Been saying this. It's a bit ridiculous that my average pizza delivery tip is more than many, if not most, Uber trips.
If you work in a good area (which you want to for tips, anyway) your chances of robbery are pretty low. I've delivered pizza since 1998 and never been robbed. I've personally known of a handful since then, but literally 5 that I can think of. 2 were in the area of the crappy apartments S of the astrodome, and the store (Pizza Hut on Holcombe and Main) stopped delivering there at that point.
Because labor is controlled, if it's slow there are less drivers scheduled. So if you're a good driver and employee it may be slow, but if you're one of only a few drivers you'll do ok even if the store is slow. If it's busy it can actually be a detriment as the managers will tend to overschedule and you can actually make LESS money. If it's crazy busy then you're ok, but quite often I do better when it's fairly slow because there aren't as many drivers scheduled.
Actually, DoorDash shows you your entire route now at the including where you are dropping off at before you choose to accept the delivery or not. Good on them right? However, when you decline, it takes you to the next screen with your acceptance rating, stating that drivers with low acceptance ratings can be deactivated. (umm haven't they been paying attention to their rivals? *ahem*uber being required to change the policy deactivating drivers for a low acceptance rating).
You have to work a schedule but still better than Uber.
$8.00 per hr. 50¢ per pizza gas fee,even if you leave with 5 deliveries close together.
We've had 2 Uber carjackings and 1 pizza delivery robbery here.
Why don't we just all open up a Pizza store together. We make and bake the pies. We deliver the pies. We get to eat the pies. We also get to keep the profits. We could call the store Pizza Pie My Eye. At customers doors we sing our theme song.
Uber Eats trying to rob people of that too !
I met a gentlemen who had worked at Swiss Chalet delivering dinners for 20 years. He built up the business and was looking after 3 stores and had 20 plus drivers. When he went to renew his contract last year he found out Uber was taking over his business and suddenly him and his drivers were out of business. He was bitter because he had even invested in his own app for his drivers. After laying off all his drivers he decided to retire earlier than he had planned. Interesting that he said he couldn't understand how Uber drivers could make any money with the new rates.
