This. This is how much I made my first week
working at Amazon. So you wanna know how much
an Amazon driver makes? Maybe you're considering being a driver and you wanna see how much your checks
are going to be looking like. Or maybe you're an Amazon driver and you want to see what other drivers
are making delivering smiles. And then this video that's exactly
what I'm going to be revealing. And then later on the video, we're
going to be talking about DSPs, part time slash full time opportunities, bonuses
and students do this job. The good summertime job,
do they work from your schedule benefits? And why think about Amazon delivery? Everything will be time on the timeline
so you can find everything you need. So to start off, I'm going to through my first paycheck,
my second paycheck, my third paycheck, and what I get paid now. So for a little background,
I applied directly on the Amazon website. And with that you can see
all the locations are hiring and they're starting pay. The location I signed up for starts at 1925 and
that's exactly how much they started me. And on the website you really go
see two types of jobs, something along the lines of Amazon
DSP drivers or Amazon drivers non dot com, which are your regular drivers
that don't require any special license or you'll see Amazon box drivers
slash Amazon delivery drivers dot this is most likely Amazon Excel
which they deliver heavier package but have less stock
these require you to get your medical card which is essentially ensuring that you're
healthy enough to drive a truck that's over £3 million. Also, I make this note that location
also going to vary from your starting pay. If you're a driver from Ohio, generally
your starting pay is going to be a lot
less than someone that's from California. And in my case, the suburbs of New Jersey
like I said my location started me at 1925 and your first paycheck
there is probably going to be your orientation paycheck
it's a three day orientation do if Amazon watching videos and slideshows
and as you saw in the beginning I work 13 and a half hours
and got paid $233.55. For some reason I was under the impression
that I would get paid a full day but they paid me hourly
so it's kind of unfortunate I should have like sped through it
I should have just taken my time. If you want to know more about orientation
and the training process, check out this video here
and what happens when you start my second week there
with pretty much training on the road. And before I start, I want to note that this is all part time
pay four days instead of five. The first day of the week,
I went for a trainer and we drove together to just get a what the job's like doing
maybe like 30 stops total, which if you're a driver, that'll probably
take you maybe like less than 2 hours. Then the rest of the week
I was alone doing nursery route. Nursery
routes are kind of like baby route. They'll start you
with a low number of stops and gradually you work your way up
to becoming a full time driver. You'll probably be on the road
for like four to 7 hours. So in that week
I work at a total of 27 hours and got paid $441.54 in the beginning. You won't be getting a lot of hours
because you're still in the training phase. Probably in like week three or week four,
you'll be at full capacity and during like my 44 fifth week there,
I actually did get a raise or so I think. So how to work that my DSP is if we do
a good job as a team, we get a team raise. So I went from going from 1925 to 20, 25. But if you ask me if you go on the website
and search of my building and the location, you can see that
they're starting drivers at 20, 25. So did I actually get a raise
or was it inflation? So here's a check about a month in
I work 37 and a half hours and got paid $624.48 and that's with the new rate at $20.25. I would say you're probably on the road
for like 8 hours, about 30, 35 hours and four days is pretty much
what you're going to be getting part time. And finally we can talk about today so
pay can differ for what vehicle you drive. If you're a step van driver,
you get paid a dollar more than what you currently are. Check out my step
van driver video here. Step in. Drivers also get the priority of working
five days a week full time. So then that's when my pay went from 20,
25 to 2125, which brings us today so I'm not trying to find
I want the most hours for those who want to work full time
this about full time hours I did 38 hours I got paid $697.96. If I worked at 50 I made a lot more
just due to the overtime money after 40 my pay when I've been around $30
an hour, but I guess I was kind of lazy, you know, working peak for the past
five years so I'm kind of over it. Well actually
sometimes they put me in the cargo van and being in the cargo van
during peak was no fun. You have to cube out the van because there's just so many totes
and there's no room to work in there. And plus I can use the extra time
to make a YouTube videos. Now that we all talked about that
let's talk about scheduling now. Some of you were wondering
if you can do this as a second job or maybe you're a student that goes to
school can be working as an Amazon driver. I think most DSPs are open
to working with your schedule. These DSPs are small time businesses and usually they have
a core set of drivers and the backup slash part time drivers, the most important
thing is that you don't call out, you show up and you're reliable. And the standard way they usually do
