Openly promoting the fact that they underpay their drivers, for a limited time.
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This is normalizing tipping drivers and pretty soon it will be expected. Resist this enshittification.
If you're this principled you should be boycotting Amazon anyway. If you're not, give the driver $5 if it costs you nothing.
Expected? They'll make it mandatory, and then lower the amount of wages they pay their drivers, pointing to the tips as justification.
It's not a tip. Amazon is giving them the cash not you. It's more like a bonus
just advertisment for Amazon - now people will talk about them and share this ad on social media :/
Is there an option for "Request Amazon to pay drivers decently and improve working conditions?"
Nope, just a "illegally suppress unions" button.
For some time now I’ve been very successful at not buying anything from Amazon.
yeah, I only use it for bullshit now, like 200 mini plastic ducks I can leave all around work
If you're willing to wait 2 weeks for shipping (with an added shipping cost of $0.40) you can just order that stuff directly from Aliexpress and cut out the middle man.
I've been considering this as my New Years Resolution. I'm ashamed that I might be too weak to go through with it. The convenience is just so...manipulative and infantilizing. I am perfectly capable of buying anything I need from a physical store front.
Yeah, buying from physical stores also helps your local economy. Otherwise there’s eBay and Aliexe (spelling?)
Can any driver confirm they get the extra pay?
Or is this just propaganda to make the buyer feel good?
Don't think it worked for me 😞

That sucks. I wonder if 3rd party drivers can't participate or if there are regional limitations?
My guess is the funds have dried up already for this year.
The first 2 million thank-yous given will include $5 to the delivery driver at no cost to the customer. After that, customers can continue to thank their driver via the feature all year round, and drivers are able to see the number of times they are thanked within their app.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/alexa-thank-my-driver-feature
Just worked for me
Looks like USPS delivered items are not eligible for the $5.00

Cool but in all seriousness try not using amazon and using ethical alternatives if you can afford it.
I thought this was a shitpost but I tried it and it worked. What a weird way to hide a tip.
Amazon drivers (the ones in budget or Amazon cans, not flex in personal cars) do okish. I just quit working for a third party company Amazon uses to shield them from liability and unions because it's miserable work but the pay was $22.50 which isn't too bad. The workload is crazy, it's all rush rush rush, and they don't care about you at all though so fuck them and Amazon. The drivers would appreciate the tip, they're generally hardworking and decent people.
IIRC when Amazon Fresh was a thing, they were encouraging tips, but they were caught using the tips to cover some of the hourly wages.
Texas schools need $X funding. The Texas Lottery was meant to add $Y dollars to education. The lottery was sold to the public as meaning schools would be funded to the tune of $(X + Y) each year.
Instead, the state funds $(X - Y). Instead of supplementing education funds, the lottery supplants it. And it's the exact same thing with tipping culture.
(I'd bet this is how most state lotteries which fund education operate.)
If you have an Echo device, you can also ask Alexa to "thank my driver" and it will apply it to the most recent order on your account. Just did it for an order that came in on Monday and Alexa gave me the $5 spiel.
Hmmm US only? Doesn't work here.

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