delivery driver scans bags of groceries while loading a vehicle outside of a distribution facility on Februin Redondo Beach, California. ![]() The DSP program has expanded to 10 countries, creating 158,000 jobs at 2,500 DSPs, according to Amazon.Īn Inc. These businesses, called “delivery service partners,” or DSPs for short, have 20-40 Amazon vans and up to 100 employees, according to Amazon. Seven months into the pandemic, CEO Jeff Bezos’s net worth surpassed $200 billion.Īmazon relied on technically independent businesses, who often rent vans owned by Amazon and are paid by the company for the routes they complete. Amazon purchases ballooned in 2020 – it delivered 2.3 billion more of its own packages in 2020 compared to 2019, according to data from MWPVL International, a logistics business. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns left many Americans fearful or unable to shop at physical stores. ![]() ![]() Some workers who helped Amazon take advantage of the business opportunity the pandemic brought say they aren’t pleased.
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