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Key word “when delivering” not per hour. They play games with the numbers, what he said literally only counts the time from the restaurant to the drop off.
Do you believe that the average dasher only does 4 hours a week?
I was kinda taken aback when he said it is meant as part time.
 

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Do you believe that the average dasher only does 4 hours a week?
I was kinda taken aback when he said it is meant as part time.
I’m not too surprised. I always felt these gig were a part timers game. It doesn’t pay enough to be a primary source of income. I know some people do it but they are working their asses off.
 

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I was kinda taken aback when he said it is meant as part time.
He's a bald-faced liar.

NONE of the gig companies can survive without full-time drivers.

The reason the gig companies concocted that lie is to prevent the govt from stepping in and classifying their drivers as employees or regulating the industry. They know that the govt is much less likely to get involved if the drivers are perceived as a bunch of casual side-hustlers. So they perpetuate the side-hustler lie. As we can see, the lie is becoming less and less effective.

Uber and Hertz rent Teslas to drivers for $500 per week to use as "side-hustle" vehicles? Give me a freaking break.
 

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Do you believe that the average dasher only does 4 hours a week?
I was kinda taken aback when he said it is meant as part time.
I believe it. 99% of drivers probably do like 2 deliveries a week and then remember why they don't drive for doordash and turn that shit off.

The other 1% cranks out 100 hours because they never tried running another app, and it averages out to 4.
 

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I was guaranteed $14/hr between pickup and dropoff instead of an upfront price last time I logged on to doordash. I have not logged in since.
I heard about that, although I wasn't offered the same.
My understanding is plus all tips.
You would still need to see the upfront offer though wouldn't you?
Why can't they ever make something simple???
 

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None of the math or statistics all these companies use is feasible, it's all bullshit and it should already be illegal because they make up facts that draw and trap more flies.

I can't believe they make people actually ask the government to step in.

Same shit with Uber per hour rate averages, how the **** do they conclude that?
 

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I was guaranteed $14/hr between pickup and dropoff instead of an upfront price last time I logged on to doordash. I have not logged in since.
Do you realize how crappy $14 per hour is when it only covers "engaged time"?

When you factor in downtime/deadheading the overall hourly gross is around $10 per hour BEFORE expenses.

It's putrid money.
 

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He's a bald-faced liar.

NONE of the gig companies can survive without full-time drivers.

The reason the gig companies concocted that lie is to prevent the govt from stepping in and classifying their drivers as employees or regulating the industry. They know that the govt is much less likely to get involved if the drivers are perceived as a bunch of casual side-hustlers. So they perpetuate the side-hustler lie. As we can see, the lie is becoming less and less effective.

Uber and Hertz rent Teslas to drivers for $500 per week to use as "side-hustle" vehicles? Give me a freaking break.
BTW, he flat out used the phrase "deliver wherever you want, whenever you want!"
You were talking about this in another thread.
And you are right on the whenever. If you have to schedule, and it is not always available, that is not whenever you want.
 

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BTW, he flat out used the phrase "deliver wherever you want, whenever you want!"
You were talking about this is another thread.
And you are right on the whenever. If you have to schedule, and it is not always available, that is not whenever you want.
They control your login time by adjusting promos and surges to the time they want you out while keeping base pay at a minimum, this is why the FTC has to step the hell in, end surges and crap and allow drivers to set their own wages, if people wanna work for free, let them work for free, eventually those idiots will be busy all day long, destroy their car's interior, get low rates and will eventually be set aside by clients.

Amazon has found a way to make it's logistics drivers race to the bottom in prices, pure genius in design but it goes to show how they manipulate algorithms into cutting wages or controlling the drivers, the government needs to step up their game and keep up, code must be audited and design must be scrutinized, it's time the law evolved to keep up with these bullshit artists.
 

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It's truly unfortunate that well-informed media people who do their homework don't get access to scumbags like him.

I'd love to see him interviewed by someone who's been provided with driver phones so the public can see all the truly disgusting offers and all the retaliatory tactics DD uses to bully their drivers who dare to say NO to the garbage they're offered.

Watching him squirm would be fantastic.
 

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BTW, he flat out used the phrase "deliver wherever you want, whenever you want!"
You were talking about this in another thread.
And you are right on the whenever. If you have to schedule, and it is not always available, that is not whenever you want.
I haven't watched the video yet. I just started eating my lunch and I want to enjoy it.
 
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