Newspaper delivery Sunday mornings in Dallas. You have a 24 hour window to finish the route, but it only takes 4 hours (new carriers take longer, if you keep the route for a few months, it should take about 4 hours). Start time is after 8 am. Finish time is by 2 pm Sundays. If you are going to pick up after 8 am, please text me so I know you are coming to get the papers (no later than 10 am Sundays).
This is folding and throwing newspapers out of your car window onto the yards of houses subscribers and samples.
The subscribers remain 99% the same each week. Sometimes we get a new subscriber, or someone goes on vacation and we must stop throwing their paper. Once you learn the route, it gets faster, about four hours total.
You must have excellent email and texting through a working, charged, reliable cell phone.
GPS tracking is used to confirm deliveries. Payment is the second Friday by check.
If you have delivery experience, this is easier because you don't have to get out of your car, you just throw the paper onto the yards past the sidewalk.
The routes are almost the exact same every week, so it's much easier and faster after two or three days.
It takes about 4 to 5 hours once you know the route. The route stays the same, it gets easier. This will yield about $30 an hour on the route, plus another $20 for gas. (Normal driving speed is 19 miles per hour). The pay is a flat rate, the same every week, so if you take a 30 minute break to go shopping, it will take you that much longer to finish for the same pay.
The route list has directions which way to turn on your delivery route.
It can be fun, listen to your music, audio lectures, comedy, perhaps learn another language or listen to books through your speakers.
You are an independent contractor, no taxes are deducted from your check. Payment is by check on the second Friday. The work week ends on Thursday. Payment is 8 days after that, every Friday. So if you work on Sunday the first day of the month, your check for that day is Friday on the 13th. In this example, the payment for work done on Sunday the eighth will be Friday the 20th.
Each day it gets easier. One delivery day per week. If you do great, then we can discuss more routes.
While the money per hour is good, this will not be enough to be your only source of income.
Compensation for this route is $150 total. This is about $30 per hour + $20 for gas once you know the route and know which way to turn from memory. Driving in the routes is about 19 mph through the neighborhoods of houses. Some routes are smaller, some larger, so the pay is adjusted for route sizes.
If you make a right turn instead of a left turn, that's going to take you 3 to 5 minutes longer to get back on track. But after two or three days delivering the same route by yourself, you learn which way to turn. You will almost no turn errors because it's the same path each time.
If you are looking for a long term, simple, repeating income where you are out driving and enjoying the scenery, if you would rather sit in your car and drive (and fold newspapers and throw them) instead of sitting at a desk, then this might be a perfect match. This is not a full time job. It's great for moms or anyone who can text and be independent.
Please copy and paste and reply to these questions:
1. What kind of vehicle do you have and the year? (Example, "4 door Impala, 2019". A large 350 Ford is a bit big, and a motorcycle isn't big enough).
2. What kind of vehicle is your back-up vehicle? (You must have a back up vehicle. Things happen. You might have a flat tire or an older car might develop car trouble. )
3. Do you own both vehicles? (Some have a relative's vehicle on call if needed. But a friend's car in New York isn't going to help you.)
4. In what city do you live?
5. To help me match the best delivery area for you, what is a major intersection near your home? (Do not give an exact address, just give two major streets that intersect nearby and the name of the city.)
6. Do you have a reliable cell phone with a good plan that can make and receive e-mails, texts and send photos?
7. Are you good at keeping your cell phone charged and replying to work related texts?
8. Do you have any experience in newspaper delivery (which company?)
Note: Experience is not required.
9. How long would you like to keep the route if you like it? (until the end of the semester or indefinitely?)
10. Do you have proof of insurance in your name?
11. Have you ever won a game of tennis or ping pong? Can you bounce a basketball or catch and throw a tennis ball?
12. Do you have another job or school or any other obligation in the afternoon after you finish your route?
If yes, what time do you need to be finished with your route so that you can attend to your other responsibilities?
13. Can you pass a drug screen?
14. Jimmy is hired to drive a van load of ice cream from Florida to California. 90% of the way there, in the Nevada desert, Jimmy has a personal emergency, perhaps his best friend was in a car crash and now in the hospital, or Jimmy needs some personal time to meditate, so he abandons the van and the company has to hire someone else to fly to Nevada, clean out the melted ice cream and drive the van back. Question: Given that Jimmy drove the van 90% of the way to California, what percentage of the job should Jimmy be paid?
15. What other obligations do you have? Do you have a job, school, gym you must go to at a certain time?
If you do, what days and times must you take off and go do the other obligations?
16. Do you have another job? If yes, is it full or part time?
17. Do you understand the first time you deliver a route will take much longer than the second time?
Note: We do not pay for partially thrown routes.
First week:
Before you are given a route, we have training to ride on the route and see the route. You can fold papers in the back seat and throw papers out the window to the houses and get an idea of the route. If at any point you do not like the route, the driver will be happy to take you back to your car. If you finish riding the route during training three times, you will be paid a flat $50 for the first day, $100 for the second day and $150 for the third training day - should take about 4 hours per day.
If all goes well, then the fourth Sunday you will be given that route.
Yes, this is a Sunday route.
Please reply to Weldon at
234outdoor@gmail.com
Candidates providing a phone number are considered first.
