Amazon should be embarrassed at their flex app. I can't imagine the amount of cumulative time and gas wasted every day. The fact this video exists and requires manual interaction to over ride the planned route is proof. This video is helpful but it shouldn't need to be made, Amazon's programming should be better then this.
As I said in another thread, they are growing too fast and with a focus on innovation, they try any idea that comes along and then diagnose why it didn’t work.
This video and all your videos are making me feel i can do this job. All the DSP dispatcher do is discourage u by asking why u stay behind knowing full well im not rven two weeks in yet.im only on day 9 come 8/25/21
Right on. A lot of times you can just quickly check the next series of stops and say “Ok, the next 8 stops are good” and follow the itinerary. Sometimes you have to manually click each one when it’s really screwed up.
@@JamesSmith-vb9dh how does this work if the pkgs are in 2-3 different totes? Should I just dig for those packages in different totes or do you suggest something else?
I have been delivering for Amazon for 4 years now. The part where you said is it worth it to stop and dig out the package from a different tote. The may sound weird but most of the time it’s not. Most of the time when this happens it’s because Amazon adds stops after your route was made
Ive been with my DSP for 8 days and just didnt understand why they dumped me with 104 stops on my first day; then dumped me with 143 stops my second day by day 7 they gave me 170 stops knowing full well i couldnt finish 100 stops. Thx to you i will be a driving beast NO THX TO THEM. TY JIM😍😍😍
Your videos have taught me everything they didn't during training. My trainer on the first day in the van just drove while I did all the legwork. That was definitely okay with me but he taught me absolutely nothing about the app or how to load oversize packages to save me headaches or how to jump to other stops. He just assumed I knew how to work the app. I've been at apartments where two apartment buildings had lockers across the street from each other and the app sent me to the first then the second then the first over and over.
Over 150 stops is incredibly complicated due to the fact they're just black circles signifying the stop. Until you have practice, routing your own route will take more time.
I would like to see this possible when you have over 300 parcels and all the bags and big boxes are loaded in their order, trying to find the last or the middle bag in the van being full, is wasting alot more time than to go just normally.
Agreed, there is a guy at my DSP that does it, I think its dumb and way to much work, when I can do the route normally and get back before him and have happy customers. Once you hit start route, the 1st 10 customers are notified there package is close, and continues to do so plus 1 after every delivery, so if you end up doing stop 45 instead to save time, you've now notified the next 10 customers after 45 that there package is close.. While 1 - 10 are now late and can cause customer complaints, because some people will wait for there package if its close. You may make your route a little faster, but why take money out of your pocket, when a lot of DSPs will not pay you for full day if your done early.
@@daniellemoore-porter6032 I agree not even Amazon can track you while in that mode. I'm glad I read the comments as I am trying to find a better solution that the dispatchers or my boss will in form me of. Blessings
When I'm waiting something, it's shows "the driver had to do few more stops before you". Now I know why. Lol. But as a. DA the costumers are never waiting for the package. 🤦🏻♂️ Well, some yes, but not the majority. One stupid didn't put unit number, I called to ask and he thought was scam call and refused to say and even said he didn't order anything. How? The app send notification all the time about the package. 🙄
I am so busy every day i didn't even look at the map function ! Never mentioned it in training, which was 5 minutes in a carpark with the van idling over.
Thanks for this. I just started and I’m having trouble with apartments :/ I can’t wait to use these methods next time I work. Never once did anyone mention using map or even faster ways to do apartments.. glad I found it on my own 😂
@@essedu6473 they really are bro. I’d me mad confused to when I would leave an apartment complex into the one next to it just have to go right back into the one I was already it. It would ruin my day man 😂
@@essedu6473 also when they send me down a street that closed and gated. I remember my first day I spent like 20 mins trying to find a way to get into a gated community. They called me mad bc I had only done 40 stops in like 2 1/2 hours 😂
@@hughmungus7621 not nearly as bad as my first couple weeks on the job. didnt know about this method because my trainer sucked so i ended up going back and fourth in a massive apartment complex and barely got 7 stops done in 5 hours
I follow flex directions as is and finish 170 stops 80 minutes ahead. Flex has had some great updates recently, my favorite one shows you were your next stop is in relationship to your current stop, letting you know if you should pull into a driveway to turn around or pull into the side of the road to continue on the current road. Very handy for corner lot deliveries.
