Amazon Flex

Amazon Flex is the application that allows any self-employed person to become an Amazon delivery man. Sign up as a user and become a successful driver

Become an Amazon supplier

Under the bombastic name of the collaborative economy and phrases like Be your own boss, we find many services destined to be the dog's bullshit and the new 21st century concept of Do It Yourself with the sole intention of damaging practices to obscure workers' rights. Imagine a company registered in a tax haven that allows for creative accounting that decides to give a small discount on a service provided by a self employed in precarious conditions while getting out of the equation, whoever previously offered the service. You are the customer and before you even know it, your boss is going to kick you for finding someone willing to do your job for under $500 a month.

How to become an Amazon driver

Amazon is a company that definitely fits the previous description and its app called Amazon Flex allows us to become one of its lucky and privileged drivers and suppliers. Thanks to the latter, you can register as a self-employed person and travel around the delivery of parcels all your life. This is how Amazon described this service:

So you drive to the company's logistics center, pick up the orders and bring them to the buyer. The mobile app follows the entire process: routes, maps, references, addresses... This service allows anyone to earn between $18 and $25 an hour for two hours a day, but if you're self-employed you already know everything about how much money you will have left after payment:

• Your taxes for self-employment.
• Your transport and maintenance costs.
• And you are sure that it will only take you a few hours?

Anyway, it sounds great, but if you're ever going to move out of your parents' house, have your own house, and finally want to emancipate yourself, you're better off spending your money locally than sending it to the tax haven.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 2.2.
• Installing the app using the APK file requires enabling the "Unknown Sources" option in Settings > Applications.