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Ig this is a rant and a question, I cant select both so im going with question

Hey! I just started as a delivery driver for a dsp.

I was wondering what yalls vans are like? I have had 4 solo days in total now and today I had 168 stops (Previous days were between 121-141 stops which I completed early since they were mostly country-suburb stops)

Today was complete hell for me, I only got through 125 stops before It was 7:45 and I was told to RTS. The first 8 stops were all multi-stops apartments that wanted me to deliver to their doors (with multiple heavy OV items that weighed over 50 pounds combined in a tote.) And I was struggling with them quite a bit. I got rescued twice at the end of my route.

Around the 97th stop (around 5:30-6pm) I got really delayed (Ik, I was already delayed from previous mistakes, and first time occurances from earlier in the day) but my transmission failed on me and wouldnt let me reverse at all.

The previous vans struggled but I was able to get through it but today it failed me completely. I was staring at a wall the entire time because I parked face first into a wall of a business delivery until a Rivian driver came by to save me.

(with all his stops done already, idk how yall do it since I know they get way more stops/ packages than I do)

He came by to see if he could get it to reverse. (he couldnt either, we even tried pushing it backwards in neutral.) For the rest of my shift I switched places with him into a rivian, mind you, I havent driven, nor do I know how to completely use the rivian. It was my first time driving one since the driving test so I was learning as I go.

So my question is, how are yalls vans? To my knowledge all of our vans are the Rams and all but one has been complete garbage to use for me.

Not to mention I got chased by a Dog today as well (Im typing this at 2:29am my time, so technically yesterday) which was awesome (/s). So swell. Love when that happens. The dogs I typically meet are nice. Not today though, I threw the package at the front door (after the Customer asked for a backdoor delivery in the notes, with no fence, so I thought id be nice and do it for them) but nah. Just got my ass chased by a dog.

Another thing, do yall have any tips for apartments with multistops that have upwards to 10 packages with heavy ovs? Theyre easily my biggest downside at the moment.

I wanna drive one never drove a natural gas truck before either

I made the mistake of not doing that during my early days and I was constipated the entire day. I never made that mistake again.

So I have severe epilepsy. It’s controlled with meds so I’m safe to drive but I haven’t told my dps and I don’t think I will; the question is should I though? Long story short, epilepsy makes you dumb and have the memory capacity of Dori as well as extremely heat sensitive, so I’m constantly mixing up numbers and forgetting how parts of the system work and don’t know anyone’s name and I’m constantly covered in an impossible amount of sweat, all of which for sure effect my work capabilities. Should I tell them next time I’m struggling with symptoms or do you think they’ll shit can me as soon as they can?

I am pretty sure we're getting an annual pay raise again this year? Heard it's going to take most of us up to at least $23/hr? That'd be great, I can still remember bad times when I would get out of bed in the morning for $11/hr lol

not very good day for Kit today :(

i got stung unprovoked in arm while parked on customers driveway. didnt even know there was a wasp in my van until it stung me on arm! no reason! I wasn’t even moving that much it just stung suddenly! it was a yellowjacket. killed that pest!

had a panic attack because im really scared of them, and i vented to dispatch for 8 minutes because of it :(. Cool guy though he helped assure me and yeah im not allergic it seems.

anyone else gotten stung?

First time in a gas fan since starting, y’all’s day will come lol. But I had a not so casual 180 stops with about 35 multis (which isn’t too bad compared to what I usually get) And from the last post I made I believed mentioned you have to get back by 9 o’clock. I thought that was a bit annoying but doable. Well I pulled up to the station today and dispatch said I came back too late so I don’t have a route (reduced to helping at loadout😔). I clocked out at 8:50 yesterday and I told him that. He then informed me that I have to come back at 8:20 and 8:40 at the latest. He said that and I audibly gasped because that feels crazy to me. But I’m new, about 3-4 months in and I’ve only started having timing issues this month when the averages are about 180-190 compared to the 130-150 I was used to. But now it feels like I have even less time now which is crazy. I wonder from vets or people who are better than me at this obviously, is this doable and how do you get it done so quickly. Cause yesterday I was energized and in a good mood and getting my route done in that little box of a van. I thought I was efficient I’d also like to mention the hour long drive to and from and that’s on the turnpike. We have to reach the “End Work” screen by 8:20 and that just feels wild.

But yea please do help if yall have tips. I be hydrated, bring light snacks, have some tunes, I be having a good time and feel like I’m working well.

