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Amazon Flex
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Amazon Flex - Use Your Own Vehicle to Deliver Packages
Start earning money by delivering packages with Amazon Flex on your own time.
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Amazon Flex
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How Delivering Packages With Amazon Flex Works
Learn more about how Amazon Flex works and what it takes to start delivering packages for Amazon Flex today.
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Amazon
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Delivery Driver Jobs @ Amazon; DSP Driver Jobs Hiring Now
Helper and walker roles may be ... shift times vary by DSP. Apply today to connect with a DSP in your area! ... An Amazon DSP will provide access to a delivery van or truck, gas and insurance....
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CLIMB
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What Does an Amazon Delivery Driver Do? - CLIMB
July 16, 2025 - Amazon Delivery Drivers operate in a dynamic environment, primarily on the road, navigating through various neighborhoods to ensure timely parcel delivery. Their workspace extends beyond a traditional office, encapsulating the driver’s seat ...
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Amazon Flex
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Requirements to become a Delivery Driver with Amazon Flex
Learn more about the vehicle and driver requirements to get started delivering packages from your own car with Amazon Flex.
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VICE
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How I Get By: A Week in the Life of an Amazon Delivery Driver
July 27, 2024 - The Amazon driver was in the middle of a delivery when he picked up my call. That’s not very surprising. Four days a week, for 10 hours a day, the driver delivers packages for Amazon. The job was supposed to be something to pay the bills while he pursued his career passion on the side.
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Indeed
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Working as a Delivery Driver at Amazon.com: 2,264 Reviews | Indeed.com
The dispatcher was never present at work, I’ve never seen her in person, she was always on speaker phone. They let me drive unsafe vehicles...Show more ... 4.2K reviewsExperience the thrill of exploration and customer connection as a Delivery Driver for an Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP).
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Amazon
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I deliver packages to Amazon customers. Follow me on a typical day as a delivery driver in a Rivian van.
A lot of drivers share their own tips and tricks for how they like organizing their packages—it’s very much a community thing we have. I grab my phone and connect it to the van, and now I only have to use my phone to scan the packages and take a photo once I’ve delivered the package to the customer’s preferred delivery location, like their front door. Before I was in one of Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles, I’d use my phone for routing and navigation, and then use it to locate and scan packages in the cargo area and take a photo once the package was delivered.
Published   May 31, 2023
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Labor Notes
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Surveillance, Stress, and No Bathrooms: Life as an Amazon Driver | Labor Notes
When an Amazon Prime member orders an item, the first step in the delivery process begins at an Amazon Fulfillment Center, where the item is picked by a worker and put into a box, and an address label is created. From there, the package is typically sent to an Amazon Sortation Center, where it is sorted. Then it’s sent either to the post office or, increasingly, to an Amazon Delivery Center, where Amazon’s subcontracted Delivery Service Provider (DSP) drivers pick up their routes.
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Amazon
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Amazon's Thank My Driver feature: How it works and how you can show appreciation all year long
Customers can thank their driver for their most recent delivery while shopping on Amazon or on Alexa-enabled devices.
Published   December 7, 2022
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Amazon
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Amazon Delivery Driver
Drive for a Delivery Service Partner ... package delivery. As a DSP driver you’re not just moving boxes. You’re moving your community forward. You’re the reason a birthday gift arrives on time. The reason a parent gets diapers at midnight. You’re the reason people trust Amazon to bring convenience and joy to their door. ... Discover a career that rewards your hard work and supports ...
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Online Degree
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Amazon Now Driver - Salary, How to Become, Job Description & Best Schools
June 4, 2021 - Drivers start their day by choosing what hours they want to work within the Amazon Flex driver app, and then go to the facility to await a delivery order. Drivers are paid for the time spent waiting at the facility whether they are actively ...
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Amazon
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Amazon Flex Delivery Jobs (Drivers Needed!)
Most drivers earn $18-25* an hour. It's simple: you're an independent contractor. You use your own vehicle to deliver packages for Amazon as a way of earning extra money to move you closer to your goals.
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Spoke
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Amazon Delivery Drivers: How Much They Make and How to Apply
October 21, 2025 - Making money as a delivery driver for services like Uber, Instacart, or Amazon Flex, is all about speed. The faster you get your deliveries done, the more money you can make. Even if you work for Amazon on an employee basis, you want to get your work done fast. After all, it’ll make you look good to your boss, and it means you can get through your shift faster (and who doesn’t want that?).
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Business Insider
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An Amazon Delivery Driver Shares His Working Conditions - Business Insider
June 21, 2023 - He said he works more than 10 hour shifts and is expected to deliver up to 400 packages per day. Rajal said he's been penalized for being a "distracted driver" after changing the radio station. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Angel Rajal, a 26-year-old Amazon delivery driver living in Las Vegas.
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TheStreet
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Amazon delivery driver salary: How much do they really make? - TheStreet
September 19, 2023 - These are contractors who make deliveries out of their own vehicles using the Amazon Flex app during scheduling blocks they choose themselves, much like an Uber or DoorDash driver.
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Para
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How to Become an Amazon Delivery Driver | Para
However, the Amazon Fresh platform still works similarly to Flex, with delivery drivers collecting groceries directly from Amazon's warehouses and delivering them to the customer's home.
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Reddit
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r/AmazonFlexDrivers on Reddit: What's it like becoming an Amazon delivery driver (not Flex)?
May 18, 2019 -

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask. I've looked around and figured this was the most appropriate. Anyways, I've did Postmates a while ago, hit the incentive/beginner quest and kinda got out of there not too long after. I figured the amount of time I've spend doing it along with driving around with my car just wasn't worth it. I guess it also depends on your location and how good/lucky you are with getting pings, but overall it makes me wish I had a real delivery job.