things is that they have a front half and a back half,
the front half being Sunday to Wednesday and the back happening
Wednesday to Saturday. And then they're all drivers in between. We have one driver that works Fridays, two Mondays we have
another driver had Saturdays to Tuesdays. There are drivers that work twice a week, and then there are drivers
that work five times a week. Like I said, flexible. Most of the time they start you off part
time. As mentioned, there are full time
opportunities stuff and drivers get priority and there are some cargo vans
that do full time as well. If you're a person that likes to work six to seven days and get that overtime money, I don't think a lot of DSPs
will let you do that. I've seen on Reddit that drivers work six
to seven times a week, but I hear that the margins are very thin,
that DSP DSPs rather. You just work five days
how you get paid and types of pay. So to clock in and clock out,
I use the ATP. It's the same app that I use that FedEx
and it keeps track of everything. I get paid every week on Friday
and in the beginning I got physical check maybe two or three weeks in my direct
deposit finally kicked in. Results might differ throughout the ISPs. They're some of the ISPs I pay
every two weeks, which kind of sucks. Been there, done that,
and it it does suck. I know you're getting paid the same,
but it just sucks. And depending on your DSP,
you also make extra money through rescues. Rescues are when you help drivers
and take some loan and packages from them. Some don't pay for rescues
and are voluntary. Some make rescues mandatory without pay,
and some will give you a dollar for every package you take away. I take away three packages from someone,
get paid an extra $30 and from what I've seen, most
DSPs are going to pay you hourly. But there are some out there that pay you for full days,
meaning if you finish delivering early. No matter what, you'll still get paid
a full day's worth of work, ranging from like nine to 10 hours. If you can find a DSP that does that, it's
probably the best for you. They're hard to find,
but they're out there. Perks bonuses and extra benefits. I always get comments about benefits,
and to be honest, I don't think I got any, like I said, dependent on your DSP. I would show you them if I had any
or if I knew where to find them. And for bonuses, like I mentioned,
bonuses are a team effort here at my DSP, which I don't really like
because I really have no control over it. Like if Joe Schmo once again to accent
every other week, there's nothing I can do that's on him. Like, what am I supposed to do? Sometimes Amazon,
the company does things for drivers. For example, during peak,
they have a lot of prize giving. If you saw my last video,
I won a swag bag and occasionally, like maybe I would say twice a month
we get catering of some sort. Like there's one time we had Boston Market
on our time we had Smash Burger. There's also something
called the Front Runner Award. That's like
if you're the top driver of the month, one of the drivers on my team got it. And he got like AirPods
so that's pretty cool. You know, I could use a pair of AirPods. And if you're wondering if you got
any bonuses during December, we did not. I heard from the OGI drivers
that in 20, 21 Amazon gave out $250 worth of bonuses to every delivery driver. 20, 22 we got nada. I think that's because Amazon's
getting sued left and right. So there's no money for us
except the thing with the Amazon. Thank my driver
which I kind of got scammed by it. If you guys wanna know more let me know but yeah how we got
we like $20 worth of thank you. I mean thanks I guess and my thoughts why
I think about Amazon in general. I think being an Amazon
driver is a good place to start if you want to see
what working in logistics is like, it's also a good place if you need to make
some extra cash on the side. But the growth as an Amazon
driver is very limited. Like maybe you could become a dispatcher
and that's pretty much it. It's just the way how it's built with all these small DSPs and Amazon
can only pay so much to these companies. If I had to guess, I think the max pay for Amazon drivers
would probably be around like $25 ish. I know some the ISPs are paying $23
for stuff and drivers. Maybe it's time for me to switch
buy her in the future. Amazon is trying to get their drivers who can to a program where
they can get their CDL through the DSP. But we'll see. As of now, you're probably gonna have
to make that choice on your own. It also seems that the turnover rate here
at Amazon is much higher than the turnover rate at FedEx.
Is it really career? I don't think so. It's like any other job.
You get what you put into it. Know if you get the job and you like it
and you want to stay here for years, who am I to judge?
Everyone has different values. I'm making this feel to show you how much
you can make as an Amazon DSP driver. I'm not here to brag. It is what it is. There are some you making much more and
there are some of you guys making less. Everyone has different bills and payments
because at the end of day, as long as you're happy,
then you're winning in life. If you learn anything of value or know
someone that might benefit from this, make sure you leave a light. And Sheri, are you an Amazon driver? Let me know how much you're making
and what state you're in. Maybe somebody will find that useful. Thanks, everyone,
and I'll see you in the excellent piece.
