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IIRC, it's all independent contractors. Whether it's an independent company contracted by Amazon (which is the bulk of it), or a direct Lyft/Uber-style gig econ
by lloyddobbler 7y ago
IIRC, it's all independent contractors. Whether it's an independent company contracted by Amazon (which is the bulk of it), or a direct Lyft/Uber-style gig economy model of sourcing contract drivers.
Here's a (somewhat sensationalized, it's Buzzfeed News) article about some of the negatives that have shown up. It references that all of the delivery network is decentralized:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon...