{"id":23108,"date":"2024-09-14T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T08:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=23108"},"modified":"2024-09-14T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T09:06:53","slug":"work-or-lack-thereof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=23108","title":{"rendered":"WORK: Or Lack Thereof\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019m currently stuck in a typically modern dystopian loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since my driving license expired, a few weeks ago – and despite immediately sorting a new one, which has now (after approx\u2019 two weeks) finally arrived – I\u2019m unable to deliver for Amazon. Currently my only income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The utterly ridiculous scenario is this: my account has been \u2018temporarily disabled\u2019. To re-enable it, I must submit photos of my new driving license. But I can\u2019t do that – the Flex app simply won\u2019t do it – until my account is reinstated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or put another way, to re-activate my account, I\u2019m asked to do something I simply cannot do, until my account is re-activated. Say wha\u2019!?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve called Amazon\u2019s off-road support team three of four times in the last 24 hours. And, just like trying to submit my photos – which isn\u2019t working via the app or via the suggested alternative (the Flex support email) – it\u2019s exactly like banging my head against a brick wall. Painful, and getting me absolutely nowhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The continually repeated automated robot response to my telephone calls – including repeated requests that the issue be \u2018escalated\u2019 – is to upload photos via the app. But I can\u2019t do that<\/em>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been doing this job for about two years now. And throughout that I\u2019ve maintained a near perfect record, on the \u2018Standing\u2019\/Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a job with zero security, this scenario hardly makes one feel valued. And, as so often in recent times, it triggers my depression, leaving me at my wits end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m currently stuck in a typically modern dystopian loop. Since my driving license expired, a few weeks ago – and despite immediately sorting a new one, which has now (after approx\u2019 two weeks) finally arrived – I\u2019m unable to deliver for Amazon. Currently my only income. The utterly ridiculous scenario is this: my account has … <\/p>\n

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