Amazon Flex drivers are urging the company to increase pay rates as skyrocketing gas prices eat into their earnings, rallying outside an Amazon warehouse near Los Angeles Wednesday to draw attention to the issue
Kerry Selfridge drives full time for Flex in Kansas while he works to get a travel agency business off the ground. Selfridge said he has to fill his gas tank every day, and that the current price at the pump makes it hard to make ends meet.
"I have to be able to keep them housed and fed," Selfridge said."We are a family that regularly eats expensive meals, but now we are getting used to less expensive things." Jana, a Flex driver in San Francisco who didn't want to use her full name, said tips make driving for Flex worth her time. But she said she has noticed fewer gig opportunities of late, which means less potential income just as her costs are soaring.
"I'm not taking any base-pay blocks now," said Scott Dueringer, a part-time Flex driver in Fort Lauderdale, Fla."Only surged-pay blocks. But those are few and far between here." Meanwhile, some Flex drivers are picking up work from Uber, DoorDash or Instacart, because they may offer shorter routes that require less gas. Last week,of up to 55 cents per trip and 45 cents for Uber Eats deliveries to help drivers deal with higher fuel costs. Lyft followed with a similar announcement.
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