2 HUGE TIME SAVING TIPS EVERY NEW AMAZON FLEX DRIVER SHOULD KNOW BEFORE DOING ANOTHER BLOCK 📦 🚗
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Time saving tips every new Amazon Flex driver should know.
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Or just drag your kid along with you and have them organize the packages while you drive. Efficient. Quality time spent. Work ethic taught. 😎
My fave method lol
Great! Now I just need a kid lol! But that’s an awesome idea for those who do have one!
@@Tallie602 desperate times call for desperate measures 😂
@@jeffreykirton1780 hahahahaha agreed!
Yesssss yesterday was my first day and I had no idea how to organize except by zip code. So she would hop out at each stop and help me find the package!❤
So I completed my first flex block yesterday and I watched your video prior to completing it. I can’t tell you how much of a life saver this video was. Thank you so much for sharing this !
That makes my day thank you! If you have any questions along the way please reach out !
I just finished my first block. I wish I had seen this video first smh
I finish every route 60-90 min early by spending 5 minutes sorting my zip code only, showing up 15 min before my shift and not driving like granny.
There you go !!
And the other packages that aren't your zip code? You dont deliver them?
The way you load your car is exactly how I loaded for UPS personal vehicle delivery & it worked well. I used to load marking each box w/ a 1, 2, 3, 4 ect, but we had more time to load our cars. I am now a DSP delivery driver w/amazon & when I have time, I sharpie the address on my overflow boxes ( lg. boxes) to quickly see the address. A little time organizing in the beginning, saves time later.
Omg thank you so much, I just started last week and it has been very frustrating lol, I’m gonna do so good on my block tonight, will arrange using the stickers like you’ve advised.
My wife has a van and uses a laundry basket on the front passenger seat for all the envelopes and organizes them by stop number. Boxes go in the rear also organized by stop number. Works well!
great idea!!!
Ive been doing Flex for over a year and didn't know about the yellow stickers. Wow. Thank you!
you've been doing Flex for a year? i keep going passed my ending time by like 2-3 hrs usually. The first time I worked for Flex i finished half an hour early. i want to get my time down and faster.
I've been delivering for 2 years now and the most efficient sorting method for me is organizing alphabetically by street name.
I just completed my first block today, thank you for the advice! It made my deliveries much easier.
Thank you so much for the tips! Totally going to use them!
Great information but unfortunately not all Amazon warehouses operate the same. Did my first block yesterday and my yellow stickers didn't have that X(stop #)-Y(Package #) information. What I did to organize my packages was to pull over after every 3-4 deliveries, check my Itinerary, and remember the next 3-4 street names. Then I would go through my packages and move those 3-4 corresponding packages to the front seat and continue. It also helps to scroll through the itinerary because I had two PRIORITY packages in the middle that could have been delivered sooner.
In that case I usually manual scan the package and mark the package with a marker on which stop it needs to be dropped and load up the packages accordingly
My warehouse doesn’t do this so I Organize by street address alphabetically that way I know where in the car the package should be.
Thanks so much for this! I think people complain about Flex because they waste alot of time like how you've mentioned and just give up.
first day tm at 4 am ahaha. nervous but this video is stellar! the specification of how the stickers work and could mean more than one goto the stop, was exactly what i needed!
This was so valuable I was struggling so thank you because all they wanna know is why you aren’t delivering faster they don’t tell you how to be the best, Idk where the miscommunication starts to lack but I thank you so much, I had no idea about the yellow stickers. Hope it saves me from termination 😂😅
Good tips im flex 🇬🇧 only done about 15 blocks and call always learn from others. Good video 👍
yeah man!!!the yellow sticker had me confused too, great video, thanks a lot
Thank you. That was so helpful. Will try that today.
Thanks I’ve only done Flex outta WF and Prime Now, never logistics. This will help me out HUGE. Efficiency is proficiency $.
