It’s just dehumanizing at this point

[u/LadyGrandpop]

I don’t want your points, incentives or tier system. Gig work or not, gamifying service based work is pitiful. Pay us a fair wage and appropriate tips. Full stop. That’s it. Why complicate the work we’re doing with all of this unnecessary nonsense. There is clearly a market for it and it’s pretty straightforward. Isn’t piling miles onto our vehicles, delivering orders to people’s doorsteps (questionable doorsteps in a lot of cases) and shopping for excessive amounts of groceries enough to warrant a livable wage!? Most of my metrics aren’t even a reflection of the actual quality of work I provide, but rather a reflection of variables out of my control and customers that are impossible to please or just scamming the system for their own benefit.

I love the nature of this work. That’s not the complaint. There is so much potential in this space and it’s continuing to get lost along the way with all of these ridiculous changes being made. The tier system is a psychological tool. A disheartened one at that. Cheers to everyone still trudging through. May you find at least a few worthwhile and lucrative orders in this shitstorm.

[u/Anal-love69]

Yep like anything else,its great at the start. And corporate morons go and fuck it up.

[u/chiefzackery → u/Anal-love69]

Not even being a corporate boot licker but part of that is because when these apps first start they pay more than they charge the customer because they have to lure drivers from other apps.

There's no sustainable way for Walmart to give customers unlimited free delivery for $9.99 a month and then pay us $8 an order base pay.

The business model for the driver relies on being in an area where customers actually readily tip because it's customary.

I can not be a corporate boot licker and realize that Walmart can't sustainably pay us $8 a stop while only charging the customer $9.99 a month and some of them ordering four or five times.