly $100 bonuses our boss treats us right and brings us breakfast weekly twice a week driving xl vans
There's way more driving jobs that pay a lot more. Pretty much most trucking jobs will pay more. I drive a Garbage truck in the Chicago suburbs and just about double what Amazon drivers make.
Really
Yeah lol. It's true
Dude, people praising this job are SUCKERS. That’s what they want are suckers who don’t realize what kind of opportunities are out there. I was serving, making basically twice as much as I am now as amazon dsp driver. I’m about to be done. They say it’s not for everyone…hell no, not for that pay rate
You need a cdl for your job. Amazon dsp do not
In okc full time is 4 days a week you can work 5 or six days a week you make your own schedule you work ten plus hours and those nursery routes lasted one day then next day had a full route noybody trained me was getting 50 hours plus a week
I’m a DSP delivery driver in ohio and they started me at 19.50
I am Amazon driver in New Jersey. Myself in Gloucester county area with my dispatch All X and they started me at $20.75 and I've been here about 2 and 1/2 months. It's not what I expected but a job as a job.... It's definitely not a career. Something short-term
Man that’s insane!!! Literally painted a townhouse and made $2,353 in just 11 hours without losing my head.
lucky you
Independant contracting pays well if you know your business.
liar
Yes indeed 👍
@chhan it is what it is 🤷♂️ Just finished 3 units 8k in 18hrs not to bad for part time
pay will also depend on state and tax and also what benefits your enrolls as well
get a skill trade work, eletrical,hvac heating/ ac.. they always hiring and paying well after experienced
Weird in michigan when my brother did it, he was full time at 4 days a week, 8-10 hour daily shifts. They must have changed it since 2021
Always calculate your costs too. As a driver using your personal vehicle, you have other costs associated with your job, ranging from fuel costs to maintenance, and even parking costs. Also calculatedthe fringe benefits, like insurance benefits, food, and PTO. Most young people today don’t account for these, leading to the misconception of being “under paid”. For example, a job might pay lower wages, but the fringe benefits could add up to thousands and thousands. This is one issue that comes up when people demand more money and they end up with less in the end because they get the higher pay, but the company cuts benefits to balance the loss.
I assume you are talking about the programs where people are using their own cars but these videos are on dsp with the vans. I door dash currently and honestly don't take into account car maintenance costs all but a rough idea in my mind. However, I know about these costs and door dash anyway because I really need the money right now and am using door dash to help me get out of a spot. I'm still making a decent profit for what I do though. Only because it's temporary do I continue to not take into long-term costs though. I honestly can't even begin to phathom how people take door dash, uber, lyft seriously as a freaking career or full time job. Holy hell... like how are they making enough money, lol. The only thing I can figure is that it will bite them in the butt later on when their car is being held together by dried chick fil a ketchup and mcdonalds straws bursting out of their cars, lol.
Yeah your talking about flex drivers that use their own car DSP PROVIDE VANS
@@GMoney-BI hear ya! I'm doing DD , Lyft and Uber and I hate putting miles on the new car I just bought . I have a interview tomorrow with DSP . My buddy said they don't work you to hard 10hours a day for 4 days then 3 days off . Some people said DSP gave them 40 hours even for getting done early . Not sure. I believe that
I was working 50 hours a week most weeks bringing home almost 1k. Especially during peek season. I work in a fulfillment center now and it's about the same.
I did it for about 2 months. DSP’s are under pressure to finish their deliveries as fast as possible. The one I worked for promised 40 hours, but that was never the case. I showed up multiple times and didn’t even get a route. Too much uncertainty. And if you tried to stretch your delivery route out, they would send someone to “rescue” you.
where are you located? Why would they hire you if they didn't need you?
Very good video. I like your style very informative and you tell it like it is. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. Did you think that you soaked enough information the first day of training for you to be alone the next day???? If not what obstacles did you face and how did you overcome them?
for me it was enough maybe because I had previous experience with FedEx. If anything I would just call my dispatcher for questions
All kinds, road closure, phone dieing. Not charging, bad cord battery, can't see screen too dark, too hot u name it
Amazon flex sounds way better. Only caveat is using your own car. I make 600-650 a week easy. Make up the rest of what I want with Uber eats. Make around 750 a week. I can make more just depends on how much you want to hustle. Gas also sucks but you can actually make decent money from it.
I did Amazon delivery December here In Connecticut a customer gave me a like 2 gram nug Christmas Eve haha. Sooo when my Xbox was delivered few weeks ago I gave the driver some loud. Do you smoke? Yes? Here take it
Comes out to 16 a hr . I want to find out why do people do these jobs like Dam mad stops and low pay .
