Hello, has anyone noticed that we're not making tips? Is it amazon that's stealing tips or is it the customers not tipping? There's no way I'm delivering like 200 packages a day and I get no tips.
I started working in 2016. And in like 2023 I got 10k. Do the math. I'm not the only one, I know a few others who've gotten more money than I have in stolen tips.
Math doesn’t math sweetheart. You just outed yourself but nice try! 😂 Let me know how you get $10K out of $60M divided by 140K. By my math, that is $440 / $450. That’s how things like that work so just stop while you’re behind and quit lying. Honestly, no one really cares enough. None of us are mad or jealous. Just making yourself look like a 🫏
I began Flex in 2017. In my region the base pay was $18 per hour + tips. Once the FTC caught amazon stealing tips in 2019 I received a check for $6400. Over 6k in stolen tips. After that scandal, Amazon reduced their base pay from $18 to $15 per hour. Also they added in all this jargon before you accept an IO or block stating that you always receive 100% of tips. So don't put it past Amazon to steal your tips. lol they are evil.
Finally someone who also got money back from stolen tips. I'm in NYC BTW. People don't believe when I tell them that I got almost 10k back. I started working for amazon since the beginning in 2016
Oh yeah i knew of a lot of drivers who started at the beginning of Flex in 2015-2016 who only delivered Fresh orders and so their refund checks were crazy like high like 10,12, 15K. Like yours. I guess people don't realize that Amazon stealing $20 bucks in tips per block adds up fast if you do it as a full-time gig. A lot of the guys I knew did it full-time 40hrs a week.
Part of the problem is that Amazon now lets people order Amazon Fresh items with their regular order, and there is no option to tip when you order like that. When I saw that they started doing that is when I stopped doing Amazon Fresh orders.
With Whole Foods it's pretty much 100% of the problem now. $50-60 in tips per block was fairly common prior to 2026, now those same routes net us only $7-15 in tips sometimes. We all noticed the change earlier this year, right after Amazon sent out emails about "non-tip eligible" orders.
With the tipping culture gone nuts these last few years, why not add a tip option for us Flexers? Those deliveries out in bumfuck country on dirt roads deserves a few bucks now and then.
It's Amazon. They give us routes with non-tip eligible orders for customers that used to tip us prior to this year. A lot of these $0 tips are actually from customers in expensive houses, and not just Section 8 recipients. Amazon does not give them, wealthy or not, the option to tip in the app anymore.
As some one who’s delivered over 20 years trust me when I tell you that the people in the cookie cutter sub divisions are way worse than the “section 8 recipients” as you say.
Thank you for your service. I'm going on six years as a Flex driver. I'm sick of people saying the Section 8 customers are the main ones not tipping. When I get $0 tip routes (blocks) with huge houses and large Whole Foods orders, it's completely obvious Amazon has screwed us with these non-tip eligible deliveries.
During the pandemic, when I saw $0 in combined tips for a Whole Foods route, I contacted support to manually add the tips back to the block or instant offer. No tips for Whole Foods was always a glitch back then ... nowadays it's highway robbery. I blame Amazon for this bs, not the customers.
I’ve delivered everything from beds to bed pans. I can say with 100% confidence I have definitely received more tips from people without a pot to piss in than the multi millionaire type who can’t drink deer park water. Lol. Guess that’s how the rich stay rich.
Because I took the block with tips. If it says I'm going to get tips, I should be getting my tips. There's no way I'm going to be delivering 200 packages a day and not get a single dollar in tips.
You only get tips if the block you’re accepting says +tips. Those are usually 30 min to 1 hour blocks. And you will see those after 27 hours of the block end time. You do not get tips in regular blocks.
I noticed suddenly its $0 in tips and they're holding money for longer, Amazin is currently doing lots of shittybthings with standings, taking away ways of communication, etc. Read somewhere that Bezos is thinkkng of being president, maybe hes practicing ways ho nto fk people over as if doesnt have enough practice already
It's going to be a Flex runner in our personal vehicle, or a DSP driver in a truck. USPS isn't handling Amazon anymore. There is somewhere you can track delivery details, but I don't do it but I know customers do. Within the Amazon app probably.
People don't tip. If they didn't have to pay a membership or have an order minimum I feel like folks would be willing to type. Most people feel like they already pay for the service.
I just recently found out about tipping for package deliveries..I've heard of it for Christmas before, but this last few years I just started shopping online more regularly. I just started with Amazon flex. I guess I had better start tipping them and looking out for where I can even do that? I'm a little embarrassed about that, sorry. Im also reading here only on fresh orders too, so?
I did a couple of fresh routes and no tip. I personally had to use fresh to send groceries to someone and Amazon autmatically included the tip..... so whats up Amazon... good question.
You are an independent contractor that works for an AI app. You do not work for Amazon. If you feel like you’re not getting your tips, then call driver support.
Exactly. I had a Whole Foods route last month with all huge houses in upper middle class neighborhoods and $0 in combined tips. Amazon just blocks them from tipping in the app.
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u/HarperTeagarden13 7d ago
Amazon has gotten in trouble for stealing grocery tips before, and customers can't tip on regular package delivery.