Re:Amazon Flex
by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @09:02AM
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No uniform? The least Amazon could do is send their drivers a hat and a sticker, or something.
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Re:Amazon Flex
by amazing_jose on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @09:08AM
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NOPE! That could imply that they are employees and we all know that's impossible ;)
Re:Amazon Flex
by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @09:13AM
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Oh right, I forgot that they're skirting employment law.
Re:Amazon Flex
by run4yourlives2 on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @01:09PM
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The funny thing is that this wouldn't fly in Canada, (and I'm assuming other jurisdictions, like California), since even the inference of an employer/employee relationship constitutes one when it comes to legal entitlements and responsibilities.
Being in a Prime Now delivery area, I've had three recent deliveries by individuals in private cars, and each of them was wearing an Amazon Prime Now polo shirt.
In the past, I've had private car deliveries from Amazon, but I think they were generally LaserShip.
Echoing the author's sentiments, I had one delivery guy that looked sketchy. I forgot I was waiting on a package, and a guy showed up in my driveway, idled there for about five minutes (which my dogs alerted me to), then started lumbering up the driveway with a package in hand, smoking a cigarette, which he disposed of in my garden. The guy wasn't obviously from anywhere, in that neither his clothing nor car indicated any company affiliation whatsoever, so I stopped him and asked him his name and employer, and it was LaserShip, not Amazon.
The delivery-person on the picture on the linked webpage is definitely wearing a branded jacket.
I've often thought about starting a delivery-as-a-service company where the deliverer wears their phone (or a phone) clipped to their chest (or diagonal satchel strap) where branding might otherwise go. And the phone would automatically show branding of whoever they were representing for that particular delivery.
If the rest of their uniform were neutral, it might work out.