Navigating burnout as an Amazon delivery driver while pursuing finance career goals

I recently started working at Amazon as a delivery driver, and I've been on the job for almost two months now. I have two degrees and finance certifications, and I'm currently waiting for my financial advisor registration to be completed. In the meantime, I took this job to make ends meet, but it's been really tough. The workload is overwhelming; I often have an unreasonable number of deliveries each day. By the end of my shift, someone usually has to come and take off 30-40 deliveries from me because I just can't manage them all. I work 10-hour shifts, four days a week, which is exhausting. I get home around 8-10 PM and have to go straight to bed to wake up for work the next day. This schedule has severely impacted my mental health. Since I work Thursday to Sunday, I rarely get to see my friends, which adds to my frustration. The routing system seems to be run by some AI that makes my delivery routes incredibly inefficient, often sending me zigzagging all over town instead of allowing me to drop off packages in a more sensible order. I'm feeling burnt out and really want to get back to my dream of advising clients. I took this weekend off to recharge, but I still feel lost. I don't want to dismiss this job, as it helps me pay my bills, but I genuinely don't want to continue doing it. On tough days, when I try my best but still face reprimands, it really takes a toll on my mental resilience. I'm looking for advice on how to cope with a job I dislike while I wait for my career in finance to take off.

Company: Amazon

Job title: Delivery Driver

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