Peak Season Loadout at Amazon
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- It's the Monday before Christmas and Amazon delivery drivers are loading their vans with packages. Most of the loads are heavier during peak season than any other time of year. Drivers must organize their vans so packages are easy to find. Each driver organizes their delivery vans differently, and this video shows how many do it during the busiest time of year.
At our station the drivers have only about 14 minutes to load their van after pulling in. This adds an extra element to organizing their van while under time pressure to finish quickly. You will see dispatchers and drivers help each other to load, which makes it possible to get everyone out on time.
It's crazy how the delivery drivers have to load their own van before they go out on their route, the vans should be already loaded by time the drivers clock in for their shift , having an already loaded van would make the deliveries go much quicker , the drivers shouldn't be made to load their own vehicle cause they need to save the energy for when they're going to and from the houses.
At least they got shade we have to do it under sun in Florida heat
@@10sandovalallan in Cali the shaded overhangs doesn’t even do much. We all sweating by the time we’re done. I’ve seen Chicago DSR’s that are indoor with ceiling fans and AC where drivers do loadouts
That's what I say too definitely don't miss this at all
For me, id rather load it myself, how i like it, and how I will be able to find them easier. You will notice everyone in the video loading totes in a different order, that's because you develop your own methods and your own order to load in.
Your mother or your dad is not working at Amazon
As someone who orders with Amazon Prime, I just want to say I appreciate and thank you to all the hardwork you guys do. It does seems like a really hectic difficult job. Thanks for what you do.
Appreciate it 💯
Its hard at the beggining ill admit that but then it just becomes muscle memory.
Thank you
Honestly not to discredit anyone else. But Amazon delivery is actually the easiest job I have ever had. It can get over whelming but when u break it down. It’s actually a very very easy job
@@kamtorz Just because it's simple doesn't make it easy. Sure it's not complicated in the slightest, it's pretty straight forward, but it's still very demanding on your body and even mentally. Using your mindset, most jobs are very easy.
All these dude working peak in budget vans...truly hell on earth
Fascinating to see how this is done. My son started out as a peak season sorter but has now gone full-time. He's tried to explain this process to me, but it's cool to actually see it being done. Definitely a team effort.
Your son is experiencing modern-day slavery under the hand of Jeff Bezos. Since this comment was a year ago I’m sure he’s burnt out by now.
Our warehouse doesn't give us pick sheets anymore. We have to go to our itinerary on our Rabbit and write down the sorting zones on our own pieces of paper. It slows us down!
I see this and im glad I work for myself. Good job for all the people doing this labor❤🙏💪
We glad u work for yourself too..
400 packages 298 stops.. did Amazon for about 2 years in LA (temple city Amazon facility) and let me tell you.. crazy. Amazon is like bootcamp, if you can handle Amazon and maybe have a little panic attack a few times within 2 years, u can do FEDEX UPS USPS etc etc. FedEx and UPS, only thing is you got HEAVY FUCKING SHIT. Amazon not so much, neither usps. So just a heads up if anyone wants to do this. I would say personally for anyone who’s jumping in the delivery industry, do Amazon first. It truly teaches you how to handle BS and shit that doesn’t make sense for ONE person to do in a matter of 6-7 hours. If you work through your lunches, trust me, I did the same thing for 2 years. And piss in a bottle inside ur van? Did that too. Now I’m at a FedEx and damn. No wonder they walk, I’ve never seen stops more than 150 but packages WEIGH A SHIT TON. Anyways, hopefully this helps anyone. Finally leaving the delivery industry and going into marketing but.. it was the best experience I’ve had to make you deal with hectic situations at all times. Peace and love y’all ❤️
holyyyyyy f. thats alot! 400 and 298,,,jeesh,,, yeah this amazon is pretty mentally taxing more then anything, i try to say sane.. paychecks are nice when you get regular hours without any infractions. if no infractions lol
Appreciate the love brother, I’m 2 months away from the 1 year mark working at my DSP
I be pissed to have someone record me rather than help me load up
Man my fifth days as Amazon driver they already gave me 175 stops residential plus apartment. Without rescue. I never get my nursery route it sucks. I lost almost 10lbs just from that days 😂😂. It’s fun though. Now it’s not that much I kinda missed it.
Same here. Other people who started with me waaaay lower...I'm like wth??!! I slowed down
Okay they dgaf
If this is Peak Season for them. Then I guess am at peak season every day I go working with Amazon 😂
i order from Amazon all the time in fact yesterday i got a package from amazon , drivers i appreciate you
I had a Amazon job all set up once I watched all these life of Amazon driver I didn't show up to work my first day I quit LOL
Probably a smart move 😂. But for me it pays good, I'm off 3 days and it keeps me in shape. But I may bounce when peek season comes back around idk. Or I'll def ask for another raise. There only like 8 ppl left who were there when I started the rest came after me. Those peak season checks be thick though.
