It has also eased off on its minimum purchasing requirement, Recode reported, encouraging customers to buy individual low-cost items that come with free one-day shipping. In April, the e-commerce giant said that it was working to offer free one-day shipping to Prime customers.
There had been numerous caveats to Amazon’s free two-day shipping program: For orders with some small items, Prime has required customers to spend a minimum of $25 before they qualify for free shipping, and orders, in general, can take longer than two days to reach a customer. The evolution of our Same-Day Delivery program is driven by our partnership with local communities and made possible by the people who live there.Since 2005, Amazon has attracted hundreds of millions of customers to its Prime membership program by promising one thing - free and fast shipping, with products arriving within 48 hours or less. These fast delivery speeds are also environmentally sustainable because products are located closer to customers-drastically reducing the logistical delivery process. Since we launched the service more than a year ago, Prime members in more than a dozen cities are able to order from the widest selection available of up to 3 million items across a dozen categories, including Baby, Beauty & Health, Kitchen & Dining, Electronics, Pet Supplies, and more. We all feel a sense of camaraderie.”įaster Same-Day Delivery gives Amazon customers the option to order certain items for rapid delivery-from click to doorstep in as fast as five hours. It’s been fun to form friendships with the people in my station and other Amazon Flex Delivery Partners out on the road. I love the flexibility of the job, but the people are what keep me here. Olubunmi, an Amazon Flex Delivery Partner with a faster Same-Day Delivery building in Baltimore said, “I’ve been with Amazon Flex for nearly four years. “I am able to work around my husband’s schedule and be around to care for my small child.” “I love the flexible schedule because it is super-convenient for me,” Teresa said. Teresa N., an operations employee at an Amazon fulfillment center in Phoenix, is one of hundreds of employees working in a faster Same-Day Delivery fulfillment center who chooses her own schedule based on how much she wants to-and can-work. Through this investment, we’ve built new fulfillment centers in each community, creating hundreds of in-demand roles in the process. Faster Same-Day Delivery jobs operate out of mini-fulfillment centers that are located closer to the neighborhoods where many current and potential employees already live.
These roles are unique in that they offer well-paying part-time and full-time jobs that also grant employees and drivers the option to choose their own work schedules.
It’s why we’re proud to announce today the expansion of our faster Same-Day Delivery services in three additional metro areas: Miami, Minneapolis, and Atlanta, plus even more neighborhoods within Chicago, which has led to hundreds of new jobs that feature flexible working schedules. We know that for some of our employees in the U.S., one of the most important things we can offer is flexibility in how they approach their work schedules-the opportunity to balance a well-paying job with other personal commitments. This principled commitment to our employees drives everything that we do as an organization. an average starting wage of more than $18 per hour and provide education, skills training, and opportunities for career growth.
It’s why we pay our hourly employees in the U.S. At Amazon, we’re always thinking about how we can empower our employees to succeed and thrive.