Amazon delivery drivers complain about bad work conditions

Post by gadders » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 9:46 AM UTC

Theodores wrote: post #39

wnevets wrote: post #21

dailymail.co.uk really shouldn't be on the front page of hn, its a tabloid.

Stop Funding Hate is a pressure group outing major brands and getting the to apologise for advertising in the Daily Mail, e.g. 'Paperchase', last week or so: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42058103 So this is a valid point, HN needs to find better sources that the Daily Mail. In light of this, here you go: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Amazon-Flex-Reviews-E132...

Post by dancryer » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 9:50 AM UTC

zw123456 wrote: post #42

I always wondered why not have all delivery done at night? There is a lot less traffic generally between 10PM and 6AM for example, it seems like they could do a lot more deliveries and it would put less load on the highways and be safer and less stressful for drivers. And not sitting in traffic jams means less fuel consumption. Is there some reason why that is not done?

Post by misja111 » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 10:10 AM UTC

dazc wrote: post #49

mabbo wrote: post #7

It's such a complex situation. Amazon has contracts with small companies who provide trucks and humans. Amazon provides the work, the groups of packages, the routes, the app the drivers need to use to deliver. The companies compete with each other for more 'routes' each day. They offer to take on more work, to do more. And then they hire anyone they can to fulfill those routes. The drivers themselves are on contracts…

'Who is to blame? Amazon? The companies? The drivers? Capitalism gone mad? Take your pick.' You can add 'customers' to this list since this is where it all begins. It isn't so long ago that all people complained about was the time it took for stuff to be delivered and all those 'we called but there was no one in' cards. So capitalism responded and now folks have something else to complain about.

Post by Chris2048 » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 10:28 AM UTC

gberger wrote: post #67

gadders wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Guardian will be a tabloid from early next year: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/13/guardian-and-o...

Tabloid can refer to either a type of journalism, or newspaper format. Daily Mail is both, Guardian will only be the latter.

Post by megablast » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 10:51 AM UTC

naner wrote: post #24

deanCommie wrote: post #14

On reddit, "spagheddie" wrote: I was once a FedEx delivery driver, so I don't know how it is for Amazon, but I would imagine it's similar? At FedEx we got paid per package delivered, which means the faster you deliver your packages, the more you are technically getting paid per hour. In addition to this, you'd get a daily bonus for delivering the packages fast. We could take our lunches whenever, nobody cared as long…

I've noticed this sort of thing a lot in the job market: performance or pay are directly tied to metrics resulting in employees being incentivized into odd behaviors (breaking the law, sabotaging coworkers, skipping breaks/lunch, stagtegically cancelling or avoiding work, etc). This type of management through metrics goes hand in hand with the gig economy and also temp agency/contract work.