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Adam Ef · 09-12-18, 11:15 AM

Yep. Same with supermarket deliveries. We've had a Morrisons van sit up the road from our house for half an hour with the drivers reading the paper before they can deliver on a few occaisions.

Delivery driver conditions of employment can be really crap. Gets worse when you're working for one of the companies that require you use your own vehicle. We had a driver turn up recently with paint all over her car. The seller had sent it with a service that banned sending with them (we didn't know this an assumed she'd send with someone who could handle it). The driver was using her own vehicle and self employed, so the people she worked for wouldn't cover her car damage / clean up. (I got the imperession that she was using her car without business insurance too.)

DPD drivers are regularly doing 150 drops a day. If you work out how many minutes per drop that is it seems absurd.

As a side note, I've always found DPD the best service for receiving packages, with a one hour time window, regular text updates and the ability to track the driver in real time. Way too expensive to send with though unless you're a business on a contract unfortunately.

09-12-18, 11:15 AM	#2
Adam Ef Member Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,200	Re: DPD Yep. Same with supermarket deliveries. We've had a Morrisons van sit up the road from our house for half an hour with the drivers reading the paper before they can deliver on a few occaisions. Delivery driver conditions of employment can be really crap. Gets worse when you're working for one of the companies that require you use your own vehicle. We had a driver turn up recently with paint all over her car. The seller had sent it with a service that banned sending with them (we didn't know this an assumed she'd send with someone who could handle it). The driver was using her own vehicle and self employed, so the people she worked for wouldn't cover her car damage / clean up. (I got the imperession that she was using her car without business insurance too.) DPD drivers are regularly doing 150 drops a day. If you work out how many minutes per drop that is it seems absurd. As a side note, I've always found DPD the best service for receiving packages, with a one hour time window, regular text updates and the ability to track the driver in real time. Way too expensive to send with though unless you're a business on a contract unfortunately.