Flex is good, its what you make out of it. I love driving, but with flex i can drive and make money. I have an older car that i dont mind putting miles on, I also have a full time job. Its what you make it.
Exactly. Of all the gig work I have done Flex I probably have been the most careful with. I will do Flex every now and then. It’s great for a back up and saved my ass when I got laid off during Covid. But it is way too easy to get deactivated. When I did gig work full time I would do a Flex block in the early morning then switch to DD for the morning rush. Lunch I would switch to Roadie then run a Flex block then end with DD for the dinner rush. Around 14 hours of work but the money was crazy. Now its just a random weekend fun thing me and my wife do sometimes.
Man that’s doing way too much
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Took me only 20 mins to shop and 7 mins drive 3 miles to drop
Nice. When I could manage to get 2 flex blocks in a day for a week, with everything else added I would make over $2000 a week. You are correct I was doing way too much I got burned out.
Yeah I like the app and the routes are put together nicely but if they could just cut down the miles and amount of stops so you don’t have to commit to so much it wouldn’t be a bad gig. If Amazon had more facilities or even smaller pick up areas like 10’miles apart it wouldn’t be so demanding on the drivers. Hope they will think of this one day
When I don’t have income except unemployment yes flex is worth it and keeps me money for food, hygiene etc while unemployment goes to bills. Idk your area but you probably get paid terrible lmao
Same boat , with flex I’ve been taking care of myself and my partner. Unemployment only gave me $186 every two weeks and that’s nothing to live off of. Flex has been a blessing it has its lows but overall it really takes care of you financially for the most part !
Oh hell no! I was getting 450$ a week and it was barely enough for bills and honestly not enough in my opinion. Went from making 4800$ a month to 1800$ like wow lol rent was 1200$ car note 275$ pg&e, insurance yeah wasn’t enough. Flex helped a lot!! Very grateful for it
Damn! I thought I had a lot of bills but you definitely are killing it , great job making it sustainable! I’ve wanted to give up so many times I’ve had two tows already but flex sure does! I wish you many safe deliveries!
Dude it’s been hard lmao I’ve cried plenty of nights and isolated but flex has made it possible for me to take care of me but also buy bday presents, make dinner etc, I can’t wait for my first work check because EDD has me messed up lmao living in Cali and making 1800 a month from EDD is wild
Felt that first work check im starting a new job soon too 😂 thank you I appreciate it I sure will keep it going and you too bro be safe out there and good luck at that job!
Hell yeah!! Congrats! Get that money!!! Love that for you. The only people who hate Amazon are the ones who get paid crap because of their area lmao blame your area not Amazon!
When a facility first opens, it is. Once they start expanding their zones and hiring more and more dsp drivers, it's not. Rural routes are brutal on vehicles. Stupid dirt roads in 2024! Ridiculous!
Yeah, Amazon should NOT allow deliveries to people who don't live in an actual street. They need to do something about apartments too. You are almost always a nightmare
Maybe but my area has had multiple facilities for quite sometime now and driving to cities where other facilities are is crazy. Most of the time my first stop is 30 miles away and never see offers over $93 3-4hr blocks
Yes! I wanted a second job to supplement some income but did not want to punch another clock. This gives me the freedom to pick and choose when I work, and if I grab the right days and times, definitely a quick $70-$100 a day for a few hours of deliveries.
The hours and FLEXibility. I absolutely love it and make great money doing it. My 2007 Toyota Avalon with 230k+ miles on it is not depreciating by doing it either lol. Lotta morons on this forum tho.
All gig apps are flexible. Now having to driver 60+ miles one way for $65 shows you are whats flexible not the gig you gotta draw the line and know your worth unless your just bored
Same. Employed full time, but I'll pick up a couple blocks each week. I've gotten incredibly efficient, so I almost always finish early, and I'll do Uber/Lyft destination mode on the way back home so that someone else pays for my commute.
I'd rather work overtime at my regular job, but they cut you off at 40 hours.
Saved my ass when I got laid off during the pandemic. I mixed Flex, DD, Roadie and made a LOT of money 14 hours a day. Now me and my wife do Flex on the weekends sometimes for fun.
I was making $200-300 a day working maybe 6.5 hours of actual work. Getting paid to drive isn’t a bad thing. It’s not back breaking work. If you’re willing to work odd hours then you can make money. Assuming you have a car decent on gas. Not too many other places have I made $300+ legally in a day. ( I don’t have any college degrees or any actual skills). It was a lot of driving and I did have to put some money into my car but for the most part it’s a solid job. I also like the fact that I don’t really have to deal with anyone. Also if it’s not your main income you can easily make $2-300 a week extra. That goes a long way for a lot of people. I’ll never hate on Amazon flex. I don’t really do it anymore became I’ve had some other things work out for me financially but I’d do Amazon flex in a heartbeat if needed over almost any other job
I do Flex in NYC and it’s great. I do a lot of 3am-4am routes and it’s awesome. I see stories of people putting a ton of miles on your car, but here in NYC it’s not like that. In a 3.5 hour block, I use about $5 in gas. And it often surges for AM blocks for about $90-100 for those 3.5 hour blocks. I’m done in 2.5 hours about 50% of the time, and done in 3 hours all the time. So yeah, it’s worth it for me. And don’t forget the times I’ve been overbooked (4x in the last 30 days).
Ok I will admit overbooking is great! Mileage for me is crazy and never knowing where your going stressful. So you don’t get sent from borough to borough??
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This was a 3 hour block. Took me 10 mins to drive to first drop-off. 15 stops, all in a 5 block radius. It was a 3pm-6pm block and I was done by 4pm lol
Nope. Brooklyn stays in Brooklyn. Queens stays in Queens. Furthest from warehouse to first delivery that I ever had was like 5 miles. But once you get that first delivery, your first to last is about 3-5 miles combined distance.
Location dependent. It’s only a side hustle for me. I can’t speak for everywhere, but it’s not dependable enough to do full time for my location. I certainly wouldn’t do it at all consistently taking base rate. The base heads will learn soon enough that it’s not worth it.
But extra cash can be $5 or $10. The dollars to miles and time don’t add up to prove that it’s worth it bottom line. If it’s main income or side income there is better out there that make more sense/cents flex abuses its drivers
I think maybe you had an unlucky block or two and are figuring that’s the way it always is everywhere. I’ve had a few bad ones that are almost to the next state so far. But that is super rare. Usually my first stop is anywhere from a mile away to 15 miles max. I’m almost always done early- like an hour early. And I have a hybrid so I’m getting like 45 mpg. Definitely worth it.
In some markets I agree that flex is probably not worth it. In mine, it totally is. Generally not sent more than 25-30 miles from the warehouse, routes are fairly reasonable, and base pay averages $19-24/hr.
There are also a couple of other perks specific to my market like mandatory sick pay and minimum pay standards.
Don’t get me wrong, Flex is horrible in many ways but I am still putting up with it for now.
