Long story short, was there 3 years ago, took some pictures of my car but have no geo-metadata. Will give some tips:
-19.12 I am going 140 past "chateau de Villemonteix" cultural sight sign, "N145 57" sign right before
-19.17 Aire de Passac 300m away sign, exit right
-19.48 | am at that gas station.
I remember when i first started in 2024, we had 130-160 stops, very little spread out multis… Then 2024 peak came, 160 became the norm; but whatever, still doable with loads of time to spare and to actually do a good job (do as notes say, reattempt OTPs at the end of the day, and so on).
Then 2025 peak came, 180 became the new 150, more multis with locations 400ft away from each other, routing got worse (bounces u back to back between the ends of the street). But whatever, even despite having to drive 1hr+ to the first stop, there was still a way to go with it.
But this prime week? Holy shit. I haven’t crashed out more times per day before. Stops dont go below 190, locations are always at 240+, and the amount of packages and overflow is comical. And the spread is also wild, i am driving over 120 miles/200km per day.
Remember the days when “20 per hr is fine” was true? Its 30 now. How does amazon expect drivers to keep up with the pace and maintain all the metrics for DCR, pictures and customer contact?
And whats gonna happen this christmas? Will 200+ be the norm? All of the metrics will have to be >99.5% of the norm, or do we (or rather the DSP, and us by descent) get screwed?
And quick shoutout to the folks at r/amazonfc, seems like fucking up the package types, the cart load order, mis-sorting, and overpacking the bags are essential parts of the employee duties nowadays.