Ah the memories of all that app can put you though. I always wondered why Amazon just doesn't group it all for you. I used to even group a lot of my stops but the the geo points would usually be off in appt complexes. It would be so much more efficient and easier on the driver's to have a 3D Google earth type option with highlighted parking or anything. Just that black dot in the middle of a non-satellite image was a real bummer for me to say the least. If you had a quick map route from where you park directly to the delivery location would be so great. It would make the job much less stressful. I did get a lot of good exercise tho on the other hand.
Love your videos man! Really hope to see more because they have helped me a lot. I started working as a driver a couple months ago and because of the pandemic I was not offered a ride along. So I just got thrown into a van and was told to just deliver all my packages leaving me with alot of question and curiosity as to how others do it. How are some people so fast? Why am I giving it my all and still needing to get rescued sometimes. Ughh it can be frustrating but these video have helped me out. Thank you
Organization? I talked to a guy, that finishes his route max at 4pm, he told me that he never organizes the van, or put the envelopes in the front, he told me that he always work from the back, and he opens the tote and he looks for the name, he doesn't rely on the driver's number. The only thing he said he does, he tries to organize his map by working block by block and using ally ways, and avoiding major roads, cuz organizing each tote wil take at least 7 mns for each tote, and that adds up. And work against you at the end , this guy is in his 50's and he always gets 200 stops, finishes them at 4 pm maximum, he never get to rescue anybody. Can you elaborate on that plz. I want to hear from you. Thanks 👍
@@MrSlidthunder if he was lying, he won't be always done at 430 max, his regular finish time is at 330, I can't think of anyways to do it this fast, without having to group stops, or using the map efficiently.
He might have secrets, but that is the truth he said to me, he always works from the back, never from the front, and he never organizes his totes, which I can not do I always need to organize, or I would be devastated.
My first day alone was terrible. Had to come back to the same complex over and over, and every time through a different gate and the codes didn't work. The main gate had the one-touch key, but the others no. And was sending me uo and down the same street over and over. Second day was more normal. I think they do that on propose for the first day. Now I rarely change my stops.
I have 2 questions: 1. I would like to know if you have any tips for "commercial zones" I thought my timing was improving until I got hit with a zillion warehouses. 2. Does having a bigger screen improve ability to read the flex map?
As a customer and a driver, I don't like the re routing. Especially when Amazon, has a specific thing they sell with their product. Being able to know when your package will arrive. I think it is like 10 stops or 8 stops. So, when you re route, the next person that was supposed to get their package, sits there and waits, while the driver does other stops in between. This is annoying as a customer. There was a day awhile back when I waiting on a package, and it said I was the next stop. It took over 2 hours from that point to get to my house. So, I only re route if I really need to, for something like a business and getting their before it closes. The other day it took 12 hours for 80 stops. My van was completely full. And 50 of those stops went to businesses, with extra large boxes, bigger than the totes. I had to basically do my route twice. Or I would have never gotten the packages to the business in time. Amazon really does need to do a better job. I left a note at the end of the shift, that the flex app always ask us. So, I am torn about changing the route. Though it might make me go faster, it does mess with the customers waiting on packages.
Most people have… ya know… a fvcking job and a fvcking life beyond waiting for their packages lol. If a omeone is going to complain that they had to wait an extra 15 minutes for a 12 pack of soda they ordered the night before they can fvck straight off
@@AntonVanDerSar people like you suck. That is why the world sucks now. Because of people like you. You have no customer service skills. You don't care about anybody but yourself. You shouldn't be doing a job in customer service.
I'm thinking now that I would only use the maps feature if I was doing apartments..or coastal deliveries with a lot of grouping. A lot of times I get a very condensed route through houses and a few businesses, so I don't need to do the maps thing. However, I am frequently sent in the wrong direction by the GPS and have to back up in a driveway so I don't have to drive a quarter mile out of my way....
That happens to me a lot. And it is frustrating, it never gives you the right route, and constantly checking up the map is time consuming, you just want to drive and deliver, but if you have to think and figure things above all that you are then multi tasking and that is not necessarily good for production.
Just not enough time in a day to do this. Maybe if you were on lunch and did them but there goes your lunch time. Anyway, Amazon should make it easier for DAs and route them were it makes sense. Otherwise following the itinerary is the best way, unless your know your area and stops. When navigating apartments best way is to first look at your itinerary and see how many packages are for that apartment. Then you can easily group all stops and deliver one time in that apartment.
Hold up “a couple of clicks on the app while you’re on the move”? You’re not supposed to touch the phone while driving! Also thank you for the tips! This is what should be in the torturous hours on the computer training lol
The app had me going farther and farther out of town. It was easier to go out of town then work my way back into the city so when I’m done I’m closer to home.
