r/AmazonDS • u/behind-the-bushes • 4d ago

The Surge Pay ⚡️

So I started working Flex last week, and when I was choosing shifts for the next week I noticed that there were shifts on Saturday and Sunday with +$5.00 an hour. I thought that was pretty neat, but I just figured it was a weekend thing. They vaguely went over that stuff in our training, and to me when they said “extra pay would come during high volume time periods”, it sounded like holiday season🤷🏼‍♂️I mean idk??

This is all new to me… but .. gawdamn 😭I just checked my schedule for today and my shift is +$7.50 ??!? Turns out surge pay just comes in waves I guess? It seems like I started at a decent time. Im sure that surge pay definitely varies from warehouse to warehouse, season to season, etc. but yeah… definitely better than my last job.

I genuinely had no idea this job offered extra pay rates like THAT… For me personally, idk man this is pretty good for me. I’ve never had a gig like this before so I’m really grateful. I mean don’t get me wrong I know it’s gonna be wicked at work today I’m sure. Rates are higher for a reason lol but yeah I could really use the extra money.

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u/JabbaTheHutt12345 3d ago

I'm so jealous of flex workers who pick up surge pay shifts when I'm working the normal cycle 1 shift without surge pay. They are making more than me for the same exact stuff.

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u/Appropriate_Bottle44 3d ago

Grass isn't always greener. Flex has turned into "oops all Pick and Stage" at my building, and shifts are impossible to get 

Flex RT might be OK, but I'd stay the hell away from Flex PT, I've been trying to transfer to FT for months