New DPR method

[yellowbelly]

When was the last time you saw Amazon getting a signature, doing an age verification or even their own collections ???? All their time consuming stuff is dumped on others, usually us

I haven't seen in person Amazon doing an age verification, but an Amazon box that someone was re-using
when I collected on delivery had 'Age Verification' on it.

[Smoothbackground]

When was the last time you saw Amazon getting a signature, doing an age verification or even their own collections ???? All their time consuming stuff is dumped on others, usually us

I haven't seen in person Amazon doing an age verification, but an Amazon box that someone was re-using
when I collected on delivery had 'Age Verification' on it.

Amazon have been doing AVD for many years. Could be wrong but I think it started first for Fresh deliveries before being rolled out to Logistics thereafter. As Oypostie says though, these days they just dump awkward stuff like AVDs, OTPs, massive boxes that split immediately, etc, etc, to RM and others, keeping the easy-to-deliver stuff “in-house”.

[ted_e_bear]

Amazon pass all the stuff they don’t want on to us and also deliver postable packages so their numbers will be quicker than our drivers regardless of doorstepping.

You have to remember RM have always been happy to take any Amazon overspill. It's purely profit driven.

Aren't RM obligated to deliver it under the current USO?

Maybe RM will constantly increase the cost to customers like they did with letters to stop these pesky customers sending them

I'm a cynical old get and I reckon RM probably give Amazon a reduced price for delivering their stuff maybe they have to commit to a certain amount but as we're all aware it's mainly the stuff they don't deem as easy/profitable, perhaps the new owner will put a stop to that as well by increasing the price

[A2B]

Amazon pass all the stuff they don’t want on to us and also deliver postable packages so their numbers will be quicker than our drivers regardless of doorstepping.

You have to remember RM have always been happy to take any Amazon overspill. It's purely profit driven.

Aren't RM obligated to deliver it under the current USO?

Maybe RM will constantly increase the cost to customers like they did with letters to stop these pesky customers sending them

I'm a cynical old get and I reckon RM probably give Amazon a reduced price for delivering their stuff maybe they have to commit to a certain amount but as we're all aware it's mainly the stuff they don't deem as easy/profitable, perhaps the new owner will put a stop to that as well by increasing the price

If you or I ran a company in a country that supplied a USO why wouldn't you use the service to your advantage? It's the same problem, RM has to provide a "service" at the moment while also making a profit, interesting to see how things will change

[oypostie]

I agree Amazon are quite entitled to work the system to their benefit. It's not fair but thems the rules. What i do disagree with is RM managers expecting drivers to work at Amazon speed when they cherry pick what they deliver and we're not officially allowed to replicate their delivery methods i.e, doorstep everything

[Londonsburning]

I agree Amazon are quite entitled to work the system to their benefit. It's not fair but thems the rules. What i do disagree with is RM managers expecting drivers to work at Amazon speed when they cherry pick what they deliver and we're not officially allowed to replicate their delivery methods i.e, doorstep everything

We are allowed and quite honestly encouraged to replicate Amazon delivery methods though, until we are not...

[Londonsburning]

I'm sure someone on here even said they were delivering 200 parcels a shift ha ha

[Mr Rush]

The managers are using Amazon figures when discussing workloads, particularly with the new staff - it’s very rare that anyone is pulled up for doorstepping even after complaints

From where are management obtaining Amazon's figures? Are those Amazon's self-stated ones? So they'll be about as trustworthy as RM's own PR BS.

[Pidleypoo]

I'm sure someone on here even said they were delivering 200 parcels a shift ha ha

There was a guy on an rm chat Facebook page reckons he does 250-300 a day in his shift hours. Worked out to about 50 parcels an hour

I’ve no idea why people lie like that.

[oypostie]

There was a guy on an rm chat Facebook page reckons he does 250-300 a day

or maybe he has a company which generates about 249 returns a day

[Hitcher]

We have been doing it for a while. It kind of sucks, firstly they time the routes without allowing time to get to and from delivery area, so I get more than I can do. I get several mis sorts, either in the wrong route or house number or even completely the wrong address entered into the system(usually house numbers wrong) so if you are following the PDA as listed, you end up stopping at the wrong address. In-flight items that are clearly labelled to go to a local collect like the PO are ignored by whoever is sorting so they are listed on the manifest in the wrong position or should be on an other route. I find I now have to go outside of my usual route, which I have almost never had to do before, despite seeing other drivers doing streets which are on my route, meaning we are crossing each other. The route planning software is still s**t, and ignoring logical delivery order or expecting you to turn around where its just not practical or safe.
This was meant to be more efficient, and stop drivers having to scan and sort items, but they still expect you to scan it to load it in order onto the van, so in practice I am spending exactly the same amount of time loading as it took me to scan sort and load before. Bunch of f***ing halfwit desk jockeys came up with this BS.

You were exactly right - it's a complete waste of time!

• When loading you find items that either aren't yours or haven't been added - mostly items from the cage or items without barcodes.

• Items are on your DPR route but aren't actually in your packets - so you end up wasting time trying to find them.

• Items have the wrong address selected - so you again waste time looking for them only to discover they're for a different number.

[gypu1999]

Lets not forget the PDA routing us to the back of houses which then messes up the entire rest of the route as it will send you back on yourself multiple times

[Moose67]

It's working we have had 8 drivers leave since the new method started who would of thought that

[kazardaimenu]

We’ve had it and reversed it. Someone saw some sense.

[oypostie]

Someone saw some sense.

They won't last long