@@brokenvesselscoit works. Just please start from the lowest stop number in the zone even if it means to waste 2-3 min to go there. Because going manualy each stop is distressing and it takes focus of you in driving
When you change a lot to the route, every package you do out of order puts the package that was supposed to be the next stop behind/late.. You shouldn't ever go more than 10 stops out of order, because customers are notified 10 stops out before there package is delivered. If you are suppose go to stop 3 and deliver to stop 50 instead, 1-10 and 50 - 60 will get notified there package is 10 stops away. I would be pissed when I get notified my package is 10 stops away, and they show up 4 hours later.. If you want a good chance to get complaints by all means change the route up.
How about this???? Get with the Amazon folks and have them fix the routing before it gets to the driver. 200 stops a day to get done in 12 hours when you have a 30 minute drive to your first stop doesn't give a lot of time to analyze the route. Make the people responsible for this do their job better
Using the map does work, when doing to business first before they close...Do the business first and then do the route like you showed here on this video.
This makes sense, I’m new to this, and getting better each time. However, as I became more efficient, some drop off were late and it’s being held against me. So another words a 5 hour block was done in 2.75 hours and about 4 deliveries was shown late. Doesn’t make no sense. By watching this video the light switch turned on per say. However, by going after the priority packages 1st can potentially reroute your block and can potentially hurt your eligibility to work for flex Any chance to talk about your experience? Thanks Dennis
i tried it today by skipping around but i got to a point where i said fuck it and just rushed it because it started to get annoying going back to the map constantly and digging through later totes wasn't worth. i just take it 1 tote at a time
You go to the a group of stops and always start from lowest number. Even if it takes 2 min waste driving. It takes stress and distraction. But you just have to remind to check map again or u will leave the area and have to come back again cuz u forgot some stop😂
This wouldn't be needed if Amazon would spend some $$$ and time making there app more efficient or routing more efficent. Literally ive gone up and down a street in the same apartment complex multiple times...
For some reason My Dsp has maps blocked on the itinerary on the rabbits i and my team use , it would be useful because we deliver way out in the country all the time and it’s confusing as heck, I barely had any training and they had walk around and give everyone the answers in orientation to skip ahead, my first day out I didn’t get a nursery route and was expected to have everything done by 7:00pm with 9 bags 80 overflow packages 189 stops and I was assigned a Van that had transmission issues and couldn’t barely drive the speed limit the breaks were super sketchy and the tires were pretty much bald, I got yelled at for not getting everything done and had to be rescued, wish I knew ahead of time what to expect from the Dsp and what to expect when out on the blue mile, I have since went to a New Dsp because there were a lot of issues I wasn’t aware of and found out later on about, everything is a lot better now and I am a lot happier with my job.
Yh but by choosing your own route u then have to sometimes open new bags for the same road u may aswell stick with the same bag number hike it’s open otherwise u end up paying it’s all these open bags
The map itinerary is dandy, but what if the item is in a tote way down the line? I guess you have to take out all the packages from their tote all at one time? If thats the case, how do you keep track of what pile of packages belongs to which tote? Also without following the itemized itinerary, how are you organizing the contents of the tote in order?
Haha My son calls it my “RUclips Voice”. I’m a current driver but I’ve spent my whole life in creative. Musician, Podcaster etc. thanks for the Compliment!
I do too, until I get to some apartment complexes, then I start grouping my packages by building. I wish all apartments had a single drop point like a mailroom or reception desk or lockers, but most in my area do not.
Mentor makes this job next to impossible (it's such a burden).... I keep getting hit for distractions because the phone shakes on the mount when I hit pot holes or go down a rough dirt path.... Apparently that means I'm a shit driver. Also, braking too hard for animals in the road kills my FICO score.... Just dumb. I shouldn't be thinking of my FICO score when it comes to saving the life of a squirrel or deer.... "Sorry squirrel, but I have to run you over so I can keep my FICO at 850....
I have been hearing for years that Company UPS drivers have optimized routes, where unprotected left turns are minimized, and the destination addresses are on the driver’s right (both features for safety and efficiency. This routing app is, of course, proprietary, and unavailable to contract drivers. Unfortunately, there are absolutely NO apps (free or paid) that have the two safety features given above! Contract drivers for any delivery company should absolutely be given access to the UPS proprietary routing/navigation app (or equivalent)!
