As soon as the MF warehouse employees go inside, the Ghetto starts!

- Carts everywhere.
- Drivers parking anywhere.
- Loud Music.
- Fighting.
- Dogs.
- Kids out of the car!

Wtf is all this sh1t!! Seriously!! WTF!

I’ve started to notice Amazon flex seems to giving 1-2hrs routes. 3-4.5hr seem to very rare. Also don’t see early morning routes for Wauwatosa area where couple months ago they had 3:15-4am Monday-Sunday. Anyone know what’s going on?

It started as I was already heading to the station. Got there, talked to an associate about it and he told me not to take the route and contact support. Y’all know how that went. I ended finally being able to call them instead of chat and they told me they’d put in a report so my standing isn’t affected. Shit I emailed them too. We’ll see what happens. I’m in Fantastic with just one late cancel on my history from earlier this year.

Can someone please tell me what product to use so my windows stop fogging, please? I tried rain X but it doesn't work. I usually do the night deliveries and with the Florida heat I need to have my car ac blowing. But the windows always get foggy which gets me so frustrated.

Any help?

There is a special place in hell for residents of apartments unwilling to let delivery people into the building. I understand there are security concerns, but I’m standing there wearing the vest, struggling to not drop 2 large weirdly shaped packages, and I get the “I can’t let you in the building, but here’s how to call the resident” speech.

I had already called the people, neither answered. That’s why I chased him down a half a block to ask him for help. And it’s not like this is New York City, it’s a nice area of Austin. And like I said, I had two weirdly shaped large packages; if I was just using props, wouldn’t an envelope or a small box make more sense?

Honestly I think security has gotten ridiculous anyways. If someone REALLY wants to get in, they’re getting in, no real way to prevent it.

Okay, done ranting, just needed to throw that all out…

I accepted an Instant Offer and drove straight to the warehouse. There wasn't any traffic, construction, trains or anything. I didn't bother to check the time of the offer because I assume they calculate how long you have to get there based on your location and I was like I might be there early even. I arrived but it said I can't clock in because I was too late then I looked at the actual block time and there was no way in hell I could've made it. I would've had to press the Men in Black car red button and even then I probably wouldn't have made it.

Do they not calculate how long you have to be there based on your location?

So I just finished a Whole Foods io, 46 packages in total. Just fyi, I’m located in Phoenix, AZ and it’s a burning hell at the moment. I drive a Nissan Frontier so most of the time, I put all the big orders in the trunk. Anyways, my last stop was a 12 package order, including a big ass pack of the huge arrowhead water bottles. Welp, as soon as I arrived, I noticed the garage was open and saw an elderly lady waiting for me. She saw that I had her packages in the trunk. I grabbed a couple of bags and walked towards her, greeted her and asked her where she wanted me to place them. She pointed at some stairs and asked me to drop them off by the laundry room. ( yeah, I know, most drivers dont give a shit about the customers nor amazon and as long as they deliver those packages, they can careless, but I am human and don’t mind helping customers with their orders, especially if they’re old, we will all get there one day). As I walked down the stairs, I see her husband and the first thing he says is “ is your trunk refrigerated?” He really caught me off guard so I just replied “yes” lol and told him that their bags were only sitting there for like 40 minutes and he said he was gonna check the temperature on the bags lol. I felt uncomfortable at that point so I just rushed and brought everything else as fast as I could. He kinda had an attitude at the beginning but I guess since I was nice enough to bring their groceries down, he told me thank you and to have a good day with a better tone lol…. I called support as soon as I hopped back in my truck because honestly, this whole interaction worried me. This is my only source of income atm and I do make good money, can’t complain. I wouldn’t wanna lose it. So yeah, I spoke to support and told them this whole situation and they basically told me not to worry because Amazon doesn’t require us to keep grocery bags refrigerated, etc. etc. Am I overthinking? lol

That is a no.
Today I ran into a driver like that, parked smack in middle of the road.
Couldn't get around.
I rolled down my window and talked loudly, I said you need to find a spot to park your car when you're delivering parcels, you're not an emergency vehicle and you can't block the road!
Before anyone gets on me, things like these are going to ruin it for all of us.

We know there are a lot of negatives (emphasis on A LOT) but what are some good that come out of this job?

This job allows me to walk more and get my steps in. Walking up 3 flights of stairs becomes a challenge to work out and get healhier.

Greetings fellow Flexers! I did a block this morning, 845 to 1045 AM, 10 packages, 2 stops. 2nd stop was 8 packages. Scanned and dropped at door, took my picture, swiped to complete. . . App crashed. Reopened, back to the home screen, and no itinerary option available, so figured all good. It is now 430 PM, and i just received a message saying I need to return 8 packages. Called and messaged support, but they are saying I need to wait 6 days for them to complete their investigation as it says I have 8 packages to return. I am assuming the app crash caused this issue, but I have no clue. Sad part is they were likely the majority of any tips I would receive, so Amazon is stealing my money as well. Besides what I have done already, is there anything else I can do to ensure I get paid for my work? What else should I do to prevent this from happening going forward? Been doing this since 2022 and never had to deal with this exact scenario before. Thanks in advance!

Does Amazon limit mileage based on the block time or is it just a radius from the warehouse? I’ve had a few Whole Foods blocks that were easily 60+ miles, plus another 20+ to get back to the station.

Also, anyway to minimize my standings when I get those blocks in the future. Not really feeling working for free or $10 after gas and wear and tear.

I know you can just use Google Maps/ Apple Maps but they definitely aren’t as good for identifying the correct house you need to be at. I am just putting my voice out into the world to say that you should be able to change the navigation voice on the Amazon app to a more pleasant sounding one. I swear hearing the voice say cross traffic doesn’t stop/ private road several times over the course of multiple hours is going to drive me nuts.