When I was between jobs, I had to rely on those apps to make what little money I could. Anytime I was out on the road, I just felt fucking insulted at the absolute scraps the apps pay out in return for some ridiculous hoops they ask you to go through. From outright hiding what you really get paid for completing an order, to allowing people to completely remove the “tip” (read: “salary”) after the fact; it just didn’t feel worth it to be doing 2-3 $5, ~10 mile orders an hour.
Calling doordash a “job” is insulting to people who actually clock in to work. And I used to drive for DD and Ubereats.
You’re right that Doordash and Ubereats are garbage companies and that ‘gig economy’ jobs suck for the people who work them. I think people are reacting to this piece, because it mirrors a very common way that people denigrate difficult jobs as being not real work. Many folks use similar language to say that real and difficult employment is not true labor. While you seem to understand the difficulty of doing the work
I’m speaking from my own experience.
When I was between jobs, I had to rely on those apps to make what little money I could. Anytime I was out on the road, I just felt fucking insulted at the absolute scraps the apps pay out in return for some ridiculous hoops they ask you to go through. From outright hiding what you really get paid for completing an order, to allowing people to completely remove the “tip” (read: “salary”) after the fact; it just didn’t feel worth it to be doing 2-3 $5, ~10 mile orders an hour.
You’re right that Doordash and Ubereats are garbage companies and that ‘gig economy’ jobs suck for the people who work them. I think people are reacting to this piece, because it mirrors a very common way that people denigrate difficult jobs as being not real work. Many folks use similar language to say that real and difficult employment is not true labor. While you seem to understand the difficulty of doing the work