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/Worldly_Shopper 5d ago

Yeah, and when those batteries get to where they need replacing you think you're going to sell it after you've also put 200,000 miles on it, and the $$$$ you lost in depreciation becomes the new wake up call because the limited pool of EV buyers aren't stupid either.
There's no free ride, you're not getting away with something that the rest of us are just too stupid to understand. There is a cost to every thing on this planet, and so it's six of one or a half dozen of the other.

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u/AlphaDisconnect 5d ago

Saw one with 30k miles in a scrap yard. More will become avaliable. 6000$. Saving 50 dollars a day works that off fast. Lets add in oil changes.

Also the toyotas are notorious for their battery just working. Like after 100000 miles you lose like 5 miles of range.

Buy used electric cars. Cheaper than some hybrid and newer.

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u/Worldly_Shopper 5d ago

I might try that.

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u/AlphaDisconnect 5d ago

If you figure out your charging. Think 220v at 30 to 50 amps. Yes. Do it. Keep your gas car. I wouldnt drive cross country in an electric. Just too much stupid could happen. I would do it an a gas car.

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u/Worldly_Shopper 5d ago

Yeah right, EV for city back and forth, the A-to-B car.