Is anyone here an Evri driver?

[mullinitover]

As the end of maternity leave looms in the not so distance future I'm feeling a bit miserable at the thought of going back to the office only to pay £800 a month in nursery fees. I only work part time and after fees make less than £300 a month which doesn't feel worth it considering the time I'm losing with my kids.

My area is hiring for Evri drivers, it is 6 days a week but only for 3 hours a day. I could juggle this with my husband to not have to use any childcare. It also says you can get cover if you can't do all 6 days, and that you can pick what time of day to do the round.

In my head I'm thinking 3 hours a day driving round with my podcasts on and saving £800 on childcare a month is a no brainer? Does anyone do this? Am I missing the pitfalls?

Bumping for you.

Is it really three hours? Worth finding out.

Worth checking if the 3 hours includes travel to and from the route.
I did deliveries for Amazon briefly. They had 3 hour routes, but didn't take into account that routes could an hour or more away from the depot. So a 3 hour shift swiftly turned into a 5+ hour one.

You'll need special insurance

I worked for them for nearly 20 years, unless you don't have a lot of parcels you won't be out for 3 hours, you have to collect, sort and scan ,then load your car before you start. Also when you first start it will take you a while to find addresses, if you have a regular round this obviously will get easier and quicker as you learn the round. You need goods in transit insurance, don't believe that their insurance covers you, it doesn't. Also register as self employed with hmrc. Good luck

When you say saving nursery fees are you planning to have your baby in the car with you?

The OP says:

I could juggle this with my husband to not have to use any childcare.

I assume she'd be doing evening shifts after her husband has finished work and can look after the children, or something similar.

Personally I wouldn't I've briefly tried the on the road job once and it was horrible sure in your head it sounds great driving around listening to music etc but the reality is it costs you more.
You lose out on fuel money so what you earn isn't a great deal by the time you take into account
Fuel
Wear and tear on your vehicle
How quick you will get through tyres
Increase in your insurance because it's needs to be changed to business use.
Insurance as another poster pointed out covering you should any of the parcels get damaged or lost.
Also weather changes the increase risk of a road accident the more you are on the road.
Getting lost trying to find an address or being on the road longer than 3 hours.
Finding somewhere for toilet breaks.

Personally stick to your office job or look for an office job that offers you more flexibility like working from home.