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Because Amazon also fires drivers if they don't manage an insane pace of deliveries-per-hour. Speeding is basically the only way you can meet the target they se
by Analemma_ 3y ago
Because Amazon also fires drivers if they don't manage an insane pace of deliveries-per-hour. Speeding is basically the only way you can meet the target they set. So it's pretty shitty of Amazon to put drivers in this Catch-22.
- mcfedr 3y agoMaybe that would actually help you to prove if you are being asked to do something unreasonable
- denimnerd42 3y agosounds more fair to drivers if everyone is policed equally. otherwise like you say, they are forced to speed. if you want to drive safely you can't and also keep your job. whereas now the metrics will show what is reasonable.
- Fernicia 3y agoIs your behavioural model of Amazon that they are trying to maximise firings?
- whaleofatw2022 3y agoMaximizing profit. It's a large chunk of logistics. When EDL (electronic data logging) became mandatory a crapton of drivers left the industry because they could no longer fudge records. The labor churn is an unintended, and ignored side effect.
- reverius42 3y agoI think they're definitely trying to maximize _cause_ for firings, such that if and when they do firings, they can't (as easily) be accused of firing for wrongful cause.
- Night_Thastus 3y agoIn real world practical tests, speeding does not reduce the overall travel times proportionally with the speed. This is ESPECIALLY true for city driving and for a job with a ton of stops like a delivery driver. Going 45 in a 40 is a 12.5% increase on paper but maybe 3% more deliveries in a day at best. I'd be shocked if that much honestly. Speeding does not help anyone.
- fooker 3y ago> 3% more deliveries With stack ranking, this can easily get you from the bottom half to the top half pf performers.