Amazon today launched a new service that pays part-time drivers in exchange for delivering packages. The service, called Amazon Flex, launches today in Seattle, and will soon come to Manhattan, ...

Amazon's contract Flex delivery drivers already have to deal with various indignities, and you can now add the fact that they can be hired — and fired — by algorithms, according to a Bloomberg report.

Amazon just announced an initiative to leverage the nascent “gig economy” as part of its ongoing mission to deliver everything to everyone at all times. Amazon Flex, which promises to pay people ...

When internet shoppers want their items yesterday, who pays the price? This is what it's like to deliver parcels for the world's biggest online retailer. Alex Ayliff starts every Amazon Flex shift ...

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