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5. It sounds like they want to cut them loose and make delivery performed by contract workers.

Mon May 13, 2019, 10:22 AM

May 2019

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I see the Amazon trucks pull up in my area, and the workers scramble to drop off the package as they are timed and punished if they underperform against their co-workers. Those delivery trucks are shitty and always break down. It's time to shift all those burdens on someone who is desperate for a job and soak them for every last dollar in their household.

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Amazon to employees: We'll pay you to quit and haul packages [View all] brooklynite May 2019 OP

Let's see. Amazon tried to scam NYC, when their plan is to fully automate that facility in 3 years. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #1

Amazon has a delivery service and it sucks for drivers progree May 2019 #4

It sounds like they want to cut them loose and make delivery performed by contract workers. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #5

Contract workers. Oh boy! Wait until they start working eighteen hrs demosincebirth May 2019 #28

And when we get our drone service up and running, well, just balls to you. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #2

Yep. Bezos is one sick motherfucker to think of ways to fuck people over. That's why Trump hates him TheBlackAdder May 2019 #3

Drone service? They have a word for that in most rural areas..... paleotn May 2019 #24

I'm an Amazon Prime member... SergeStorms May 2019 #6

We get many deliveries within the 2-day period, but Hortensis May 2019 #13

Same here.... paleotn May 2019 #25

I haven't needed to call Amazon lately, but every time moonscape May 2019 #16

Are you talking about... SergeStorms May 2019 #17

Wow, sorry to hear that. Seems like their delivery service isn't consistent. CaptainTruth May 2019 #19

You must... SergeStorms May 2019 #32

"Business days" is the kicker DeminPennswoods May 2019 #20

Yes, they're supposed to deliver on Sundays. SergeStorms May 2019 #33

huh, mine ALWAYS gets here in 2 days, and if I don't like something, free returns Baclava May 2019 #22

I take advantage... SergeStorms May 2019 #34

I always check the actual delivery date they show on checkout, I'll pass if it's not 2 days Baclava May 2019 #37

I'm going to start... SergeStorms May 2019 #41

TBH, there's no such thing as "free shipping" DeminPennswoods May 2019 #40

I get almost everything within two days. TwilightZone May 2019 #29

I suspect the wait is proportional to the distance to the nearest Fulfillment Center.. EX500rider May 2019 #30

I've been ordering from Amazon... SergeStorms May 2019 #35

That seems to be true DeminPennswoods May 2019 #39

10k is a drop in the bucket to start a business. I'd be very wary in excepting that offer. brush May 2019 #7

Probably for this reason (another article) OnlinePoker May 2019 #8

Lets see start the business, have no fucking health insurnace, then you have to pay taxes turbinetree May 2019 #9

To be fair, they "only" made $11.2 billion in profits OnlinePoker May 2019 #11

"To be fair, they "only" made $11.2 billion in profits" EX500rider May 2019 #31

great thread orleans May 2019 #10

using a personal vehicle to run amazon will get your insurance cancelled for fraud under most msongs May 2019 #12

Well, filing a claim would be fraud in those cases, Hortensis May 2019 #14

I think Amazon provides the delivery trucks DeminPennswoods May 2019 #21

CBS: " Pros and cons of that $10,000 Amazon delivery business offer" Hortensis May 2019 #15

Extremely interesting article about Amazon. NY Mag. canetoad May 2019 #18

Monopsony as I learned it is DeminPennswoods May 2019 #23

It's a trap!! n/t PoliticAverse May 2019 #26

$10,000.00 startup costs ain't sh't. democratisphere May 2019 #27

I quit Amazon completely customerserviceguy May 2019 #36

Now if only they can figure out how to 1099 their warehouse workers Flaleftist May 2019 #38

Precisely Sherman A1 May 2019 #42