I do something similar. I bring along a large plastic bin that I put all the envelopes in (in order of the yellow stickers). I scan and sort all of those first. Then I sort out all the boxes in order on the cart they come on. There's usually 4 levels so 1-10 on the top, 11-20 on the second, and so on. Then if there's any really small boxes I put them on top of the envelope bin if they are early in the route. Next if they're are any really large boxes that wouldn't fit in the cabin area I put those in the trunk (highest number to lowest, as not to have to dig). If you don't have any xl boxes then skip to this next step. Load all of the boxes (highest number first) starting deep in the trunk working up. The when that's either full or you get to the point where the remaining packages would fit in the open space in your back seat then load the rest there in the same manner. Doing this will ensure that you only have to open a second door for a larger package early in the route (can usually just reach the packages in the back seat from the drivers seat if not too big, don't wanna pull a muscle!). Then when you've delivered everything outside of the trunk packages, on the next stop where you need a package out of the trunk, move them all up to the front (when possible bases on size) and keep them in that plastic bin in the passenger seat to minimize extra door opening (and save time). Using these techniques I typically finish my 'logistics' runs 30 - 45 minutes early.
great advice bro thanks for the video
Man I had know idea about those yellow stickers. Thx for this!
I have been delivering packages sense 1964 and still learning. I put all the boxes is the back seat in number order. I put all the envelopes and bags in the front passenger side foot well and seat in number order. If it is not on the seat next to me it is in the back seat. I very rarely have to look for a pack if I have sorted and loaded them properly. I am a little slow at the station but can make up a lot of time by being organized before I leave. This can be a fun job, all you are doing is visiting people, taking them stuff and delivering smile.
What I do is put all the boxes at the back seat, left side I put the large boxes and small and medium boxes on the left side then I put all packages envelopes at the trunk and then my final regular envelopes I put at the front
Hey If It a tip for ya !! From one driver to another drink lots of water not pop and go to the bathroom when you gotta go. Your kidneys will love you and drinking only pop will I say will give you kidney stones 😖😵😟so water lots of it and go when you have to !! Love ya 💞💞✌😉😷
I have been driving for about a month now and I find it a lot easier to write down the addresses in the truck so you know what is there. Then I make sure the addresses are facing you so that they are easy to find. I also make sure to place each city together. I live in Delaware and I usually do not get more then 30 packages because I can drive up to an hour away to my first delivery. I also find it easier if you have room take help. My son comes with me in the after noon. While I am driving he is looking for the first couple and has them ready for me. Be safe out there.
Way to go! I especially love the HELP idea!!!
Thank you so much for this!!
I also add the first letter of the street on the package with a marker to easily locate (especially if delivering at night or early morning). For example, write "M" on the package if the street is main street.
Ok you are a life saver, my back is thankful so I don’t have to use it on a treasure hunt on my trunk
I and my wife use the same system except for a couple of differences. Envelopes/Packages are sorted left to right in containers in groups of 10. 1-10, 11-20, etc, etc.Some containers have more than others.
With boxes the same. 1-10, 11-20, etc, etc.in sections of 10 in the back of the SUV.
My wife drives, and I deliver. Tonight we did 36 stops with 38 parcels in 2hrs and 10 minutes. Not including the 25 minute drive to the first location.
I wish mpls was like this... Holy crap were dinosaurs... whare house people are lazy as fuck
@Khanh Nguyen - I live in Canada, our block is 3 hrs long, but it’s good money if you can dedicate your time to it. We do weekends at the moment, but with the Xmas rush coming, we’ll be done g weeknights as well.
Seems like a good system. But just remember, according to amazons policies, the person who is doing the delivery is the one who has to drive. I assume it’s for insurance purposes I don’t know but Amazon sent a reminder to me about that about a week or 2 ago
@@respinoza89 - Oh she delivers, I just come along for the ride and have the parcels ready for her. It’s saves abit of time at each stop. Plus if she’s in condos or apartments, I’m still in the car.
That was well needed lol I have been delivering for three days now and dragging and I am always over hours and today was the day I decided to research to deliver a little faster.
Hi same here. Last night was my second time and I did 30 deliveries. The routes were all over the place and I finished over an hour of my delivery time block. I have a question tho (if u don’t mind) do you know if it’s okay to continue delivering even when your 3hr block says 5:00pm-8pm but you ended up finishing all of your deliveries around 9pm. I’ve read somewhere to return undeliverables after the scheduled block is over so I’m confused if I’m doing the right thing or not. Thank you. Btw, my first day was a breeze because I only had to deliver 3 packages in 3hrs and I finished it in 2.
