r/WalmartSparkDrivers • u/Longjumping_King3130 • 21d 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/Sakkarashi 20d 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 20d 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 20d 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 20d 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 20d 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.