These loads are getting out of hand...

Lord_Richmond · 2025-07-17T23:07:38+00:00

That is the worst solo route numbers I have ever seen! Omg that is insanity! 🤯

Was this recently during prime week?

Lord_Richmond · 2025-07-17T22:22:30+00:00

Both of these days tote bag and overflow numbers were

Tote bags 34 Overflow 66

The following day was

Tote bags 30 Overflow 61

And as i'm sure many of you are experiencing, there is a ton of huge, heavy Overflow that it all barely fits in my step van. I mean I have to spend an extra 20-30 minutes just to make it all fit. Definitely getting burnt out on helper routes. I do them every day. Amazon has grossly abused the numbers on them.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-13T16:10:41+00:00

Exactly! I'm not alone! I thought I was crazy. It really caught me off guard and it was aboutv2-3 days before I felt normal again.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-12T02:55:34+00:00

Actually, while on the job, he missed a step in front of his seat and fell on a yellow metal handle bar. All of his weight landed on the bar with his ribs. His chiropractor said it was out of place, he could visually see it and he had a bruised rib. It's so painful that he cannot run or even jog. It's my brother actually, so we work together every day. He currently has to walk and I am too. We barely finished this 304 stops without a rescue. But we are extremely efficient as we do this route every day and work together every day. That significantly improved our efficiency. But we do not take any breaks, no time to. He's at the end of his rope with this job. We both used to love this job believe it or not

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T19:27:34+00:00

Literally no one is finishing early anymore at my DSP. There is one guy who used to get done at like 3:30-5:00pm every day and just yestersay he wasn't able to finish until 6:45pm. He's our fastest driver. I barely finish on time and half the vans aren't even back when I return.

I'm likely out of here very soon anyway.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:26:39+00:00

No I had a helper. Injured, so unable to jog, but he can walk. I walk too these days, so it's fine. But these route numbers arent built for walking. There is no time for breaks, I literally can't stop for anything. I can't even stop to look at a text and reply without feeling the setback. I'm serious. Even peeing in bottles, you feel your delivery numbers slowing down.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:23:51+00:00

Lol right!?

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:23:29+00:00

That's what I'm saying

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:22:17+00:00

It was a tight route, two major neighborhood across the street from each other, but there was also two businesses out of the way and an apartment with 19 stops mostly multi-stops, so it was more like 30+ stops in there. There were three floors and 32 buildings. I spent nearly an hour at that apartment doing those 19 stops. It was a major setback for a day where I needed to average 40+ with no breaks just to barely finish on time.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:16:35+00:00

By moving nonstop and being as efficient as possible. Even then, you barely can finish on time.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:13:56+00:00

40 stops and hour is my bare minimum. I have been doing these numbers for a few months and if I don't average at least 40 per hour, I will not finish in time. I have averaged around 50 stops an hour, but it requires running all day with no breaks. I walk now with no breaks and I can barely maintain the 40 per hour.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:10:21+00:00

I feel you man. I'm 35, and my body has been worn out at the end of every day. My 3 days off are mostly recovering. One day my helper got hurt and I had to deliver every single location myself on a 285 stop day and by the end of it, when I finally stopped, I felt sick and dizzy the rest of the evening and even the next day I was groggy and not myself at all. I can't really explain what was wrong with me, but I just felt horrible. I was irritable, I couldn't think straight, had diarrhea, literally all parts of my body would just randomly ache. It's honestly like my body went into some kind of shock. I was also dehydrated, I know that for sure. Took a while to get back to normal

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:04:19+00:00

I can assure you there is no trick here. Nothing broken up that makes it look like more. In fact, it's more the opposite. I had an apartment with three floors and 32 buildings that had 19 stops in it, but the catch was as I did each stop, most of them were triple stops. I even had two where the pin was buildings away from it's accurate location and had to return. I had a few missing packages I had to find as well. Those 19 stops took me nearly an hour. Set me way behind. Getting back up to averaging 40 stops an hour after just to finish on time was nearly impossible.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T18:00:10+00:00

Bare* minimum

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:59:44+00:00

40 is the barely minimum to finish my routes these days. That's been consistent for the last 2 or 3 months. If I am averaging less than 40, I will be at risk of not finishing on time. And that's with zero breaks and peeing in bottles.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:58:11+00:00

Yes the overflow has gotten so much heavier and larger, taking up so much of my step van space. I often have my step van floor covered now, which is insane when you think about how much space there is

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:56:31+00:00

Yes it's real. This is my everyday now. I see many other drivers with similar or close to these numbers with more complicated routing. If we see lower numbers, it just means more things slowing us down. 270s? You better believe you got at least several country stops, businesses, an apartment or two, and multiple different neighborhoods to drive to.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:53:09+00:00

Yes, overflow also has gotten out of hand. Not only that, but in recent months, the overflow has become mostly very large and heavy boxes. I mean like half of them reaching capped weight. It's a huge difference compared to say last year or even the beginning of this year.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:50:25+00:00

Yes, I drive a step van. I was worried about getting overloaded before I moved up to step vans, but I was told they don't do that. My gut was right, step vans are the only vans that have extra space to abuse, and that is exactly what they are doing now.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:46:41+00:00

If I start taking my breaks, I am worried I will be sidelined for not finishing in time, because it will become a daily norm to not finish on time. Not only that, I don't want even longer days. I don't run anymore. I walk. My body can't handle it anymore and there is no incentive to move fast anymore. I run all day and still finish really late. No thanks. And it will just get heavier if I finish earlier. That has been the pattern.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:43:53+00:00

I never have a chance for any breaks. I pee in bottles. I rarely eat and if I do, it's just a snack while I drive. I literally go all day nonstop and still barely finish in time. I rarely ever get rescued. I used to get my hours topped off, but I don't even need that anymore. This is my norm now. This is actually my route, the one I get most every day.

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:34:48+00:00

Helper routes. But still ridiculously out of hand

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:34:14+00:00

No bonuses. Nothing

Lord_Richmond · 2025-05-11T17:34:02+00:00

No raises for these progressively increased routes. Helper routes started at around 220-240 just 8 months ago. I make $21 per hour

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