This worked as of 21:30 Eastern time on 6 December 2024.
Don’t think it worked for me 😞
That sucks. I wonder if 3rd party drivers can’t participate or if there are regional limitations?
Looks like USPS delivered items are not eligible for the $5.00
Makes sense. Amazon won’t know who your regular postie is.
My guess is the funds have dried up already for this year.
The first 2 million thank-yous given will include $5 to the delivery driver at no cost to the customer. After that, customers can continue to thank their driver via the feature all year round, and drivers are able to see the number of times they are thanked within their app.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/alexa-thank-my-driver-feature
Worked for me and then immediately after my boyfriend tried and he got the same message as the most recent posted screenshot
Just worked for me
Worked for me
And me just now.
Possibly? I think my last delivery was via USPS which might not be able to qualify since they’re government employees.
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Worked for me
Don’t seem to have that option in the app in Canada
Does Canada have $5?
nah all I got was a live laugh love style poster and a gendered keychain
What drivers qualify?
Only U.S. delivery drivers delivering Amazon packages (inclusive of Delivery Service Partner (DSP) Delivery Associates (DAs), Amazon Flex delivery partners, and Hub Delivery Associates) are eligible for a thank-you through this program.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/alexa-thank-my-driver-feature
Done. Two seconds. 2/3 hrs pay to them. Do it you assholes.
Didn’t say anything about giving $5 :/
It could limit it to a certain number per driver or something? Who knows. It’s not transparent (on purpose) so we probably can’t know what’s going on.
This happened to my bestie just now when I screencapped that it had worked for me and told him about it.
I wonder what the difference is? Maybe its regional?
Edit: He figured his out. He placed the order through Amazon but it was delivered via USPS. Maybe that’s the issue?
Hmm, I don’t know. The last purchase was a book my mom bought, it’s possible that’s the issue. I’ll try again next time we order something to make sure.
Thanks!
Nah, most recent one didn’t follow delivery instructions. Too bad you can’t pick, all the others have deserved it.
Edit: woo, good news, my last delivery before my prime “trial” expired and I stop using Amazon again, the driver managed to push the large face-height Amazon brand doorbell (didn’t install it) and earned their $5 reward.
Amusingly I got more downvoters for giving the money than not, lol
Lmao I feel you but you never know what the other person’s day is like. We order from them while coming on here and cheering for their fair wages. We gotta have empathy that their lives suck in the micro, if we can see the socioeconomic component in the macro.
(Also, do it after your next order if you really want to withhold)
I’ve angrily thought “I want my ten dollar fucking tip back from this piece of shit” than shutup, ate my cold or incorrect meal, thought over it without being hangry and realized the evening is still worse for them.
My delivery instruction is “ring the doorbell” (so I know to come downstairs and grab it off the major street before it’s stolen)
Yes, my post was a trap for people like you.
Maybe you should try altering it to say “Please, ring my doorbell so I know to come downstairs and grab it before it’s stolen.”
The delivery app that drivers use often simply says “ring the doorbell” as a default but then also in the same area says “no need to knock / ring bell” so being more explicit in your instructions may improve your results.
not here in austria
The last thing I had delivered was an expensive drone, and it was delivered a block from my house. I had to use google street view to match the house with the delivery photo from Amazon. No tip for this driver!
Is there an option for “Request Amazon to pay drivers decently and improve working conditions?”
Nope, just a “illegally suppress unions” button.
Works in Japan, too. Gives ¥500 extra.
“At no cost to you… for now”
Worked for me
Openly promoting the fact that they underpay their drivers, for a limited time.
“Yes, we could be paying our drivers an extra 5 dollars, we just choose not to, lol.”
Why would they do it if they can have you do it?
You’re not paying, you’re clicking a button to have Amazon give $5 of their money to the driver.
They could have just given a bunch of drivers $5, but then they wouldn’t make a bunch of customers think Amazon isn’t too bad.So you should push the button, but also pointedly continue to think badly of Amazon.
Asking honestly, respectfully, and in good faith - is there a downside to doing this? Edit: I mean, is there a downside to rewarding the driver via this promotion.
The downside is that it costs Amazon $5.00.
That’s only a downside if you’re an Amazon executive or shareholder. To a human being, it isn’t.
I don’t know if a scrappy lil startup like Amazon can handle it.
You don’t even know if this is really giving money to anyone, let alone the driver for your delivery.
