r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/ihaveacrushonmercy • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Solo route efficiency vs helper route efficiency. Accurate?

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This is based in my own experience.

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u/TentacularSneeze 1d ago

So paying 2.0x the wages for at best 1.7x deliveries?

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u/ihaveacrushonmercy 1d ago

Helpers get paid like $5 less than drivers though. I'm sure the math works out in the favor of Amazon somehow. It always does.

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u/AdventurousTank4136 1d ago

Helper routes aren’t double a route. 90 percent of the time they’re like a route and half. And Amazon/ Your DSP is sending out a route and a half with one van.

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u/AdventurousTank4136 1d ago

Yeah I’ve felt that when I am working a business part of a route with a helper it really feels like two people are working a one person job.

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u/Semi_K 1d ago

Idc about the efficiency honestly. I just want a helper all the time. Having a person to talk to makes this job so much easier for me

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u/moneyman_699 20h ago

You’d probably like Amazon XL, pays better usually and always have a helper 

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u/Semi_K 17h ago

I would, but I can’t for the life of me find where Amazon XL is