As you found out, grocery works a bit differently from logistics. With grocery, you hit I've Arrived, then wait to be sent an order. If there are no orders, your block will automatically close out when you have less than 30 minutes left, and you get paid the base that you signed up for. There is no "wait 30 min and get sent home" like ssd. The other thing you may not know is that if you are assigned an order and you deliver it, if there is more than 30 min left on your block, the app will prompt you to go back to the station and wait for more deliveries. Here's the trick: if it is going to take you past that 30 min mark to get back to the station, you can ignore it and go on with your day. The app will not assign you deliveries that go past the end of your block time. After you do deliveries, it takes exactly 27 hours for Amazon to show you how much you made in tips for that block. You can see it by looking at your earnings tab.
Can anybody explain this: I did my first block (sub-same-day) for a 3 hour shift. I received 29 packages. Ok, let's do the math 3 hours = 180 minutes. 180 / 29 packages = 6.2 minutes per package. Needless to say I only finished 14 (13 minutes per package) then returned the rest. I drove 30 miles to Amazon station. 30 miles to return the packages and 30 miles back home. Not only that my delivery was in Elfin Forest Escondido, CA (Gravel and dirt roads). I had to wait for Horses to cross the street and Amazon's GPS was off by 1.5 miles, I had to call Amazon 3 times so they could mark my deliveries complete. Good thing I did not get a flat tire, I don't think road side assistance would have found me.
Next time, complete all the deliveries, then contact support through email. They'll compensate you from the 'extended delivery' window, as they call it. I've been compensated plenty times, but never thought to return undeliverable packages. Well, the more you return, it'll affect your standing.
Wow, I'm sorry your first block went that way. I'm glad @keyMonique gave you a tip for next time. I hope your next blocks won't be like this. Thank you for watching!
@@IamDesireeSimone this journey is hard and you motivated me to bring that authenticity back to my audience my whole goal is battling and beating poverty myself and showing others what I’ve learned along the way So your content was refreshing keep going your going to be bringing in Elephant 🐘 sized TH-cam checks in notime
Wow I really needed to hear this right now. My overall goal is to motivate, inspire and share my experiences. I 'm so glad myself has given you that! Thank you! Also you keep going! There will be ups and down but don't stop, keep working towards your goals, ambitions, dreams! You got it, much love!
There’s no signal in that Whole Foods garage. I live in Indianapolis. It’s best to get a morning block for Whole Foods, because it’s very busy in the morning, it slows down in the evening.
Just started with Flex a couple of weeks ago…first days were all Fresh orders but here in NYC we have some Whole Foods and some warehouses that do it along with packages….those 2 hours flew by (finished all in 1.5 hours) and tips were nice! Started doing packages and they suck! Longer time for basically same pay of fresh with tips….once I get to level 2 and get better job pick ups, sticking only to fresh!
Oh you're lucky, when we see an Amazon Fresh Online, they go hella quick. I started to like the Fresh Online a lot more too. New video coming soon. Right, level 2 you get to pick. Well good luck and thank you for watching!
I've never delivered for Amazon whole foods but have packed the order for amazon whole food drivers, but I don't know if I'd like it. Hopefully you get an actual block that has packages to deliver so you can film it.
TBH IDK if the policy is wait 30 minutes from start or 30 minutes until end of shift b/c the only time I've ever been sent home on a grocery block was one that was an hour long. However in general some things I've learned are: 1. Don't bother calling driver support. Even if the policy says you can leave after X time they'll still just tell you to stay. They're concerned with what's more convenient for them not what the policy actually is. 2. I'd recommend finding the policy yourself and just following that to a T. Ignore what driver support and/or some rando says 3. To reiterate in case it wasn't clear don't contact support unless you have literally no other option. Examples of this are: pay not showing up when it's supposed to. I can't really think of any other examples.
I was wrong, after reading other comments. The policy is 30 minutes left from your block you are sent home and payed for that block. Great points, and thank you for sharing. Thank you for watching!
