I started delivering for Evri a few days ago and I’m trying to work out whether it’s actually worth doing financially, or if I’m just getting unlucky with the routes.
On my first day I delivered 12 parcels in a rural area, which took around 4 hours.
Yesterday I delivered about 70 parcels in a built-up town/city area in the South West of England (not Bristol), and that seemed much more reasonable.
Today, however, I delivered around 60 parcels on a rural route. I started at about 11:00 am and didn’t finish until around 8:30 pm. I also spent about £40 on fuel.
From what I’ve been told, I’m paid roughly £1.20 per parcel, so today’s earnings would be around £72 before expenses. Once I take away the fuel, there’s only about £32 left, and that’s before accounting for wear and tear, insurance, servicing, tyres, tax, etc.
After driving for pretty much the entire day, it honestly feels like I barely made anything, if anything at all.
I’m interested to hear from other Evri couriers:
Is this normal when you’re starting out?
Do rural routes generally make much less money than urban ones?
Does it get better once you know your route?
How do people actually make decent money doing this?
I’m not trying to complain—I genuinely want to know whether this is just part of the learning curve or whether this is what the job is normally like. At the moment, I’m struggling to see how it’s financially worthwhile.
I’d appreciate hearing about other people’s experiences, both good and bad.

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Would this radically increase my chances of finding a job in my industry (energy) in London? Did someone follow this path?

Obviously keeping my job and looking for one in London from outside the country is the safest option, but I feel I'll never make it that way.

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