@@coolbasty I continue to deliver, Howe another drive have since given me a new tip and I have done it three time and it has worked. The first time I finished 45 minutes early(38 packages) second time 17 minutes early (48 packages) third time I received a route far out and it was only 10 packages I finished this route at 4:30pm it was 2:30-6:15pm. What she told me was arrange the packages by the address numbers all address 100-1000 are the ones group 200-2000 is the twos group and so on. This have saved me a lot of time. So if I get to 100 s Main Street I know it’s in the 1s and I go there for it.
Wow man. I should know better! I was first delivery and it make me late. I thought I was looking for name but I didn’t realize until watching you!
come through with the tips!!!!!! thank you kindly sir
I use exact same sorting method up here in Ohio.
If you have the drivers aid sticker with 4 digit numbers, put in numeric order as well but, normally the delivery will be from largest number to smallest.
And lastly, if you have more than one sort zone, still sort numerically, but within that zone. Don't mix up packages for more than one zone, keep them separated and in numeric order..
thanks for there tips! very useful!
I’ve heard that those yellow stickers are like that at other warehouses. Unfortunately my warehouse doesn’t do that. I do use the yellow stickers though because they are washer to spot. My warehouse uses a code like UP392X. I coordinate like that and then write the stop number on the label and organize that way. Great video, Go Bills!
I order them in groups. All Letters together, all book folders together, all poly bags together works well for me
This is genius. Organizing works. I’m an ebayer. But I thought of doing this.
Thanks great tips
Representing the Bills in Nashville and while your delivering, love it!! Go Bills!
I DO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT I ORGANIZE THEM BY LAST THOUSANDTH NUMBER ON THE TRACKING NUMBER IN BOXES LIKE ALL THE 1000'S IN A BOX 2000'S IN A BOX ETC... SO WHEN I GET TO MY DESTINATION I CAN JUST LOOK IN THAT TOTE THRU 3 OR 4 PACKAGES AND GRAB WHAT I NEED AND I ALSO GRAB THE NEXT PACKAGE BEFORE I CLOSE MY TRUNK BUT YOUR IDEA IS WORTH A TRY I ALSO WANT TO START LOOKING INTO THE MAPS BEFORE I GO AND SWITCH MY ROUTE UP TO DELIVER CLOSE BY PACKAGES BEFORE MOVING ON TO OTHER ONES NOT IN THE ORDER I GOT THEM
Much love to the stream appreciate you today is my first day thought I look up some tips
Good luck!!!!!
Thanks for information it help alot .
And I was about to throw in the towel I have a block tonight that I will be using this on lol
What ya helped me most since a lot of the Dallas area warehouses use that random UP number someone below mentioned. I scan each package from the itinerary screen, it will tell you what number that package is on your list and mark it. Then I group then I’m numerical order
I dunno why but I keep smiling while watching this video (in a good way). 😅
Getting ready to do my first route ! I’m off Wednesdays n Sundays and figured I’d make hay while there is still hay left to be made 😏
I started my first shift yesterday with Amazon Flex and your tip on sorting them by numbers for each area of the car may work for me. I was so confused and so disoriented on where my packages were and I got frustrated because I only had 4 hours to work. I ended up finishing my last drop at 8:40pm. I worked 5-9.
I thought about putting all the plastic bags in one bin but separate them by the number as well as the envelopes in another bin. And put all the boxes in my trunk. That kinda helped but I’m probably going to try your method. Might be helpful. It’s just me driving.
As you do more, you’ll figure out what works best for you .. good luck
@@MrBrandonOBrien I know this code was done over a year ago. Thank you for your tips and your kind words. I managed to do it how you suggested with rotating each group of numbers and put them in each separate area of my car and keep a bin in my passenger seat for the envelopes and plastic bags. Also, I managed to re-route myself on areas of the map to where I’m not back tracking a lot. And I had a 5-9pm block yesterday and managed to get done by 8:16pm. Had I not forgotten one drop I could’ve made before heading to a heavy area of drop offs, I probably would’ve been done an hr early.
I normally always finish an hour early. Found these tips out on the 2nd day after 1st day took forever LOL
I’ve been doing flex for bout 6 months and had no idea bout those yellow stickers either. I tag team with my husband and screen shot the itinerary and send to his phone while he’s driving to our 1st destination. Since I have the list I’m in the middle row of our explorer sorting the packages lol usually finish earlier than the designated block. I also put the envelopes all together in 1-2 baskets so it’s not flying everywhere.
