Second job as gig worker

Oct 16, 2020 12 Comments

My food today was delivered by someone who works at a tech company. I know there are more people like this - doing part time work driving for Uber/Lyft, delivering for Doordash etc.

I don't know them well enough to ask, but why are people who make 6 figures delivering food? There is nothing wrong in it, I am just curious why they think it's a good user of time getting paid near minimum wage

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  • Some people like the extra social interaction (for Uber/Lyft). Or if they enjoy driving anyways, they might as well get paid for it.
    Oct 16, 2020 0
  • Facebook / Eng
    YSvU16

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    YSvU16
    I used to do postmates when I first moved to the bay area. I did it to get to know the area better and wanted to buy a new phone. Stopped after six weeks when I could buy a new phone, I got to know the neighborhood pretty well and knew all the best food spots after.
    Oct 16, 2020 2
  • Free money to blow trading options
    Oct 16, 2020 2
  • Lyft
    NIOt08

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    86% of rideshare and delivery drivers have fulltime work elsewhere and do this for extra earnings in their spare time. Welcome
    to why "YES on 22" makes sense--they don't want to be ft w-2 employees because the vast majority already have FT jobs elsewhere. yes on 22 preserves that flexibility but gives them benefits that increase with hours worked, so for the small majority who do drive fulltime they get basically portable benefits (while still being able to driver for uber,lyft, postmates whatever)
    Oct 17, 2020 2
    • OP
      My question was specifically about people who have high paying jobs in tech, where the value of their time is higher than minimum wage.
      Oct 17, 2020
    • Lyft
      NIOt08

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      The avg driver makes 25 bucks an hour so its not min wage. I work at lyft but before i did, i had a tech job *and* did gig work on the side plus some contract work to pay for my wedding
      Oct 17, 2020
  • I know few smart folks who before buying a real estate do Doordash, postmates etc for a week to get to know the neighborhood better.

    You make money by spending time researching about the neighborhood.

    I think its intelligent idea before that same 6 figure income individual invest over a million
    Oct 16, 2020 0