The drivers could be working for a subcontractor and that company may have language allowing it in their contract with Amazon. Amazon is investing a ton of money in their own delivery service so I'm not surprised they are doing this. They weren't satisfied with USPS, UPS, or FedEx because of damages to packages and lost shipments so they decided they wanted more control in the delivery aspect. They also have enough distribution centers that they can control more of the logistics side now but they don't have a fleet built up or aren't willing to build one so they're just using subcontractors. FedEx also uses subcontractors for small package delivery.
They weren't satisfied with USPS, UPS, or FedEx because of damages to packages and lost shipments
At least we know it's not a consumer end problem lol
UPS also wouldn't give them blanket insurance on shipments because UPS won't ship certain items under company policy without certain requirements and Amazon refused to tell them what was in the packages. I think firearms and ammo were two of the item groups UPS won't ship under as standard and some Amazon market vendors weren't disclosing that they were shipping firearms because they wanted to avoid extra fees and regulations. UPS found out and revoked the blanket insurance for Amazon.
They don't work for Amazon. That'd be like some other company coming in to test you at your workplace instead of going through the proper chain and your boss.
But supposing they find a thief. The only thing that they can do is file a police report and sue. All the driver has to do is say "I left it on the dock to get picked up" and that's it. Word against word. Why? Because the employee signed absolutely no agreement with Amazon.
And that's the important part. The employee signed no agreement with Amazon at all. So Amazon can go smoke a big fatty and get glad.
I'm not arguing that Amazon shouldn't look into it. I'm saying that they should follow the proper channels and work with the company directly and let the company deal with it.