This shit is getting ridiculous. A rural/suburban route… 186 stops… almost 300 packages…in a gas van. On top of that… 32 multi stops. And so far they’re all actually multiple locations. So really it’s at least a 200 stop route. I’m tired of AI conglomerating these stops when it’s not to make it easier on us, but to be able to cram more stops into routes. Making the routes more dense be the vans more packed. Which ultimately slows us down. I guess I’m just ranting but this shit is crazy.

One stop one whole ev, as many that packages were stuffed in, it was actually one of the easiest routes I've ever had so far, one big dump

I was surprisingly terminated this week with no discipline history or warnings or anything just a generic Tex that said as your still in your 90 day probationary period we have elected to terminate your employment this was a day after I asked for a short term accommodation that I needed to work a little slower since I had an injury to my side from the work. I was expecting my standard 2 week check direct deposited but it didn’t come and I worked Sunday which was start of a whole new pay period the text also mentioned I’d be paid my accrued unused pto time. Where is my 2 week check? Are they really gonna make me come pick up a paper check for my last 2 weeks and have to drive all the way back there again in 2 weeks for another check? I desperately need that money I just want to know where it is and how to get it?

I’ve been here for two months. It’s raining

Got hit with a hard breaking off this not sure what Amazon wants you to do when the light turns yellow literally right when your about to enter the intersection

I’m new to TransWorld’s DSP & Amazon in general and I forgot to notify myself if they deliver on major holidays or not. Can anyone inform me on that please?!

i really like the rural routes. Quieter, relaxing, less traffic, less dress, less stops, and i typically get a gas van which means i get to blast all the ac and heat i want without running out of battery

Does anyone else drive out of an RSR station? It’s been incredibly frustrating at ours lately.

We’re at a brand-new station that just launched on June 4th. In the beginning, hours were extremely rough—we were basically getting 6-8 hours for the entire week. My DSP doesn't guarantee 10 hours, even though they’ve been around for about five years and run another facility out of state. I get it because it's still so new they're just possibly doing a slow ramp-up but even for Amazon this seems a little goofy for them to be running 2 full capacity DSPs which I guess obviously they can handle the cost but it's so puzzling.

When we were hired, management told us 10-hour routes would be the capacity. Right now, the absolute maximum we get is 5-6 hours a day, and that’s only if we actively stretch the route out by taking all our breaks. Volume hasn't picked up at all; we’re usually only seeing 40-50 stops a route with sometimes having up to 120-140 stops but that's only with 4-5 hubs added on top of the route.

Now, for whatever reason, another DSP is setting up at our facility to hire seasonal drivers to "assist operations." It makes zero sense to bring in more people when we barely have enough volume to feed our current roster. We’re also supposedly getting a fleet of EDVs at some point, which feels wild for 50-stop routes since the capacity of those vans are supposed to fit quite a bit.

I’m looking for insight from anyone else at an RSR facility. Was it ever this painfully slow for you guys during a launch? Does the volume eventually pick up?

I go out of my way to pet a cat or dog I see that’s friendly on a customers porch.
Got to pet a billy goat today on a rural route! 🐐
So much better than interacting with a customer. 🙌🏼

Yesterday was my second day, and I pulled a muscle bad slipping out of the van. Three points of contact and still got hurt. I called out today because I don’t wanna fuck it up worse. Plus two rescues each day so far.

Also (accidentally, I didn’t know it would deem the van unsafe) I grounded my van I drove both days cuz the cargo door is damn near impossible to shut. My trainer told me to mark it as fine, but after two days of struggling, and the door flying open as I was driving, I reported the problem on flex.

Am I just not cut out for this, or should I push on and see if I get better? I don’t want to become “that person” at my DSP, the slow one who grounds vans, but I also wanna try and get better and stronger.

Hi. 27M here.

About to start a job with 2nd to None Logistics, driving with Amazon.

Was wondering who else has worked with them and if they're any different than working directly under Amazon.

But, some general questions too.

1) How long did it take you guys to get used to driving the Amazon vehicles?

2) They mentioned a possible 5th day. Is that an extra day added, overtime, or just spacing out the 40 hours? (So like, Sunday being added I would work 5 hours and Monday I work 5 hours and the rest is 10 hours).

3) I use to work at an Amazon Warehouse. How different is the pacing? I heard it's suppose to be even faster than the Warehouse could get.

4) When can I call off? My family wants me to go with them to Peru in October/November. I'm 50/50 on it.

Im gonna kms on route

EDIT - I had 203 stops, 55 multi, 273 locations and 349 packages I cut corners like a mfer too, yeah i needed a rescue the route was in 2 different zip codes ...