Props bro! ❤
I applied for Amazon. they told me they will do the background check and call me up later. I then applied for UPS. they made me took their classes for 2 weeks and I passed. I am working for UPS as a training in 3 more weeks then I got a call from amazon saying my background check has come clean, so I can start coming to work now. I don't get it. UPS only take a couple days for background check, while amazon needs 5 weeks.
You driving for ups?
@@aceduece4142 yes
Amazon got a lot more people going thru the hiring process? Idk it did take awhile 4 me 2
My background check took two hours
The grammar in this post made my eyes bleed
Just to clarify, (I’m a driver trainer for Amazon & have worked for Amazon for 3 years now) delivery drivers are NOT Amazon employees. The are subcontracted by the DSP’s. Amazon has NOTHING to do with their routes, how many deliveries they do a day, their pay or benefits.
Yes it does. Amazon generates the routes, pays the dsp’s on tight margins, and constantly increases metric expectations while increasing route package counts. I’ve been a driver delivering for an Amazon DSP for almost five years. All the while they claim delivery counts are barely going up while our delivery locations increased by 40-60 locations because our grouped delivery counts have almost tripled since may 2020.
@@hadrurus01These group stops are no joke. You think you are flying through your route only to see you haven't moved or moved a stop or two. It's so crazy 😵💫 lol
I used to be a driver in NY specifically Long Island and cargo van drivers made $17 and then step van driver made $18-$20 an hour
Ok boomer
damn not good for NY cost of living bro. no wonder you quit that shit.
Have you tried DHL? They are unionized in that area and you get $35/hr within 4 years with a new contact coming up soon too so it will be more
@@NoxNtellado I need experience I’m working construction right now and while I love it it’s extremely back breaking and dangerous and I won’t make it into the union this summer which sucks so I won’t get union pay till then so I’m stuck at 25 an hour where everyone else gets paid 45 minimum and I got foreman who sits in the ac getting paid 67 an hour to watch us suffer
@@iimasheriiol222 I went in with 0 experience. Just need a license and know how to drive
Yeah Amazon Delivery Driver is a dead end job. Just use it to eventually work toward something better. I worked 3 and a half years for a DSP in Las Vegas. Our pay capped at $18.50 and I worked at one of the DSPs that guarantee hours. We were guaranteed 9 hours every day but if we finished super early we had to rescue someone (rescuing didn't come with extra money, thats how they justified the guaranteed hours). I stopped being a driver in early 4th quarter 2022 so the pay may be different now. Everything really depends on the DSP you get with. There are good DSPs and horrible ones. The amount of work you have to put in as a driver is definitely not worth the pay, but if its what you got then it is what it is.
Agreed. It's a stepping stone job. It's meant to slowly save up if you can find a better job or thing for yourself. If not, you end up in a situation that you cannot get away from. In my case, I'm frantically looking for a remote job again so I don't have to go back to doing manual labor type of work but will if it comes down to it. It's worth the stability but longevity, I don't see myself doing it for another year after saving up for 1 year to escape it.
Hi! Your video helped me very much to imagine how would be like thanks! I went to an interview for amazon driver and the interviewer said they will call you today if your hired but if not it means it wasn’t. I didn’t receive the call but, should I apply again in another day??
Yes apply every 2 weeks they will hire you eventually
Currently, I work in Florida in 100 degree weather with my medical card/Step van driver and they only pay me 18.50$ an hour
I'm on day 1 of training how do I switch to a different dsp that pays route time vs hourly?
If you're gonna do delivery for Amazon you might as well work for UPS and get paid $50/HR after 4 years of working with them full time. Amazon severely underpays these drivers and you're basically doing the exact same thing as UPS.
It's not even close to the same job. Ups delivers much bigger and heavier pkgs. And also picks up pkgs from businesses. My first rte delivered 70 stops and between 300-400 pieces by 1:00. Then started my 43 pickup stops and picked up 400-700 pieces. Also, almost none of those pkgs were little 1 lb padded mailers. I picked up 5,000-10,000 of pounds of pkgs per day. No Amazon driver does anywhere near that much work.
I work for a DSP here on Katy Texas and I’ve be paid $17.75/ h and I make biweekly if I work like 86$ hours around 1400-1600 (including like 7 h overtime at 26)
Who do you work for i also work in katy for dsp but I’m just starting out.
I'm interviewing for the katy location on monday. It says 17.75 weekly though. I'd actually prefer biweekly pay smh
All I want is 2-3 days. My Saturday, Sunday, and Mondays are open. I already have a main job.
I was making 1200 a week during peak. It was nice but I was paying way too much taxes! 😢
it's always more when you get higher and higher
I made 1500 as a cdl a fedex ground driver and they took 300 😂 weekly
Over 55 hours you get in a different tax bracket stay to 5 days.
Just did my first day driving. They had me with a trainer, 86 stops. got finished early so we were sent on a rescue.
Nice, and I thought I had it good with $18/hour 😂
All on location 😅
The part that gets me is when you said don't call out. Majority of the time when I talk to drivers they say they get worked like a dog aka ridiculously hard.