Hey girl hey, stumbled across your Vlog and yes I've had some wild delivery stories.. from the customer perspective 😅 I'll go back and watch some of your older vids... so far i see you a lot of shorts🤔 I don't blame you, editing takes a lot of time. Well ciao for now and welcome welcome welcome 😊
I did a Whole Food delivery and almost lost it because i had a million bags. I had a train of baskets and ended up being late for almost every stop. You have to search the fridges in the front of the store and the ones located in the back of the store for your bags. Flex can be agonizing as well but guaranteed money and once you have a system of how to organize packages in your vehicle, it's pretty smooth.
This happened to me last week. I usually do pkg deliveries only but decided to do Fresh deliveries and I waited an hour for a 1.5 hr block to get 2 stops and deliver. Luckily I did it in 20 mins both stops but very disappointed at the system.
Thank you for sharing! Yea the waiting sucks and luckily you were able to finish it in 20 minutes. They need to change their system definitely. Thanks for watching!
I am new to Flex and it is garbage with the routing system and practices. With my experience with SSD makes me not even want to try logistics because from what I have heard it more packages and more stops but in better clusters. Retail deliveries seems to be a better route.
That was a bad experience, Didn't know that Grocery delivery works different than package delivery, Hope you can get one done, I would like to see how it works.
You are scheduled a 2 hour block. Amazon will pay you for your 2 hour block if you don't get any orders. As time passes, if they send you one, they will send one delivery or 2 deliveries that will fit your time frame.
I get that to an extinct. The whole point for choosing a whole foods at those lower pay blocks is get tips. You cant get tips for just sitting there. But I understand where you are coming from. Thank you for watching!
Yea when I did Amazon Whole Foods order I don't like that I had to wait over an hour for the order to be ready! I was completely over it and wanted to go home! I prefer for Amazon Fresh. Lol I live in New Jersey and this same thing happened to me!
See Exactly, like who wants to wait that long. If you give me block then have something for me to do and allow me to make addition money with tips. Not just the bare minimum, a waste of time. Right I like Amazon Fresh Online more too! I'm glad someone else agrees and so cool your from New Jersey!! I haven't visited there yet, but I definitely will! Thank you so much for watching!
Yes 😂 It's a third party service hired by multiple gig apps, I know that Uber and Doordash have some of them in common, it's Funny when they say Uber support and you are actually calling from DD side 😂
I found out the hard way that it’s very easy to miss the silent notification for your Whole Foods route after signing in IF YOU ARE USING OTHER APPS ON YOUR PHONE. 😩😩😩 … I was watching TH-cam and missed my route once… it almost happened again a separate day, but I saw the notification banner at the last minute. So weird that the notification is silent when you are using another app but it’s hella loud when the Flex app is at the front LOL, ugh.
I watched another u tube whole foods delivery. He said you have to wait and if you are finished with the delivery more than 30 min before the end of route you have to return to the store to await another order. But if there is less than 30 min left you are done. Getting paid after 30 min it's only for the fulfillment centers
I see. I still think they should change their rules like how the fulfillment centers do it. If you don't get an order within the first 30 minute of your scheduled shift then you get go home and be paid. Thats just my opinion. Thank you for watching!
I did amazon flex in my area and I drove 40 miles to pick up the block then I had to drive 30 miles to go to the drop of the block area over 38 packages ..70 miles to drive al over the packages and wen I finish dropping all the packages drove back home 30 miles so it was 180 miles for 103.00 dollar block I put 50 on gas plus 20 dollars in food. Is not worth it..never doing amazon flex again the pay is to cheap. .
Sadly, I also didn't realize about the wait process for Flex at Whole Foods.. However, I think the pros of short drive times + tips outweigh the con of the wait time. Love from Seattle
I've done it before. I've just had to wait 2 hours actually 1.5 hours. they will try to assign you another block. I did not accept it but got paid for 2 hours. It happens sometimes but now often. Sorry, but you still got paid 2 hours for 1.5 hours. Pro tip: You will do better in the winter than summer.
