I expect to get nothing from my pension. I'm 20-35 years out looking at it: no fucking way it lasts that long as shit stands the way it does. Between those two, at the outset, Amazon actually pays their loaders better. Out here, it is $12 full time at Amazon vs $10.20 part time at UPS. Not sure how much the Amazon pay rates change by location, the UPS rates are across the board due to being laid out in their national contract. I had to look at job postings to check the amazon pay. I forgot how much I hate hr speak. Cozy kicks a must!: you'll be on your feet all goddamned day.4) The unions say "we can take a massive hit on what we provide or we can declare insolvency. You choose."
And look - this is the teamsters we're talking about. They drive and load UPS and the like. Amazon? Amazon hires day players to drop your shit off in their own cars for $9 an hour. Are you going to stop using Amazon? I'm not. I use Lyft. It costs hella less than taxis and provides no security whatsoever to its drivers.
I don't really either. It's one of three different solutions I have for covering my dotage. I'm crazy lucky. And realistically speaking, there's no way in hell I can handle living a thousand miles away from my family 4-6 months a year for the next flipping 17 years minimum. And I'll bet Amazon pays better for warehouse - but for Amazon Flex I've heard it's hot bullshit. It certainly seems as if nobody is being paid well. The people I've talked to who have done it have given up in less than a week.
The problem with the Amazon Flex program from what I hear is the inability to get work assigned. Otherwise it's supposed to pay pretty well at 20 - 25 dollars per hour. But that's before gas and depreciation.