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Aramex/Fastway has been the worst Wellington option for years - paying the lowest rates leads to having too few drivers, so often big wait times.
Amazon parcels don't necessarily get priority - the last three Amazon deliveries I have had delivered by Aramex took on average two weeks to depart the Wellington depot after coming down from Auckland. Their tracker usually shows the item as "in transit" between Auckland and Wellington depots the day it arrives, and then nothing until delivery.
Probably because their Wellington depot looks like this, with the drivers having to sort through the parcels on their own time each morning:
There was a good article about their working conditions in February, and I've only found the service getting worse.
Basically the whole New Zealand courier setup where the individual drivers are independent contractors who have to purchase the runs and their vehicles, only to have virtually no support from the parent company is atrocious. There was a court ruling a while back which looked like it would redefine the couriers as employees instead, but it seems everyone except DHL ignored it.
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Lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer to call it selective participation
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Aramex/Fastway has been the worst Wellington option for years - paying the lowest rates leads to having too few drivers, so often big wait times.
Amazon parcels don't necessarily get priority - the last three Amazon deliveries I have had delivered by Aramex took on average two weeks to depart the Wellington depot after coming down from Auckland. Their tracker usually shows the item as "in transit" between Auckland and Wellington depots the day it arrives, and then nothing until delivery.
Probably because their Wellington depot looks like this, with the drivers having to sort through the parcels on their own time each morning:
There was a good article about their working conditions in February, and I've only found the service getting worse.
Basically the whole New Zealand courier setup where the individual drivers are independent contractors who have to purchase the runs and their vehicles, only to have virtually no support from the parent company is atrocious. There was a court ruling a while back which looked like it would redefine the couriers as employees instead, but it seems everyone except DHL ignored it.
If OSH saw that mess I doubt they'd be happy. Can't Aramex afford courier bins?
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tieke:
Aramex/Fastway has been the worst Wellington option for years - paying the lowest rates leads to having too few drivers, so often big wait times.
Amazon parcels don't necessarily get priority - the last three Amazon deliveries I have had delivered by Aramex took on average two weeks to depart the Wellington depot after coming down from Auckland. Their tracker usually shows the item as "in transit" between Auckland and Wellington depots the day it arrives, and then nothing until delivery.
Probably because their Wellington depot looks like this, with the drivers having to sort through the parcels on their own time each morning:
There was a good article about their working conditions in February, and I've only found the service getting worse.
Basically the whole New Zealand courier setup where the individual drivers are independent contractors who have to purchase the runs and their vehicles, only to have virtually no support from the parent company is atrocious. There was a court ruling a while back which looked like it would redefine the couriers as employees instead, but it seems everyone except DHL ignored it.
Having reading the article I'd say the reporting is unreliable.
To shed some light, I worked in the freight industry as a linehaul truck driver for 13 years. One of the companies I drove for was Peter Baker Transport.
My PBT run was Hamilton to Wellington overnight - along with the palletized freight the truck was loaded with courier bins from PBT Couriers.
Almost all courier drivers in NZ are owner drivers, not employees. Sorting freight is part and parcel of any courier drivers daily routine, Aramex is no exception.
21 years??? Yeah right. Aramex NZ haven't operated that long, less than 5 years.
And if your job is making you suicidal??? Leave!
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