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<blockquote data-quote="BadIdeaGuy" data-source="post: 3645721" data-attributes="member: 73381"><p>I was a helper last week for all the Prime day stuff, too.</p><p>Regular helper pay ($15/hr, but I got a bit of OT).</p><p></p><p>OP, here's my advice:</p><p></p><p>1. ALWAYS show up 10 minutes early to your meet point. Easy enough to do, but you don't wanna have your driver waiting. Not a good way to get off on the right foot.</p><p>2. Learn how to use the diad. It's not hard. (After all, drivers can do it. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" />) You make yourself more valuable to the drivers that way, and they'll want to keep you around.</p><p>3. DON'T be a driver helper for the drivers you load for. They might be great guys, but when the inevitable package comes that you put on the wrong shelf, or left in the back of the truck shows up, they need their space to cuss their loader out.</p><p>4. Hustle. I run, which isn't safe, and I don't advise. But it makes you a valuable commodity. If you make your goal getting your driver done and home to his/her family quickly, you'll make friends fast. I've had drivers offer me money to switch over and run for them.</p><p>5. Be proactive. Don't sit around, and wait for your driver to give you work. If your driver starts sorting in the back, ask if you can help. Try to be of use to him, so that you are actually helping. Again. They'll want you around, more.</p><p>6. Drink/eat sparingly. Enough not to die, but as has already been stated above, drivers gotta hit numbers. If you slow them down, you become a nuisance, instead of a help.</p><p></p><p>All I can think of at the moment, but if you've got any questions, OP, I'll be happy to give my best shot. If you can just make all those I've listed, you'll be one of the best Driver Helpers in your building.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadIdeaGuy, post: 3645721, member: 73381"] I was a helper last week for all the Prime day stuff, too. Regular helper pay ($15/hr, but I got a bit of OT). OP, here's my advice: 1. ALWAYS show up 10 minutes early to your meet point. Easy enough to do, but you don't wanna have your driver waiting. Not a good way to get off on the right foot. 2. Learn how to use the diad. It's not hard. (After all, drivers can do it. ;)) You make yourself more valuable to the drivers that way, and they'll want to keep you around. 3. DON'T be a driver helper for the drivers you load for. They might be great guys, but when the inevitable package comes that you put on the wrong shelf, or left in the back of the truck shows up, they need their space to cuss their loader out. 4. Hustle. I run, which isn't safe, and I don't advise. But it makes you a valuable commodity. If you make your goal getting your driver done and home to his/her family quickly, you'll make friends fast. I've had drivers offer me money to switch over and run for them. 5. Be proactive. Don't sit around, and wait for your driver to give you work. If your driver starts sorting in the back, ask if you can help. Try to be of use to him, so that you are actually helping. Again. They'll want you around, more. 6. Drink/eat sparingly. Enough not to die, but as has already been stated above, drivers gotta hit numbers. If you slow them down, you become a nuisance, instead of a help. All I can think of at the moment, but if you've got any questions, OP, I'll be happy to give my best shot. If you can just make all those I've listed, you'll be one of the best Driver Helpers in your building. [/QUOTE]
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