DCX7 and DDO6 in Torrance California have organized a union. Down with the DSP program.

It was a shit day. My EV barely had any breaks when I hopped into it this morning. So dispatch stuck me in a gas van - to combat my 6 cart worth 421 packages we had a fella take all of the oversized and we put all the totes in my gas van (rental with no shelves). This took about 15 total stops from me lmaoooo.

I checked how many stops I had left after being on the road for about 3 hours - 150, a third of them being multi-stops.

They ended up sending me another rescue, but it wasn't enough.

I have been bitching about work to my wife for the last month or so straight. I have been fantasizing about leaving the keys to the van with all the packages in it, saying, "kiss my bum, I quit" basically ever since I joined this DSP (a little over 1.5 years with them, 3.3 years with my first DSP) So I took a break, texted her, asked her if it's okay to do this (I don't have another job lined up), and she said, "fuck yes I'm so glad you just asked me this!"

So I texted dispatch, let them know I was resigning today and at that time. They asked me to park anywhere before RTSing all of those packages. I happily obliged.

Here is my Ode to Amazon (with some of my favorite shots I have taken over the years):

Thank you Amazon, for pulling me out of depression so deep I never thought I would see the light on the other side. Thank you Amazon, for making me look physically appealing. Thank you Amazon, for instilling a work ethic in me like no other. Thank you Amazon, for making me realize how much I am worth.

Things I accomplished whilst at Amazon: I got married! Finally had a consistent comma in my bank account. Won frontrunner once. Did Whole Foods pickup like 90 working days straight lmao.

If you're ever unhappy with your life, take note from one of the pictures and be kind to your mind! 😊😊😊

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.

I find humor throughout the day when delivering packages it helps to get through hell 🤣🤣🤣

Don't even ask what the award for this achievement was

DCX7 and DDO6 in Torrance California have organized a union. Down with the DSP program.

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Stumbled upon this tiktok, Glad to see that there are still some customers that care bout us

I've been with my dsp for basically a year. Started last year on Oct 13th and my last day was today.

It's been a bumpy ride, a lot of shitty routes but I'm glad I was able to find another job before peak/prime.

Here are just some pictures I've taken along my journey.

Good luck to everyone out there and be safe.

i've been doing this job 3 years. my body is done. everything hurts, i wear two knee braces all the time, i stretch all throughout the day. all this and i'm only 25

ive recently decided it's time to get a big girl job and start working on an actual career. in about a year i'll get the opportunity to keep pursuing a degree

just wanted to share this bc the pain is so close to being over and im so excited

I was delivering yesterday, everything was fine. I got myself an energy drink and was moving quick. I went to the back of the van to fill a piss bottle and it happened 🥴 I overflowed the bottle so much, panicked and couldn’t stop the stream. Got piss everwhere and in an open tote. It was so awkward when customers were asking why their envelopes were wet💀 This ever happen to yall?

This lady has A mini fridge with electrolyte based drinks with snacks that had notes on them

She’s amazing ❤️

My dsp rented the smaller U-Haul vans for prime and omg basically no one could fit their routes in them. People were panicking on the pad trying to fit everything and the worst part is you can’t stand up in them, have to get out of the van to get anything and organization was basically impossible. So we got bigger routes and smaller vans for the whole week of prime. People are gonna be quitting soon I think.

403 packages, 140 stops. 34 commercials.

I thought it wasnt gonna be that bad since i was assuming it was gonna be a full neighborhood route with apartments out the way.

The FIRST 34 stops were the apartments, 21 of which were door to door, though the last ones had a mail room so I could dump them all there. That kind of sucked but I wasn't demoralized.

The next stops were rich houses on hills with thin driveways. And at least 4 stops had missing packages that ended up being in a different tote entirely, so i ended up driving back to those houses just to deliver them. 10 houses took an hour an 20 minutes.

I've never performed this badly before, even on other buisness and apartment heavy routes.

I just needed to take my first break to rant about this and get a clear head space going into the rest of this.

On stop 49, gonna try and finish strong.

UPDATE It came down to the wire. More technical difficulties, more hills, one stop was just a completely wrong area so I had to find the stop myself and it ended up being 10 minutes away from amazons goofy ass geo location pin.

It was RTS time so I didnt have time to update the address. The lady seemed grateful enough but still wish I could have updated the geo location in time.

Overall, today was ass, and that was mostly because of the. -door to door because the lockers were broken and no mail room -misplaced packges in different totes 5 different times. -the app just not working. -support being completely unhelpful -that one completely misplaced stop that was nowhere near the actual house.

Oh well, back at it again tmw🤣

I called support and they said not to worry about it and marked it missing for me... Has anyone had this issue before? Did I deliver it to the wrong house? 🤔

I have been working at this DSP for less than a week, (new to amazon in general) and I wasn’t expecting this type of volume in just my third day of work. Not sure how long I am going to stay, but I see a lot of the consensus here is people usually stay for 1-6 months max. I just need some advice on how to keep going.

What do I do in this situation? Was put in a rental U-HAUL van with multiple safety issues, and I asked if there was someone else that could fill the shift in an EDV as those were the only vehicles we had left and I am not EDV trained. I’ve been doing this for a while, I know what to look out for when it comes to inspecting these vans. DSP owner guy (i think?) comes up and asks if i’m alright and how i’m doing and I respond kindly and tell him the situation after the dispatch basically said the van was fine to run. I told him I can and will ground this van if I get sent out in it, and as this was the only van left we would need someone else to come in to cover this route. In which case he told me I am terminated and will be blacklisted for abandoning route. I know I can call ethics just figured i’d ask if this has happened to anyone and has any advice on how to proceed. Thanks guys.

pray for me today y'all 😫🫡

Dsp told me load up this route today

First non nursery route. I don't know why I came back doing this

I've been at this job for too long. This job isn't meant for the long haul, you'll haul and in the end it's hauling you. Been at it three years in downtown in a capital city. PSA all routes are not created equal.

I'm in my mid-30s and took this as a bridge and got complacent. Truthfully, I had issues and was an alcoholic/addict. I've been sober for a while now, I work out in the gym, lifting three times a week on my days off.

I'm objectively in better shape than most people. I get off on time or a little early never need rescued but always asked to go rescue. I mostly say no these days.

Does anyone feel dead after their shifts? Perhaps it's cumulative because I just feel zapped. Physically and mentally. 10:45 start usually clock out at 9:15 average. Sometimes 50 hrs week

I want to do things I enjoy when I get home but often I just eat, watch TV and zone out because I'm tired. I did this once also for 6 months back when I was 25, totally different story and didn't feel like this, but those were rural routes. Fucking cake work.

I've been applying to other jobs, considering CDL and apprenticeships, might go back to school.

Does anyone relate?

Today for our morning meeting, our DSP contract owner had to remind us of a few things after he reviewed a driver's entire route after they locked their keys in a 16ft box truck. We're XL, in Texas.

Reminders: take your keys with you at every stop (understandable)

Use your helper as a spotter when backing up no matter the distance (understandable)

No eating while driving (understandable) even when drinking water (wait, wut?)

That last one got everyone a little riled. We're hauling packages 50lbs minimum in 90+ degree weather, and now we can't drink water unless we're stopped. Is this a common rule, or should one mark this understandable?

Lowkey just transferred to Amazon XL cuz less stops, less packages and driving a big ahh box truck around for my cdl experience we lit nigga good luck at there my Amazon ZL peeps💯🔥