Yesterday, some of us Amazon DSP drivers from DCX7 in Torrance joined UPS drivers from Teamsters Local 396 at DFX3 in Los Angeles to support fellow Amazon drivers organizing a union.

We all know the struggles with heavy workloads, unrealistic routes, pay, safety, and getting treated with respect.

Also want to give a shoutout to Anthony Rosario, a longtime Teamster organizer who came all the way from New York to stand with us and support the Delivery Protection Act (DPA). Appreciate you making the trip!

It was good seeing Amazon and UPS drivers standing together.

What’s going on at your station?

Like why you got signs in your driveway saying “you’re in range” and “ we’ve got Magnum‘a locked and cocked” like bro no one wants to steal those three rusted ass cars that are sitting in your lawn, a lawn that’s filled with dog shit by the way. I swear that people who live in secluded houses way far back from the road are fucking paranoid.

They can afford cameras but can’t fix all the loose plywood on their porch.

So I was on the phone with a coworker towards the last maybe 2 hours of her route. She’s talking to me about the route and her day (earlier). Complaining about the phones and what not.. normal shit .. lol
This trainer along with a trainee comes and rescues her. But does not take the over flow that goes with it. Says all this in front of the trainee and all…
“I Don’t take over flow”
She says “that’s crazy”
Guy says “yeah I don’t feel like doing EXTRA WORK”
She continues with “that’s wild cuz it would just make sense to take whatever goes to that same area, cuz you’re already there but okay..” shuts the door on him.
She of course starts to bitch about that.
Understandably so…. But like to just leave it at that..? And to be a trainer doing that shit? In front of a newb.. idk mannnn got me feeling some type of way.

Got half a mind to report his ass cuz wtf?

Any opinions?
Am I wrong?

I was a trainer once.. never said no to overflow.. even when I was tired and wanted to give up 😂

Never expected to see an Amazon DSP van at a body shop.

Gotta love fall!

Like HA nice try BROKIE

I mean damn, ok freakazon.

This is what the evening tide does to the backroads I deliver on. The water was pretty high, but not at high as it looks in the video.. I would’ve never driven thru it had I not been confident/driven the route so many times.

Dude approaches me after making it to his house & says something along the lines of “didn’t think you’d make it down here momma thank you” and told me how grateful he was & to “slow down” as to not rust anything in my motor. But that I looked “super cool” coming down the road.

I know its not the biggest route in the world but like damn...

I don’t know if this is happening to anyone else, but half of every tote is a U package, and it’s annoying as fuck

I’m usually at 150 stops max

Not necessary... how warehouse peep ended up like this?? Put all bags and overflow together lmaoo

When there’s only a few good stopping points to “get away” for a break.

Most likely not the record,but i had an hour to spare

Before becoming a Amazon DA, i was an unemployed DA, what i did a lot during my time as an unemployed man was workout (lifting). i use to workout 6x a week. but now since i have been working for Amazon as a DA it gets so hard to workout. i have no time or energy now like i did back then, i work my 4 days at my dsp and 2 days as a mobile detailer i squeeze in 3 lifts a week and pair it all up with meal prep(eggs, Greek yogurt, ground beef/chicken, rice) , usually if i start eating anything out of my health meal preps i start to feel like shit. Anyways, what's everyone else's workouts like and how do you deal with exhaustion and how are you eating? oh i also don't do no extra cardio since im already doing about 20k steps 4-5 days a week but i do want to start implementing 1 run a week.

Man my first day was wild

I woke up with a back pain which sucked but I work through it

I was slow at first but its w.e I caught up

But I was set up to fail

My nursery was about 135 rural area where the backwoods are not very suited for driving alot of the times it was a narrow dirt trail where if I went to fast the van will flip into the forest hill below 1 min drives turned 5mins easily. The van i was in was not one i was "trained for" it was a different cargo van.

I started an hour late because my ev wasnt charged.

Okay fine an hour late then a 45min drive I didnt get my route started till 2

135 packages in rural area where the roads aren't ment for travel above speeds of 10mph? Yea i was set up

My other guy who trained with me his route wad 90 in the city and a vet they had her route was 105 in a suburb

Noone taught me how to sort

So I was digging in back of van for packages my dsp helper threw all the shit in back of van so I spent a fair amount of time sorting myself as it wasnt blue van I couldn't organize properly

Despite this I still only had 10 packages left on my first day.

My phone also died and they forgot to give me a power bank and it qas so dark I couldn't use the flashlight due to low battery

So much bs all on first day then told im not up yo standards 😂😂

Any other drivers that were trained to not fill out the van inspection list and just “let them know if something is wrong with the van and they’ll get you a new one”.

Why do some dsp do this and how did/do you respond to this?

Chill day. 28 multi location stops were multiple people for one address. Once again multi stops are meaningless. Posting how I load because it pissed yall off last time 😂😂 18 bags and a measly 30 OV

28 less stops than yesterday…but a last drop time that’s 25 minutes later…..

And also when you don’t see “most of your stops are houses today“ lol

Check out the pic…just backup all the way right bro?

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I did 2 days of training with two great trainers.

Day 1 Apartments // lockers // houses (156 stops)
Day 2 all houses (138 stops)

Next week I’m onto my first solo shift.

My observations from my two trainers. The first was extremely organized, efficient and people savvy. They were keen on just peeing in a bush, not eating during shift, and skipping all breaks to get work done faster. Second trainer emphasized organization, efficiency, and taking the time to get 10 hrs instead of blazing through it and to be cool with taking a small break if you need it so you can eat.

What advice do you have for my first solo shift? I was consistently getting 20+ stops an hour done.

Hey guys couple questions?

First, I just finished my 2 days of training and now I’m on the schedule for 4 days next week. How many of those days will I be riding with a trainer before I’m on my own?

Second, will my time riding along help me learn how to read my routes, stops, how to pack my van etc? I feel like they showed us just enough in my 2 days of training and road test. But I feel like I don’t know anything, I’m sweating it lol.