I've looked into Amazon Flex but unfortunately there's no opening in the LA area.

But then I also did look around and notice that there's opening for an Amazon delivery driver near me. Now, this is full time and it's something I haven't really ever gotten around doing for a very long time (the full-time morning schedule), but compared to what I originally had (part-time and whenever I felt like it), I'll definitely be making more off this.

But yeah, I was wondering how was the experience of becoming an Amazon driver like. I know it might be a bit tedious but I've went through hours of just sitting there during Postmates. At least with Amazon, as long as it takes to finish my block or whatever I'm good to go, right? Honestly, I'd rather do that and actually be doing something than to be waiting around in a hot spot and get no ping.

Would anyone here recommend it? Do they lend you their own company vehicle and how different is it to drive a van from only driving a car or SUV before?

Thanks, really considering it.

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I’ve never worked for a DSP, so I can’t comment on that, but I worked as an Amazon Delivery Associate driving the Prime Mercedes vans for actual Amazon, not a third party company, so I can answer your questions. As far as I know, there’s only a handful of warehouses that offer in house delivery with actual amazon full time employees so probably only major cities. Pros: 4 days on, 3 days off. Rinse repeat. steady work (sometimes in flex i can’t grab a block for the life of me, although my city is overrun by hackers and I don’t so that could be it). benefits: free health. not driving your own car, they pay gas + tolls. 2 paid 15 mins breaks per day. Cons: after 5 months i was still only a “seasonal” employee so i never got the rest of the benefits and there was no clear path to being a full employee for anyone. high turnover, hard work, long hours. driving the van in the city sucks sometimes. In flex, you can just bail your car almost anywhere & drive into people’s driveways and not worry about clearances, with the van you have to be more careful and slow. the van is equipped with GPS and monitors so you can’t go over 70mph, can’t leave the car on while on delivery, makes an unbearable beeping sound if you don’t wear your seatbelt, automatically shuts off if you put it in parking, etc. i know it’s for safety but when you’re rushing to get home to your family, it sucks. you get 40 hours and then it’s overtime which is all well and good, but my days were close to 12 hours and i had an hour commute each day, so my only goal was to finish as fast as possible to get home, but my four days would turn into “wake up, work, home, sleep, wake up, etc..” 4 days straight. mandatory 30 min unpaid lunch every day. This annoyed me because i could easily eat and pee within my 2 paid 15 min breaks but you still have to lose 30 minutes while clocked out even if you continue delivering through it (which i always did to get home earlier). So anyway, in conclusion, i would say as far as mental sanity goes, flex is always better. In flex as was mentioned previously, you get paid your whole block, even if you finish early. Here, if you finish early you have to clock out early and potentially not get your 40 hours that week, or you’ll be assigned a rescue to go deliver someone else’s packages making your day longer. I didn’t really enjoy my experience. 200 stops per day every day starts to get to you after a while. That’s why there is such a high turnover. Some people don’t mind it. Regardless, i stayed at that job until i hurt my shoulder loading my 200+ packages into my van one day. I got workers comp leave of absence, & i got an email while on workers comp saying i was terminated. So no job waiting for me after i got hurt working for them. I wanna be clear this was just my experience and i still have a bad taste in my mouth because of it, but i’d be happy to answer anyone’s questions. TLDR: flex is easier and better, unless you’re extra concerned about job security & benefits. Edit: forgot to mention, pay was $15.50 per hour and 1.5 overtime after 40 hours
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Well, it all depends on how you are as a person and if you can take the work load. DSPs are always hiring and yes, they will give you a cargo van to use. I believe amazon is also looking for drivers themselves now, not flex, and they will give you a cargo van as well. The work can be tough. You can start early in the day, say around 730 and finish around 530 or after. You’ll have upwards of 200+ stops to make in a day. If you finish your route early, you’ll more than likely be asked to go help one of your co workers who is falling behind. Pay is different depending on what company you decide to work for, but generally around 14-17?/hr. You work four, 10 hr days and get 4 days off, if you want more work, just ask them. But that’s generally it. It’s harder compared to flex. Cause with flex you can finish a 4hr block in 2 hr and be done, not with this. You’ll have to work all day.
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Amazon Flex
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Why you should be a delivery driver with Amazon Flex
Set your own hours, know your working schedule ahead of time, be your own boss while delivering packages for Amazon Flex.