Delivery driver? is it good job?

[gredodenda]

I'm thinking about doing a delivery driver. It is a route job that I go to same people every week to pick up and deliver packages. I have found some companies that pays $6.75 ~ $9.00 per hour and 0.24 cents per mile.

I know that it is a wear and tear on my car since I heard that I have to drive 80 mile a day or more. Is this a lot of driving? All the locations are near by area so that it's not like driving one location to another is 30 miles..


I don't if this is worth it. I have civic honda so it's fairly economic in terms of gas per mile..

Anyone done this type of job?? Any suggestion?? I need all the input i can get before I decide to go for it.


Thanks all

 

[KingNothing]

For that kind of money I'm sure you can find a better job. And yes, 80 miles a day is a lot of miles to put on your car. 24 cents a mile doesn't seem right either...the federal standard is 36.5 cents per mile for business expenses.

Bottom line, I wouldn't take the job. The mileage you'll put on your car will cost you down the line.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: KingNothingI wouldn't take the job. The mileage you'll put on your car will cost you down the line.

 

[Bassyhead]

And most likely your insurance will not cover you while you're delivering or using it for commercial business.

 

[Yzzim]

I'm thinking about doing a delivery driver.

 

[PsychoAndy]

UPS drivers start at like 60 a year. Unionized tho. Good job if you ask me.

-PAB

 

[Cyberian]

I don't know what kind of education or experience you have, or what the job market is like where you live.
Personally, I would much prefer a job like that to working in McDonald's, WalMart or a supermarket.
Drive the car, listen to the radio, think your own thoughts and don't deal with the unwashed masses.