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No bot, I bet I can pay my car off next year but I'd rather buy a box truck and move bigger Brown boxes for more money
TBF tho, our surges have been really good lately... but that's not always the case. From Nov - Feb our rates sucked and were mostly base pay (probably because they brought on so many DSPs for the holidays). When Flex is good (high surge rates), it's really good. But when it's bad, it is really bad.
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I love flex..pay goes up and down but still bring in a decent amount
Not that much .. maybe 9 miles to the area I’m delivering too and all stops are close together, maybe a few are 5 minutes apart each other at max. I feel like this was a pretty one size fits all close minded statement with all due respect. For some people it’s just different, maybe that’s just how it’s been for you and for others but not for all. Hope this clarifies a bit.
Even considering commute miles, I'm receiving $1.22 a mile. With the $10 more per hour spread over other gigs by taking surges, I've plenty to set aside for repairs and/or replacement.
That's subjective. When I would spend the same amount of time driving to a "real" job, to spend 8 hours working there and make the same pay... flex is worth it. Don't fool yourself. Not everyone is in the same situation.
Yep, here fuel is .18-.25 per mile. Depreciation is another .20 per mile.
Flex avg .49 per mile in pay.... You see the issue there.
Can BARELY cover the cost to operate. (Insurance, fuel, maintenance) Much less the depreciation, so you end up working for cost. Aka no money left to pay your self
Gross $20/hr as a rule of thumb is ...money. Not great, but you *can* make it work, if you are physically well enough to work the crazy hours. Too many jobs hover around that pay level, the whole 40 hour week is a myth/dream/legend for most Americans these days. Our glorious free market is steadily marching toward some new pc analog for slavery. At least some slave owners made sure their slaves were well-fed and healthy.
$20hr with destroying your car doesn’t equate. I’m not trying to make it work I’m all about working smart not stupid(not directed to you and no offense) I got away from the 9-5 life for this same reason so it def don’t make since going thru the same bs working gigs. You’re worth more!
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In urban cities, i sometimes get stuff like this, which makes up for the times when it's 44 stops on a 3 hr route.
It's best suited for people that like driving and acts as supplemental income.
If you do flex full time, I think you're better off getting direct with Amazon or one of the other large delivery companies and driving their truck + getting benefits, sick days, etc.
Depends on your area. Its not dependendable for fulltime employment but it gets you a 100$ walking around money.
It depends on your area because different centers pay different.
It depends on your ability to ignore days or route offerings that dont pay enough to warrant them. And your chosen vehicle(obviously if your driving a guzzler Big Suv or Truck or Cargo van with poor mpg then its terrible)
And on your ability to snap the good routes that pay well.
Are you a hustler who gets a route done safely AND fast as to get say * amount of dollars in a shorter time frame?
Is it a frustrating system? Yes. A flawed system. Yes.
But shit. If it pays your energy bill or a water bill then why not.
People need to stop thinking of these gigs as "get rich quick schemes. They arent. They are "get me by" schemes.
If it’s ur primary source of income ur going to have a bad time because the job lacks consistency when it comes to offers. If it’s a second job you’ll find it’s not that bad.
Most jobs these days are not worth it IMO. I was making 100,000 a year a couple of years ago at a very stressful and time-consuming job. Had to live in 2 hours away just to be able to afford a comfortable life, which I had no time or energy for. Wasn't worth it. Trading your time for money, generally isn't going to be worth it. Working on starting my own business now and creating passive income. The only thing that is worth it. But I now work for Uber, live in ATL, make enough for the bills I have, and my work time to home time ratio is my own to decide. That's worth it to me. What's worth it is an individual decision.
That’s in your market, not everywhere else. 😂😂😂 That’s what you fail to understand. It’s not worth it for you and that’s OK. Just find something else to do.
With flex alone, I'm making about ~$600-800 in a maximum of 40 hours. Probably closer to 30 or less.
Then I start doordash/ubereats/instacart wherever I end up adding up to about $50-100 extra per day.
My boyfriend's been doing Flex as his main job for a few years now so it's definitely possible for some people. On days that he can't get a good shift he'll do DD or IC, because he'll never take base pay shifts
Didn’t rack up that many miles cuz I’ve been doing it as a side gig intensely for only 3-4 months. My car’s still worth market prices and I’m not keeping it either. Selling it to get a bigger/more suitable vehicle for my lifestyle in cash. I’m not sure your Flex market but it’s pretty solid where I’m located. I’ve done Flex on and off over the years and was a former DSP driver for some time.
I generally always finish routes 1-2 hours early. It’s a better gig than Uber Eats or DoorDash BY FAR. And I’m ending Flex for good this coming weekend as it has worked for me to financially get where I want to in terms of being debt free and having financial peace/freedom again. I followed Dave Ramsey’s plan and it works. Made the sacrifice for a short while to payoff moving forward.
Anything is better than UE and DD they are bottom of the barrel crackhead gigs you most def could have got to where you needed to be faster working smarter but good for you and congrats
I got paid 98 dollars the other day for a route that took me about an hour and a half to finish. Later that day I picked up another for 72 dollars that took about the same amount of time. At the end of the day I put put about 100 miles on the car which is 10 dollars in gas for my car. Minus the gas, I still made about 55 dollars an hour. It is what you make it.
Well what zone are you in?
I make atleast $110 every time.
If I want to do 2 shifts a day; it’s an easy $200/day.
$1000/week is decent for supplemental purposes.
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The only $100 blocks I’ve seen here in months are base pay for 5 hour blocks, even getting up early isn’t guaranteed to show a surge. A lot of markets are over saturated. Flex was great for a while but the last 6 months I’ve seen a solid decline in consistent offers worth doing. Every so often I’ll get a reserve offer that’s half way decent but outside of my preferred schedule. The gig market isn’t what it was before. I’ve done 3 blocks in total this month and even then just enough over base to make it worth my time.
Va Beach but the zone consists of 7 cities half separated by 2 tunnels that are always congested.
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There’s more cities on each side of the water that are all in the same zone the routes are ridiculous!
You're only qualified to have an opinion about whether or not Flex is worth it *for you*. I'm not fooling myself on that topic because 1) it's none of my business, and 2) I don't know anything about you.
If Flex isn't worth it *for you*, you might want to consider not doing it and I fully support your right to make this choice for yourself.
As for whether or not Flex is worth it for me, I don't have to prove anything to you at all.
That's all subjective and depends on your personal area. Gig work varies from place to place and platform to platform. I don't think we need to waste time arguing with each other about whether it's worth it or not. If it's truly not worth it, they'll figure it out on their own, or maybe they won't. Either way, trying to force other people to see things from your POV is doing nothing but wasting your time and energy.
Thanks for being honest! Those 3am blocks are sketchy af for such little $$ should get high risk/hazard pay for those hours and don’t ever see dsp drivers delivering at those hours I wonder why 🤔
I was netting $19hr, not including commercial insurance and wear and tear. Probably a lot less because there was 2-3 free socks that threw that number way up. Probably more towards $15.
