Last year, an Amazon delivery driver said that the high volume of orders during holiday season “makes life hell.” This year, these contracted workers can get a $5 tip if their customer says, “Alexa, thank my driver.”
This is part of a promotion that Amazon is running to celebrate its impending milestone of 15 billion packages delivered. If a driver is one of the first one million to receive a thank you, they get $5. The five drivers who receive the most thank yous will get a $10,000 bonus, plus $10,000 donated to a charity of their choice.
That means that Amazon will pay about $5.1 million to workers through this promotion. For comparison, Amazon spent over Read Entire Article