My friend she driver for amazon and she love it
Dylan! yeah it can be chill sometimes
Also, the route have been feeling like peak level still. But that is just my dsp, pay 19.50 a hour. Can’t even get a step van certified cuz my hearing loss since I’m dead. Which I think it’s dumb.. honestly Amazon is actually getting worse. Becoming the next Walmart.
I was really looking into applying as a driver to make a little extra on the side, but I'd only be able to work weekends and nothing more. Is that an option for me or would they expect me to work more than that knowing full well of my existing work obligations?
Yes, many DSP's welcome weekend only drivers.
That's what I'm trynna do eventually. Go back to my old job and do dsp on the weekends.
Pizza delivery
@@Sorealj I'm not using my personal vehicle to cart around peoples goyslop and get paid pennies and no tips
Yep. Most full time drivers have to choose one weekend day to work because no one wants to work them. Weekend warriors are great for DSP's
My old dsp was 10 hours a day 4 days a week, i was asked for more days since i would just stay home on my days off
No health benefits or 401k
Depends the Dsp mine offers both
What if you work 30 hours a week (10 hours for 3 days a week) as an Amazon DSP driver, how much would I make? Because tomorrow I get my first paycheck and I’ve only worked there for 3 days.
Just got hired for an Amazon DSP starting at $18.75‼️
How’s it going
@Pancho villa Trump that’s really good over here in Virginia it’s at $18H. I think that’s too low tbh. Should be at $22H if you ask me
If you are not sure what to do to earn a living and especially if you're relatively young, GET INTO A TRADE. I wish i knew then what i know now about trades. If not a trade try your best to land a city job. Both of these routes can take some time to break into so start looking into it asap. Pays very well, pensions, OT, etc. It is NOT easy work all the time but is rewarding and you can build a solid life on it.
makes me love working fed ex making a thousand a week for about 25-30 hrs 😂😂
Bro, same I'm at $37 an hour and I'm very happy.
What do you drive
Fax. Making 235 a day. Averaging 100-130 stops max.
@@joshuabarajas7835 I’m happy for u bro hopefully I can get to ur level 🙏
Ground or express?
Thanks for the video! Good job
17.50 here in Florida
Where in Florida?
How are rescues mandatory without pay? that would be illegal right? If a rescue say takes me over my schedaled hours for that day shouldnt i be getting paid overtime etc?
Amazon sucks
Luckily for the DSP I work with, if you do 3 rescues within the pay period, all your hourly pay increases by .75 cents for that pay period.
i gotta be honest with you my fluffy comrade im a lazy mofo
I have drove for 2 DSPs and for Amazon when they had delivery drivers.
Amazon didn't give any bonuses but our hourly was higher than the other DSPs at the station.
1st DSP - I was working around 45 to 50 hours a week delivering an estimate of 300 packages a day, and with the bonuses I was bringing close to $900 home a week. (Bonuses were paid on weekly checks - $1 per package rescue and driving score and weekend bonus)
2nd DSP - I work about 35 hours a week and deliver around 280 packages a day, and bring home $600 a week. We get paid full 40, if our scores are good.
We get a monthly bonus which is $0.25 per package. Plus a weekend bonus of $50 per weekend. My bonus check is close to a $1000 take home.
Next check will have a dollar raise per hour.
We have a few drivers that average around $35 an hour.
Which state and city are those DSP located?
@@toddhain4468 South Bend, Indiana
Hi @Laos House. I’ve signed up to be a Amazon DSP Walker here in NYC. And starting is $16.50.
I've seen those ads! I just wonder why they start so low in NYC.
Great video thanks for the information hope all is working out for you.
My recommendation is to learn a technical trade (i.e. self-employed computer technician) which can gross $100/hr. with no physical effort, driving routes, or dealing with company issues. Easily make in one afternoon what Amazon drivers make in a week.
I always gave good ratings for my good delivery guys, so they would get raises and stay.
They gave me 8 hours at my DSP if you finished early back in September when I got hired. They took it away at the beginning of the year tho..So now everybody just stalls for time lol.. For peak we got like 250 so yeah sucks if you didn’t get tht
Yeah......... I'LL STICK WITH UPS WHICH IS KING OF ALL DELIVERY COMPANIES, PAY IS THE MOST, BENEFITS ARE THE BEST, YEAH. FULL COVERAGE MY FRIENDS, MY CHECK IS ABOUT 1700 EVERY WEEK AFTER TAXES, YEAH IM GOOD WHERE IM AT 😊😊
Thanks for your Feedback! Very informative 🙂
no problem
I worked for three company’s in Cleveland Ohio even got the front runner plague wow!
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Not worth the trouble. Just do Door Dash. Make as much money, and less work.
Excellent video bro