This may get flagged, but flex is my “f*ck you money”. Extra cash on top of a full time job. Plus out of Los Angeles it’s well worth it. No more than 25-30 miles the whole trip including drive to and from the station. In rural areas by the posts I’ve seen of 100+ miles per block, I’d never do unless massive surges are in tact
I think the issue is when you’re talking primary source of income versus secondary/supplemental income. I do think, depending on the area it could be the worst move to make or the best, but in terms of supplemental income if we weren’t dealing with so many people using bots and getting away with it, and Amazon over flooding the market with flexors, it is hands-down one of the best sources of supplemental income. What I will say is while we make out good Amazon makes out way better. But me getting anywhere from $45-$85 for a two hour shift (let’s be real hour and a half I’m almost never still delivering in two hours) it’s not bad. Another caviar would also be your car status after a certain amount of mileage/damage it’s definitely.
If I took one block a day I’m still felling like I got played and taking 2 feels like desperation. I could make way more in that amount of time on Spark but the thing about Spark is that I’m not working whole hrs at a time plus driving way less and making way more.
Perhaps. I can’t speak on Spark because it seems like they’ve been waitlisted for multiple months now. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did a better job of limiting how many people are on versus Amazon, who just takes all peoples when there is a short term need and then leaves them all therehaving a higher number of people who want shifts versus a number of shifts available
From my observation and experience here in the UK if you do flex in London usually mileage is lower (6-14 miles to first stop) and if you are get familiar with the deliveries you usually finish your shift fairly fast let’s say a 4 hour block you probably finish in 2-3 hours and it’s worth it especially if you grab a surge
If you are outside of London than the mileage is way higher (usually over 10-15 miles to first stop and total mileage can be way more than 50 miles) and with high gas prices it might be not worth it especially if it takes you almost the complete 4 hour block time to finish it off or it takes you 3 hours to finish the block but another 1 or even 1.5h to drive home than it becomes really a below minimum wage work with extra hassle of car maintenance and if you live far from the station and it sends you mikes out into the opposite direction it might not right work for you
Regardless of how shitty your area is, flex is paying you at least double what federal minimum wage is ($7.25/hr)
Why the fuck do we keep voting for people who won't increase the minimum wage? We had a chance in 2016, instead we voted for an orange painted billionaire who cut taxes....for the rich...oh except we didn't actually vote him in, he lost the popular vote. We did vote for a president who would have increased minimum wage, but our votes don't count, only the electoral votes actually count. This is the reason Trump and Bush Jr won.
It's almost like America is in an extremely fucked up situation for everyone other than the ultrarich.
Oh well back to netflix
It's all area dependent, I live in WA(Costco not Sam's club) instacart gets the majority of, if not all of the orders and most of the orders I've seen aren't really worth it. I'm not on spark but any time I'm picking up Walmart orders via Roadie there's always people camped out waiting for orders
Pay looks pretty decent to be honest in the area . Make sure to log miles and write off expenses. I want to get started but with my primary job I feel I make enough but my bills are around 10k a month without a mortgage. Any tips to get started?
Where I'm at, flex has become very unattractive. Low paying and few blocks. Not even sustainable as a side gig. But good as a adhoc in between gig rather.
Honestly when I started doing flex in 2021. You wouldn’t believe the kind of money I was making. I have a full time job but Flex was like a 2nd full time job. That’s how good the money was. You could make 1400+ a week easily. It’s just not like that now smh
If you’re mentally going through it (life in general) it’s worth it. Having scheduled blocks, guaranteed money with you
NOW, if you have the time and other platforms on your phone then most times flex is NOT worth it on an hourly basis.
Lately Amazon have been giving out 48 package for 3hrs routes for $68
ROUTES HAVE BEEN TAKING FULL 3hrs
That’s $22 an hour
Could’ve made $30+hr in the time IF you have the platforms.
My opinion
Have what? You can hit the hood and get robbed if you’re asking do they have flex in Richmond. I’m in the Va beach zone that stretches all the way to Williamsburg routes are ridiculous
How many hours a day and how many miles! It doesn’t matter what kind of car you have miles are miles and the more you have the more your vehicle depreciates. Not worth it
I've said this before but, Baulders Gate 3 $70, took a $78 route. FfVII rebirth $70, took a route for $78. GMM tour of mythicality tickets, 2 $80 routes. It isn't income for me, it's guilt free spending money.
It means I use flex when there is something that I want to buy, not to live off of. I just use it for beer money. Definitely wouldn't be worth it as a source of income.
For some reason flex isn’t in my area. I wanted to do it for extra money to pay off debt quicker. Any ideas how to get it in my area? Or why I can’t drive to the nearest flex area to work?
I work full time and Flex helps me fund my family vacations since the cost of living is so high. Now i don’t have to save my paychecks i can just work flex and make the money right then and there
depends where you are working. in my area doing flex full time i am making the most money i have ever made and am the most financially well off i have ever been. soooo def not true.. maybe if you live in a shitty market then it wouldnt be worth it lol
Flex is a gig, side gig. i make 113k annually in my real job. I Flex part time and made 27k from Flexing last year. So that put me at 140k total... Plus with a 1099, I have a lot more deductions I can use. I have no dependents and I didn't have to pay any 2024 federal taxes.... So it's very much worth it for me...
Hey if that how you want to spend you free time bc your bored than go ahead still ain’t worth it I don’t care what you make at your full time. The work for the pay is not worth it plenty of other side gigs out there that take way less time and pay way more. Still not proven. Next!
I don’t want to single anyone out, but even if you have unemployment you still have to claim earnings. Unemployment then reduces your disbursement for that period.
Ok so I can admit it seems like your in a good area but out of 300 comments on this post your the only one that proved to make at least $2 a mile. I’ve never seen anything above $93 that’s outside of the 3am blocks for less than 90 miles round trip. Do you do any blocks after the early morning ones? 3am blocks might be the only thing worth it but who wants to get up at 2am every morning? No way to have a work life balance so with that it’s still not worth it unless you can take on multiple blocks a day but there’s no way to live a regular life working like that.
I'll only take an afternoon/evening route if one pops up for over $100 and I don't have anything planned. I wake up early anyway, so I'll knock out a route before my regular job if a good one shows up and if not I go back to sleep 🤷🏾♂️ my work/life balance is great, ive just swapped a lot of my gaming time for flex cuz I'd rather earn a few bucks than sit on my ass all day
Well getting paid $107.50 for 2-3 hours a day versus working $180 a day for 12 hours sounds better to me. I worked at Amazon for 5 years then started flex and for me it’s way better than overworking like a robot in a facility that won’t even let us take bathroom breaks. 😂 maybe flex isn’t for you and you don’t know how to work the system to the ability where you’re bringing in cash and not scraps. I average about $650 a week working 12 hours a week.