I watched an Amazon driver on GPS making deliveries, pass me 8 different times before the actual delivery, and still put it at the wrong address. I honestly don't believe most use this app.
When you deliver to a house then come back like 10 stops later with another one because it needs a one time passcode for it is stupid or just as a separate stop right after another stop for the same place and the person is asking don’t you have another parcel for me so annoying as if you haven’t parked close to the place then your walking/running back to van to get it/them then going back again then back again wastes so much time should just be like a multi stop for one time Passcode parcels
Because I am a production Lerner can I see it in production and see how the all formulates like you physically doing it just show me how it looks and how you will get it back on track after you deliver the package. That is near because although I'm looking at these videos, I'm still not able to see how they are physically do it. Why it's an operation? I know that's kind of tough but it really will help if you could. Just a thought. Humbly your viewer
When I change my route, my dispatcher calls me to don't do it! After 3 weeks of deliver for Amazon, I'm out, good new experience but I'm sure that there are better places where you are not being watched every minute and no fucking Mentor App
As well as the flex app gives ZERO ETA,, Dispatch says they don't know that and are unable to know but in the same breath tell you 'your 3stops ahead or behind",, lol
Doesn't make sense to open up 3-4 different totes to find packages just to make the routing more reasonable 😕, in mpo this should be done already by Amazon, I don't know what these people are doing, just fix the damn routes😅 sometimes it makes sense and sometimes it doesn't 🤷
Yeah, grouped Apartments is the second half. Turn off internet data, organize the packages from lowest Apt # to highest and make 1 run through the complex.
That is too time-consuming. That's what I'm doing now and I need something better and more efficient because it does take just as much time in the end.
Why doesn’t Amazon do a better job of routing to begin with?!?! All the technology available & the app can’t discern when 2 pkgs with the same address, but different names, go together. Oy vey!
@@JamesSmith-vb9dh we're all Guinee pigs. I have previously been delivering 6o miles from my depo and have just recently started in my home city. The routes are so messed up it would be hard to believe if I had not had to work them. My old routes in Newcastle England had some faults, but oh my how I miss them at the moment
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Amazon should be embarrassed at their flex app. I can't imagine the amount of cumulative time and gas wasted every day. The fact this video exists and requires manual interaction to over ride the planned route is proof. This video is helpful but it shouldn't need to be made, Amazon's programming should be better then this.
As I said in another thread, they are growing too fast and with a focus on innovation, they try any idea that comes along and then diagnose why it didn’t work.
Not to mention the time wasted when losing connectivity on their phones...which you still have on your personal one.
Exactly. On day 5 i completed an entire street only to find deliveries on that same street 1/2hour and 6miles LATER
This video and all your videos are making me feel i can do this job. All the DSP dispatcher do is discourage u by asking why u stay behind knowing full well im not rven two weeks in yet.im only on day 9 come 8/25/21
Idk if u still work for a dsp but the app is even worse, it works best on airplane mode.
Instead of (at 3:45) going to stop 8 and digging out parcels for stop 58 & 61, skip stop 8 and do it when you come back for stop 58...
Very well. That is an example of thinking outside the box. 🙂
I'm going to try this today
that save me a hella time hate going back to the same street smh. map is all you need.
Right on. A lot of times you can just quickly check the next series of stops and say “Ok, the next 8 stops are good” and follow the itinerary. Sometimes you have to manually click each one when it’s really screwed up.
@@JamesSmith-vb9dh how does this work if the pkgs are in 2-3 different totes? Should I just dig for those packages in different totes or do you suggest something else?
I have been delivering for Amazon for 4 years now. The part where you said is it worth it to stop and dig out the package from a different tote. The may sound weird but most of the time it’s not. Most of the time when this happens it’s because Amazon adds stops after your route was made
Ive been with my DSP for 8 days and just didnt understand why they dumped me with 104 stops on my first day; then dumped me with 143 stops my second day by day 7 they gave me 170 stops knowing full well i couldnt finish 100 stops. Thx to you i will be a driving beast NO THX TO THEM. TY JIM😍😍😍
I'm doing my first block as a flex driver tomorrow in an area I'm not familiar with, I hope this makes it easier and faster!
Your videos have taught me everything they didn't during training. My trainer on the first day in the van just drove while I did all the legwork. That was definitely okay with me but he taught me absolutely nothing about the app or how to load oversize packages to save me headaches or how to jump to other stops. He just assumed I knew how to work the app. I've been at apartments where two apartment buildings had lockers across the street from each other and the app sent me to the first then the second then the first over and over.
