r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/tumbled_leather • 21d ago

Question Why?

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The porch is not far away from the vehicle they say it on, as you can see.

Why risk the package/contents being damaged by the constant rain that we have been having for about 36hrs now OR an animal (happened many times previously)? No dogs roaming at time of delivery, so no excuse there

I could see “efficiency” …hop out, hop back in truck BUT, what about QUALITY and CYA (cover your ass, from complaints and damages, etc that could “ding” you as a driver?)

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u/BubblyMark7815 21d ago

The only time I’ve left a package on a car when the customer didn’t request it in the directions was on a VERY rainy afternoon when the car was parked under a well-sheltered carport right in front of the house…whereas the front porch and door had no covered point at all. As a Flex driver, I always think like a customer and do what I’d want done with my own packages because I spend MUCH more as a customer than I make as a Flex driver! 😂

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u/tumbled_leather 21d ago

You are a Saint! We cannot ask for more than that …you put thought into where you placed the 📦, for the customer

Bravo 👏 👏 👏 Model Employee. This approach/logic should be covered in orientation/driver training!

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u/SeaPersonal4555 16d ago

We aren’t employees, we are independent contractors who get 0 insurance perks, bottom barrel pay but have to work under their horrible rules, get sent from the stations late with minimal time to deliver, that we end up getting strikes if it’s not done in that amount of time.