Didnt even know that I can be compensated for doind nothing🤣🤣

Was the drive a combined total of 30 miles including my home trip, maybe. But just having one envelope package and finishing in an hour you bet I had my hands on the wheel on 10 and 2.

So this morning I had an 3:15 am route scheduled. I left my house about 40 minutes before route start time like I normally do. Unexpectedly the exact exit I needed to take to get to the Amazon warehouse was closed so I had to take a detour which added about 10 additional minutes to my drive. This put me at arriving at the station at 3:19 am which is within the 5 minute grace period. I pull in at 3:19 exactly and check in. Block then says “you have missed your block”. So I reached out to support and requested that this be fixed because I checked in within my 5 minute grace period. Support then tells me that there is no longer a 5 minute grace period for check ins due to change of processes. Not sure what exactly that means but that’s cool they can change and make up their own rules without at least notifying drivers via email of such changes. So frustrating!

I haven't started doing any blocks yet, but I have been watching alot of YouTube videos and now I have mixed feelings if Amazon flex might be a little bit more stressful than Ubereats.

We are a low income family with kids, I try to do some gig work to help my hubby out with at least groceries, I get stressed super fast I've always been this way, and after doing uber eats for a year dealing with restaurants and demanding customers, I'm kinda burnt out.

I applied for amazon flex around the same time last year that I started ubereats and was barely accepted yesterday.

I got used to the ubereats app and how to use it, Amazon flex after watching videos seem like they give far routes with Alot of drop offs for probably around the same amount that I would make with maybe 7 to 10 drop offs with Uber.

Anyone that has done these gig apps, was Amazon a lil less stress for you?

What's the pro and cons? Thank you.. 😊

The new warehouse popped up on Google maps in Portland and now it looks like they are ready to start the offers on the app. Is this more like fresh or packages?

I’m going to try my first block, just to understand how Flex works.

But I got some questions:

1. When we get to the Amazon pickup place, do they give us the packages organized by their drop of order? Or are they just a disorganized pile of packages?

2. Do we have to return to the pickup place when we are done?

3. If we have back-to-back blocks, can we pick them both up at once or do we have to go back to the pickup place?

4. Anything else I should know before starting?

Anyone know what these 30 minute blocks are like?

If any of y'all on those country roads (or gated yards) I start whistling old Mc Donald or attempted bird sounds to get any dogs attention and let people know im around. Comes in handy once in a while. Hope this helps someone

I saw this email posted in an Amazon Flex group and I’m curious if anyone knows what’s going on. It says that starting September 2, the driver will no longer receive offers in the Ponca–Arkansas City region and needs to transfer to another region. Is Amazon starting to remove drivers from certain regions or consolidate/close some areas? Or could this be because the person who received the email doesn’t actually live in or belong to that region? Also, has anyone else received an email like this, and can anyone confirm whether it’s legitimate or possibly fake? Just trying to understand why Amazon would suddenly require someone to change regions.

So, I had a 4:45 PM block scheduled at the new YYZ3 station today. I got to the station early, around 4:30–4:40 PM. Sitting in my car, I completed the facial verification on the Amazon Flex app with no issues. The app confirmed my check-in, updated, and moved to the step telling me to scan the arrival code and finish remaining deliveries.
I walked up to the station door to scan the code. The problem? The arrival code isn't posted outside; it’s kept inside by the staff. There was already a line of drivers waiting ahead of me, so I lined up like everyone else. Since they only process drivers one by one to hand out license-scans and carts, I waited my turn.
By the time I reached the front of the line, it was 4:50 PM.
The staff member at the door immediately snapped at me, saying, "You're late, we can't give you a block."
I tried explaining that I’d been standing in line after checking in on the app well before 4:45 PM, and that I couldn't scan the arrival code until it was my turn at the door. I literally couldn't jump ahead of the drivers in front of me (turns out some were 5:00 PM blocks, but how was I supposed to know that?).
Instead of listening, the staff member was incredibly rude, started shouting, and refused to hand over a cart, claiming I missed the call.
I immediately called Driver Support while still at the station. They confirmed my app check-in time, agreed I followed procedure, and escalated a ticket to Support for payment and standing protection. I’ve also sent a detailed follow-up email outlining the exact timeline.
Has anyone else dealt with station staff withholding blocks because of their bottleneck at the door? Since the app officially checked me in on time, what are the chances Support actually clears my standings and pays out the block?

Mfs smoking ssa now an 1hr away from home

For those of you that hate using the flex app for navigating your routes and hate manually selecting the next stop each time (it's buggy for me when I try to open the address in google maps), I made an app that essentially creates the google maps routes for you.

It works by taking a screen recording of the itinerary, processing it to extract addresses, and creates the google maps "legs" (routes in the itinerary) from those. Google maps has a limit of 10 stops per route, so the itinerary is broken into multiple legs.

Make sure the screen recording is relatively slow. Scroll about half a screen or a full screen each time, pause for a second, and continue until you reach the end.

It uses local processing (OCR) or AI via OpenRouter, which requires a bit more setup/know-how. I recommend just using OCR unless you want potentially better results, though OCR should work pretty well. NEITHER PROCESS IS PERFECT. I HIGHLY recommend using the flex app alongside to ensure you're going to the right addresses, I just needed this functionality so I could actually use my car's navigation screen without having to fiddle with it at every stop.

No data is uploaded or saved. The source is fully available for you to peruse in case you're skeptical of data retention or whatever.

You should add the app to your home screen to make it more accessible. Analyzed itineraries are stored locally on your device only for 24 hours.

Lmk any bugs you encounter (if anyone ends up using this) and I'll do my best to fix!

Amazon says it was delivered on Thursday, but I didn't go in to collect it until Saturday, and they don't know where the package is. How long should I wait to see if it shows up, and should I call Amazon because the package wasn't delivered?

I can make twice this amount doing Uber in my neighborhood within the same timeframe. I can’t believeI was on a waiting list for this shhh to open up 😂

I do still want to TRY one block though, to see what the actual experience is like. Even though it will likely mean putting DUMB miles on my car.

Had 2 blocks today - a 4.5 in the morning and a 3.5 in the afternoon. There was an hour between them.

Early block was easy, but the warehouse closed last night due to a storm, so several packages went out today instead. A couple customers cancelled after my route started, so I had to bring them back. No problem, I was going back anyway. Got there, scanned them and put them in the bin.

Went to start my second block and a screen showed up I'd never seen. I showed the staff and she did something and my shift disappeared. It showed I had a shift, but I couldn't check in and she told me to contact support. Support told me to talk to the staff.

Meanwhile, the time went over and now I'm gonna get a missed block and no pay.

The whole thing is ridiculous. Is there any way to avoid the hit (it was documented in both places) and still get paid?

Btw - apparently this is a known glitch. If you have 2 blocks an hour or less apart, and have returns from block 1, this has a high odds of happening. So be careful

The way the stops are displaying is visually annoying as hell and slowing down my route. How do I change it back?

All because I parked on a stupid easement and the guy comes out and starts threatening me and had to call the safety team and looks like they ruled in his favor really after coming out and verbally harassing me they rule in his favor