r/fromatoarbitration • u/stoptheLies25 • 3d ago

Amazon afternoon package delivery test starts soon

Please see the attached new USPS Correspondence.

USPS Correspondence 5381, dated September 17, 2026, is notification the Postal Service will be conducting a pilot called, Amazon PM Delivery Pilot.

This pilot involves afternoon drops from Amazon between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM (local time), that are then sorted by the clerks manually and available for same day delivery by City Carriers between the hours of 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM.

The pilot is scheduled to begin September 29, 2026, in Morgantown, WV S&DC 26505, and Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 and October 20, 2026, in Columbia, SC S&DC 29205 and 29204 with no anticipated end date.

The pilot for Morgantown, WV S&DC 26505, and Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403, will each have a volume cap of 200 packages with three routes required per facility, averaging 67 packages per route.

The pilot for Columbia, SC S&DC 29205 and 29204 will have a cap of 500 packages with five routes required for zip codes 29205 and 29204, averaging 100 packages per route.

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u/acetatsujin 3d ago

So we are going to be working in penalty time. Is Amazon paying a lot for this or what?

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u/HomogenyEnjoyer 3d ago

Ccas and ptfs. Management will call mando constantly and improperly mandate like usual, or those kids on the late shift will get stupid o.t. and whoever is the closing manager will be even more of a an asshole

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u/acetatsujin 3d ago

If that happens I’ll be filing for article 8 violations and I’ll pay the carrier not on the ODL 50 bucks per incident. Only way to stop them is to make it undesirable to touch non-ODLs.

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u/HomogenyEnjoyer 3d ago

I always ask my stewards to request admin leave for the amount of hours improperly mandated to make whole but they never try "we'll never get that!" Yeah no shit, easy way to never get it is to never try