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(Originally posted in my Work Futures newsletter, now being ported here.)
Bryan Menegus looks into Amazon’s growing use of freelance drivers who ‘compete for shifts on the company’s own Uber-like platform’, called Amazon Flex. After screening and minimal training, Flex drivers use their own cars, bikes, or public transportation to deliver packages to Amazon customers.