Should we be concerned?

[MethodsMan]

Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

Sad that we’ve sat back and basically helped amazon become what they have.

 

[The Driver]

I’ve saved cash to able to go back to school just in case they clobber us.

I’m a little concerned.

 

[Brownslave688]

Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

Sad that we’ve sat back and basically helped amazon become what they have.

I mean maybe eventually we will see it hurt us but right now we are drowning in packages all over the country.


Delivering surepost today and holy hell if we were getting the stops we are supposed to from
Them do you know how many drivers ups would have to put on?

 

[Staydryitsraining]

What exactly do you see happening? All the companies that use ups and fedex going to Amazon? Who is a direct competitor? I just dont get this idea, sure some volume is gonna disappear but to think ups is in trouble just is a dooms day idea.

 

[MethodsMan]

What exactly do you see happening? All the companies that use ups and fedex going to Amazon? Who is a direct competitor? I just dont get this idea, sure some volume is gonna disappear but to think ups is in trouble just is a dooms day idea.

Yeah I’m not really too concerned. I’m just curious everyone else’s take on it. Still 11 hour dispatches out here.

 

[Dumbo]

They suspended their shipping service. So much of UPS is from shipping and servicing their warehouse clients. Amazon tried it and gave up. They will stick to delivering their own stuff for probably at least the next 5-10 years is my guess.

 

[Johney]

When you see an Amazon truck backed up to Joe Blows nut and bolt factory picking up those hundred boxes of nut and bolts headed to Lowes or Home Depot then I'd worry. Till then(if ever) I think they'll worry about their own packages.

 

[Wally]

No Amazon year round contract, no peak. Have fun Amazon.

 

[Fido]

Just because amazon ships a lot doesn’t concern me. I see more target, Walmart, sams, petco, old navy than I do amazon

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

When you see an Amazon truck backed up to Joe Blows nut and bolt factory picking up those hundred boxes of nut and bolts headed to Lowes or Home Depot then I'd worry. Till then(if ever) I think they'll worry about their own packages.

Just because amazon ships a lot doesn’t concern me. I see more target, Walmart, sams, petco, old navy than I do amazon

The lazier Americans get the more Amazon grows. The Targets, Walmart’s, Sams, etc will lose even more business to Amazon and will divert what little market share they have left to FedEx Ground and the USPS in an attempt to recover profits. I see more of those already going to SurePost already. In the very near future UPS won’t be the big kid in the block anymore. Joe Blows Nuts & Bolts and SurePost accounts will keep us in business. But our pension fund might take a beating down the road.

 

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Just because amazon ships a lot doesn’t concern me. I see more target, Walmart, sams, petco, old navy than I do amazon

I used to say that when I loaded in the hub. Now that I'm an air driver, in the mornings when I unload the planes, I would say 90% of what we unload is Amazon.

 

[barnyard]

Amazon tried to service my delivery area several years ago. At that time, it failed. There was not enough density for them to do it. 2 or 3 months ago, they tried again. The zip code of my delivery area is covered by 4 FT UPS routes (prepandemic) it was up to 4.5 routes in April and May. Since Amazon started, we are back to 4 FT routes.

From what I see, the pie has gotten so much larger that the volume that Amazon is now delivering themselves was not really noticed in my building. They would need to cover my building's entire delivery area to see an effect and that will not happen until they build a warehouse that is much closer.

Also, if you read the story and look at the photos, a lot of the stuff they are delivering appears to be non-perishables that you get at the grocery store or Target or Walmart.

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

No fear- the "elected leaders" are all over this. You have fierce negotiators out there....lol.

 

[moldsporh]

IMO, if UPS used Walmart as a source for what should be a UPS store, then we could really bring the hurt.

Turn all those purchases into a local delivery since there's pretty much a Walmart in every town. Would be an epic merger.

 

[JustDeliverIt]

IMO, if UPS used Walmart as a source for what should be a UPS store, then we could really bring the hurt.

Turn all those purchases into a local delivery since there's pretty much a Walmart in every town. Would be an epic merger.

Walmart hates union labor as much as Amazon does. Have a better chance of Walmart and Amazon merging.

 

[TSB]

Walmart hates union labor as much as Amazon does. Have a better chance of Walmart and Amazon merging.

That may be true but between the Amazon drivers leaving their package cars in gear and hitting houses and the Walmart people getting hit in the head by falling prices they will be unable to compete with Big-Brown.

 

[El Correcto]

Just because amazon ships a lot doesn’t concern me. I see more target, Walmart, sams, petco, old navy than I do amazon

They have a slice of those pies as well(aside from maybe Walmart). A lot of businesses are complacent with amazon and help them grow. While selling their goods amazon slaps ads for their own products that directly compete with those they are selling when they can.

Fulfilled by amazon on target, petco, old navy, etc.

It doesn’t matter if amazon accounts for less than 10% of UPS’s business when it has its hands wrapped around well over 10%. The pain amazon could end up inflicting on all delivery companies shouldn’t be under estimated in the coming decades.

 

[Poop Head]

They have a slice of those pies as well(aside from maybe Walmart). A lot of businesses are complacent with amazon and help them grow. While selling their goods amazon slaps ads for their own products that directly compete with those they are selling when they can.

Fulfilled by amazon on target, petco, old navy, etc.

It doesn’t matter if amazon accounts for less than 10% of UPS’s business when it has its hands wrapped around well over 10%. The pain amazon could end up inflicting on all delivery companies shouldn’t be under estimated in the coming decades.

Sounds like something a nazi would say

 

[rocket man]

20.000 after holiday drivers gone. It predicted 5years ago. But now. Amazon has 85/90 pct turn over

 

[4on3off]

20.000 after holiday drivers gone. It predicted 5years ago. But now. Amazon has 85/90 pct turn over

I work for Amazon as a driver and the turnover is truly unbelievable. I see new people getting trained seemingly every other day and hear about people quitting in groups after 2 weeks or a month. There's like 15 people who I've seen for more than 3 months. Eventually it seems like they would run out of people to hire in the area as it becomes saturated with people who quit.