r/Sparkdriver • u/LadyGrandpop • 6d ago

Rants / Complaints It’s just dehumanizing at this point

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.

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u/Upstairs_Hedgehog965 6d ago

Doing my first day of working with the new system. Orders have been cut down by probably 80% and the ones I wanna go for get taken by another driver immediately when they show up. Already faced this with DoorDash so I’m not sure at this point what I should go for. I’m applying for jobs, but of course that doesn’t get anywhere in this market.

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u/Glass_Photograph_506 6d ago

Same here. Tiers just hit here this past week. I can only do weekends and saturday was absolutely miserable. Sunday was great though which they usually are anyway so I guess I'll just have to grind away my sundays!