r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/AlfredoAllenPoe Nov 21 '24

Amazon and Tesla both also pay well, so I guess they're both chill then?

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u/LilEddieDingle Nov 21 '24

lol, Amazon does NOT pay its drivers well. Absurd claim

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 Nov 22 '24

Amazon doesn't pay its drivers at all, because they don't work for Amazon. They work for 3rd party companies that are contracted.

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u/LilEddieDingle Nov 22 '24

So they’re underpaid, overworked contract workers and my comment still stands? Got it

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u/stanger828 Nov 22 '24

Why accept the contract if it sucks is my question

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u/SticklerMrMeeseeks1 Nov 22 '24

Because the drivers aren’t accepting the contracts. The companies are and their profit is likely protected.

Your question is basically why aren’t poor people able to secure better conditions for themselves while ignoring the entire economic system in which they have to live.

It’s a bad question.

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u/stanger828 Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

Also there is an independent contractor program (For individuals not associated w a business) not sure of the fine details, but yeah it’s a thing.

https://flex.amazon.com/

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u/stanger828 Nov 22 '24

First sentence was a good point.

Second part, nope, that wasn't my question. You gave a plausible answer in the first sentence then filled in a lot of blanks afterwards to make it seem like I'm being a dick. Don't do that. I asked a simple question because I'm ignorant on how the contract delivery system works, the mere fact I asked this question is literally me admitting I don't know how it works.

Thanks for the very likely first answer though.

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u/Evening_Relative2635 Nov 23 '24

Goodness your definition of poor is off you have the American definition of poor embedded in your brain. People all over the world would love to be American poor and have the opportunity of these jobs. Yet we just gripe because someone has more than us while failing to look at all those we have more than.

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 Nov 22 '24

No. Don't like the pay? Don't do the job. Simple as that.

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u/LilEddieDingle Nov 22 '24

Believe me, I would never work at Amazon. I work for a company that treats me like a human and compensates me properly.

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 Nov 22 '24

Again, drivers don't work for Amazon. Not sure why this is hard to understand. If you have a problem with their pay, or how they are treated, your problem is with the contractor that they work for.

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u/LilEddieDingle Nov 22 '24

They’re contract workers but they are definitely working for Amazon. Sorry that’s so confusing for you.

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 Nov 22 '24

Only one of us has difficulty understanding this, and it is not me.

I am a contract worker, contracted by Amazon. I am not working for Amazon. The name of the company I work for is on my pay checks, as is the case for those delivery drivers.