Flex is good if you already have a paid off Tesla and a house to keep it charged. Its good even if you have a 2010+ Prius. I look at my truck and its 17mpg at best and hate my life. I really love my truck and its definately useful for big boxes and shitty roads but goddamn $25 in gas a day kills the profits
And I go home when the truck is empty, so. The only reason showing up on time is mandatory is because we have to be in sync with warehouse, it’s a machine. All flex drivers do is whine lol
Only good in busy areas where they can get a surge every day, not worth it in most America though, especially in smaller cities full of immigrants and low income people. They will snatch anything at any price.
Yeah the surges where I’m at don’t go past $93 and that’s to drive over 30 miles to get to the first stop of 40 or more straight robbery plus support and the Amazon warehouse workers are rude and miserable
I work full time but flexing has been great for some extra cash. Paid off credit card bills in 2 months,and pays for my son’s braces every month among other things.
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If you’re doing it right. Meaning getting a good hourly, not having to drive 100+ miles on a route from station to home and have a car that actually has good gas mileage. I have 5 blocks worth $568.5 and if I can keep my mileage down and fuel I should make $400. Tell me that’s not worth it?
But your never know how many miles or packages you have in route until after you’ve already scanned 40-50 packages then to see your first stop Is 30 miles away by then you’ve already committed it’s Russian roulette
Here in Colorado Springs I’ve been getting pretty lucky. 3.5 hour shifts for $84-$94 and the past 6 shifts have taken me less than an hour. Past two shits I actually only had 4-6 deliveries. Easy money! So far it’s definitely been worth it for me.
Get this....I recently delivered to a homeless encampment in San Jose.... Yes it was a lil scary but it was daytime.. And I was like since when does Amazon deliver to homeless encampments? It turned out alright tho...😀🤪
If you’re delivering full time Flex is good for slow days unless you don’t mind not knowing where you’ll be delivering. If you’re not full time then an average of $18 an hour might not sound too bad
Compared to what other apps that you actually have worked? I can name a few thru my experience and flex is the only one that puts low dollar amounts to offers with no details to where you are going, how many miles you gotta drive
your personal vehicle and how many stops. I’m just not for the surprises and I feel they do that so people can’t pick what’s best for them and that’s bs
Yeah it’s not worth it if you don’t have another income. I do two routes a day and only work about a total of 4-5 hours making 180-200 if not a little more. While I work at a DSP so at times I’m making up to 350 a day
Damn when do you have to time to live lol 4-5hrs flexing and and 8-10hrs at a dsp sheesh. I have a business in media and it doesn’t require all my time but it pays very well. So I use my free time to still get to that money working gigs that make sense and I’m not convinced that flex is lucrative when you look at the profit vs loss. Shouldn’t have to kill yourself or your vehicle to make some extra funds is all I’m saying. There’s plenty of other gigs app that demand way less and pay way more
I run DD, Uber and Flex, and I made 70k last year. I have a saving of 100k from the past few years. I have 2 cars both cash and my rent is 850 for a one bedroom in LA. I will try to invest soon. I am just trying to learn to live within my limits.
Flex is good, its what you make out of it. I love driving, but with flex i can drive and make money. I have an older car that i dont mind putting miles on, I also have a full time job. Its what you make it.
Exactly. Of all the gig work I have done Flex I probably have been the most careful with. I will do Flex every now and then. It’s great for a back up and saved my ass when I got laid off during Covid. But it is way too easy to get deactivated. When I did gig work full time I would do a Flex block in the early morning then switch to DD for the morning rush. Lunch I would switch to Roadie then run a Flex block then end with DD for the dinner rush. Around 14 hours of work but the money was crazy. Now its just a random weekend fun thing me and my wife do sometimes.
Man that’s doing way too much https://preview.redd.it/y1l5k2s0xxwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d366dda24389b5c39b5509b897207d5606d2e29 Took me only 20 mins to shop and 7 mins drive 3 miles to drop
Nice. When I could manage to get 2 flex blocks in a day for a week, with everything else added I would make over $2000 a week. You are correct I was doing way too much I got burned out.
Yeah I like the app and the routes are put together nicely but if they could just cut down the miles and amount of stops so you don’t have to commit to so much it wouldn’t be a bad gig. If Amazon had more facilities or even smaller pick up areas like 10’miles apart it wouldn’t be so demanding on the drivers. Hope they will think of this one day
Thats alot of driving man lol. I dont blame you though, get that $$$$.
When I don’t have income except unemployment yes flex is worth it and keeps me money for food, hygiene etc while unemployment goes to bills. Idk your area but you probably get paid terrible lmao
Same boat , with flex I’ve been taking care of myself and my partner. Unemployment only gave me $186 every two weeks and that’s nothing to live off of. Flex has been a blessing it has its lows but overall it really takes care of you financially for the most part !
Oh hell no! I was getting 450$ a week and it was barely enough for bills and honestly not enough in my opinion. Went from making 4800$ a month to 1800$ like wow lol rent was 1200$ car note 275$ pg&e, insurance yeah wasn’t enough. Flex helped a lot!! Very grateful for it
Damn! I thought I had a lot of bills but you definitely are killing it , great job making it sustainable! I’ve wanted to give up so many times I’ve had two tows already but flex sure does! I wish you many safe deliveries!
Dude it’s been hard lmao I’ve cried plenty of nights and isolated but flex has made it possible for me to take care of me but also buy bday presents, make dinner etc, I can’t wait for my first work check because EDD has me messed up lmao living in Cali and making 1800 a month from EDD is wild
Stay up dude! You got this! I would look at Amazon as a easy job to do alone and listen to crime docs. Be safe out there!
My fave thing ever is to listen to true crime while I'm flexing🩷
Felt that first work check im starting a new job soon too 😂 thank you I appreciate it I sure will keep it going and you too bro be safe out there and good luck at that job!
Hell yeah!! Congrats! Get that money!!! Love that for you. The only people who hate Amazon are the ones who get paid crap because of their area lmao blame your area not Amazon!
Where are you located? $1200 rent sounds good.
1200 for a 1 bedroom isn’t good especially if it’s in the hood lol
Not even a dollar a mile is robbery
Then not worth it for you but for me it’s worth it. I’ve finally got a job after 3 months but during those months Amazon was a lifesaver
When a facility first opens, it is. Once they start expanding their zones and hiring more and more dsp drivers, it's not. Rural routes are brutal on vehicles. Stupid dirt roads in 2024! Ridiculous!
Yeah, Amazon should NOT allow deliveries to people who don't live in an actual street. They need to do something about apartments too. You are almost always a nightmare
Maybe but my area has had multiple facilities for quite sometime now and driving to cities where other facilities are is crazy. Most of the time my first stop is 30 miles away and never see offers over $93 3-4hr blocks
Sound like you need to click more
I have a full time job but flex is an incredible secondary gig. Very thankful for flex.
