Amazon Relay Workers Comp requirement

To be completely transparent and fair, attached is a screenshot sorted by the lowest rates available...yep, some are crap! But, you don't have to take them...

 

The loads are actually prepared by an agent. As I mentioned in another reply...you can look at the schedule and determine IF that person knows what they are doing. I ONLY move loads that I can pick up on time, travel to the drop and make it on time, and for the right rate. Some loads will ask you to move 2000 miles in 13 hours...yeah right. Somebody will take it though and then complain about it. Amazon does have a way for you to right the scheduling errors without penalizing you for not making the drop though...it's all part of learning their system.

 

Also, my main focus when taking a load is when it delivers. I try to only take loads that pick up and delivery close to midnight...

 

I would not disagree with you that some loads may be scheduled via algorithm but I also have spoken to 2 different agents that walked me through their process of putting together "trips" to get empties and loads to locations all by the same carrier. The biggest headache at that time for them was inaccurate empty counts at each location causing drivers to bobtail for stupid miles.

I would totally agree that some carriers shoot themselves in the foot and then play the victim. I think the Amazon model will become the "norm" for drivers eventually. It's a very effective system but continues to have bugs to work out. Drivers have an opportunity to provide feedback after every load in the Relay App. I do 90% of the time. If we help work out the bugs, the system should get smoother, eh?