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Lockdown Diaries: What A Day In The Life Of A Delivery Executive In The US Looks Like
While we are locked up inside our homes given the shutdown during the COVID-19 outbreak, there are many heroes who are working round-the-clock to deliver essential commodities to customers. Here, we journey into a day in the lives of such delivery executives.
While we are locked up inside our homes given the shutdown during the COVID-19 outbreak, there are many heroes who are working round-the-clock to deliver essential commodities to customers. Here, we journey into a day in the lives of such delivery executives.
Excelso Sabulao is works for Amazon.com, Inc, in California and delivers groceries, so he can help his parents. But, with endless interactions at stores and at homes during a pandemic, he worries his work will kill them.
"I'm just putting my faith in God that, we know, somehow while doing this, I'm going to be spared. Once I get it, I'm going to spread it at home. And you know, it's like bringing a death sentence to my parents," Sabulao said.
Excelso Sabulao is one of countless?Amazon?contractors shuttling food and staples that consumers depend on to their doorsteps during this tough time while millions of people under lockdown in the US.
Sabulao commutes about an hour to Dublin to pick up grocery orders from the Amazon-owned Whole Foods.
Excelso Sabulao lives in Stockton with his mother, who suffered a mild stroke three years ago, and his father, who is on a virus-related leave from Walmart Inc. He is taking care of his parents during the coronavirus outbreak.
Sabulao wears a face mask and loads his car in a parking spot for?Amazon?Flex, a program that lets contractors like himself sign up for delivery times with their own vehicles.
Sabulao recalls how around the start of the pandemic, one shopper's generous tip bumped his $10 pay up to $83 for a delivery that lasted less than 30 minutes. He earned $289 in over seven hours on Monday, more than half of which came from tips. Earning $200 is typical for that amount of time, he said.
Once at his destination, he scans a code on grocery packages using his smartphone and then takes them to the shopper's doorstep.
Amazon?said gloves, masks and sanitisers are available at the Dublin Whole Foods store and across its facilities. "We remain committed to keeping our teams healthy and safe," the company also adding that please maintain social distancing between customers and staff.
"We¡¯re risking our lives, literally, risking our life delivering packages,"
Excelso Sabulao says. "But quitting is not an option."
While we are locked up inside our homes given the shutdown during the COVID-19 outbreak, there are many heroes who are working round-the-clock to deliver essential commodities to customers. Here, we journey into a day in the lives of such delivery executives.Read More
Excelso Sabulao is works for Amazon.com, Inc, in California and delivers groceries, so he can help his parents. But, with endless interactions at stores and at homes during a pandemic , he worries his work will kill them.Read More
"I'm just putting my faith in God that, we know, somehow while doing this, I'm going to be spared. Once I get it, I'm going to spread it at home. And you know, it's like bringing a death sentence to my parents," Sabulao said.Read More
Excelso Sabulao is one of countless Amazon contractors shuttling food and staples that consumers depend on to their doorsteps during this tough time while millions of people under lockdown in the US .Read More
Sabulao commutes about an hour to Dublin to pick up grocery orders from the Amazon-owned Whole Foods.Read More
Excelso Sabulao lives in Stockton with his mother, who suffered a mild stroke three years ago, and his father, who is on a virus-related leave from Walmart Inc. He is taking care of his parents during the coronavirus outbreak.Read More
Sabulao wears a face mask and loads his car in a parking spot for Amazon Flex, a program that lets contractors like himself sign up for delivery times with their own vehicles.Read More
Sabulao recalls how around the start of the pandemic, one shopper's generous tip bumped his $10 pay up to $83 for a delivery that lasted less than 30 minutes. He earned $289 in over seven hours on Monday, more than half of which came from tips. Earning $200 is typical for that amount of time, he said. Read More
Once at his destination, he scans a code on grocery packages using his smartphone and then takes them to the shopper's doorstep. Read More
Amazon said gloves, masks and sanitisers are available at the Dublin Whole Foods store and across its facilities. "We remain committed to keeping our teams healthy and safe," the company also adding that please maintain social distancing between customers and staff. Read More
"We¡¯re risking our lives, literally, risking our life delivering packages," Excelso Sabulao says. "But quitting is not an option." Read More
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