• Bonehead@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    They already know the pay. If the pay isn’t enough without the tip, then maybe they should consider getting a different job.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      The pay is about $2 per order, regardless of mileage. Dashers can typically complete 2-3 orders per hour, and pay for their own fuel. The base pay is absolutely not worth it.

      • Bonehead@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        1 year ago

        They are paid approximately $4 to $6 per hour, and yet some people are still defending the practice and asking customers to pay extra on top of the food and the $10+ delivery charge…

    • limonfiesta@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      You realize that gig economy is the neoliberal slang for a poverty class work, but without the rights of workers, right?

      So you’re criticizing people who are forced by the system in which we live, to be ordered around by a fucking algorithm, and then take abuse from people who have enough money to NOT work in the gig economy, but no where near enough to actually own the servant class they get off on abusing.

      • Bonehead@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        1 year ago

        You realize that the gig economy is not my responsibility, right? I’m not criticizing the workers for being underpaid. I’m criticizing the exploiters for underpaying their workers. If you can’t pay your workers enough, that is not my fault. You are not entitled to exploit anyone for your personal gain.

        • ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          If the pay isn’t enough without the tip, then maybe they should consider getting a different job.

          I’m not criticizing the workers for being underpaid.

          Study: When questioned about continuing to work for poverty wages, gig workers across the nation respond with resounding “guess I just didn’t think about it because I’m so goddamned stupid” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

      • smotherlove@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I agree with you completely but at the same time I have disdain for gig workers because they all seem to operate under an entirely different set of traffic laws and social conventions. At least where I live.