A few sheets of paper and a can do attitude is about as much as Amazon was paying the poor bugger, too...That makes sense - I was confused when an amazon delivery turned up with an average joe in his unmarked sedan. He had a car full of parcels, a few a4 sheets of paper stapled together and a can do attitude.
$108 for a 4 hour 'block' of work, delivering 40 packagesA few sheets of paper and a can do attitude is about as much as Amazon was paying the poor bugger, too...
'This is just no way to live': What it's like delivering parcels for Amazon
When internet shoppers want their items yesterday, who pays the price? This is what it's like to deliver parcels for the world's biggest online retailer.www.abc.net.au
Amazon’s flat rate does not include expenses like fuel, insurance, car maintenance and parking costs. Drivers must also pay their own superannuation and workers compensation insurance.
His total income last financial year was just above $23,000. He spent almost $4,000 on petrol and about $1,500 on car maintenance.
It is a tough gig, no doubt about it. All delivery companies seem intent of making the people that do the work miserable.$108 for a 4 hour 'block' of work, delivering 40 packages
Sad but true. The last 4 weeks have been particularly bad - have 5x orders sent via AusPost that at this point have been in transit for over 2 weeks. I also just this week had a parcel rock up that was originally sent in March & had been presumed missing. Looked fine too, guess it just sat in some crack off the side of a conveyor or something until someone found it.Never in 20 years of buying stuff have I had a delivery problem .
Aust Post has now lost 2 in a row , so slow I wont buy anything more until its sorted.
It would be easier speaking to the dead than communicating with Aust Post who now use the Telstra model which is ,no one can complain so we dont have any problems.
Especially on items that are $1-$2. Cant even send a letter to you next door neighbour for that price.It is a tough gig, no doubt about it. All delivery companies seem intent of making the people that do the work miserable.
The free delivery from AliExpress for cheap items from China is also a head scratcher.
Sydney seems to be the current blackhole at the moment. Had a package come from NZ via FedEx, who own TNT, so that's who I was expecting to deliver it. Landed in Sydney, took a week to leave Matraville, and rocked up with an Auspost label on it. It's mate from the same place is following the exact same path.I’ve got one that’s been sitting at Frankfurt since 7/8.
The order from bikeinn shipped with Aus post got to Sydney in 6 days, hasn’t moved once it arrived though.
I’ve found all shipping hit and miss at the moment. Even interstate packages are taking 2 weeks min these days
Absolutely, the price where it doesn't make economic sense to deliver an item is set very low. It has to be clawed back somehow, I guess.Especially on items that are $1-$2. Cant even send a letter to you next door neighbour for that price.
Free shipping I can understand.. kind of (given the scale and cheap labour).. what I don't understand is how anything even arrives at the destination at all, based on what i've seen of the sorting warehousesThe free delivery from AliExpress for cheap items from China is also a head scratcher.
Wow, As much as bargains from China are sooo tempting, this stuff has to end one day. It is miracle anything must make it out of that place.Free shipping I can understand.. kind of (given the scale and cheap labour).. what I don't understand is how anything even arrives at the destination at all, based on what i've seen of the sorting warehouses
We're hooked on cheap e-commerce dopamine hits. I'm no saint of course but we must try to curb this behaviour.Wow, As much as bargains from China are sooo tempting, this stuff has to end one day. It is miracle anything must make it out of that place.
The world is hooked on high volumes of cheap and cheerful/nasty vs. longer term quality. The bike industry by making things harder to upgrade due to incompatibilities with the last great idea sure doesn't help either.
Check out the Universal Postage Union and cheap post from China.The free delivery from AliExpress for cheap items from China is also a head scratcher.
That is a good article. I wasn't aware but had a feeling there must be something large happening behind the scenes.Check out the Universal Postage Union and cheap post from China.
Here’s why Trump threatened to pull out of a 144-year-old postal treaty
This is Trump’s weirdest move in the China trade war.www.vox.com
There's plenty of other articles, but lots of paywalls. This gives some highlights/reasons.
our local says he do 200~300 packages a day, would be really really unlucky to have all 40 packages to 40 different addresses in 40 different streets.$108 for a 4 hour 'block' of work, delivering 40 packages
I know people work at different speeds but he must be doing some hours to deliver that many.our local says he do 200~300 packages a day, would be really really unlucky to have all 40 packages to 40 different addresses in 40 different streets.
he now also work saturday and sunday too, rates is double, easily 4 figures on weekends, as good as uber pre-covid on the weekend but can't complain.
EDIT: i see around 10+ small packages here and there in his van. This van had an accident over the weekend, whole front left suspensions bits+ steering rack has to be replaced + panel and bumper. We just received the steering rack today, these packages will sit here for another week minimum
Alex prefers suburban routes to the inner city, where traffic and parking problems can easily eat into the time allocated to deliver the packages.
“If you have to deliver to 40 apartments on your route, it doesn’t take two or three minutes to deliver one parcel, it takes five or six,” he says.
Strong agree, if Australia decided to take a similar stance it would get rid of the majority of chunts on ebay that claim to be in Australia and posting from Aus. But when you buy from them it takes ages for delivery and when it finally arrives its from some random address in Chullora.That is a good article. I wasn't aware but had a feeling there must be something large happening behind the scenes.
China has been given the golden key of cheap postage since 1960.
You might not always agree with the Orange one but I have to give him credit for calling enough on things like this. Times have moved on but the older agreements still hold. Geee..
Yep, I've seen that a few times.Strong agree, if Australia decided to take a similar stance it would get rid of the majority of chunts on ebay that claim to be in Australia and posting from Aus. But when you buy from them it takes ages for delivery and when it finally arrives its from some random address in Chullora.