Thanks for your input man... woman??... Yesterday was my first route solo and no lockers yet.
Over 150 stops is incredibly complicated due to the fact they're just black circles signifying the stop. Until you have practice, routing your own route will take more time.
This video is great. I don't know why there isn't more feedback from people.
I would like to see this possible when you have over 300 parcels and all the bags and big boxes are loaded in their order, trying to find the last or the middle bag in the van being full, is wasting alot more time than to go just normally.
Agreed, there is a guy at my DSP that does it, I think its dumb and way to much work, when I can do the route normally and get back before him and have happy customers. Once you hit start route, the 1st 10 customers are notified there package is close, and continues to do so plus 1 after every delivery, so if you end up doing stop 45 instead to save time, you've now notified the next 10 customers after 45 that there package is close.. While 1 - 10 are now late and can cause customer complaints, because some people will wait for there package if its close. You may make your route a little faster, but why take money out of your pocket, when a lot of DSPs will not pay you for full day if your done early.
@@SgtPickledic airplane mode will combat that issue.
@@daniellemoore-porter6032 I agree not even Amazon can track you while in that mode. I'm glad I read the comments as I am trying to find a better solution that the dispatchers or my boss will in form me of. Blessings
When I'm waiting something, it's shows "the driver had to do few more stops before you". Now I know why. Lol.
But as a. DA the costumers are never waiting for the package. 🤦🏻♂️
Well, some yes, but not the majority.
One stupid didn't put unit number, I called to ask and he thought was scam call and refused to say and even said he didn't order anything. How? The app send notification all the time about the package. 🙄
I am so busy every day i didn't even look at the map function ! Never mentioned it in training, which was 5 minutes in a carpark with the van idling over.
Thanks for this. I just started and I’m having trouble with apartments :/ I can’t wait to use these methods next time I work. Never once did anyone mention using map or even faster ways to do apartments.. glad I found it on my own 😂
THE DSPs are lacking
@@essedu6473 they really are bro. I’d me mad confused to when I would leave an apartment complex into the one next to it just have to go right back into the one I was already it. It would ruin my day man 😂
@@essedu6473 also when they send me down a street that closed and gated. I remember my first day I spent like 20 mins trying to find a way to get into a gated community. They called me mad bc I had only done 40 stops in like 2 1/2 hours 😂
@@hughmungus7621 wtf that sounds about right 20to 25 stops an hr
@@hughmungus7621 not nearly as bad as my first couple weeks on the job. didnt know about this method because my trainer sucked so i ended up going back and fourth in a massive apartment complex and barely got 7 stops done in 5 hours
I follow flex directions as is and finish 170 stops 80 minutes ahead. Flex has had some great updates recently, my favorite one shows you were your next stop is in relationship to your current stop, letting you know if you should pull into a driveway to turn around or pull into the side of the road to continue on the current road. Very handy for corner lot deliveries.
Ah the memories of all that app can put you though. I always wondered why Amazon just doesn't group it all for you. I used to even group a lot of my stops but the the geo points would usually be off in appt complexes. It would be so much more efficient and easier on the driver's to have a 3D Google earth type option with highlighted parking or anything. Just that black dot in the middle of a non-satellite image was a real bummer for me to say the least. If you had a quick map route from where you park directly to the delivery location would be so great. It would make the job much less stressful. I did get a lot of good exercise tho on the other hand.
showing ideal parking locations would be a game changer. the walk in some apartment complexes is pretty time consuing.
Love your videos man! Really hope to see more because they have helped me a lot. I started working as a driver a couple months ago and because of the pandemic I was not offered a ride along. So I just got thrown into a van and was told to just deliver all my packages leaving me with alot of question and curiosity as to how others do it. How are some people so fast? Why am I giving it my all and still needing to get rescued sometimes. Ughh it can be frustrating but these video have helped me out. Thank you
Organization is the biggest part of the battle. The new video may help you!
Organization? I talked to a guy, that finishes his route max at 4pm, he told me that he never organizes the van, or put the envelopes in the front, he told me that he always work from the back, and he opens the tote and he looks for the name, he doesn't rely on the driver's number. The only thing he said he does, he tries to organize his map by working block by block and using ally ways, and avoiding major roads, cuz organizing each tote wil take at least 7 mns for each tote, and that adds up. And work against you at the end , this guy is in his 50's and he always gets 200 stops, finishes them at 4 pm maximum, he never get to rescue anybody. Can you elaborate on that plz. I want to hear from you. Thanks 👍
@@samsamson3623 wtf that guy must be lying Or he’s speeding like crazy.
