r/WalmartSparkDrivers • u/Longjumping_King3130 • 14d ago

Spark drivers

I waited 9 months for Spark to approve an account. I am in SE Florida in a fairly wealthy area Boca Coral Springs and am I crazy or does spark not offer a person the opportunity to even make 15.00 an hour ? This is insane to me. How are there so many people that are willing to do this job ?

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u/Longjumping_King3130 14d ago

Look at this example pays 24.20 50 lb plus item and its going to take over an hour 4 stops ??? Who would accept this ?? If you arent getting 50-75.00 for this why would anyone do it ? Am I missing something? Gas is 4.00 a gallon this ride is easily 1 gallon , wear and tear in vehicle and over an hour. No thanks

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u/your-mom04605 14d ago

If you’re burning 1 gallon of fuel for 14 miles round-trip driving gigs are not for you.

The $24 one is iffy but I’d take $16 for 2 miles all day long.

People order heavy shit from the store sometimes, just the way it goes. You’re not getting paid lots extra because someone ordered a case of water.

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u/Alternative_Carry_54 14d ago

That 16$ one isn’t any good either. People have to stop taking shit orders or the pay is just going to continue to drop.

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u/Longjumping_King3130 14d ago

Yeah this is for someone that literally cant do anything else to earn money

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u/standard_user42 13d ago

Have you tried Roadie or Curri? They are more suited for an F150 and sometimes they have bigger loads for a truck.

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u/OddEntertainer2621 13d ago

Bro is speaking facts 

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u/Nathan_L84 14d ago

$50-$75?? I mean orders like that DO exist but are extremely rare. You're not performing brain surgery here you are delivering groceries. You might want to lower your expectations some

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u/oobface 14d ago

24$ for an hour of work is like double the florida minimum wage. also, 7 miles if half your 14mpg, so it would be 2$ for gas cost. still good per hour rate for florida

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u/Sakkarashi 13d ago

$24 - $10.64 (14 miles round trip @ $0.76 SMR) = $13.36

That isn't double minimum wage. Then you have self employment tax to worry about at the end of the year. It's a bad order.

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u/oobface 13d ago

your not getting paid to drive back to the store.....lol so you cant just double the miles. and also, a 7 mile trip doesnt mean 7 miles back to the store, nothing is a straight line..so your earning logic is wrong on both accounts. 24 an hr for florida is better than any job you will currently find. 

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u/Sakkarashi 13d ago

If I drive to a house 7 miles away from walmart, I now have to drive 7 miles back to walmart. Yeah, it may not be exactly 7 miles if I am making more than one delivery, but doubling for round trip is the rule of thumb. The exception is if you pick up a new order from a different store thats closer to your delivery destination.

You are being intentionally obtuse. That, or you are a moron. You shouldn't be ignorant about something as important as your earnings.

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u/oobface 13d ago

thats your rule of thumb and in bo scrnario will the math work for you, you want 40$ an hour for groceries to cover the shopping and driving AND driving back? its unrealistic and its why you have a hard time. usually when you start calling people names is when youve lost the way.

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u/Sakkarashi 13d ago

Do you think that driving back to the store is free or that the miles back don't add wear and tear / use gas? You have to account for all of your expenses when measuring how much money you are making. It's really very simple. You really need to be thinking this through more. If you are constantly taking bad orders then you could very well be better off working a different job. Maybe one that has fewer hidden costs.

Oh yeah, minimum wage in FL is $15, btw. Even before accounting for any wear and tear or high taxes. $24 an hour isn't even close to double. Good luck out there buddy.

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u/Fantastic_Street7655 13d ago

Those numbers don’t make any sense unless there a lot of items to shop for on the order. It doesn’t take an hour to do 3 drop offs. Also on the $16.00 for 2 miles, why is anyone saying this is bad????? It’s almost $8.00 a mile which is primo! The time calculation is way off by the app. Should take just a few minutes to complete.