But it doesn’t cost you anything. Worst case scenario is the same as not doing it.
Amazon has lots of money and they can easily afford this PR/marketing promotion that they choose to do. Amazon drivers work hard and deserve to be paid fairly for their work. Even though this is just marketing it still results in the drivers getting more money so if you order something from Amazon you might as well do it at every opportunity you get.
Yes, it undermines the idea that drivers deserve a living wage and is just Amazon dipping their toes into shifting their drivers into something closer to ‘ride share’ style independent contractors who primarily get their income from tips.
Short term benefit for long term problems.
Plenty of untipped jobs are seen as being undeserving of a living wage, though, so I don’t follow your logic.
I mean, 100% the drivers should be being paid more and the entire system is fundamentally broken.
In the here and now though, where I can’t do anything to fix anything even if I entirely stop using Amazon forever right this moment, giving someone a random $5 that they wouldn’t otherwise have is a good thing.
Short term benefit for long term problems.
slippery slope fallacy
Clicking a button that gives someone money at no expense to you isn’t causing the issue you’re worried about, it’s at worst symptomatic of the broken system that might lead to your concern.
Not all slippery slopes are fallacies.
Ever notice that all the counter service places are leaning into tipping because it became popular with coffee shops?
Sure. And if Amazon ever asks us to tip delivery people with our own money we shouldn’t because that’s bullshit.
That being bullshit has no bearing on if it’s good to click the button that gives someone $5 at no expense to you out of their employers pocket.
If a counter service place has a button I could press to give them $5 of the stores money, I would press it every time. That’s not a tip because it’s not my money supplementing the employees wages.
Then give the tip in person. Don’t let amazon know they can count on their customers to carry the burden of paying their employees
Oh God no, then it’s actually me paying the money, which makes it an actual tip.
If Amazon asks if they should pay someone more, the answer is always yes.That’s fair too. I’ll be honest I’m always going to be pessimistic as hell when it comes to anything amazon says and does. If it’s their money, make them pay up
Yea if you’re going to use a bad service might as well help while you can. It’s like going to a restaurant then not tipping because it encourages owners. They don’t give a fuck cause they still get your money
Technically youre right, but would you say the same if Putin started handing out band-aids to ukrainians who just lost their families?
… What? That’s such a non-sequitor that I’m honestly not sure if you replied to the wrong thing or something.
I can’t say that I would say the same thing in an entirely different situation with nothing to do with the other.
Its a similar situation. You ‘cant do anything about anything’ and handing out band-aids is ‘better than nothing’. Would ‘giving someone a band-aid is a good thing’ be your stance in that situation or would you find it rather inappropriate?
They’re not similar situations at all. For one, it’s an absurd difference in scale. Whatever your opinions of Amazon delivery driver working conditions and pay, it’s in no way comparable to “an invading army murdered their family”.
Second, whether or not I should push a button to give someone $5 with no obligation on their part is a different situation from getting a bandaid for a murdered family on the whim of the responsible party.
If you could push a button and a random person somewhere in the world gets $1 million, would you push the button?
Haven’t had a delivery in 14-days, didn’t work. Bummer. I like my guy.
Well hell, wish I’d known this when they dropped off a bunch of flat pack desks. I’m not tipping the guy that just dropped off a kitchen spoon.
Why not. Is not like that was his only delivery for the day. Plus it’s no cost to you.
I don’t like paying people just to do the job they’re already paid for, and I think it’s bad for society to promote it.
This is paid by Amazon as a social experiment. You don’t pay the tip.
Doesn’t matter, the money is nothing to me, it’s simple principle. I also don’t use store cards or coupons.
Weird flex
I’m a weird guy
Do you refuse to buy items on sale? Do you hate having money?
I do avoid most sales. They’re either a lie using a fake regular price, or a low quality product that didn’t sell, so they taking a loss to get rid of it. Either way, not worth my time. I shop for quality products that meet my needs when I need them, not when they’re on sale.
You know what else is bad for society to promote? Billionaires like Jeff Bezos.
I think your driver deserves $5 more than he does. Especially this time of year when they are no doubt working much harder for the same pay they get the rest of the year. The drivers, not Bezos. Bezos is doing the same amount of work (practically nothing) and getting way, way, way more money this time of year.
That’s bad for society.
I agree, and also think a stupid stunt is a poor way to reach better wages. It’s just a way to placate the masses.
Didn’t work for me either :\
