Amazon contract workers sort packages for delivery in New York. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. has deployed a new secret weapon in its same-day delivery operation: a convoy of Kia Souls.
The boxy little vehicles, already zooming around metro areas such as Seattle and Dallas, are a recent addition to the company’s six-year-old Delivery Service Partner initiative, which outsources the hiring and management of drivers to small contracting firms that typically lease Prime-branded trucks and vans.
While van drivers mostly work full shifts hauling 200 or more packages, the Kia drivers are usually part-timers who might bring 50 items on […]
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