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Author	1230cal
Comment	Posted this as a reply to someone else, but I figured I’d post here too for you to hopefully see. I work for a company delivering for Amazon, and it’s as you described regarding pay. But we are in no rush. Amazon has an algorithm which affects how many parcels you take out on a route. If I go too fast one day they give me more parcels the next. We also have a ‘sweeper’ which is a driver who starts around 3/4pm and his job is to collect any parcels we can’t deliver before ~8pm. Then he spends the rest of the night attempting to deliver them. If he can’t get them finished, or the customers still aren’t home etc he just takes them back to the warehouse and they get sent out the next day. There are a few other sub-contractors at Amazon who don’t have as good a system and yes, they are pretty much chasing their tail the whole day. OP, if you are interested in courier work, I am paid £109 per shift, and every now and then we get a £25 a day bonus meaning an extra £100 a week. I get as many shifts as I want - I’m working 6 days on right now but there’s folk who just do weekends or a few days etc. They also sort out how much tax to pay, submit quarterly returns and an end of year tax return for £15 a week. Feel free anyone to DM with questions if you don’t fancy asking here.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/14pa1mq/courier_driving_as_second_job/jqhajfg/
Created	Mon 3rd Jul 2023 8:45am
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*Posted this as a reply to someone else, but I figured I’d post here too for you to hopefully see.*

I work for a company delivering for Amazon, and it’s as you described regarding pay. But we are in no rush. Amazon has an algorithm which affects how many parcels you take out on a route. If I go too fast one day they give me more parcels the next. We also have a ‘sweeper’ which is a driver who starts around 3/4pm and his job is to collect any parcels we can’t deliver before ~8pm. Then he spends the rest of the night attempting to deliver them. If he can’t get them finished, or the customers still aren’t home etc he just takes them back to the warehouse and they get sent out the next day. There are a few other sub-contractors at Amazon who don’t have as good a system and yes, they are pretty much chasing their tail the whole day.

OP, if you are interested in courier work, I am paid £109 per shift, and every now and then we get a £25 a day bonus meaning an extra £100 a week. I get as many shifts as I want - I’m working 6 days on right now but there’s folk who just do weekends or a few days etc. They also sort out how much tax to pay, submit quarterly returns and an end of year tax return for £15 a week. Feel free anyone to DM with questions if you don’t fancy asking here.