Great question, what I was told in the comments you just go home since the store is not open and I believe they don’t expect you to return it the next day which is nice. Thank you for watching 💕💕
I'm so glad for your videos since you go to locations I go to so its spot on for me. I know there are other locations in Greenwood that I haven't tried so I greatly appreciate you posting any new experiences. My friend did a location in Greenfield and it's a facility where you drive the vehicle into the building and it's like 7 lanes of cars.
Yeaaa that day was crazy. But now we know we were wrong actually about when you can go home and still be paid, which is 30 minutes left from your block. We don't agree with this policy they have, but that is what it is. You live and you learn. Thank you so much for watching!
Hi, so that part of waiting is a pain, but I notice if I refresh page sometime my order does show up. and on my last order they were still bagging order up. also, I hate when I finish delivery, they have you return to wholefood to maybe do more order. but I notice they want you to work the full 2 hrs. so, if I have 30min left and heading back I refresh my app and most time it close out and I go home. instead of going back to wholefood and sit and wait and their time I don't get any tips. but their time it worth tips when they do. i would try another one and see how it goes, I also have me a small wagon just in case or a basket to help with carrying bags. I hope this help someone. and ty for sharing
Definitely a pain. Eww not return afterwards just because you get done early. Great tip, thank you for sharing! I actually do have a wagon!!! Thank you for watching!
Here's how driver support works. Let's say you're on one end of a large river, your delivery is on the other side, and the bridge that will get you across has collapsed. If you call driver support they'll tell you to swim across the river with the packages on your back to make your delivery.
That was such a crazy day. Well to find out after reading other comments, the policy is to wait until 30 minutes left for your block to be sent home and paid, which i think is crazy. Very. But what can you do. Thank you for watching!
If it were me, I would've left. You have to develop a certain degree of *I don't give a f*ck* to make it as a contractor with these apps. You don't employ it all the time, but there are times you just have to take what 'discipline' they throw your way, if they do
New subbie here 🤎🎉 I got paid the same way my first WF delivery but I seen other gig workers leaving and returning within the "waiting time" and come to find out they were doing local food deliveries to kill time. Dont be discouraged of that location! Its been times I delivered did a 2 hour(230-430) and didnt receive an order until 330 but it was 2 stops! Once I delivered them, and looked back at the distance to "return to station for more deliveries" I will arrive by my end time! So I didn't go back and delivery was completed. Good luck fellow Flexer🤎😌
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As you found out, grocery works a bit differently from logistics. With grocery, you hit I've Arrived, then wait to be sent an order. If there are no orders, your block will automatically close out when you have less than 30 minutes left, and you get paid the base that you signed up for. There is no "wait 30 min and get sent home" like ssd. The other thing you may not know is that if you are assigned an order and you deliver it, if there is more than 30 min left on your block, the app will prompt you to go back to the station and wait for more deliveries. Here's the trick: if it is going to take you past that 30 min mark to get back to the station, you can ignore it and go on with your day. The app will not assign you deliveries that go past the end of your block time. After you do deliveries, it takes exactly 27 hours for Amazon to show you how much you made in tips for that block. You can see it by looking at your earnings tab.
Yea definitely different… got it. 👍🏾 thank you for the tip so much!! Thank you for watching!
They always say that, but I don’t wait and there’s never been an issue
I should have left but now I know, thank you! Thanks for watching!
Can anybody explain this: I did my first block (sub-same-day) for a 3 hour shift. I received 29 packages. Ok, let's do the math 3 hours = 180 minutes. 180 / 29 packages = 6.2 minutes per package. Needless to say I only finished 14 (13 minutes per package) then returned the rest. I drove 30 miles to Amazon station. 30 miles to return the packages and 30 miles back home. Not only that my delivery was in Elfin Forest Escondido, CA (Gravel and dirt roads). I had to wait for Horses to cross the street and Amazon's GPS was off by 1.5 miles, I had to call Amazon 3 times so they could mark my deliveries complete. Good thing I did not get a flat tire, I don't think road side assistance would have found me.
