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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by kss238 on Thursday December 07, 2017 @11:43AM (#15871555)
I'm pretty sure Amazon launched its own delivery service.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by williamscales on Thursday December 07, 2017 @11:48AM (#15871601)
I'm pretty sure it is not Amazon employees who do the delivering, but contractors.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by dangrossman on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:35PM (#15873250)
All Amazon Flex delivery drivers are independent contractors. It's not much different from driving for Uber. My last Amazon package was delivered by a 21 year old in a t-shirt and jeans driving an old Nissan sedan.

https://flex.amazon.com/

And they hire independent delivery companies (who themselves can hire contractors to work for them) as well.

https://logistics.amazon.com/

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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by niij on Saturday December 09, 2017 @11:19AM (#15886421)
I was curious about where Amazon Flex delivered so I went to their site. No indication of whether my area was covered or not so I ended up downloading the app. Once signed in the only location listed was Pennsylvania. Not where I live so instant delete. Not sure why they didn't just put that on the landing page.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by mabbo on Thursday December 07, 2017 @12:02PM (#15871722)
They did. Amazon logistics. No one who delivers for it are Amazon employees.
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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by dangrossman on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:37PM (#15873263)
https://flex.amazon.com/faqs/

> As an independent contractor, you are responsible for your own expenses.

https://logistics.amazon.com/

> Delivery providers are local companies that Amazon uses to deliver packages from a central location to our customer's door.

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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by optimuspaul on Thursday December 14, 2017 @10:13AM (#15922831)
The amazon delivery drivers in my area are not part of either of those groups, they are amazon fulfillment employees, I've talked to them in person.
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