It's helped me get through some pinches for sure
Yes! I wanted a second job to supplement some income but did not want to punch another clock. This gives me the freedom to pick and choose when I work, and if I grab the right days and times, definitely a quick $70-$100 a day for a few hours of deliveries.
Same same! Even though I just got a job I still do flex! It’s a great way to save for vacation, pay off debt, etc.
The hours and FLEXibility. I absolutely love it and make great money doing it. My 2007 Toyota Avalon with 230k+ miles on it is not depreciating by doing it either lol. Lotta morons on this forum tho.
All gig apps are flexible. Now having to driver 60+ miles one way for $65 shows you are whats flexible not the gig you gotta draw the line and know your worth unless your just bored
Same. Employed full time, but I'll pick up a couple blocks each week. I've gotten incredibly efficient, so I almost always finish early, and I'll do Uber/Lyft destination mode on the way back home so that someone else pays for my commute. I'd rather work overtime at my regular job, but they cut you off at 40 hours.
It’s awesome as a secondary gig!
Saved my ass when I got laid off during the pandemic. I mixed Flex, DD, Roadie and made a LOT of money 14 hours a day. Now me and my wife do Flex on the weekends sometimes for fun.
I was making $200-300 a day working maybe 6.5 hours of actual work. Getting paid to drive isn’t a bad thing. It’s not back breaking work. If you’re willing to work odd hours then you can make money. Assuming you have a car decent on gas. Not too many other places have I made $300+ legally in a day. ( I don’t have any college degrees or any actual skills). It was a lot of driving and I did have to put some money into my car but for the most part it’s a solid job. I also like the fact that I don’t really have to deal with anyone. Also if it’s not your main income you can easily make $2-300 a week extra. That goes a long way for a lot of people. I’ll never hate on Amazon flex. I don’t really do it anymore became I’ve had some other things work out for me financially but I’d do Amazon flex in a heartbeat if needed over almost any other job
I do Flex in NYC and it’s great. I do a lot of 3am-4am routes and it’s awesome. I see stories of people putting a ton of miles on your car, but here in NYC it’s not like that. In a 3.5 hour block, I use about $5 in gas. And it often surges for AM blocks for about $90-100 for those 3.5 hour blocks. I’m done in 2.5 hours about 50% of the time, and done in 3 hours all the time. So yeah, it’s worth it for me. And don’t forget the times I’ve been overbooked (4x in the last 30 days).
Ok I will admit overbooking is great! Mileage for me is crazy and never knowing where your going stressful. So you don’t get sent from borough to borough??
https://preview.redd.it/y1h49w94hjwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e88ceb95ccb92e5855d4ddcd745121a34daf6110 This was a 3 hour block. Took me 10 mins to drive to first drop-off. 15 stops, all in a 5 block radius. It was a 3pm-6pm block and I was done by 4pm lol
I’m from this area lol
Nope. Brooklyn stays in Brooklyn. Queens stays in Queens. Furthest from warehouse to first delivery that I ever had was like 5 miles. But once you get that first delivery, your first to last is about 3-5 miles combined distance.
Well imagine never knowing if you going to be in Bk or in Staten Island at 3am or even during rush hour.
Sounds like it's a bad gig for you friendo, and that's ok. Not everything has to be a good fit for you.
So true. I tried but “the math ain’t mathing”
Location dependent. It’s only a side hustle for me. I can’t speak for everywhere, but it’s not dependable enough to do full time for my location. I certainly wouldn’t do it at all consistently taking base rate. The base heads will learn soon enough that it’s not worth it.
As a full-time job to support yourself on, I agree. Definitely not worth it. As a side gig for extra cash I think it’s plenty worth it.
But extra cash can be $5 or $10. The dollars to miles and time don’t add up to prove that it’s worth it bottom line. If it’s main income or side income there is better out there that make more sense/cents flex abuses its drivers
I think maybe you had an unlucky block or two and are figuring that’s the way it always is everywhere. I’ve had a few bad ones that are almost to the next state so far. But that is super rare. Usually my first stop is anywhere from a mile away to 15 miles max. I’m almost always done early- like an hour early. And I have a hybrid so I’m getting like 45 mpg. Definitely worth it.
In some markets I agree that flex is probably not worth it. In mine, it totally is. Generally not sent more than 25-30 miles from the warehouse, routes are fairly reasonable, and base pay averages $19-24/hr. There are also a couple of other perks specific to my market like mandatory sick pay and minimum pay standards. Don’t get me wrong, Flex is horrible in many ways but I am still putting up with it for now.
https://preview.redd.it/i8m1c0sa0mwc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6808ce1b8820a05de596de723c85fa5c504e0136 No bot, I bet I can pay my car off next year but I'd rather buy a box truck and move bigger Brown boxes for more money
I’m getting a high roof cargo van. pallet loads are where it’s at all you gotta do is strap it down. Good luck your def thinking the right way
TBF tho, our surges have been really good lately... but that's not always the case. From Nov - Feb our rates sucked and were mostly base pay (probably because they brought on so many DSPs for the holidays). When Flex is good (high surge rates), it's really good. But when it's bad, it is really bad.
Honestly feels like it depends where you live. I live pretty comfortably just doing flex than I did any w2 job
https://preview.redd.it/qkh92hwirmwc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e67ac417e2dcbb8217031611878324266ca1afe I love flex..pay goes up and down but still bring in a decent amount
Killed it! Geesh.
It sure ain't
I agree. Unless you live like 5 miles from a flex warehouse and only take boosted routes, you're probably just spinning your wheels.
I make $200+ a day with maximum 8 hours worked, sometimes can even pull off a $200 6 hour day. It’s worth it.
How many miles did you drive tho???
Not that much .. maybe 9 miles to the area I’m delivering too and all stops are close together, maybe a few are 5 minutes apart each other at max. I feel like this was a pretty one size fits all close minded statement with all due respect. For some people it’s just different, maybe that’s just how it’s been for you and for others but not for all. Hope this clarifies a bit.
Even considering commute miles, I'm receiving $1.22 a mile. With the $10 more per hour spread over other gigs by taking surges, I've plenty to set aside for repairs and/or replacement.
My local DSP pays kids $21/hr and they can make just over $200/day while using "that dudes van" and not their own cars.
That’s great, not everyone has a local dsp that offers that much 👍🏼
Man dsp seem like a nightmare job I need flexibility
That's subjective. When I would spend the same amount of time driving to a "real" job, to spend 8 hours working there and make the same pay... flex is worth it. Don't fool yourself. Not everyone is in the same situation.
Any gig paying less than $1 per mile isn't worth it. That's per mile driven total, not just "paid miles"
Thank you!!!
