Possible layoffs in 2017?

[bottomups]

Yeah our center record volume, then again Amazon hasn't started delivering around here.

Amazon started delivering some of their own packages in my subdivision this past fall. They misdelivered two packages on two different days to my address this peak.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

Amazon started delivering some of their own packages in my subdivision this past fall. They misdelivered two packages on two different days to my address this peak.

So ya keep them? I'd wait till they came searching for them. Just to see how long they take

 

[silenze]

Amazon shipped over a billion packages this peak season

 

[bottomups]

So ya keep them? I'd wait till they came searching for them. Just to see how long they take

I delivered the first one to the correct home after about a week. The second one is still relaxing on my porch.

 

[Wally]

Any news on possible layoffs in 2017? There is a lot of talk about Amazon taking over e.t.c. This peak season we were much lighter that last year. Right before peak started, it looked like volume drooped about 40%.

40%? Where? Heavy as hell in the 177.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

40%? Where? Heavy as hell in the 177.

In the area he is referring to, it's a rural metro area. Amazon volume for their building dropped recently.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Yup. We lost amazon.

 

[Brownslave688]

We did like 12k one day. Crazy busy at my center

 

[PT Car Washer]

Yup. We lost amazon.

My building found the amazon you lost. We had a ton of it this Peak. Most Saturdays half of our volume will be amazon.

 

[Bottom rung]

We also set records in our medium sized, midwestern hub. Forecast was off today, but we still had 43 routes in and that will go up tomorrow and Thursday.

Never would've thought you guys had that many cars in up there.

 

[ChicagosPrimeMinister]

Any news on possible layoffs in 2017? There is a lot of talk about Amazon taking over e.t.c. This peak season we were much lighter that last year. Right before peak started, it looked like volume drooped about 40%.

Up about 27% here. CACH in Chicago had to be shut down because too much volume in one day. We had 20-30 drivers from other centers come help us. If anything more jobs in 2017

 

[Ghost in the Darkness]

Yup. We lost amazon.

We were much heavier through the summer, the fall leading up to peak was the worst I've seen it. Here's to hoping Amazon gets up to speed and delivers their own crap.

 

[barnyard]

Never would've thought you guys had that many cars in up there.

I think we had 53 in during peak, plus someone that was just doing pick ups.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Our Amazon volume was way down too. The last week i was delivering one or two pieces and there would already be 10- 20 Amazon boxes sitting on the porch. Most of them from the USPS and a few from RPS.

 

[barnyard]

The last week i was delivering one or two pieces and there would already be 10- 20 Amazon boxes sitting on the porch.

Exact opposite from me. There would be 1 or 2 from UPS or FEg and I would be adding 2-5 more. I had lots of Amazon this peak. Kind of surprising, as the metro closest to us has a regional distribution hub and one of the new 'on demand' delivery thingys. Place an order and get it delivered within 2 hours.

I know that my center lost some Amazon volume, but it does not seem to be the case on rural routes.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

Exact opposite from me. There would be 1 or 2 from UPS or FEg and I would be adding 2-5 more. I had lots of Amazon this peak. Kind of surprising, as the metro closest to us has a regional distribution hub and one of the new 'on demand' delivery thingys. Place an order and get it delivered within 2 hours.

I know that my center lost some Amazon volume, but it does not seem to be the case on rural routes.

Delivering on a rural route will probably only be profitable for amazon if it's done by a drone.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Delivering on a rural route will probably only be profitable for amazon if it's done by a drone.

Except during pheasant or duck season.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

Except during pheasant or duck season.

They have a patent for that bahahaha.