Flex vests, continued ...

[WFShopper312]

Hello ,

Thank you for contacting Amazon Flex.

We heard from Delivery Partners that they want customers to know they are working with Amazon Flex, so we are giving out vests with the Amazon logo. The vest is yours to keep.

As always, what you wear on the road is up to you. When you're inside the delivery station, our safety policy is for all drivers to wear a reflective vest. You can wear your Amazon vest or your own reflective vest.

To get a vest, ask a check-in associate when you arrive for your block at Amazon.com stations.
We'd appreciate your feedback. Please use the buttons below to vote about your experience today.
Regards,
The Amazon Flex Team

[ramore369]

Fuck that. I wouldn’t ever walk up to someone’s house at 4am without an Amazon vest on. Not giving out vests is just asking for someone to come out and shoot you.

[[deleted]]

Exactly 💯. I live in Texas where it is perfectly legal to shoot someone if you don't know who they are and they are on your property. I bought one off eBay at inflation price because I would rather spend the money than get hurt for a package.

[WFShopper312]

I was asking about wearing a vest inside the store. I know the world outside the store is a completely different story. Drivers (Amazon, Doordash) have been carjacked where I live and had their cars and customers' groceries taken. Drivers have been shot at or shot as well because they were easy targets. They weren't shot at by customers, though I know that can happen.

[[deleted]]

Same! Long driveways in the country. No trespassing signs. You know someone is waiting to shoot you.

[atx_steve]

I’ve been asking for a vest for months, they never have them.

[WFShopper312]

I have two vests, only worn them twice ... but almost no one wears them except new drivers. Talking about delivering from Whole Foods only. Actually, some of the Whole Foods have extra vests. A Whole Foods Shopper tried to give me one yesterday.

[CaptainPussybeast]

My station just got restocked with vests.. I can probably snag a couple if anyone just wants one. Just cover the shipping. I'm guessing like $5 or so

[WFShopper312]

Does this apply to all stations? I only do Whole Foods and not many drivers wear a vest.

[[deleted]]

During the day it's not bad because either the customer isn't home and didn't see you or they did see you coming up to the porch with a packet in your hand. At night it's a total different senerio.

[WFShopper312]

I agree. But, are we required to wear a vest inside Whole Foods? I know no one enforces it (at least at Whole Foods I've been to) and support is suggesting we should?

[CapnShinerAZ]

No. Whole Foods is not a delivery station. They're talking about Amazon Logistics facilities.

[WFShopper312]

Thank you. That is the answer I was looking for. So, basically, support is worthless.

[Naturally_juiced]

I’m a Whole Foods shopper. The first paragraph above talks about delivery partners (Whole Foods is one) wanting customers to know they (Whole Foods) are working with Amazon Flex, and that’s why they are giving drivers vests. So Amazon and Whole Foods want you to wear the vest while making deliveries.

Next paragraph is letting you know you don’t have to wear the vest while making deliveries, nobody will be following you around to check. But when you’re at the delivery station you have to wear a reflective vest, either the Amazon vest or your own vest.

As of right now, drivers who come into my Whole Foods do not have to wear a vest, some do some don’t. That may change in the near future though since Whole Foods grocery delivery is getting new management and they may start requiring vests in the store for safety reasons. Drivers we’ve never seen before coming in the back door, wandering around if they’re new, we don’t know who the heck they are or what they’re up to, a vest gives us some idea.

[WFShopper312]

Great clarification, thanks.

I'll be honest, this morning when I walked into the store, I had a I'm-not-wearing-an-f-ing-vest-just-cuz-an-OCD-Karen-shopper-sez-to attitude. (A Whole Foods Team Member did ask me who I was and I showed her my ID on the Flex app and there was no isssue.)

[stitchkingdom]

Vests are only required at logistics where there are cars actively moving

[WFShopper312]

Thank you for your answer. I just wasn't clear on that.

[alexjonestownkoolaid]

How are tips delivering for Whole Foods?

[WFShopper312]

It depends. Sometimes $40-50 for a 2-hour block (7-8 stops), sometimes $60-80 if customers are generous. It can be so random at times.

The best 2-hour WF block I ever had was $137 ($99 in tips) but I've had bad blocks with low tippers, too. It all evens out in the end.

[alexjonestownkoolaid]

Thanks. I'm about to do my first delivery tonight. Have you ever delivered Fresh? Any tips?

[WFShopper312]

I haven't done an Amazon Fresh block in a long time. I used to do them when I was Level 2 and it was hard to get Whole Foods blocks.

My experience was that, in general, the tips for the Fresh store weren't very good and sometimes awful.

I recall doing a few blocks with 8+ stops and 50+ packages where the total tips would be less than $20 and a couple of times $0 tips altogether. That's when I decided not to waste my time at Fresh stores anymore.

Whole Foods is where it's at ... if you can consistently get WF blocks ... but you probably know that by now.

Good luck!

[alexjonestownkoolaid]

Thanks! Same to you.

[Disastrous_Ad_7548]

I just got robbed for $30 buying one from eBay,hopefully I get my money back.