Amazon's shipping network is set to explode as the company moves toward one-day shipping — and delivery drivers are bracing for big changes

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Amazon delivery drivers are bracing for big changes as Amazon moves to cut its Prime two-day shipping promise to one day.

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, drivers who delivered packages for Amazon DSPs described an intense working environment where they said they felt pressured to drive at high speeds, blow stop signs, and urinate in bottles on their trucks to meet strict time constraints for deliveries. Less optimal routes may require drivers to travel longer distances between stops or stop more often because fewer packages are bundled together.Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of 'free' shipping

 

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