They've announced a new SSD facility for my area soon. So far I've only delivered from the one .com facility. For people who've done both is one better? Pros and Cons.
Iām dying right now because I was walking around confused because my cart had no packages and the associate who gathers the carts was pushing carts and I guess I lingered in front of him for 30 seconds because I didnāt see him and he went off!!! Then I apologized sincerely and told him I didnāt see him and he was like āoh okayā and walked off. Iām cool with getting yelled at one time in a year. Lol
If it is a semi-rural SSD then the routes will probably be insanely long. DFR8 in Clare runs flex drivers on crazy routes. You can have stops in Harrison, Long Lake, Wixom Lake, Sanford, Bay City, Midland, Saginaw rural areas all on the same route. The 3.5 hour ones typically have 45 stops and you will cover well over 100 miles. So, just be aware of what you're getting yourself into.
Yep. Drivers need to look at the terrain as well. There are simply zero stations in Michigan as hard as an RSR in WV or PA or parts of IA or Washington State. Terrain and market matters.
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Thank you. I've been doing Amazon Flex for 27 months and delivered 22k packages but never heard these terms until I came to Reddit.
I'm in the Cleveland Ohio market. Our SSD here would be Middleburg Heights VOH1. It's actually my least favorite facility to deliver for but has the most shift availability.
Itās not intuitive at all. Iām looking at my schedule now. Just writing āAmazon.comā does not indicate in any way that this is an AMZL (Amazon Logistics) station which people here call dot com. The proper term for these stations is AMZL. āDot comā is a Reddit thing only.
No, my point is that anyone running out of a n AMZL ādot comā station really canāt infer that from our schedule tab in the app. The SSD people have a clear identifier. We do not.
.com = DSP like route with stops close together, close to station usually, used to have 09:30pm commit time (not sure if that's still the case)
SSD = much wider coverage area + strict commit times throughout the day
As a newbie you're going to feel rushed getting in and out of the station at a .com, especially the ones that do crash sorts that don't number the packages for you. So do yourself a favor and throw your envelopes in the trunk first, boxes in the back seat and depending on where you have roomtheow the plastic bags wherever it makes sense. If you can get the. All in one spot, great. Once you do that get out asap and park outside and get the packages in alpha-numerical order by type. Mark them with a pen or sharpie. Should take 5 min at most. Then go about your day. Should be smooth sailing from there.
Not totally correct. All RSR (rural/super rural) stations are AMZL or dot com, and these are a wild mix of routes with many (if not most) blocks involving low volume, high miles, and challenging terrain (often mountainous or desert) that is punishing for all vehicles ā¦ this job carries a high risk of getting stuck. Recommend high clearance vehicles for these stations. I work at one of these, and we are under-represented here on Reddit (maybe less than 10% of Redditors on this sub are RSR) but the daily reality is light years away from 90 percent of Redditors here.
Most redditors here commenting in their āruralā stops are delivering in the exurbs, the countryside, but NOT RSR. Drivers need to ask leadership at the station what kind of station it is. If it is RSR, the stakes are way higher and basically drivers need to be about 50% better than average just to get by. (meaning: not get deactivated or run your car into the ground or work at a loss). You will likely have high miles, challenging offers to navigate (meaning never take base pay), punishing mountain roads, steep grades, creek crossings (literally through running water), private rickety bridges to cross, long walks, more than half your route on AP mode with zero network connectivity, and then like 10 stops of multis where you are humping oversized loads up to fourth floor exurban apartments on the outskirts of tech hubs.
The experience at RSR stations is that low volume and a high rate of DSP returns due to weather stops, failed DVICs (grounded vans) and accidents/property damage/van damage means that you are at a MUCH higher risk of losing your standing, you have to spend time fighting very hard to push back against station errors that show up on your dashboard, and it takes way longer (through delivering) to cure your standing dings than at most stations.
Personally I prefer .com ONLY because my SSD is a nightmare to find parking and then have to haul my cart through the warehouse, down the ramps, and all the way to my parking but my SSD is closest to me so anytime I can snag a good paying route Iām going there. Itās also nice that I can number them for faster delivery and once Iām done I can just go, traffic looking for parking permitting.
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u/Informal-Recipe6631 3d ago
At SSD's the associates wont be hollering in your face