Nobody will give us a straight answer.

[8digger2]

Our office lost amazon during the spring count. Every time we bring up how the routes will impacted, Our union rep and district rep keeps telling us as long as long as you're doing your scans it will be minimal. Are they full of it or not.

For example my 40k route of 610 houses 11.1 miles. Was average about 200ish packages last summer. This summer and spring I was lucky to have 50 packages.

I don’t understand how the routes are not going to drastically fall in time. I just want to know if I need to find child care an extra day a week/if my pay can decrease any more. Was 48k for years till adjustment in 2023, then was 43k this spring hit 40k.

Are they wrong about the routes?
How far can they fall before people lose jobs?

Sorry for the length.

 

[jaymacgthree]

There is no single answer to your question as it will depend on the volume. The size and weight affect the locations they are delivered to. 150 packages to the mailbox lost has less an impact that 150 packages lost that would be delivered to the door.

Ask yourself how much faster are you completing your route now versus when you had the additional packages. Without knowing much about the details of your route I can say the two are going to be closely related. At only about 6 months of volume data you will see some reduction in time for the evaluation but you won't see the full picture until next year's MMS. If you are 40K now I will assume you become a J route.

Locally here we have an office that was switched to Amazon Flex so they went to maybe 50 parcels a day total each route and it varied widely; 2 routes became J routes, another overburdened route went from 48k to 43k and another did not change at all.

Keep in mind UPS/DHL/ETC may increase to offset volume changes and there is a continued push to expand the local connect programs so if you do experience a lower evaluation it may only be temporary.

 

[Good Ole Greg]

Yes. Your evaluation will drop.

After losing UPS in 2025, most routes at my station dropped 3 or more hours. Now UPS came back around March of this year, so they should start going up again.