Next time, complete all the deliveries, then contact support through email. They'll compensate you from the 'extended delivery' window, as they call it. I've been compensated plenty times, but never thought to return undeliverable packages. Well, the more you return, it'll affect your standing.
Wow, I'm sorry your first block went that way. I'm glad @keyMonique gave you a tip for next time. I hope your next blocks won't be like this. Thank you for watching!
Your documentation strategy is fire 🔥 we feel included in the process your giving us a real feel of what it’s like delivering with Amazon 🙌🏾
Oh wow thank you so much! I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching!
@@IamDesireeSimone this journey is hard and you motivated me to bring that authenticity back to my audience my whole goal is battling and beating poverty myself and showing others what I’ve learned along the way
So your content was refreshing keep going your going to be bringing in Elephant 🐘 sized TH-cam checks in notime
Wow I really needed to hear this right now. My overall goal is to motivate, inspire and share my experiences. I 'm so glad myself has given you that! Thank you! Also you keep going! There will be ups and down but don't stop, keep working towards your goals, ambitions, dreams! You got it, much love!
@@IamDesireeSimone 🙏🏾🙌🏾🤙🏾🤝🏾
There’s no signal in that Whole Foods garage. I live in Indianapolis. It’s best to get a morning block for Whole Foods, because it’s very busy in the morning, it slows down in the evening.
Oh hey! That makes sense and I might try it again and try to get the morning ones! Thank you for watching!
@@IamDesireeSimone you’re welcome
Just started with Flex a couple of weeks ago…first days were all Fresh orders but here in NYC we have some Whole Foods and some warehouses that do it along with packages….those 2 hours flew by (finished all in 1.5 hours) and tips were nice! Started doing packages and they suck! Longer time for basically same pay of fresh with tips….once I get to level 2 and get better job pick ups, sticking only to fresh!
Oh you're lucky, when we see an Amazon Fresh Online, they go hella quick. I started to like the Fresh Online a lot more too. New video coming soon. Right, level 2 you get to pick. Well good luck and thank you for watching!
I've never delivered for Amazon whole foods but have packed the order for amazon whole food drivers, but I don't know if I'd like it. Hopefully you get an actual block that has packages to deliver so you can film it.
How was it working for Whole foods? I hope I do too!
TBH IDK if the policy is wait 30 minutes from start or 30 minutes until end of shift b/c the only time I've ever been sent home on a grocery block was one that was an hour long. However in general some things I've learned are:
1. Don't bother calling driver support. Even if the policy says you can leave after X time they'll still just tell you to stay. They're concerned with what's more convenient for them not what the policy actually is.
2. I'd recommend finding the policy yourself and just following that to a T. Ignore what driver support and/or some rando says
3. To reiterate in case it wasn't clear don't contact support unless you have literally no other option. Examples of this are: pay not showing up when it's supposed to. I can't really think of any other examples.
I was wrong, after reading other comments. The policy is 30 minutes left from your block you are sent home and payed for that block. Great points, and thank you for sharing. Thank you for watching!
Hey girl hey, stumbled across your Vlog and yes I've had some wild delivery stories.. from the customer perspective 😅
I'll go back and watch some of your older vids... so far i see you a lot of shorts🤔 I don't blame you, editing takes a lot of time. Well ciao for now and welcome welcome welcome 😊
Hey Hey! oh my you did... crazyyyy. aww thank you so much! oh good more shorts to come! thank you for watching!
I did a Whole Food delivery and almost lost it because i had a million bags. I had a train of baskets and ended up being late for almost every stop. You have to search the fridges in the front of the store and the ones located in the back of the store for your bags.
Flex can be agonizing as well but guaranteed money and once you have a system of how to organize packages in your vehicle, it's pretty smooth.
This happened to me last week. I usually do pkg deliveries only but decided to do Fresh deliveries and I waited an hour for a 1.5 hr block to get 2 stops and deliver. Luckily I did it in 20 mins both stops but very disappointed at the system.
Thank you for sharing! Yea the waiting sucks and luckily you were able to finish it in 20 minutes. They need to change their system definitely. Thanks for watching!