@@MrSlidthunder if he was lying, he won't be always done at 430 max, his regular finish time is at 330, I can't think of anyways to do it this fast, without having to group stops, or using the map efficiently.
He might have secrets, but that is the truth he said to me, he always works from the back, never from the front, and he never organizes his totes, which I can not do I always need to organize, or I would be devastated.
Im a new driver and these tips are great..
Glad you are getting value out of the content!
OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I absolutely love RUclips 😊
In rare cases I’ll modify my own route but 99% of the time I just follow the route it gives me, and 95% of the time it’s smooth sailing
My first day alone was terrible. Had to come back to the same complex over and over, and every time through a different gate and the codes didn't work. The main gate had the one-touch key, but the others no.
And was sending me uo and down the same street over and over.
Second day was more normal.
I think they do that on propose for the first day.
Now I rarely change my stops.
And yes it is sad that this video had to be made but extremely helpful for those that are new or never really taught how to properly use the flex app.
I have 2 questions:
1. I would like to know if you have any tips for "commercial zones" I thought my timing was improving until I got hit with a zillion warehouses.
2. Does having a bigger screen improve ability to read the flex map?
As a customer and a driver, I don't like the re routing. Especially when Amazon, has a specific thing they sell with their product. Being able to know when your package will arrive. I think it is like 10 stops or 8 stops. So, when you re route, the next person that was supposed to get their package, sits there and waits, while the driver does other stops in between. This is annoying as a customer. There was a day awhile back when I waiting on a package, and it said I was the next stop. It took over 2 hours from that point to get to my house. So, I only re route if I really need to, for something like a business and getting their before it closes. The other day it took 12 hours for 80 stops. My van was completely full. And 50 of those stops went to businesses, with extra large boxes, bigger than the totes. I had to basically do my route twice. Or I would have never gotten the packages to the business in time. Amazon really does need to do a better job. I left a note at the end of the shift, that the flex app always ask us. So, I am torn about changing the route. Though it might make me go faster, it does mess with the customers waiting on packages.
Most people have… ya know… a fvcking job and a fvcking life beyond waiting for their packages lol. If a omeone is going to complain that they had to wait an extra 15 minutes for a 12 pack of soda they ordered the night before they can fvck straight off
@@AntonVanDerSar people like you suck. That is why the world sucks now. Because of people like you. You have no customer service skills. You don't care about anybody but yourself. You shouldn't be doing a job in customer service.
I'm thinking now that I would only use the maps feature if I was doing apartments..or coastal deliveries with a lot of grouping. A lot of times I get a very condensed route through houses and a few businesses, so I don't need to do the maps thing. However, I am frequently sent in the wrong direction by the GPS and have to back up in a driveway so I don't have to drive a quarter mile out of my way....
That happens to me a lot. And it is frustrating, it never gives you the right route, and constantly checking up the map is time consuming, you just want to drive and deliver, but if you have to think and figure things above all that you are then multi tasking and that is not necessarily good for production.
Prime week starts today and I will definitely be trying this method!!
Just not enough time in a day to do this. Maybe if you were on lunch and did them but there goes your lunch time. Anyway, Amazon should make it easier for DAs and route them were it makes sense. Otherwise following the itinerary is the best way, unless your know your area and stops. When navigating apartments best way is to first look at your itinerary and see how many packages are for that apartment. Then you can easily group all stops and deliver one time in that apartment.
It can be. On the other hand sometimes you glance at the map and realize the next 8 or so stops are logical and you don’t have to look at it again.
Very good video thankyou I will practice this today.
I am going to try this on my next day on duty Ill give a comment when i try
Hold up “a couple of clicks on the app while you’re on the move”? You’re not supposed to touch the phone while driving! Also thank you for the tips! This is what should be in the torturous hours on the computer training lol
I really appreciate you. Your the best. God bless you and keep you safe.
The app had me going farther and farther out of town. It was easier to go out of town then work my way back into the city so when I’m done I’m closer to home.
I've thought about doing that myself, didn't know if it actually works.
@@brokenvesselscoit works. Just please start from the lowest stop number in the zone even if it means to waste 2-3 min to go there. Because going manualy each stop is distressing and it takes focus of you in driving
@@checkmate-24 explain please
Can you make another video, about how deliver block by block. Thank you!!!!!
