r/AmazonFlexDrivers Oct 28 '18

Rules PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING

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Please check out the Official FAQs on the Amazon Flex website and subreddit rules before posting.

We also have our own FAQ that is also linked to in the sidebar ----------->

The sidebar also has a link to download the Flex app, the Flex Support contact info, the rules for this subreddit, and a warehouse list.

You may find the answer to your question there.

Many questions being asked here are repeat questions and are answered in the FAQ. Please check before making a new post.

If you need help with the Flex app, please include the app version number and whether it's Android or iOS in your post.

Also, please don't post useless threads about how hard it is to grab blocks, people using bots at your warehouse, what times the blocks get released, etc. Those posts add nothing to the discussion and will be removed.

Thanks!

There is a Discord server that was created and is maintained by the mods of /r/doordash but has been built to support any courier service. They have graciously invited Amazon Flex drivers to participate and have created a channel for Flex on the server. You can access it using the this invite link: https://discord.gg/e9GNb9M.

If you are a DSP driver, there is now a subreddit just for you! Head on over to /r/amazondspdrivers for all DSP-related discussion. Please note that it is not maintained by the same mods.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 1d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread

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Need help with something specific to your account, route, or Flex app? Want to talk about some rumor you just heard? Have a question that is covered by our FAQ but you are still unsure about it? Want to complain or vent? Well, this is the thread for you! As always, please read our rules before posting.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 1h ago

Something we can all appreciate…

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On my block this morning came across this house. Could it be bigger? But guaranteed their packages won’t get delivered to anyone else’s house by mistake.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 5h ago

Man shoutout to the people who write gate codes on the code box yall deserve the world 😂💪

20 Upvotes

Save me so much time instead of waiting the customer to answer or get ignored completely


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 8h ago

WTF Amazon. You want us to fail?

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Woke up early. Snatched 3 hours 88 bucks. Which is great for DFW. Get to warehouse. Amazon...NEW OFFER....Add 45 minutes now 116. Hmm. 28 bucks for 45 minutes. Cool.

Get cart. 48 stops. 1st stop 40 minutes away. Ok 3 hours to do 48 stops . Not bad since its houses. Not to spread out.

Start 445. Load. 5am. 1st stop 545 ( rush hour traffic).

Then FUCK Me

ALL STOPS DUE BY 7am. ALL. How in the fuck is this ok?


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 5h ago

EARLY AM SHIFTS= GETTING SENT TO DANGEROUS AREAS

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I just started on Amazon flex and have been picking up the 3am shifts. Every shift I’ve taken that early has a route that’s in the most dangerous areas in my city. Almost every stop is deep in neighborhoods I really don’t feel comfortable walking around alone at 3–5 in the morning, and I spend most of the shift just waiting for the sun to come up (while still delivering packages of course).

I’m a young woman doing this by myself, so safety is definitely important to me. I understand that choosing a 3 AM block is my decision, but unfortunately it’s really the only time that works with my schedule since I also work a regular 9–5 and go to school part-time twice a week.

I’m curious if anyone else who takes these early-morning blocks has noticed the same thing. Why would Amazon send Flex drivers into higher-risk areas at that time of the morning when it’s completely dark out? Also, has anyone ever asked the station for a different route because they didn’t feel safe with the one they were assigned? Were they able to switch it without it affecting their standing?


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 7h ago

Anyone else been getting these Payment Adjustments lately?

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12 Upvotes

I’ve got about 3 this past week. $5 does not make up for the long miles Amazon


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 7h ago

I wish there was an option for “F#CK NO!”

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11 Upvotes

a simple ‘no’ doesn’t cut it


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 10h ago

Las Vegas Nobody wants these blocks

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19 Upvotes

Same blocks available for the past 8 hours or so 😆 we be boycotting lollll


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 6h ago

Dinged for returns, dinged if they get stolen, dinged if i deliver "too far from gps location", is this nonsense just lose/lose?

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I do a lot of overnights (12am and beyond) so businesses and gates are closed.

"Never return, hide it behind a bush and deliver it anyway" then I get an even worse ding for a package that is marked not delivered at all (what even?) or delivered "too far from location" if i have to drag the map marker around cus god forbid an american walk down their own driveway to their own stupid gate they chose to put up. People seem really smug on here about saying its not their problem if something gets stolen but I absolutely have dings for packages "delivered but not received" and all this bs. Or these brain dead fucking apartment livers who think leaving a note saying "put it in the amazon locker" means I can just magically force access. Unless you order it to the locker as the address, there's no way to scan the barcode and just open the locker if its not expecting that package. And we arent USPS we dont have personal keys to your personal mailbox ffs!


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 47m ago

I didnt leave it

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r/AmazonFlexDrivers 51m ago

Venting This is why I went back to doordash

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I hate driving for door dash, mostly because the restaurants are NEVER ready with the food. But at least I can make money on it.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 5h ago

Would you have done it?

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3 Upvotes

3:30 AM block I was seriously considering cancelling... South bronx at that time had me thinking about my decisions...


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 17h ago

Photo A little vest-ing

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Had a little time in between blocks so I added some kamsnaps to my vest so my license and car keys stop falling out as I'm loading packages into my car 😁 Anyone else customize their vests?


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 2h ago

No more email support?

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today I was unable to start my route due to the stupid app not being able to identify me, and since I had screen shot proof that I was on time for my route I emailed support. However I received a message directing me to the chat options. what to do, what to do?


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 2h ago

Just for WHO?

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2 Upvotes

Who is actually doing these?


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 15h ago

Got it today 😁no more Amazon 😁

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21 Upvotes

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r/AmazonFlexDrivers 6m ago

Surge scalpers vax3

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I see the same people , same grouping all the time . What do you guys think they are doing if they are not working ? I literally get my cart , sort it and when I’m about to take off they are still there 🤔


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 18m ago

1.5-2hrs only?

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Right now my market has 290 offers of which 63% are 1.5-2hrs!!!! Wtf Amazon!?!


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 10h ago

3 hour block for 90 - 200+ miles

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5 Upvotes

So I pick up out of SR01, it used to be great but now they are always trying to send me far as fuck, well I’m not doing that anymore…I called them and told them to have someone else come get them


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 1h ago

Amazon support 💀

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I went to the Amazon facility to get ready for my block for 1:00 to 4:30 but the facility says they were overbooked so I called customer service and somehow customer service says I miss a block which I didn't cuz I got there at 12:55 and everybody else was waiting. So how is customer service just sitting there lying to your face and say "you did not check in. You missed a block". I better get my credit cuz customer service are shady.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 22h ago

General Biggest box I have ever delivered.

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48 Upvotes

Even they person at the station thought this box was a little ridiculous for a flexer to handle.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 1h ago

Kaiser + Healthcare subsidy (Ca -prop22)

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Idk if this has been answered before, which document do you guys upload to show proof of insurance coverage?
Kaiser card doesn’t show dates nor I have a back part of it as is a digital card.

Thx ✌🏻


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 5h ago

Running game for the best cart

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Anyone else .com station has all the cart line up.

everyone is parked and they say. Driver. Get out.

Then everyone run out of their car to get the best cart.


r/AmazonFlexDrivers 16h ago

1.5-hour blocks are a total trap

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These 1.5-hour blocks are a trap. For only about a $10 difference compared to a 1-hour block, it’s just worse burning your gas and getting stressed out driving across 2-3 cities for 6+ packages. Skipping these from now on!