working as a courier for a weekend job

sumvision2027

afternoon, I'm currently looking at a new weekend job as the one I have isn't suitable for my needs. I've been looking at courier jobs, I enjoy driving and wouldn't mind a job that caters to what I enjoy. I've been looking at evri/myhermes, my question is can such a job be suitable for a weekend job? I have my weekends free, and my current job I get paid £9 an hour which can vary between 6 to 8 hours a day on the weekend. 

Would working for evri have me being paid a similar income? 

breaking_free

Make it stop. It's "paid" not "payed". 
Apologies that I cannot answer your question.

sumvision2027

breaking_free said:

Make it stop. It's "paid" not "payed". 
Apologies that I cannot answer your question.

I've fixed the errors, I'm dyslexic

breaking_free

Thank you for not taking offence - takes a big person not to take things personally. Good luck with getting a useful answer.

lincroft1710

Courier jobs are hard work. You may enjoy driving, but do you enjoy stopping, taking parcel from van, walking up drive, knocking on door handing parcel to householder, walking back down drive, into van, driving round the corner, stopping etc, etc


Couriers definitely work Saturdays, probably Sundays also

Jude57

My local couriers work very long hours and are all self employed. They start at about 7.00a.m. when they go to the depot to load up their van (which they own or lease, vans aren't usually provided to self employed delivery drivers) and do their paperwork then hit the road.

The point about it not being a driving job is right. You're unlikely to be on the open road but more likely to be working in city/town centres and suburbs, stopping and starting every few minutes. You'd have to meet certain delivery targets, so many deliveries per hour, and as you'd be paid per delivery, you'll have to scramble to meet those targets. You'd be working about 12 hours per shift and end your shift back at the depot where you have to return undeliverable parcels each day - you're not allowed to take them home. You're not paid for the time or fuel to travel to the depot twice a day, so you need to factor that into your costs. You'd probably want to rent a van if you only want to work weekends but be aware that some van hire insurance doesn't cover courier driving.

If you want weekend only delivery work, why not try your local supermarkets? They provide the vehicle, the insurance, training and uniform and seem to pay above minimum wage. 

Savvy_Sue

lincroft1710 said:

Courier jobs are hard work. You may enjoy driving, but do you enjoy stopping, taking parcel from van, walking up drive, knocking on door handing parcel to householder, walking back down drive, into van, driving round the corner, stopping etc, etc

Couriers definitely work Saturdays, probably Sundays also

Add to that 'checking whether and where a parcel can be left, going to that location, leaving a card if no instructions, going back later for a second attempt'

Evri definitely work on Sundays. My parcel was on my back doorstep yesterday despite request to leave it in the porch. 

MalMonroe

Hi, if you click on 'evri courier jobs' lots of information pops up.

You will have to be self-employed - and the pay is rubbish as you're paid for each parcel you deliver and the work can be quite demanding. Heavy parcels, etc. So you're not paid for the time you spend hefting parcels and loading and unloading your vehicle. Seems like that's done in 'your own time'. 

And then you will also probably have to get special and extra vehicle insurance since you'll be using your vehicle for your work. 

Most couriers do work weekends, both days. Same as amazon - we had a parcel through yesterday from DPD as well.

When you look at all the factors - having to be self-employed, rubbish pay and paying more for your vehicle insurance, it seems that you're probably better off with the weekend job you already have. Couriers have, I think, a hard time of it. 

My own conclusion is that no, your income wouldn't be the same, it'd be less.

TBagpuss

As others have said, the structure of corier jobs and the fact that thye pay per delivery, not per hour, and you have to cover your own overheads mean that it's unlikely to be as well paid as your current job. I seem to recall news stories about how they have failed to adjust pay to take account of rising fuel prices, for instnace, and I suspect that you'd fid the van hire and insurance costs ate up all of your earnings.
I am not sure whether any of the supermarkets offer weekend only shifts but you could look into that .

You could also look into things such as becoming an Uber driver or working for UberEasts orDeliveroo, although I think with all of those it's a similar set up where you are responsible for your own costs such as fuel, insurance etc and only get paid for the actualy trips / deliveries you make, rather than a fixed/guaranteed  hourly amount . I would imagine that insurance that will cover youf or deliveries / passengers would be a major consideration, especially if you are only palnning to work part time at this job - perhaps start by loooking onto the insurnace costs so you can get a feel for whether it would be ost effective for you personally.

sumvision2027

thank you all for the in depth replies, it seems the job I currently have is far less stressful than courier work (even though traffic management is stressful in it's own way.) I can only work the weekends as I look after my children during the week, suffer from PTSD, anxiety and depression so I'm not trying to be lazy or find easy work. Rather, looking for work that suits my needs rather be doing something with my free time on the weekend than nothing.  

Ditzy_Mitzy

breaking_free said:

Make it stop. It's "paid" not "payed". 
Apologies that I cannot answer your question.

Unless it's money for old rope...