I carry no brief or tolerance for those who give couriers carte blanche with respect to parcel delivery when they could easily give alternative delivery instructions which would guard against porch pirates.)
Both UPS and USPS used to honor handwritten redirect (within the building) requests left on the door, but that appears to have gone by the boards, although I don't understand why risking theft by dumping packages at doors or in the lobby would be more economical than honoring those requests. (USPS is notorious for not even bothering to ring the doorbell; UPS is pretty good about it.))
As you've said, providing alternative delivery instructions - but you've got to create an account to do it - is the way to go.
...employment of a large Bluto type with a baseball bat to sit on your porch.
I tried one of those, but he was stolen.