@@lastpro4438 that's awesome that it works out for you, the hours were going to be not that great for me starting at 11:00am and getting off at 9:00pm
Do bottom row vertical, top row on the shelf horizontal stacked 2 high. Put your first 2 totes on the floor in front of the sliding door.
This way you can have more space for the overflow and the bags won’t be falling over when you take turns in the van.
Don’t use the shelves at all , build a wall with your overflow in the back of your van then stack your bags 3 high . You have way more room
23 totes and 6 small overflow. 352 total, 182 stops
I've done 345 w/34 over-flow and only had 18 totes...then again, it's based on who orders what and how it's packaged! :-)
Ew I can imagine those grouped stops, don't miss that lol the last peak I was at Amazon my route hit 381 packages 197 stops.
It goes quick if people order 3,4, or 6 items for one house but slow when it's just one item per house
Must be nice having all that help. They make us pretty much do everything. Also our carts aren’t prepared outside like that we have to waste more time grabbing them from inside. And the drivers grab the carts themselves no one else helps. And drivers helping other drivers is basically optional. I’ve learned to stop helping others and focus on myself because no one has ever helped me. I use that extra time to break down my first bag for my first stop
What state is this?
@@dark12ain Sarasota Florida
I try help the ppl who have a tough routes. And ppl who help me. I make it akward though.
@@lastpro4438 what position do you work as ?
Lol me too
So glad I don’t ever have to deal with those totes ever in my life again.
I also order with Amazon Prime, I used to not like Amazon drivers with my packages. Now I see what goes on behind the scenes. Lot of hard work. Thank you for all you all do
you crazy for not liking ppl delivering ur shi t.
😂 why didn't u like them? Is it supposed to magically poof at ur door...
slaves deliver your packages... please be kind to us.
5:02 everyone really does this different.
The team calling zone numbers for oversized clearly has a system, I like it.
It's like a synchronized ballet!🏆
I love how realistic your videos are they show everything to the tee.
Just dump all your packages out onto the floor in a big heaping pile 😂
I had 25 totes and 35 overflows yesterday I can’t wait for peak to be over
It sucks, I think things should calm down a little bit next week
The most I had so far during peak was 18 totes 32 overflow 194 stops. I've been lucky. But it takes me 50 mins for my first drop. So basically 2 hours of straight getting there an back.
@@jeffcathcart9455 damn I’m fortunate my first stop is 10 minutes from my station I’ll send prayers
@@jeffcathcart9455 God almighty 50mins?
This fast paced.Spectacular .Just subscribe your channel.
I'm surprised Amazon allows you to film and talk about this stuff.
Interesting videos though!
I think it's to help with visualizing what you will be doing but I am surprised too.
@@elijahpadilla6576 True, it's good that they do. Drivers get tips from these videos that can make their job easier and it shows people that might want to deliver what they do every morning before leaving the facility...
Maddix and Cedric still rocking the long hair!
I do this wit ease everyday I got the best loading method
Any advice on your method I start this week
@@Rodrigo-kz5tq how do you like it?
That girl is a pro
Put your first six bags on the shelf behind the drivers seat then lift up the other 2 shelfs and make a wall in the back of the van of the rest of the totes you wanna have your very last tote at the bottom then you have a big open area to put all your overflow
I start tomorrow and idk if i should work here or not some people saying its the worst and other saying they love it
Peak season is CRAZY!!!
Sheeeit I’m a sweeper. I’ve had 3 routes all of peak of 2023
Need to hire someone to do that loading process in order to make the job go much faster and efficiently. Saving lots of time for drivers to go out for delivery on time.
Crazy part you got only 20 minutes to do it 😂😂😂😂
Lightest peak season iv ever seen
and i thought my peak seasons were bad😅 bravo from RVA, i feel spoiled with my transit250
I wish all Amazon DSP's staged like this one does. To go into the building in hopes of finding your carts is a pain in the ass, especially when your on a time crunch.
Thx so much
I really like Amazon's logo. It is cute! I love Amazon Prime.
cramp! thank you for sharing this
I had 17 totes 293 packages all houses
I had 195 packages the other day, all houses, the most packages I had was 317
So far the most I had during peak package wise was 236 with 164 drops.
@@jeffcathcart9455 god you're lucky from a French driver I get 160 stops 200 packs on an avarage day!
