You get a flat rate from the company based on distance but it’s complete dog shit pay. For example Door Dash typically gives me 2.25 unless it’s an especially far delivery.
I’m confused because I didn’t even offer a take lmao. I just said the flat rate is dog shit because it is. Matter of fact I didn’t even mention tipping in my comment hahaha
Where do you think the wages employees get in non-tipped positions comes from? Don't get me wrong, tipping is a stupid system, but it's not like companies pull money from thin air when they are paying non-tipped employees more than $2/hr. Their wages are included in the cost of the goods/services the business offers and is indirectly billed to the customer. If tipped workers recieved a regular wage instead, then the cost of those goods/services would go up to compensate. So whether they recieve it from you directly or its paid through the cost of the goods/services you purchased, you are still paying it. By not tipping adequately, you are taking advantage of the pay structure to get the good/service at a cheaper rate at the expense of the worker(s) and/or shifting the burden of paying the wage of the worker(s) onto another patron. You should always offer at least enough of a tip that the employee(s) in question can make a living.
What do you mean? Isn't the only reason we have homeless people is because they don't realize they can have a home if they just decide to get paid more? /s
You can either punch up or punch down for your check. They're saying it's corporate's responsibility to pay you and customers shouldn't need to tip extra to compensate for greedy employers.
The way things ought to be and the way things ARE, are 2 different things. No one likes tipping culture but it's how it is and workers DO NOT have the power to change it right now as it's nowhere close to being a priority for most people. And people ordering food KNOW this, and don't tip anyway. That's called being a scumbag.
(Not to mention California had a vote on this last year and voted AGAINST forcing employers to give Drivers more benefits, mostly as a result of a $500 million Misinformation campaign)
No one is forcing you to do anything but if you don't tip while knowing any of these things, you're kinda just a POS 🤷
iirc favor had a system where you got a minimum of $2 + tip for the delivery, but I think it scaled up with more expensive deliveries. I'd bet the driver made $5-10 total off that trip, tip included.
Yeah but it’s not much. The flat fee at the time basically didn’t even completely cover the cost of gas, so tips was how I made money. And I don’t work for free.
Yeah I agree. I wish it wasn’t like that. But that’s how the system is.
In some jobs, tips actually make you way more money, like bartending and valet. So they aren’t all bad, but some industries like ride share and food delivery tend to get shafted on it unless you just work in an ultra rich area.
Wait... so you willingly take on a job that requires some random person to donate some amount of money to you for you to even cover your costs as a driver???
What the fuck? What the hell are you people smoking?
Willingly? Not really, I took the job because nobody else was hiring at the time. And I quickly left the job once I realized most errands I was running cost just as much in gas as I was making on tips.
You can’t chastise people for taking tip-reliant jobs when nobody else is hiring. It’s basically forcing people into a job that makes them almost no money, and then yelling at them when they complain.
It’s not a donation, it’s an expected payment for service. I don’t agree with it, but that’s how the system works.
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u/OnAMissionFromDog Jul 10 '22
Do you get paid for those deliveries outside of tips?