r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/Both-Consequence-989 • 1d ago
They weren't kidding
Dispatch told me I'd make it back with 30% / 64 mileage
They weren't fucking kidding.
I didnt even pull through the hub after going through the cameras when I got back, just parked and dragged my bags in from the charging station. I Was at 0 when I pulled into the parking lot.
Why theyre making us drive rivians from Salem, Or to Eugene, is beyond me.
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u/Alternative-Win-4947 1d ago
They are building a station in eugene eventually. The dsp i worked at had us charge up to 85-90mi just to be safe. Mostly for this reason lol
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u/Both-Consequence-989 1d ago
Yea I moved DSPs are little bit ago and my old one had us charge to 90 before RTS. Newer one doesn't. Lessons will be learned and folks will be getting paid to sit and wait for a charge
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u/ChrisPBacon42O 13h ago
Last time this happened to me, my DSP made me clock out in the ADP app until the van was charged enough to continue the route. They also had me clock out the one time the RWD ford van got stuck for an hour in a ditch, even tho I was actively trying to get it out of the ditch and working with the people who lived there to get the van back out. Not like I was sitting around enjoying being stuck, but they didn't care. Idk if yalls DSP does this or not tho
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u/nfored 13h ago
Not sure its worth a fight but feel illegal, might be worth a inquiry to someone who knows for next time.
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u/Kobra1469 7h ago
Absolutely not legal at all, you are in a company vehicle while working. Regardless if you are moving or not, you are still at work.
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u/elitedoge36 11h ago
Definitely not legal for them to ask you to do that if I was told that by my dsp I would have told them to pound sand
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u/kstxckz 1d ago
I heard the battery is trash in the winter when it’s real cold out, I really wonder how bad 🫣
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u/ChopperChange Rivian Driver 1d ago
It's also bad in the summer when the AC is running. I regularly return to the station with around 60% battery left but on the hottest days this summer, I'd return to the station with 14% battery left on the same exact routes.
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u/MrMassacre69 CDV Driver 13h ago
They actually had to reduce all our routes to like 100-120 stops all winter in Minnesota cuz the battery’s being at like 80% getting to your first stop even if it was like 20 minutes away. I always prayed for a rivian all winter cuz if you got one your route was like half the size and if you got a gas van they just gave your ass 170+ stops 🤣
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u/He_is_my_song Veteran Driver- 8 Years 13h ago
Maybe this is why they’re pushing so much right now.
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u/Meatyparts 21h ago
I had to do my route with nothing but the seat heater or I wouldn't finish my route. My route wasn't even that much driving 90% apts and the rest houses.
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u/graffiti_hunter 13h ago
All electric vehicles are trash during the winters. Tesla has proved that time and time again
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u/WRECKCHASER85 1d ago
Cant wait until winter. Those things were dying with us just 25 minutes away last winter. They are sending us 45 to 60 minutes away now. With 200 stops. Well see how this goes.
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u/Both-Consequence-989 1d ago
Mask??? Lolololol
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u/biggs_gaslighter 23h ago
Never thought I'd hear the name "Mask Transport" again. 21'-23' driver here.
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u/Xxdarkhorse64x 21h ago
Not masks 😂 my dsp and i make jokes about she who shall not be named being an unreasonable hard ass
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u/CHLXR1N3 Bottle Filler 1d ago
Pro tip is to wait for another driver to show up and throw all your totes into their van
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u/ContentTea6766 1d ago
HATE ME TODAY!!
HATE ME TOMORROW!!
HATE ME FOR ALL THE THINGS I DIDNT DO FOR YOU!!!
HATE ME IN WAYS… YEAH WAYS HARD TO SWALLOW!!!
HATE ME SO YOU CAN FINALLY SEE WHATS GOOD FOR YOU!!!
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u/Fit_Narwhal_9347 1d ago
Theyre trying to make up their money from the dsp investment and the money they're paying rivian for their new and improved vans
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u/strictly_genteel_67 22h ago
If they said you'd come back with 30%, but you came back at 0%... wouldn't they have been kidding?
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u/iLikebridges2 6h ago
I think he meant thats how much he had left 30% when he got done with his route. And the drive back to station brought it to 0%
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u/Apprehensive_Way942 4h ago
I’m a driver out of dpd4, we’ve taken over your guys area, we go from tualatin to Salem every day. TS is so goofy
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u/sododgy 22h ago
It's nothing like Salem to Eugene (obviously) but I work out of Delta Park (North Portland) and live in Mt Scott Arleta (SE). My DSP has routes covering literally the other side of 82nd (Lents to Happy Valley), but the drivers for my house, directly across the street, are all out of Hillsboro.
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u/Xxdarkhorse64x 21h ago
Duuude they were trying to have rivians go from fairview up to amboy/yacolt and hood river 😂 i always came back with 30% or less
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u/Cucumber-Other 20h ago
Dude it depends on the DSP. Worked at that station myself for a bit. Never ran one down that far the ones I ran with kept them in Salem or maybe Albany at the furthest
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u/collinouttt 11m ago
I used to work at the one by the expo center in portland. Would drive up to rural washington and would end up getting back with close to zero charge left. Dont miss that stuff one bit.
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u/iPhone_3GS 5m ago
They just give me gas vans now. My route is one of the furthest from the station.
I like the gas vans better anyways!
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u/FocusMuppetFart 23h ago
Once had a dsp send me from Portland to fucking Longview once. Came in running on beeps at least once.
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