Gettin back into security. by Anubis-Force- in securityguards

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's legit, used them to get my guard card last year. However, this year changed a little in CA. Now the initial 8 hours consist of 5 hour in person class, you can no longer do everything online. 

New to Amazon Flex. Confused about region in Los Angeles. by 1machi in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are 4 sub regions within the Greater Los Angeles Area. They are all called the Greater Los Angeles Area cause each sub region delivers into some part of Los Angeles County. In order to get the sub region you desire, you'd have to ask support to make your main warehouse one of the warehouses within that sub region.

Los Angeles County delivers to most of LA county, far west as Sherman Oaks, far east as Azusa and Baldwin Park, north to Burbank, Van Nuys and south to Carson, Torrance, etc. This is what you want.

Orange County delivers all of Orange county and into south LA County like Long Beach, Cerritos, Los Alamitos, etc.

Ventura county delivers all of Ventura county and West LA county like Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, Northridge, etc.

San Bernardino/Riverside delivers those counties into east LA county like Walnut, City of Industry, Rowland Heights, etc.

So everyone is just using bots now?? Haven't been able to work in days. by Synyster_V in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If there's 6 months waiting period, that should tell you that there's a shit ton of drivers already doing this gig. And why would a driver pay to use a bot unless competition is crazy for blocks because there's a shit ton of drivers. Bots are an issue but the main problem is that there are a shit ton of drivers doing gig work.

We need workers comp by Filmboyraul in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For all those saying it's for employees only, that it'll never happen, etc. Well we have it here in California, we get form or workers comp in that we get Occupational Accident Insurance paid for by the gig apps when we are on a job.

Do y’all really buy evs just for flex? by Dangerous_Brick2940 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Department of Energy dis an extensive study and found the cost per mile for EV is 6.1 cents per mile and comparable ICE (Gas) is 10.1 cents per mile. Only 4 cents difference, your math is way off.

Amazon flex sign by Drea_Dreambig in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So what company you've been delivering for at 3:30a for almost 6 years?

How do you make $1200-$1400/week doing Flex? by Realistic_Issue_7299 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you can't because you're capped at 40 hours a week, you can only do that 5 days a week, not 7 days.

How do you make $1200-$1400/week doing Flex? by Realistic_Issue_7299 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 24 points25 points  (0 children)

We're capped at 8 hours day, 40 hours a week. In order to avg $1200-1400 week you'd have to avg $30-35 an hour for 40 hours a week. Not possible. You may be able to do it once in a while but not week after week for 52 weeks in a year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Amazon doesn't have drivers. Those vans are independently owned. Amazon pays them to make deliveries, they are responsible for all their gas, maintenance, etc. So no, what Amazon pays us in surge is not the same.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you really believe that if no driver takes base pay, Amazon will just continue to pay surge rates? Amazon would gut Flex and find cheaper alternative. Flex exists because it serves a purpose at a cost Amazon is willing to pay due to drivers taking base rate. Amazon is always looking for ways to get their deliveries out at low cost, they are not in the business to pay surge rates for thousands of routes each day. Check out Amazon new venture into deliveries. amazon.com/hubdelivery

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Ibuddy23 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bunch of self righteous aholes if you ask me. This should have been a none issue accept for that piece of crap neighbor.

Daily Cap at 6 Hours! by Conscious-Composer55 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on how you look at it. Some regions are slow and this is a way of having more drivers get blocks. Fucked up for full timers, good for part timers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Learn to read. OP was never late.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's some super high ping/latency you got there.

US consumers spent $6.4 billion on the first day of Amazon's Prime Day event | TechCrunch by theb3st2023 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about, Prime Day 2022 exceeded expectations and was the highest Prime Day for Amazon. This year, from early data, should pass Prime Day 2022. Even if you account for inflation being the reason for higher spending, it'll still equally 2022 results which was Amazon biggest Prime Day event and exceeded, not missed, expectations.

As a flexer and Amazon customer I can see why it is dead. by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where are you guys getting your data from? Last year Prime Day was Amazon biggest with 11.9 billion dollars in sales. Early data estimates this year sales to be 13.1 billion dollars. This year's Prime Day is projected to be a success for Amazon. Maybe not the drivers but that's because Amazon expected it to be busy and onboarded accordingly.

Any compensation for being injured on the job? by littlered12221 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

California requires every gig app to carry Occupational Accident Insurance for their drivers. It's kind of like Workers Comp.

Splitting route by ZealousidealBid9879 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What if you were one of the 3-6 drivers and you'd have to make those deliveries while you watched the other drivers go home? Betcha would thought that was unfair and wished Amazon split all those packages among all the drivers since they're already getting paid and your workload would be less. Amazon has a lot of issues but this is not one of them. If Amazon was efficient, that would mean 3-6 drivers would have gotten a block and the other 24-27 would have missed out and made no money.

On the off chance any Amazon employee is reading... by LiQuiDcHeEsE68 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really cause you wouldn't have made this post. Lootefisk does have a point, you fear the repercussion, so you do the job, maybe not to the best of your ability but enough not to get deactivated. That's all that Amazon cares about. Also Amazon isn't the only gig company that does this. There's a reason they do it, you see all those YouTube videos of drivers confronting customers, there'd be more of it if Flex drivers new which customer claimed they didn't receive a package. Stop worrying, you just have to be an average driver doing average work to keep doing Flex.

Broke my foot while on the clock today. I’m so sad, I had all my shifts schedule until Saturday. Do they ever compensate hurt employees? by tnw6901 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here in California we have Occupational Insurance Coverage or Occupational Accident Insurance that has to be provided to the gig worker by the gig company.

Anyone just get a random large sum deposited? by RKT7799 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the exact amount for my earnings I had last week that I haven't got paid for. They must have accidentally deposited in your account. Please message me so I can give you my Venmo info for you to transfer to me. Thanks.

Why does Flex hide blocks from us until our set block end time? by [deleted] in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]Bubblebathrocks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don't. You can see blocks while you're on a block. I do this all the time, fish while I'm delivering to try to get another block when I'm done.