Is this my sign for a job change?
This was a company announcement we got today.
This DSP has been really good to me after the last one sucked so much. I’ve been a stellar driver with a platinum, spotless record for them. I’ve never left a route unfinished, and I’m pretty responsible with my breaks usually. But this? This sucks.
For the past two weeks straight I’ve been getting slammed with 180-190+ stops. Yeah yeah, I know, that’s “light work” to some drivers and all that, but I’m not a fast driver, I’m a consistent one. I do my 20 stops an hour, and I do them right. I have the dozens of positive customer reviews and no negative reviews to show for it.
But lately, with the amped stop count, I’ve needed more rescues than normal. Maybe once a week. Just enough to finish on time. There’s no way I’m going to be allowed my breaks when they regularly ask why I’m 5 stops behind and I can only respond with “It’s a big route.”
I don’t want to get stuck in a day with 195 stops and never even get a chance to rest because “You’re not 10 stops ahead.” I like my breaks. There’s a lot of good places to eat on my usual route that I enjoy stopping at, and it’s one of the only enjoyable parts of the day. If this takes that away from me I’m probably going to start shopping for a new job.
tl;dr no breaks sucks and i’m not happy, but it’s perfectly legal in my state…