The online shipping giant still wants to make a support payment to the drivers of the service. In view of noticeable declines in orders, however, many probably already expected that “Flex” would soon disappear from the German Amazon range. For the drivers, yesterday must have been anything but pleasant. At least “Flex” will continue to be offered there. The situation is apparently different in the USA. So it was apparently the only sensible reaction for Amazon. An insufficient demandĮxperts are pretty sure that it wasn’t critics from the union ranks that doomed Amazon “Flex.” Instead, the service was simply underused. Since the special delivery service was rare in nature anyway, Amazon customers should not feel the discontinuation.

Customers, meanwhile, need have no fears about upcoming deliveries. In a public announcement, it could be read that it was a difficult but correct decision to hire Amazon “Flex”. Instead of taking on its drivers in jobs that are subject to social security contributions, the project has now been summarily declared a failure. But Amazon apparently did not want to know anything about it. Demands for permanent employment of the drivers became louder. Verdi in particular always accused Amazon’s “Flex” concept of a form of bogus self-employment. So it was only a matter of time before criticism grew louder, especially from the unions. Instead, employees worked as solo self-employed for the shipping company. After all, Amazon “Flex” did not rely on permanent positions. But the whole thing also had its downside. These are earnings that other delivery services can’t wave. In particular, the company advertised an hourly wage of 25 euros to attract new drivers. Finding drivers for “Flex” should not have been difficult for the online shipping giant. Dispatched were thereby the products, which Amazon sold not over third enterprises, but from own warehouses.

With “Flex”, the US tech company wanted to make itself independent of other shipping companies such as DHL, DPD or Hermes.

The online shipping giant made the announcement on Tuesday, 07.06.22. Amazon’s in-house delivery service called “Flex” has been discontinued.

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