Truckman1000:
Hi, We recentrly registered with Amazon Relay. I was surpised of how low Amazon pay for some loads. Not only it is mostly night work but also the pay rate is rubish. Am I missing something?
so how low they pay? if its not good you dont need to worry someone else will jump on it…so make it PUBLIC to save others time to register only to find out!
Drop empty trailer at Speke 15.30 and collect part loaded trailer - fill trailer at Manchester - drop Rugeley 20.00 and collect an empty… grand total 185.37 quid
Wally Webb:
As an example here’s one on Relay for today.
Drop empty trailer at Speke 15.30 and collect part loaded trailer - fill trailer at Manchester - drop Rugeley 20.00 and collect an empty… grand total 185.37 quid
So Amazon Relay is ok if youre heading for a backload. If yo have a look there will be some short notice loads as in the next hour or tonight etc they are paid better. for example Coventry loading tonight tip Peterborough 0800 in the morning £321. Most people pulling Amazon trailers do it through the likes of Slam Transport who pay a shift rate… i dont know what that is, probably £450 region
James12barney:
By the way how many trucks amazon consider to take on board? Any minimum number of trucks?
I’m sure I’ve seen some OD’s/1-3 truck sort of firms on there recently but that may have been the Christmas rush that allowed them to get a foot in the door.
If the jobs getting you down, log into amazon relay job board and it’ll cheer you up that some other mug is actually doing these loads. How the ■■■■ do they get stuff moved for these prices is beyond me. Prices tend to range from £1.11 to £1.54 per mile
good_friend:
The Industry charges more than a quid a mile to move horses around for the general public, to shows etc.
How the hell can you make any money to live on earning just over a quid a mile for an artic? Am I missing something?
They’re back load rates I presume so they’re banking on hauliers who have delivered in the area the load originates from on primary rate and rather than drive back empty will take Amazon’s goods for a few pork scratchings.
good_friend:
The Industry charges more than a quid a mile to move horses around for the general public, to shows etc.
How the hell can you make any money to live on earning just over a quid a mile for an artic? Am I missing something?
No you are not missing anything. But its the same old story. If morons will work for them rates then thats what you will get. Its unsustainable for the haulier but for Amazon they are laughing as even more morons will fill the gaps.
I had an email off amazon this morning (Sunday) the first one I’ve had with a “critical” load that hadn’t been covered.
It was from Manchester to Rochester. Now I’m not that proficient at decoding their emails, and there was a seemingly load reference on it that could have meant something special and it could have had a special rate on that job, but when I had a look at the load board it did indeed have a load from Manchester to Rochester.
It paid £274.
I logged off the computer and got back to eating my bacon sandwich.
coiler:
I had an email off amazon this morning (Sunday) the first one I’ve had with a “critical” load that hadn’t been covered.
It was from Manchester to Rochester. Now I’m not that proficient at decoding their emails, and there was a seemingly load reference on it that could have meant something special and it could have had a special rate on that job, but when I had a look at the load board it did indeed have a load from Manchester to Rochester.
It paid £274.
I logged off the computer and got back to eating my bacon sandwich.
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Blooming heck [emoji47] my boss gets paid more fore taking a load of timber from Rochester to Southampton