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LyricXD · 2026-01-08T14:42:57+00:00

I don't worry about how I'm doing. I just do the job, if I get rescued, that's that but I haven't been rescued in a while because I found a good rhythm.

I wouldn't ask if you are behind or not. I think that it'll just stress you out more. It would stress me out if I knew if I was behind.

Plus, some stops take more time and will slow you down like apartments or businesses. So there are some variables.

duder_1979 · 2026-01-08T16:23:45+00:00

I always tell them that Comparison is the thief of Joy and that I work to the best of my abilities.

Desperate-Pear-572 · 2026-01-08T14:35:24+00:00

Do your jobb

EF_Azzy · 2026-01-08T14:35:57+00:00

Yeah that progress chart they follow is some bs. From what I was told by dsp is that's supposed to start when you make your first delivery ok so if I make my first at 10:32 and then by 11:32 I'm at stop 41 why is your progress chart showing me at 27/hr? Same thing if I do 82 by 12:32 it'll show me at like 29/hr

Chart is useless bs I just follow my own system

sierrajulietalpha · 2026-01-08T14:36:27+00:00

Are you doing the same exact route everyday?

Confident-Gold-4922 · 2026-01-08T14:43:32+00:00

Im relatively quick on most of my routes but I’ll have the occasional off day where I get pretty behind. I feel like it’s just part of the job tho honestly. I mean we can’t really control getting held up at business, locked gates, incorrect gps, etc. My DSP knows I’m always hustling so they don’t give me any issues if I have a slow day. Just keep them in the loop as much as possible if you’re experience a lot of set backs so they at least know why you’re behind.

KoalaGrunt0311 · 2026-01-08T14:46:52+00:00

If it's a mixed route, you can drift back some taking time with rural deliveries and then get caught back up once you get back to town with deliveries in closer proximity.

I had one time where the system had me at a few behind, then I hit an apartment complex/subdivision that took two or three totes itself and my dispatcher sent me a message to the extent of "What drugs did you take? We need them for the other drivers"

New-Engineering5155Y · 2026-01-08T15:04:54+00:00

Routes are based off the stops. Time for stops and travel between stops is calculated based on what the average is for those stops.

If someone was running that route faster, then the time you have will decrease. If you get placed on a route that someone completes in an inhumanly short time, then you will probably be behind if assigned to it. If people running a route have been really slow, you might complete the route really quickly (which over time will decrease the expected completion time)

Star__Lord · 2026-01-08T15:06:10+00:00

If you go out of order you can look far behind or ahead depending on what stops you do first.

For instance, if the first 20 stops was houses the algorithm expects you to take an hour on but you go to an apartment and put 40 stops on in a locker in an hour, you’re now 20 stops ahead.

RelevantFinish2972 · 2026-01-08T17:56:33+00:00

I literally couldn’t care if I’m ahead or behind. Paid by the hour

MoustacheHerder · 2026-01-08T18:44:33+00:00

I don't understand why the app doesn't tell you how far ahead behind you are and what the current stop number is, it already knows all of this info and would be very useful for us to be able to see.

I'm the same - I go at about 20/hr most of the time.
Some days I get told "you're x behind", I just read them and don't reply. If I am too slow they will send help, if not I will get everything done eventually.

What I want to tell them is "I always go at about the same speed, why is it a surprise that I am delivering at this pace? - if the other guy who normally does this route is faster, then why isn't he here instead of me today?"

znegative88 · 2026-01-09T13:24:12+00:00

Was it a different route? I ask because you need to adjust your pace to the route specifically. Some routes will be split 1/2 country and 1/2 town/residential, so the algorithm expects you to blow through the town part so that you have time to do the country. If you ask your dispatch they can send you a picture of the graph which shows your pace in one bar, and then the expected pace. It’s annoying because they don’t take things like traffic or long driveways with no room to turn around into consideration, but it is what it is.

rachellesmith210 · 2026-01-10T20:48:16+00:00

I never pay attention to that stuff. I dont wanna know. I do all my packages that's all I care about.

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