I am new to Flex and it is garbage with the routing system and practices. With my experience with SSD makes me not even want to try logistics because from what I have heard it more packages and more stops but in better clusters. Retail deliveries seems to be a better route.
That was a bad experience, Didn't know that Grocery delivery works different than package delivery, Hope you can get one done, I would like to see how it works.
Yea that was crazy but I will try it one more time and thank you for watching!
You are scheduled a 2 hour block. Amazon will pay you for your 2 hour block if you don't get any orders. As time passes, if they send you one, they will send one delivery or 2 deliveries that will fit your time frame.
I get that to an extinct. The whole point for choosing a whole foods at those lower pay blocks is get tips. You cant get tips for just sitting there. But I understand where you are coming from. Thank you for watching!
Good thing is you still got paid to sit ❤
right lol and thank you for watching!
I experience this today
Yea when I did Amazon Whole Foods order I don't like that I had to wait over an hour for the order to be ready! I was completely over it and wanted to go home! I prefer for Amazon Fresh. Lol I live in New Jersey and this same thing happened to me!
See Exactly, like who wants to wait that long. If you give me block then have something for me to do and allow me to make addition money with tips. Not just the bare minimum, a waste of time. Right I like Amazon Fresh Online more too! I'm glad someone else agrees and so cool your from New Jersey!! I haven't visited there yet, but I definitely will! Thank you so much for watching!
that’s the dream situation to happen 😂
Lol right 😂😂😂 but let me go home lol
Anything pass your block thy assigned to you is ova time u have to call em an let em knw your package came out late
Got it. Thank you! Also thank you for watching!
Anyone else notice this costumer service lady sounds same in other gig apps 😮😮
Yes 😂 It's a third party service hired by multiple gig apps, I know that Uber and Doordash have some of them in common, it's Funny when they say Uber support and you are actually calling from DD side 😂
😂😂😂 thank you for watching!
Lol didn’t even know that. Thank you for watching!
I found out the hard way that it’s very easy to miss the silent notification for your Whole Foods route after signing in IF YOU ARE USING OTHER APPS ON YOUR PHONE. 😩😩😩
… I was watching TH-cam and missed my route once… it almost happened again a separate day, but I saw the notification banner at the last minute. So weird that the notification is silent when you are using another app but it’s hella loud when the Flex app is at the front LOL, ugh.
That's weird. Dang they need to change that. Lol and thank you for watching!
I watched another u tube whole foods delivery. He said you have to wait and if you are finished with the delivery more than 30 min before the end of route you have to return to the store to await another order. But if there is less than 30 min left you are done. Getting paid after 30 min it's only for the fulfillment centers
I see. I still think they should change their rules like how the fulfillment centers do it. If you don't get an order within the first 30 minute of your scheduled shift then you get go home and be paid. Thats just my opinion. Thank you for watching!
I did amazon flex in my area and I drove 40 miles to pick up the block then I had to drive 30 miles to go to the drop of the block area over 38 packages ..70 miles to drive al over the packages and wen I finish dropping all the packages drove back home 30 miles so it was 180 miles for 103.00 dollar block I put 50 on gas plus 20 dollars in food. Is not worth it..never doing amazon flex again the pay is to cheap. .
Dang that block was not the best, I'm sorry about that.
I live in Indianapolis as well
Sadly, I also didn't realize about the wait process for Flex at Whole Foods.. However, I think the pros of short drive times + tips outweigh the con of the wait time. Love from Seattle
Yea that wait was crazy. You're right, I did enjoy the Amazon Fresh because of the tips too!
I will sit somewhere for free money any day of the week
Understandable and thank you for watching!
Hey, you said you watched some instruction videos. Are those in the app? If so, where?
Hey! no I watched other people's videos on TH-cam that did the same type of block. Thank you for watching!
I've done it before. I've just had to wait 2 hours actually 1.5 hours. they will try to assign you another block. I did not accept it but got paid for 2 hours. It happens sometimes but now often. Sorry, but you still got paid 2 hours for 1.5 hours. Pro tip: You will do better in the winter than summer.