196 stops 350 packages. 27 bags. A bunch of bags were not filled all the way though. Running all day.
And another day I had 190 ( new route)but couldn't fit everything in the van. It's was like four of us trying. They took 30 stops off me before I headed out. Will a dsp get in trouble if you get over 200? Cuz sometimes those 1 stop 2 houses split into 2 stops so you end up with more stops when you rts.
Why are the shelves still empty? in 10:29 🤦🏻♀️. The other trucks are about to leave for their drop-offs already.
Now that's team work. #Respect
At least this DSP rents good vans with shelves. My cheap DSP rents tiny u-haul vans with no shelves.
Thank good we don’t scan oversize or totes anymore, only the carts… I feel sorry for the ram drivers those vans suck, literally no space… our dsp has the ford XL vans and the Mercedes sprinters
i survived peak. honestly my day before christmas was easy, why? cause i was sent rural with 9 bags and 12 overflow
Seems like yall have a long load out time. We get between 10 and 15 minutes depending who the Marshall is that day. My Monday was 17 totes 23 overflow. Wednesday was the killer 18 totes 37 overflow 398 pkgs and all week was in the smaller sprinter
They get 15 as well
Looks like a nightmare job. Who would do that for less than $20/hr?
IMHO...your warehouse knows how to load totes! :-)
Try 22 totes w/28 oversized for only 336 total packages...that was my route yesterday!
@@cschoen100 It has it perks. Such as being independent and not having to deal with annoying coworkers and customers . Also not having to have a boss up your butt all in your business .
This gives me anxiety.
I get all apartments I love it more then houses
I'm opposite, I like houses more than apartments.
1 storey apartments is cool but 3 to up floors is crazy especially when the amazon locker is full. 😑
Lmao
@@tansyong6854 I’m cool with whatever really because at the end of the day you still gotta deliver everything if you like it or not
@@brandonjohnson4989 do you deliver to the apt doors or just inside the complex door? Climbing stares all day is a workout.
What happenes if you can't deliver all the packages??
It’s ways to mark them undeliverable if you really can’t deliver a package, but you will deliver every package in your van, whether it’s you or you have to get help near the end of the day.
Nice team work!!!
Time to get some CDVs. 400 packs fits with room to spare
they should give them the prime trucks like the ones similar to what ups uses during peak because it’s more space . the van is too small for peak season
5:20 clearly Amazon has taken a token from air transport loading units.
This is wildly ineffective as these bags can hold 1-30+ packages for any zone and are loaded in no particular order and subject to jostling.
You half load ur own with fedex too
It seems like some of things guys load their vans horribly. The guy that was trying to force the tote, thats me sometimes, but not efficient.
Wow they have to scan each bag individually where I work we scan the carts only and all the bags show up on the rabbit
So glad didn't start during the peak 😂
Here at the HUBs in Kansas City, we’re loading our vans in the cold!! Why?!! Make a indoor staging. This is ridiculous. I don’t mind loading my van because I can set it up how I want it but doing so in the cold is just not ok. Help us!!
Is this Colorado Springs?
When you realize safety isn’t really first at Amazon hahah. You literally have to break all “prevent STFs” and “bend at knees, not your back” methods to be able to load all this within 20 mins. Ridiculous.
Maybe if they rented a couple sprinter vans they wouldn’t have to try and squeeze all those packages in those small vans
The branded vans in this video are Dodge Ram 3500s which are about the same size as the Sprinter vans. The white vans in this video are Dodge RAM 2500s which are a foot shorter.
@@PeakDeliveryDriver when i use to work for a dsp we had Mercedes Benz sprinters with no shelves… we never had to squeeze packages in there like Vienna sausages in a can
Would never understand why use the shelves stack the totes by 3 and you have so much room in the back for all your overflow
Where are you guys from? We run north western Pennsylvania and North East Ohio. Youngstown, Canton Austintown areas, we send teams to Cleveland and Akron to help those guys.
This is dsc3 in colorado
Stagging deliveries was crazy.. we had to help load the trucks and pull out packages from the shelves onto carts and place them at the correct locations before loading the trucks then when the delivery driver left... place all the empty bags from previous delivers on the shelves so they could be filled for the next day...go through each aisle with a zebra and pull out heavy shit with the carts and scan them and put the bags in a certain order on the cart.. this shit was super heavy and crazy..it was so fucking hot in there too... I did this too.. these trucks should loaded the night before all organized...I was trying to do flex but I didn't have my own vehicle and I wasn't sure if u could fit 75-200 packages in a regular car...plus they wanted me to drive to park slope and borough park and I was like byeeee
Glad I am getting up in years and retired. The future of Earth 🌎 honestly sucks 🤣🥃🔥
Glad I won’t be a part of it
I start soon and I have a question, How do you know which ones are yours? Like which ones to get ?