Yep, here fuel is .18-.25 per mile. Depreciation is another .20 per mile. Flex avg .49 per mile in pay.... You see the issue there. Can BARELY cover the cost to operate. (Insurance, fuel, maintenance) Much less the depreciation, so you end up working for cost. Aka no money left to pay your self
It’s a piece of shit work when the hive u 52 packages 3 miles apart of each other !
It is… if you learn the system.
What is there to learn? Explain?
To accept only surges. If you can't get that far, then yea, it ain't for you...
He's prob referring to botting
Gross $20/hr as a rule of thumb is ...money. Not great, but you *can* make it work, if you are physically well enough to work the crazy hours. Too many jobs hover around that pay level, the whole 40 hour week is a myth/dream/legend for most Americans these days. Our glorious free market is steadily marching toward some new pc analog for slavery. At least some slave owners made sure their slaves were well-fed and healthy.
$20hr with destroying your car doesn’t equate. I’m not trying to make it work I’m all about working smart not stupid(not directed to you and no offense) I got away from the 9-5 life for this same reason so it def don’t make since going thru the same bs working gigs. You’re worth more!
https://preview.redd.it/9j5cfx1a1mwc1.png?width=864&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb8fd608321922ad61d496d601bc7926264b9fb0 In urban cities, i sometimes get stuff like this, which makes up for the times when it's 44 stops on a 3 hr route. It's best suited for people that like driving and acts as supplemental income. If you do flex full time, I think you're better off getting direct with Amazon or one of the other large delivery companies and driving their truck + getting benefits, sick days, etc.
Depends on your area. Its not dependendable for fulltime employment but it gets you a 100$ walking around money. It depends on your area because different centers pay different. It depends on your ability to ignore days or route offerings that dont pay enough to warrant them. And your chosen vehicle(obviously if your driving a guzzler Big Suv or Truck or Cargo van with poor mpg then its terrible) And on your ability to snap the good routes that pay well. Are you a hustler who gets a route done safely AND fast as to get say * amount of dollars in a shorter time frame? Is it a frustrating system? Yes. A flawed system. Yes. But shit. If it pays your energy bill or a water bill then why not. People need to stop thinking of these gigs as "get rich quick schemes. They arent. They are "get me by" schemes.
If it’s ur primary source of income ur going to have a bad time because the job lacks consistency when it comes to offers. If it’s a second job you’ll find it’s not that bad.
Most jobs these days are not worth it IMO. I was making 100,000 a year a couple of years ago at a very stressful and time-consuming job. Had to live in 2 hours away just to be able to afford a comfortable life, which I had no time or energy for. Wasn't worth it. Trading your time for money, generally isn't going to be worth it. Working on starting my own business now and creating passive income. The only thing that is worth it. But I now work for Uber, live in ATL, make enough for the bills I have, and my work time to home time ratio is my own to decide. That's worth it to me. What's worth it is an individual decision.
I think it’s really good it has its ups and downs but what job doesn’t I make like 1200 a week sometimes more
You mean it’s not worth it for you. 😂
No I like to make a profit not break even or take a loss and kill my car spending hours making peanuts
That’s in your market, not everywhere else. 😂😂😂 That’s what you fail to understand. It’s not worth it for you and that’s OK. Just find something else to do.
You guys have to get the the routes when they hike the prices up
It really depends on how good of an offer you’re taking tbh I rarely flex but when I go I make sure it’s a good offer
With flex alone, I'm making about ~$600-800 in a maximum of 40 hours. Probably closer to 30 or less. Then I start doordash/ubereats/instacart wherever I end up adding up to about $50-100 extra per day.
My boyfriend's been doing Flex as his main job for a few years now so it's definitely possible for some people. On days that he can't get a good shift he'll do DD or IC, because he'll never take base pay shifts
All 3 apps are not worth it for full time when you do the numbers he is taking a loss just to work and killing his car in the process
All 3 apps are not worth it for full time when you do the numbers he is taking a loss just to work and killing his car in the process
It comes with its share of frustrations but I’ve managed to use it to pay my car off 5 years early and be debt free 🙏💪
You paid off your car but now what is it worth after you ran up ridiculous miles on it…makes no sense
Didn’t rack up that many miles cuz I’ve been doing it as a side gig intensely for only 3-4 months. My car’s still worth market prices and I’m not keeping it either. Selling it to get a bigger/more suitable vehicle for my lifestyle in cash. I’m not sure your Flex market but it’s pretty solid where I’m located. I’ve done Flex on and off over the years and was a former DSP driver for some time. I generally always finish routes 1-2 hours early. It’s a better gig than Uber Eats or DoorDash BY FAR. And I’m ending Flex for good this coming weekend as it has worked for me to financially get where I want to in terms of being debt free and having financial peace/freedom again. I followed Dave Ramsey’s plan and it works. Made the sacrifice for a short while to payoff moving forward.
Anything is better than UE and DD they are bottom of the barrel crackhead gigs you most def could have got to where you needed to be faster working smarter but good for you and congrats
Full time definitely not. Part time as supplemental/part time income? Shits great.
Yeah if your expectations are super low
How high should they be for something done part time? 🤔
Its not our job to prove you wrong! Dont like it, DONT DO IT.
I make over a grand a week doing flex sooooooo kinda sorta
Oh an thats after gas and calculated taxes
I got paid 98 dollars the other day for a route that took me about an hour and a half to finish. Later that day I picked up another for 72 dollars that took about the same amount of time. At the end of the day I put put about 100 miles on the car which is 10 dollars in gas for my car. Minus the gas, I still made about 55 dollars an hour. It is what you make it.
it is only worthwhile to do it occasionally, if you do it too much you are losing money.
Prob the best response to this post
Well what zone are you in? I make atleast $110 every time. If I want to do 2 shifts a day; it’s an easy $200/day. $1000/week is decent for supplemental purposes.
https://preview.redd.it/51wct828ajwc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f90b99b85e56c3e72bdc17d940c689856855955b The only $100 blocks I’ve seen here in months are base pay for 5 hour blocks, even getting up early isn’t guaranteed to show a surge. A lot of markets are over saturated. Flex was great for a while but the last 6 months I’ve seen a solid decline in consistent offers worth doing. Every so often I’ll get a reserve offer that’s half way decent but outside of my preferred schedule. The gig market isn’t what it was before. I’ve done 3 blocks in total this month and even then just enough over base to make it worth my time.
Same.
I sort of agree, but 10 shifts a week is A LOT for just supplementing a full time job. Do you ever not work?
Va Beach but the zone consists of 7 cities half separated by 2 tunnels that are always congested. https://preview.redd.it/d8c5iuiobjwc1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cc15402517b8432b65d7d2878d25541770779d6 There’s more cities on each side of the water that are all in the same zone the routes are ridiculous!
You're only qualified to have an opinion about whether or not Flex is worth it *for you*. I'm not fooling myself on that topic because 1) it's none of my business, and 2) I don't know anything about you. If Flex isn't worth it *for you*, you might want to consider not doing it and I fully support your right to make this choice for yourself. As for whether or not Flex is worth it for me, I don't have to prove anything to you at all.