I see a lot of couples doing flex and it’s wonderful! Also another tip.. get dog treats from the dollar store and put in your vest! You will be READY the next time a dog surprises you! They will be totally distracted allowing you to finish delivery. Thanks for watching my video!
What do you do when you finish early? Say more than 29 min early
So much helpful info
Really good tips
Thanks for your tips
I've only taken 2 delivery blocks up to this point, and this is by far my biggest time waster. Thank you for clearing this up, had no clue. They don't tell you that in the training videos either. I will probably work again this Saturday, so fingers crossed this works.
I also group packages by city.. so at least if you have to look in a pile it will be a smaller one :)
Thanks bro! Big help
Keep grinding!!
THANKS A LOT!!!
Thank you soooo much!
When i finish scanning everything,.i put the items that are last to deliver in the back, and the items that are first in the front.. for first day i did that for grocery delivery
I’m out in Nashville as well & usually operate out of the Dell Parkway / Airport warehouse.
Same
Sometimes the first delivery says it's late so it makes me skip it but I thought we had to go in order and I had a block that say 12am to 3pm to deliver but some had to be delivered by 11 but I was goin by the order can we skip
My secondary warehouse uses the 1-(1) etc system, but my primary warehouse uses UP(3 random digits + a random letter). It’ll be something like UP343D or UP197W. There’s no order and it’s completely random. Sorting is not an option unless I go through the itinerary and individually select each stop and then find the individual package and sort it that way.
Unfortunately that’s a huge waste of time, since I could just do that during the route anyhow.
They also mislabel envelopes as boxes and vice versa all the time.
Like most people I put all the envelopes in my passenger seat, as well as put all boxes in my trunk. My main tip is to just face and make every yellow sticker quickly and easily readable. Only the envelopes get stacked on top of each other because those I can quickly flip thru like a book.
Honestly just don’t be a slow driver and you should finish every block roughly 30 minutes and even up to 2 hours quicker.
Oh and after every delivery, listen to the navigation and remember which direction you just came from. “Continue on” means keep going the direction you were going, “make a U-turn” means go back the way you came from. Sometimes they’ll throw in a “Head north/east/etc on…” just imagine you’re a bird looking down at the street and follow the blue line.
Try the double scan method
What I do is double scan each package so I scan them all in then once they are all scanned will say 40 packages 35 stops then I'll scan the packages again because stop number one is always the hub I will number them 2 through 35 now stop 3 has 3 packages so I what number them 3x1 / 3x2 / 3x3 double scan has saved me approximately 30 to 45 minutes or so
Hello I just started working for amazon flex and I just got my blue vest, how to I take out the stains out
That helped alot. Tonight was my first day delivering it was frustrating and a mess.
im starting today. I'm so nervous
Sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?
I somehow forgot the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
Dude last night was my first night and i felt nervous but then I got it ….. I spent 3.5 hours in a 3 hours route
I checked your recent videos , did you go from flex to gambling … lol … was this a hold my beer and watch this move .🤣🤣.. just kidding , thanks for your tips ! I hope they help .
I had about 4 hobbies during the pandemic haha
Great video. However I think every warehouse might be a little different. I did my first drive friday and struggled because I couldn't figure out how to number them. But I had to scan every package. I did a route Saturday from a different location. I scanned one package and that took the entire route. But in either case I scanned again to get each number for the package order. I did see the sticker you're talking about. The next time I drive I'll have to pay more attention to it. Because some people have said it doesn't mean anything for the driver. Thanks again.
My first delivery was yesterday. Thought it was pretty easy but there had to be a better way I'm going to try your way tomorrow on my next route
Feel free to ask me anything here!
@@MrBrandonOBrien thanks hun! I'll be doing my second route tomorrow so if I have any more questions I will definitely ask them here. PS hello from Tampa Florida
Check in with me and let me know what your challenges were
@@MrBrandonOBrien so yesterday's route was much easier because I pre sorted the packages by the stop number. I didn't get them all sorted because I ran out of time. I have another route tonight. Now that I am more comfortable I think I will be able to sort easier and faster.