Ok so I'm not the only one, well thats good. Yea I still got paid. Good tip, thank you for letting me know! Thank you for watching!
We can make own schedules with Amazon flex? Or we have to go deliver Monday to Friday?
You choose when you want to work. Thanks for watching!
So if they close at 8pm and you can’t deliver all packages, then what do you do with the stuff you can’t deliver??
Great question, what I was told in the comments you just go home since the store is not open and I believe they don’t expect you to return it the next day which is nice. Thank you for watching 💕💕
I'm so glad for your videos since you go to locations I go to so its spot on for me. I know there are other locations in Greenwood that I haven't tried so I greatly appreciate you posting any new experiences. My friend did a location in Greenfield and it's a facility where you drive the vehicle into the building and it's like 7 lanes of cars.
Oh hey! Aww thank you! Yes I've done one of those actually my second day. I just didn't record that one lol. It was different.
It's always a Indiana person 😂 on support calls
lol
Aww I'm sorry you guys it seems like all businesses now run under confusion and flying blind.
Yeaaa that day was crazy. But now we know we were wrong actually about when you can go home and still be paid, which is 30 minutes left from your block. We don't agree with this policy they have, but that is what it is. You live and you learn. Thank you so much for watching!
IF I WAS YOU...I WOULD BEEN LEFT HOME!!!
After 1hr 30 minutes, the app completes the block for you and you get paid, not after 30 minutes
Now I know thank you
Groceries are the easiest to complete...
I did like Amazon Fresh
@@IamDesireeSimone Same thing...
Hi, so that part of waiting is a pain, but I notice if I refresh page sometime my order does show up. and on my last order they were still bagging order up. also, I hate when I finish delivery, they have you return to wholefood to maybe do more order. but I notice they want you to work the full 2 hrs. so, if I have 30min left and heading back I refresh my app and most time it close out and I go home. instead of going back to wholefood and sit and wait and their time I don't get any tips. but their time it worth tips when they do. i would try another one and see how it goes, I also have me a small wagon just in case or a basket to help with carrying bags. I hope this help someone. and ty for sharing
Definitely a pain. Eww not return afterwards just because you get done early. Great tip, thank you for sharing! I actually do have a wagon!!! Thank you for watching!
Someone didn't do the order 😂❤
Lol not even one lol
I'm so mad for you...I would call customer service again and talk to someone to make sure what was said is correct....
Here's how driver support works. Let's say you're on one end of a large river, your delivery is on the other side, and the bridge that will get you across has collapsed. If you call driver support they'll tell you to swim across the river with the packages on your back to make your delivery.
That was such a crazy day. Well to find out after reading other comments, the policy is to wait until 30 minutes left for your block to be sent home and paid, which i think is crazy. Very. But what can you do. Thank you for watching!
Lol love this example lol and Thank you for watching!
That’s so calm you got paid for doing nothing and you are complaining? I don’t get it.
Thanks for watching!
If it were me, I would've left. You have to develop a certain degree of *I don't give a f*ck* to make it as a contractor with these apps. You don't employ it all the time, but there are times you just have to take what 'discipline' they throw your way, if they do
I wanted to and thanks for your feedback and watching!
Your listening to the wrong people because you don't get paid after 30 minutes...
Again thanks for watching
Both of you didn't watch videos at Whole Foods...
Thank you for watching
Girl you just got work free money why you mad lol 😂 be patient and get paid simple
New subbie here 🤎🎉 I got paid the same way my first WF delivery but I seen other gig workers leaving and returning within the "waiting time" and come to find out they were doing local food deliveries to kill time.
Dont be discouraged of that location! Its been times I delivered did a 2 hour(230-430) and didnt receive an order until 330 but it was 2 stops! Once I delivered them, and looked back at the distance to "return to station for more deliveries" I will arrive by my end time! So I didn't go back and delivery was completed. Good luck fellow Flexer🤎😌
Thank you so much! Good tip. Well, thank you so much for the encouragement! Thank you for watching!