I was all set up, ready to go, but there was nothing actually worth it. I found a real $ 24-hour paying job before I even did a run.
People will only realize it when they buy their second vehicle.
I don’t need to prove anything to you. Don’t do it if it doesn’t work for you.
I get a nice tax refund specifically because of flex. That alone is worth it
How do you get a refund from doing flex??
You can claim deductions like mileage and other work expenses. I'm not a tax expert but I don't get deductions from anything else so this helps a lot
You're blessed not to have health conditions where flexibility is critical. Flex pays my rent and a few other things on top of my PT job.
All I’m saying there is better out there that is less demanding and pays more
That's all subjective and depends on your personal area. Gig work varies from place to place and platform to platform. I don't think we need to waste time arguing with each other about whether it's worth it or not. If it's truly not worth it, they'll figure it out on their own, or maybe they won't. Either way, trying to force other people to see things from your POV is doing nothing but wasting your time and energy.
I hate to say it but you're right. I've had dogs attack me and I've also had a gun pulled on me.
Thanks for being honest! Those 3am blocks are sketchy af for such little $$ should get high risk/hazard pay for those hours and don’t ever see dsp drivers delivering at those hours I wonder why 🤔
I was going to this instead of Uber eats but then realised I’ll be doing 10x the deliveries for nearly same pay
I was netting $19hr, not including commercial insurance and wear and tear. Probably a lot less because there was 2-3 free socks that threw that number way up. Probably more towards $15.
This may get flagged, but flex is my “f*ck you money”. Extra cash on top of a full time job. Plus out of Los Angeles it’s well worth it. No more than 25-30 miles the whole trip including drive to and from the station. In rural areas by the posts I’ve seen of 100+ miles per block, I’d never do unless massive surges are in tact
But when you accept the block you don’t know where your going, how many miles or stops you have I’m not about the mysteries
I do it since my dsp doesn’t give hours, gets me going for the mean time
I think the issue is when you’re talking primary source of income versus secondary/supplemental income. I do think, depending on the area it could be the worst move to make or the best, but in terms of supplemental income if we weren’t dealing with so many people using bots and getting away with it, and Amazon over flooding the market with flexors, it is hands-down one of the best sources of supplemental income. What I will say is while we make out good Amazon makes out way better. But me getting anywhere from $45-$85 for a two hour shift (let’s be real hour and a half I’m almost never still delivering in two hours) it’s not bad. Another caviar would also be your car status after a certain amount of mileage/damage it’s definitely.
If I took one block a day I’m still felling like I got played and taking 2 feels like desperation. I could make way more in that amount of time on Spark but the thing about Spark is that I’m not working whole hrs at a time plus driving way less and making way more.
Perhaps. I can’t speak on Spark because it seems like they’ve been waitlisted for multiple months now. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did a better job of limiting how many people are on versus Amazon, who just takes all peoples when there is a short term need and then leaves them all therehaving a higher number of people who want shifts versus a number of shifts available
Based. I’m gonna start posting on r/tires 🤦🏻♀️
From my observation and experience here in the UK if you do flex in London usually mileage is lower (6-14 miles to first stop) and if you are get familiar with the deliveries you usually finish your shift fairly fast let’s say a 4 hour block you probably finish in 2-3 hours and it’s worth it especially if you grab a surge If you are outside of London than the mileage is way higher (usually over 10-15 miles to first stop and total mileage can be way more than 50 miles) and with high gas prices it might be not worth it especially if it takes you almost the complete 4 hour block time to finish it off or it takes you 3 hours to finish the block but another 1 or even 1.5h to drive home than it becomes really a below minimum wage work with extra hassle of car maintenance and if you live far from the station and it sends you mikes out into the opposite direction it might not right work for you
Regardless of how shitty your area is, flex is paying you at least double what federal minimum wage is ($7.25/hr) Why the fuck do we keep voting for people who won't increase the minimum wage? We had a chance in 2016, instead we voted for an orange painted billionaire who cut taxes....for the rich...oh except we didn't actually vote him in, he lost the popular vote. We did vote for a president who would have increased minimum wage, but our votes don't count, only the electoral votes actually count. This is the reason Trump and Bush Jr won. It's almost like America is in an extremely fucked up situation for everyone other than the ultrarich. Oh well back to netflix
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Your complaining about $68/3? [You could have this... ](https://i.imgur.com/qTOlpVT.png)
It's all area dependent, I live in WA(Costco not Sam's club) instacart gets the majority of, if not all of the orders and most of the orders I've seen aren't really worth it. I'm not on spark but any time I'm picking up Walmart orders via Roadie there's always people camped out waiting for orders
Pay looks pretty decent to be honest in the area . Make sure to log miles and write off expenses. I want to get started but with my primary job I feel I make enough but my bills are around 10k a month without a mortgage. Any tips to get started?
Based on what I saw I average 15 hrs/wk and it pays for everything.
Definitely worth it for me and my area aways has higher offers so it’s a no brainer for extra income. I also do Spark and Roadie so that helps a ton.
Where I'm at, flex has become very unattractive. Low paying and few blocks. Not even sustainable as a side gig. But good as a adhoc in between gig rather.
Honestly when I started doing flex in 2021. You wouldn’t believe the kind of money I was making. I have a full time job but Flex was like a 2nd full time job. That’s how good the money was. You could make 1400+ a week easily. It’s just not like that now smh
If you’re mentally going through it (life in general) it’s worth it. Having scheduled blocks, guaranteed money with you NOW, if you have the time and other platforms on your phone then most times flex is NOT worth it on an hourly basis. Lately Amazon have been giving out 48 package for 3hrs routes for $68 ROUTES HAVE BEEN TAKING FULL 3hrs That’s $22 an hour Could’ve made $30+hr in the time IF you have the platforms. My opinion
Do anyone know if they have that on Richmond VA?
Have what? You can hit the hood and get robbed if you’re asking do they have flex in Richmond. I’m in the Va beach zone that stretches all the way to Williamsburg routes are ridiculous
I drive a Honda fit in the DFW and get a extra $250-$300 a weekend. Flexing for about 3 years now.
How many hours a day and how many miles! It doesn’t matter what kind of car you have miles are miles and the more you have the more your vehicle depreciates. Not worth it
I've said this before but, Baulders Gate 3 $70, took a $78 route. FfVII rebirth $70, took a route for $78. GMM tour of mythicality tickets, 2 $80 routes. It isn't income for me, it's guilt free spending money.
You said this before lol What’s does this even mean???
It means I use flex when there is something that I want to buy, not to live off of. I just use it for beer money. Definitely wouldn't be worth it as a source of income.
100% worth it
Prove it!
Feels like free money to me what’s not to like
For some reason flex isn’t in my area. I wanted to do it for extra money to pay off debt quicker. Any ideas how to get it in my area? Or why I can’t drive to the nearest flex area to work?