When you change a lot to the route, every package you do out of order puts the package that was supposed to be the next stop behind/late.. You shouldn't ever go more than 10 stops out of order, because customers are notified 10 stops out before there package is delivered. If you are suppose go to stop 3 and deliver to stop 50 instead, 1-10 and 50 - 60 will get notified there package is 10 stops away. I would be pissed when I get notified my package is 10 stops away, and they show up 4 hours later.. If you want a good chance to get complaints by all means change the route up.
Hmm I see something seem off when I use to do this. Good tip.
How about this???? Get with the Amazon folks and have them fix the routing before it gets to the driver. 200 stops a day to get done in 12 hours when you have a 30 minute drive to your first stop doesn't give a lot of time to analyze the route. Make the people responsible for this do their job better
Wish it was that easy!
Using the map does work, when doing to business first before they close...Do the business first and then do the route like you showed here on this video.
Make more videos please. Thank you
I have a few cooking!
This makes sense, I’m new to this, and getting better each time. However, as I became more efficient, some drop off were late and it’s being held against me. So another words a 5 hour block was done in 2.75 hours and about 4 deliveries was shown late. Doesn’t make no sense. By watching this video the light switch turned on per say. However, by going after the priority packages 1st can potentially reroute your block and can potentially hurt your eligibility to work for flex Any chance to talk about your experience?
Thanks
Dennis
i tried it today by skipping around but i got to a point where i said fuck it and just rushed it because it started to get annoying going back to the map constantly and digging through later totes wasn't worth. i just take it 1 tote at a time
You go to the a group of stops and always start from lowest number. Even if it takes 2 min waste driving. It takes stress and distraction. But you just have to remind to check map again or u will leave the area and have to come back again cuz u forgot some stop😂
This wouldn't be needed if Amazon would spend some $$$ and time making there app more efficient or routing more efficent. Literally ive gone up and down a street in the same apartment complex multiple times...
So should I go to places that require package to be delivered but like say 5pm before other stops
For some reason My Dsp has maps blocked on the itinerary on the rabbits i and my team use , it would be useful because we deliver way out in the country all the time and it’s confusing as heck, I barely had any training and they had walk around and give everyone the answers in orientation to skip ahead, my first day out I didn’t get a nursery route and was expected to have everything done by 7:00pm with 9 bags 80 overflow packages 189 stops and I was assigned a Van that had transmission issues and couldn’t barely drive the speed limit the breaks were super sketchy and the tires were pretty much bald, I got yelled at for not getting everything done and had to be rescued, wish I knew ahead of time what to expect from the Dsp and what to expect when out on the blue mile, I have since went to a New Dsp because there were a lot of issues I wasn’t aware of and found out later on about, everything is a lot better now and I am a lot happier with my job.
How does the algorithm plan its delivery stops in numerical order. As to what comes first to last.
Yh but by choosing your own route u then have to sometimes open new bags for the same road u may aswell stick with the same bag number hike it’s open otherwise u end up paying it’s all these open bags
You have a very soothing voice
The map itinerary is dandy, but what if the item is in a tote way down the line? I guess you have to take out all the packages from their tote all at one time? If thats the case, how do you keep track of what pile of packages belongs to which tote? Also without following the itemized itinerary, how are you organizing the contents of the tote in order?
Very well explained thank you
Love the map. I’m an hour and a half ahead when I do that.
What i do is, i open the first 5 totes and organize my packages in a manner that will be easy to skip totes in case dont follow the default itinerary.
how much they pay for 100+ deliveries? my record is 50, never saw a route bigger than 5hs here in Vegas. And what city pays more?
Thank you that was very detailed and insightful 👍
doesn't it take time when digging in your bag for one package
Your tips are great thank you! But you sound more like a professional not an ex driver ?
Haha My son calls it my “RUclips Voice”. I’m a current driver but I’ve spent my whole life in creative. Musician, Podcaster etc. thanks for the Compliment!
Watst the name of the navigtion app and is it on app store?
Great job! And I definitely recognize your maps. I live in that Area.
Very cool
If I choose to go out of order, does the app recalculate my progress or will it put me “in the red”
I start training tomorrow too much stress 😫
You still at amazon?
Yes
@@esdrasmusic8229 how is it ? Im starting tomorrow
I just follow the route, we are paid by the hour, not my problem.
I do too, until I get to some apartment complexes, then I start grouping my packages by building. I wish all apartments had a single drop point like a mailroom or reception desk or lockers, but most in my area do not.
