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

So what happens when you deny a flex route? How do they count it against you?

If you are using an android phone please mention the model and why you like it? I need a reliable phone for work.If you prefer Android why do you think it's better for Amazon flex?

iPhone is an iPhone, if you prefer it why do you think it's better for Amazon flex?

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!

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.. 😊

So I feel stupid. I just finished onboarding as far as I know. I keep getting texts that say to go book my first block. But there are never any blocks available. I haven't seen the first one. Am I supposed to be waiting for something else before I start getting blocks? I don't have a vest or anything like you see some people wearing. So I wondered if that had something to do with it.

Says left package with front desk, when post office tells us you just throw it on the counter and take a pic and leave not giving it to person. what is the use of having instructions if you don’t follow them?

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?

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.

I just got this email and it’s not showing anything on my standing history and of course can’t email because they don’t use that email anymore and all support does anymore is say I’ve passed this information along to the correct team

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.

Did anyone have an issue with seeing blocks after the forfeited them.
It say check back later?

I finally got a block approved from the request option, the Amazon Flex gods have noticed me finally lol jk whatever on a damn Saturday the only day i choose to drink and play video games 😆

Recently the station employees have started asking everyone to roll all their windows down before pulling up to the loading bays and I'm just curious why? I can't think of any reason for it.

I only do fresh online as the only SSD station close to me is +45 mnts away and last time I did an SSD I ended up almost in PA.

Today I was sitting in the station after finishing a previous block and decided to try the instant offer option by the 1st time.

This offer came in and I just focused in the time I had left. I accepted it and proceeded to pickup the packages. It is not until I finish the block that I realized that the $54 “surge” pay, which is supposed to be 65% surge and I thought it was $74 because of the surge, is the same base pay I would have gotten for a 2 hr block.

Am I missing something or surge not always means more pay?

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!

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.

Mfs smoking ssa now an 1hr away from home

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

Did anyone else got an email stating that Amazon is now offering overnight blocks in their area. I got an email stating it's starting tomorrow. They're gonna be offering overnight blocks along with the early morning blocks?