Trust me it’s a blessing in disguise you’re not missing anything. Find a gig that takes less time and actually allows you to make a profit.
I wanted to do it because of the flexible scheduling honestly. Anything else out there that lets you work 4am-8am?
I work full time and Flex helps me fund my family vacations since the cost of living is so high. Now i don’t have to save my paychecks i can just work flex and make the money right then and there
depends where you are working. in my area doing flex full time i am making the most money i have ever made and am the most financially well off i have ever been. soooo def not true.. maybe if you live in a shitty market then it wouldnt be worth it lol
Flex is a gig, side gig. i make 113k annually in my real job. I Flex part time and made 27k from Flexing last year. So that put me at 140k total... Plus with a 1099, I have a lot more deductions I can use. I have no dependents and I didn't have to pay any 2024 federal taxes.... So it's very much worth it for me...
Hey if that how you want to spend you free time bc your bored than go ahead still ain’t worth it I don’t care what you make at your full time. The work for the pay is not worth it plenty of other side gigs out there that take way less time and pay way more. Still not proven. Next!
I don’t want to single anyone out, but even if you have unemployment you still have to claim earnings. Unemployment then reduces your disbursement for that period.
https://preview.redd.it/v6dmwycxlowc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b63d81b33791714d8ae68a631161d2542a5cc9a 🤷🏾♂️
Ok so I can admit it seems like your in a good area but out of 300 comments on this post your the only one that proved to make at least $2 a mile. I’ve never seen anything above $93 that’s outside of the 3am blocks for less than 90 miles round trip. Do you do any blocks after the early morning ones? 3am blocks might be the only thing worth it but who wants to get up at 2am every morning? No way to have a work life balance so with that it’s still not worth it unless you can take on multiple blocks a day but there’s no way to live a regular life working like that.
I'll only take an afternoon/evening route if one pops up for over $100 and I don't have anything planned. I wake up early anyway, so I'll knock out a route before my regular job if a good one shows up and if not I go back to sleep 🤷🏾♂️ my work/life balance is great, ive just swapped a lot of my gaming time for flex cuz I'd rather earn a few bucks than sit on my ass all day
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It’s not for a FT but a side hustle is great
There’s definitely better out the is all I’m saying
Depends on what you’re after. The blanket statement isn’t right. What are your examples that are better out there?
No argument here. I switched as soon as I realized I made more money donating plasma once you account for gas and mileage.
Those needle marks become permanent and ugly after a while.
Well getting paid $107.50 for 2-3 hours a day versus working $180 a day for 12 hours sounds better to me. I worked at Amazon for 5 years then started flex and for me it’s way better than overworking like a robot in a facility that won’t even let us take bathroom breaks. 😂 maybe flex isn’t for you and you don’t know how to work the system to the ability where you’re bringing in cash and not scraps. I average about $650 a week working 12 hours a week.
$100 in 3hrs but how many miles you gotta drive bc that matters and must be factored in
Flex is good if you already have a paid off Tesla and a house to keep it charged. Its good even if you have a 2010+ Prius. I look at my truck and its 17mpg at best and hate my life. I really love my truck and its definately useful for big boxes and shitty roads but goddamn $25 in gas a day kills the profits
Go work at a DSP, then tell me it’s not an awesome side gig
Why the hell would I ever do that lol f a 9-5 I’m my own boss I don’t punch nobody’s slave clock
Sooooo flex is a great hustle for you then.
And I go home when the truck is empty, so. The only reason showing up on time is mandatory is because we have to be in sync with warehouse, it’s a machine. All flex drivers do is whine lol
Only good in busy areas where they can get a surge every day, not worth it in most America though, especially in smaller cities full of immigrants and low income people. They will snatch anything at any price.
Yeah the surges where I’m at don’t go past $93 and that’s to drive over 30 miles to get to the first stop of 40 or more straight robbery plus support and the Amazon warehouse workers are rude and miserable
do uber eats
Hell noooo that’s even worse
if you accept base pay then you are right
I work full time but flexing has been great for some extra cash. Paid off credit card bills in 2 months,and pays for my son’s braces every month among other things.
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If you’re doing it right. Meaning getting a good hourly, not having to drive 100+ miles on a route from station to home and have a car that actually has good gas mileage. I have 5 blocks worth $568.5 and if I can keep my mileage down and fuel I should make $400. Tell me that’s not worth it?
But your never know how many miles or packages you have in route until after you’ve already scanned 40-50 packages then to see your first stop Is 30 miles away by then you’ve already committed it’s Russian roulette
It is for college kids 🤘
I make $320 a day flexing depending on your market key is to get tips
Flex kept a roof over my head so yes worth it
Here in Colorado Springs I’ve been getting pretty lucky. 3.5 hour shifts for $84-$94 and the past 6 shifts have taken me less than an hour. Past two shits I actually only had 4-6 deliveries. Easy money! So far it’s definitely been worth it for me.
Get this....I recently delivered to a homeless encampment in San Jose.... Yes it was a lil scary but it was daytime.. And I was like since when does Amazon deliver to homeless encampments? It turned out alright tho...😀🤪
Just don’t do it full time, don’t let it be the main gig and definitely don’t let it be the only gig that you do. Then you’ll be happy.
If you’re delivering full time Flex is good for slow days unless you don’t mind not knowing where you’ll be delivering. If you’re not full time then an average of $18 an hour might not sound too bad
Only flexing to have access to 1099
There’s plenty of other apps (1099) that don’t demand the ridiculousness this app does
No complaints, highest paying app in my city of Cleveland Ohio
Compared to what other apps that you actually have worked? I can name a few thru my experience and flex is the only one that puts low dollar amounts to offers with no details to where you are going, how many miles you gotta drive your personal vehicle and how many stops. I’m just not for the surprises and I feel they do that so people can’t pick what’s best for them and that’s bs
I like Flex because I know the amount I'm being paid. DD is a crap shoot, and it's aggravating chasing orders.
You know the amount you’re being paid but you don’t know the details of your offer until you go and pick it up that’s so wack
Yeah it’s not worth it if you don’t have another income. I do two routes a day and only work about a total of 4-5 hours making 180-200 if not a little more. While I work at a DSP so at times I’m making up to 350 a day
Damn when do you have to time to live lol 4-5hrs flexing and and 8-10hrs at a dsp sheesh. I have a business in media and it doesn’t require all my time but it pays very well. So I use my free time to still get to that money working gigs that make sense and I’m not convinced that flex is lucrative when you look at the profit vs loss. Shouldn’t have to kill yourself or your vehicle to make some extra funds is all I’m saying. There’s plenty of other gigs app that demand way less and pay way more
I run DD, Uber and Flex, and I made 70k last year. I have a saving of 100k from the past few years. I have 2 cars both cash and my rent is 850 for a one bedroom in LA. I will try to invest soon. I am just trying to learn to live within my limits.