Exactly. I'm not sure why drivers rush through their route. The longer you stay on the road the more money as long as you get back by a certain time.
@jona5517 screw amazon. There's too much money out here to be delivering their cheap chinese shit and toilet paper.
Mentor makes this job next to impossible (it's such a burden).... I keep getting hit for distractions because the phone shakes on the mount when I hit pot holes or go down a rough dirt path.... Apparently that means I'm a shit driver. Also, braking too hard for animals in the road kills my FICO score.... Just dumb. I shouldn't be thinking of my FICO score when it comes to saving the life of a squirrel or deer.... "Sorry squirrel, but I have to run you over so I can keep my FICO at 850....
So helpful! Thank you!
Route optimization in the app would be great but doing it manually we'll have to work
I have been hearing for years that Company UPS drivers have optimized routes, where unprotected left turns are minimized, and the destination addresses are on the driver’s right (both features for safety and efficiency. This routing app is, of course, proprietary, and unavailable to contract drivers. Unfortunately, there are absolutely NO apps (free or paid) that have the two safety features given above! Contract drivers for any delivery company should absolutely be given access to the UPS proprietary routing/navigation app (or equivalent)!
Great tips thank
Thanks
Very helpful
I watched an Amazon driver on GPS making deliveries, pass me 8 different times before the actual delivery, and still put it at the wrong address. I honestly don't believe most use this app.
Just wanted to ask you about the over flow, is it usually from one bag or from different bags, and when do you have to deliver the over flow?
Look at the sort zone on any package in your first tote and find any OS that same zone. They will go out at some point during that bag.
Thank you sir! You are saving lives here.
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When you deliver to a house then come back like 10 stops later with another one because it needs a one time passcode for it is stupid or just as a separate stop right after another stop for the same place and the person is asking don’t you have another parcel for me so annoying as if you haven’t parked close to the place then your walking/running back to van to get it/them then going back again then back again wastes so much time should just be like a multi stop for one time Passcode parcels
Amazon uses two mapping systems. Amazon Flex and Esri
Because I am a production Lerner can I see it in production and see how the all formulates like you physically doing it just show me how it looks and how you will get it back on track after you deliver the package. That is near because although I'm looking at these videos, I'm still not able to see how they are physically do it. Why it's an operation? I know that's kind of tough but it really will help if you could. Just a thought. Humbly your viewer
Driving in that part of Portland is a hot mess.
When I change my route, my dispatcher calls me to don't do it! After 3 weeks of deliver for Amazon, I'm out, good new experience but I'm sure that there are better places where you are not being watched every minute and no fucking Mentor App
You worked for a shitty DSP. Ours allows us to use our brains as long as we are getting the job done.
As well as the flex app gives ZERO ETA,, Dispatch says they don't know that and are unable to know but in the same breath tell you 'your 3stops ahead or behind",, lol
Why i didnt see this earlier, my first day sucked so bad
Doesn't make sense to open up 3-4 different totes to find packages just to make the routing more reasonable 😕, in mpo this should be done already by Amazon, I don't know what these people are doing, just fix the damn routes😅 sometimes it makes sense and sometimes it doesn't 🤷
2:43 Never ran into this
It would be easier to group your stops
Or Amazon could fix their routing algorithm 🤷♂️ we losing drivers daily to that mess
Amazon bought MapQuest....enough said.
MapQuest is still used? I know they use a mapping system called Esri as well as the Amazon Flex app
This is only useful when apts arent grouped together....and as I typed it u said itd be ur next vid..lol
Yeah, grouped Apartments is the second half. Turn off internet data, organize the packages from lowest Apt # to highest and make 1 run through the complex.
Why turn off the internet data? Is it to be able to scan and deliver packages?
All I can say is trial and error. It takes getting used to but you everyday critique your own route
That is too time-consuming. That's what I'm doing now and I need something better and more efficient because it does take just as much time in the end.
Why doesn’t Amazon do a better job of routing to begin with?!?! All the technology available & the app can’t discern when 2 pkgs with the same address, but different names, go together. Oy vey!
I think the answer is they’ve grown too fast. They are building the plane while it’s in the air.
@@JamesSmith-vb9dh we're all Guinee pigs. I have previously been delivering 6o miles from my depo and have just recently started in my home city. The routes are so messed up it would be hard to believe if I had not had to work them. My old routes in Newcastle England had some faults, but oh my how I miss them at the moment
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Your explained well but you not showing us how to actually group stops so I gotta give this a thumbs down
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