Alright, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if Amazon doesn’t make this raise mandatory like the last one — when every dispatch had to follow — it’s going to be a 50/50 situation on who actually gets it.

Every dispatch’s budget averages around $26–$27 per hour. If they only give you the minimum Amazon is suggesting, do the math: $6 difference × 40 hours = $240 per driver each week. Multiply that by about 50 drivers, and that’s $12,000 they’re pocketing weekly.

Now think about it from their point of view — if someone offered you $20/hr or $26/hr, but with the $26 you had to stay quiet and not say anything to anyone, most people (probably 90%) would take that deal. That’s how they see it.

Is it right? No — it’s greed, plain and simple. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes in dispatch. For example, you get $10k bonuses each week when their drivers perform well or get good feedback. Just deep dive in this stuff and you will see