What is going on with the market? I sincerely don’t get it. Apps like DD, UberEats, Lyft and Postmates pay drivers $1.75 an hour based on multiple independent studies when accounting for the cost of gas, taxes, and depreciation on a car. How the hell do I get drivers for my orders or rides? Look at this link for DD: https://payup.wtf/doordash/no-free-lunch-report Seriously, the gig economy makes no sense. About a 1/3 of drivers are making less than or equal to $0. Are these drivers just dumb? Do they not get it? Why do they choose these jobs? A job at a grocery store would be better. Do all of these people think they’re special and that they’ll crack the code for the highest 0.0001% of pay? Haha just realized that’s not different from the regular person in the US/blind who thinks they’re gonna be a super rich if they work hard enough. EDIT: I love that the biggest arguments here are from anecdotes. Please look at the poll and let me say that I fucking called it.
People get to work their own hours, can be a good side gig
Bro I’m literally doing a side gig in LA as DD and UE driver rn and made 300$/day (gas already included) in the past week. WtfUtalkin about. Never made less than $20/h when doing delivery. Some places the pay is shit, but it’s not that bad. Where the fuck are you getting your info frkm
car insurance and gas is free ?
He’s being sarcastic I’m pretty sure. At least I hope so.
Quick search shows Uber drivers are making $25/hr and are not restricted on hr. An average (SWE too) works 10hr so annual income of $65k is not that bad
😂😂 I don’t believe that one bit. The median Uber driver is making less than minimum wage. Show me the study and please don’t tell me it’s Uber funded.
Customer tips drive up the earnings. Doordash and Uber may be paying shit, but it’s pretty obvious that like other service jobs, tips represent the vast majority of pay. I did gig work for fun during the pandemic bc what else was I going to do. Pay from the company was usually crap but customers tipped well so I averaged $30 per hour. Some miles and wear on my car Why do people do it? They need money.
My buddy who worked as a cook pre-covid says he makes a lot more money driving for delivery now. Less hours, less stress, works when he wants to. If anything, gig work is going to take off, as people look for more flexible work options as the country slowly opens back up.
In college I made about $21/hr after the cost of gas, insurance, and car payments, so not really sure where you get your numbers from. Not to mention I’d have a car regardless of what job I had, so car payments shouldn’t even be considered.
Once again, it’s always the people that have no clue what they’re talking about shitting on gig economy companies 🤣🤣. $1.25/hr? Dude just go on the fucking Doordash/UE subreddits and you’ll see people are obviously making significantly more than that lmao. It’s always the same type of people… uninformed af and can’t cannot accept the fact that they’re just factually incorrect (see the dumb ass poll options) Also you say the biggest arguments are anecdotes… no shit. It’s either anecdotal or data coming from the gig companies themselves, but when people bring up data from the companies, you say you don’t believe it lol
It’s almost as if people on a subreddit about a certain thing tend to take that thing far more seriously than the normal person and would therefore be more skilled than the median which is what these studies are pointing to. Can you refute categorically that the median person on these apps is in fact making more than what’s being said? That a 1/3 are making <=0 when accounting for costs. Why the fuck would I listen to someone from DD? Please take the 10 second and use a full brain cell to read the post before pointing at anecdotes. Your comment is akin to saying: wow what do you mean the median salary for SDE is $65k, just look at blind, people are making way higher than $150k there. Oh yes, I’m the moron here. What percentage of people are making close to $20-$30/hr? Don’t make me laugh DoorDash.
Why is it so hard for people to literally read what’s being said? Is the concept of median that difficult to understand? For fucks sakes, nothing in this comment section even comes close to refuting my points
You can’t be fucking serious. God damn, maybe I should switch to DD if they’re filled with guys like you.
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Some immigrants don’t speak fluent enough English to get a mainstream job, they work on service jobs such as these.
First you need to show your TC to the driver