I hate it when I deliver a package and go through everything take the picture and it goes to a map; what do I do with that? The other things when I deliver a package and it will not advance or scan and move to the next delivery? I have been adancing it manually so I can keep going.
I scan each package before loading the truck and organize accordingly. Also if I can’t deliver within 2 mins I call it undeliverable and move on
First time i see this video and is crazy how we use the same organization method😂😂
Great minds think alike!
thank you for your advice, I did the first block last Thursday and it was a nightmare it took me 6 hours instead of 3 hours and I could not delivery all my block, I know have to be a way to do it faster, again thanks for help my friend
Thank you for sharing. I had a 4 hour block yesterday that took me 7 hours to finish. Total nightmare too.
@@LeveledUp2024 wow but that is the only way that we learn with the mistakes just keep going and do it better 🙏
I had a two hour block for my first delivery. It took me 3 hours. It was for Amazon now and they canceled my Last three deliveries added a new order that I had to pick up and was 30 minutes away from the pick up location.
Thanks
I've been trying for 2 months to get a vest 3 different places... all out all the time
I wish I knew about the vest before I order it
Thanks for those tips!! So basically load 1-(10) whether box or envelope in the front. Then 11-(20) behind passenger seat, then 21-(30) behind driver then rotate? Sounds awesome!! I tried to do my first delivery a few days ago. I loaded my car, looked around and thought what have I gotten myself into!! I drove around the building and put it all back on the rack🤯 I was so overwhelmed and thought I can’t dig thru these packages at every stop! I pissed off a few women but oh well. 😂 I’m gonna try again Friday! Thanks again you helped so much!!🙏
You got this !!! If you have any questions ask me here !
My first block is tomorrow and I'm pretty nervous, I'm worried about the workload and not being fast enough! I'm not in peak physical condition and I have saw other videos about how much the workload is...I took a 5hr shift because of the pay, maybe that was a mistake for my 1st day but I guess I figured, if I can handle that, I can handle the others! lol Thanks for this info.
How did it go
I did my first block today and it was from 4 30 pm - 8 30 pm… I didn’t get done till about like 10 🤦♂️
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We have the same method I just usually don't use my trunk
It works wonderful! Thanks for watching
Can you still organize your car with the yellow sticker? In the fashion that you said? The reason why I'm asking like this is because me and my girl have been doing Amazon flex for a little bit now and I kept telling her that there's got to be a way to organize these with the stickers. She's saying that stickers aren't like that we work out of Maryland. I can't wait to go into our shift tonight to see if the stickers are like that. Anyway, easily my question is are the stickers still the way you said they were at the bottom it would say IE =1/1 first package.
I haven’t done a delivery in 2 years and not sure what they do now.
Thank you
I scan the packages and then number them
Thankyou
The best way to organize your packages is by alphabetical order. And put all big boxes in the car first
I like that!
Alphabetical by street? Or yellow tag?
@@evelynmontes4389 Alphabetical by name of customer works best for me
@@evelynmontes4389 alphabetical by customer name
Let’s Go!
I can never find a schedule
Hey guy this dudu is good at his work he do his work so great and focused 🖕🖕🖕
Damn those yellow stickers. Thanks so much. Had no idea what those lil fuckers were for lol
Bro I do the same thing! The only difference I use a suv.
Nice one! Appreciate you watching
Hi Brandon
Zip code works
Wat is amazon flex customer service number
Are u still doing Amazon flex 2022 July ?
I’m driving for Lyft now.. pay not good enough for flex
so that person at 3:01 got 25 packages???
let me try this i have a block in an hour
Mmm Tennessee 🐱
Omg you’re gorgeous…. Sorry pls continue 😍
When I finish scanning I put everything in car 😂😂
Lol I do the exact same thing
🤯🤯🤯🤯
I used to work for 2 dsp as a driver now I'm doing flex. I have sold all my swag and uniform on ebay and made a killing lol. I already knew about loading ur route and dsp drivers aren't allowed any packages up front. So the laundry basket idea will work gr at for flex. They r also preorganized bags. Each bag is an area of ur route so mix all those bags up and dump I to the car will make more work for organizing, more room yes but u have to organize each bag as they r listed on the itinerary.
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