So in the warehouse there are what is called "launch pads" which are areas where the drivers drive into and park their vans to load. In the video this is where they are loading, on a launch pad. Each launch pad is designated by a letter. (Pad A, Pad B, Pad C, etc.) Each Pad has an area where the carts for all of the routes are stored, these areas are known as zones. The zones are also designated by letter which match the corresponding launch Pad. For example Launch Pad A will be Zone A. Launch Pad B will be Zone B. So on and so forth. In each zone there are little blocks on the floor numbered from 1- whatever the highest number it goes to.
At the beginning of your shift when you sign in, you'll either get a picksheet (or you'll see in your Amazon flex app) which will tell you your route number, which launch Pad you'll be going to, and which Zone in that launch Pad you'll find your carts with your packages. So let's say your route number is CX100, Launch Pad A, Zone A10. You'd go to PAD A with the rest of the drivers going to PAD A. Then you'll go to spot A10 (marked on the floor) and you'll find your carts there. The carts will also be labeled with your route number CX100, A10 and you'll know those are yours.
after we scan on the loading cart and.Why we still need to scan on every overflow boxes?
I have a question =all zipped box are different sectors of deliverys?
I've never seen the double stacked bags on the shelves. When get that many I've always flip shelves up and stack bags 3 high. But I'll try it when get the chance. Can you do it in the Ford vans? Cuz my dsp doesn't have the Mercedes.
I never use the shelves 😂 you’ll never have enough room
ive been at Amazon in PA and honestly didn't think its statewide that ALLL the vans get packed to the absolute Max and no room for even your lunchbox..... crazy.. guess i cant bitch as much because its not just me, its Every amazon distrubation hub.. sure we have smaller routes some days... but damn..
That's a frightening amount of packages. You need bigger vans.
That’s messed up they do that to the Amazon delivery drivers
I’m a Amazon delivery driver and I must say out of experience we work so hard we try to make sure everyone receive not only your package but a smile with it as well who don’t love waking up to Amazon at your door 🚪 ❤📦🚐
So people just bring those cars of boxes to you guys, how do you know if it's yours or the other person's? Looks confusing 😮
How do you know what goes where? Like is bag one closer stops and last bag further stops?
Yeah the device we use to scan everything has all of the totes in order from first stop to last stop same with overflow
Hey! i also started working as an amazon DSP driver too back in November, but only as a part-time! I watched alot of other videos about how you guys do the job as a way of researching how to be more efficient! I was wondering, does your DSP only have Promasters and step vans or do y'all also run CDVs, Ford Transits, or Mercedes Sprinters in the mix?
Those 10 hour shift?
They need to learn how to load a lot of spaces wasted in there vans they can stack three high and still have that little flat bead still able to be used
Straight up, thats how I do mine. Stack 3 high with no shelf on one side then put all my overflow on the otherside with a shelf.
Fuck no lol 😆 😎 that means more work
yo wheres new videos
dang.. u guys hustle. I'm curious why some boxes are labeled "Amazon" and the bigger ones with handles are not. Are the bigger containers non-Amazon contents?
I guess they are just delivered in their original packaging.
The totes/bags have smaller boxes and envelopes in them, up to 20 to 40 packages in each tote. Some even have one package in them.It's crazy. If that's what ur referring to?
I do this and get paid 19.75 barely get 30 hours a week
Jesus Christ that's alot of totes... im in country side routes so i got less totes and stops.
Do you have to scan every single bag? Come on, Amazon. This is very inefficient.
Vans should be pre-loaded and packages sorted with a cage system.
Dayum…
This job is trash tbh Amazon don't appreciate all the work you do.
Bro. All them load their stuff in like idiots…
They need to hire more drivers, pay more, and cut the package count per driver in half. You'd have happier drivers and happier customers. Drivers wouldn't have to worry so much about any tiny thing going wrong putting them behind on time. Drivers would actually be able to utilize their breaks. Drivers wouldn't have to be concerned with, Do I pee in a bottle, my pants or buy a portable urinal? Customers would be happier because the drivers would be able to focus on each delivery with care instead of it basically being a wild marathon race where you're literally sprinting the whole time. Amazon overworks the dsp drivers to exhaustion then just cycles more in with their endless training cycles, cause they can't keep drivers on for too long. Some people can deal with the working conditions but at a 150% turnover rate, I'd say they have some things to fix.