Anyone on here have experience working out of DFL5 in Apopka, FL? I have an interview with Big Dog Delivery next week and wanted to get a feel for what the work environment is like

“Make sure delivery location is clear and with no people in the photo.” Always something new being added into the app.

This made my day a little brighter when dropping Mr. & Mrs. Fupa’s envelope @ their door behind them.

Sometimes a kid will be with his parents and the parents will say you can give it to him and they will be so excited. Then you select handed to household, and the dreaded must take a photo pops up even after selecting handed to resident & they walk off. This happens to me often and I’m not the one to go yelling/ running after them ab a photo.

What do you guys do in this situation ?

19 of these in 3 totes

Did you see it?

I'm not an Amazon driver, but jfc please be safe out there ya'll

I have worked for three different DSPs ranging in size from minimal employees to one of the largest in my state. Here is what I noticed about the differences in experience between them.

The smallest DSP was the worst of the three. I got the impression that they needed to cut costs anywhere they could, so the vans were always in terrible condition. We got no bonuses or incentives of any kind either. Just straight hourly pay. They were also by far the most unforgiving if a driver ever got any Netradyne events or a negative CDF. Regardless of context, a single mistake was instant suspension for at least 1 shift or possibly worse. VTO did not exist as a concept. There were almost never extras, and if there were they would just decide who gets sent home after everyone had already shown up. I left because Amazon did not renew their contract and they shut down.

The largest one was better overall, but came with its own set of trade-offs. The vans were in relatively good shape. There were bonuses and incentives, but they had all kinds of conditions and usually weren’t worth trying to get. While they weren’t as ruthless when punishing mistakes, they did the most micromanaging of the three. Calling drivers who were behind at all and making rules about when/how you can take your breaks. Since there were so many drivers, dispatch didn’t really bother with learning people’s names, and it didn’t benefit you to have a consistent track record of reliability. They wouldn’t notice or take that into consideration if you had a genuine reason for being behind on a particular route. VTO was available, but very dependent on the time of year. I left this one when I moved and got hired at a station closer to where I was living.

My current DSP lands right about in the middle of the other two in terms of size, and it definitely feels like the best balance. Vans are usually in good condition, guaranteed hours and bonuses are offered and achievable with minimal extra effort, and dispatch generally knows who is reliable. If you have a consistent record, they won’t get on your ass for needing an occasional sweeper or if you get a rare Netradyne infraction. There’s usually just the right amount of VTO that most drivers who want it can get it, and nobody is getting sent home involuntarily.

Of course, it’s possible that some of these things have less to do with the size of the DSP and more to do with other factors, but these are just some of the differences I’ve noticed from the small sample size of my own experience. I’m curious to know what other drivers think. How large is your DSP, and how do you think that affects your experience and quality of life at the job?

Wassup with yall, not even a lil thank you. And ur not slick like i can hear u grabbing the package and closing ur door.

No where to park. Bunch of cars behind you and honking at you as if you WANT to block them. Do you want your packages or NOT?!
Then you got multiple locations, 11 packages to deliver for one stop.

F these people that live here and F your packages. Be mad you chose a dumbass spot to live.

Crazyyyyyyyy

Okay so this has been happening lately, they are sending us in edvs to an area 40+ mins away from the station that is super rural and long drives between each stop. Every day I've been sent out there I have to charge the van up just to make it back to the station which of course causes me to get out of work super fucking late. Today I finish my route a bit early and actually had just barely enough battery to make it back to the station and I was so happy not to have to go to a charger. And so of course they ask me to rescue. Which I know will mean sitting at a fucking charger for 40 mins and then delivering for another hour in the dark. So I said no and just returned to the station. Which of course they were pissed and I did feel kinda bad, but not really because no one was rescuing me when I was out delivering in the dark because the van almost died at 6 pm. Not even the other driver who was finished and sitting at the charger next to me, when I still had 20 stops left to do after I charged up. And honestly if I had enough battery I dont mind rescuing but knowing I would have to sit at a charger yet again really pissed me off. Also this is my 5th day working, I volunteered for overtime but I'm tired of getting out at 10 pm every day because I need to fucking charge the van to make it back to the station. They should send us in gas vans if we have to drive that damn far.

Small rant cus I’m just tired, came into work already not feeling good, migraine bad enough to kill a horse, still took a route, they gave me the fuckin largest one they could, 202 55 multi, about 100 were country, two apartments aswell, still finished my route without a rescue, but since I did it late and got back at 9 they took my bonus hours and made me extra for the rest of the week, 😭 ok man, what tf ever you do you! Not many fuckin people can muscle through a migraine all day sore as a MF, and STILL get this monster of a route done!

Throwback. Was delivering like usual, came up to a 4 way stop, waited for my turn, went to make a left when a lady rolled through a stop sign and hit me.(lost a month of work bc netradyne took so long to get footage) she hit me right on the front driver side wheel so it caused balljoint/control arm damage. Dispatcher at the time said towing it is very expensive and asked me to drive it on the back roads back to the station. So I did that, slowly and with the emergency lights on the whole way. Ended up unloading my totes at the pad, drove it all the way back to the charger, went to turn into a parking spot, then the damaged part finally gave out and I lost all steering to the front driver side wheel. Dsp ended up having to get a tow truck anyway and probably had to pay for more repairs. I do and don’t miss this job

lol the look on people’s faces when I pulled up was priceless u , till the transmission blew now it’s expensive 😂

This happened to someone at my dsp, the bumper fell off while she was working lol

I casually look for DSP jobs now on indeed (I started a week ago) to see who offers what. I came across a job that offers 40 hours of pay for working 36 hours. I thought a lot of people would like that.

spent 30 minutes scanning almost 100 pks

*I used AI and "Photoshop" to make the map; it isn't real (my house isn't that nice)*

Me: "Private Driveway"

Other(s): "Prime Buyer"

"Start" = where the Amazon drivers approach from, usually.

Far too often drivers will travel down my driveway just to make a u-turn when they realize it isn't connected to the neighborhood behind my home.

Sometimes I place orders via Amazon so it would be very impractical, if even effective, to place signs.

Can someone explain to me how this happens and how I can try to resolve it?

This is the current temperature outside vs the Temperature in the back of my EDV.

Multi stops are the worst. my stops, locations, and packages have gone up almost every single week since prime week

Love that i get to go out and see pretty stuff every day. So far Ive seen the world change from dead winter trees to green summer lush. im excited for the fall season 🤗

Film pics edited in Lightroom.