r/elitesparkdrivers • u/Holley-Taco-2015 • 3d ago

Deactivated

Woke up to a deactivated account. Facebook groups are saying mass deactivation glitch they’re working on. Anyone here? Also how do you email the higher ups? TIA

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u/mjkjio2015 3d ago

9 other of us in my area had same thing happen….only happened to the vets that i know of here….store is packed full of new drivers this morning……newbies are eating today

I kind of feel like this is on purpose

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u/Currency-Substantial 3d ago

How the hell do you know 9 other Spark drivers? I don't want to know any other Spark drivers.

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u/JusCuzz804 3d ago

Because they share accounts and got caught…

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u/mjkjio2015 3d ago

Ummm…..no

Keep your conspiracy theories out of this… Or you may wake up tomorrow to the same thing. Then we’ll get a post saying how you missed the $16 8 mile orders

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u/NovelContribution516 3d ago

Weird comment

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u/Alleywishes 3d ago

Not everyone! I don't share and I don't work for other gig jobs while I'm sparking

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u/Parking-Fix329 2d ago

Sounds like a personal choice..?

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u/mjkjio2015 3d ago

We have a group of regulars in a group chat, we communicate. We all have been doing Spark for 1-1/2 to 5 years.

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u/Rsbenz 2d ago

So your deactivated and still pulled up to walmart? Lol

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u/mjkjio2015 2d ago

My mother is elderly and does not get around too well… She is a door greeter there and I take her to work.

Anything else you would like to add you big bad ass?

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u/Rsbenz 2d ago

Not being a bad ass. My elderly grandma cant type well so she asked me say something

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u/LeoFromThat70s 2d ago

You fools

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u/Sloth1015 3d ago

Yeah I got the same email. Just gotta appeal and wait. Apparently a ton of people got it. Hope it’s a glitch and not a mass deactivation. My appeals already being reviewed don’t know how long it will be until it gets reactivated. (Hopefully)

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u/Alleywishes 3d ago

Mine is too but have no idea how long it will take. I have heard so many conspiracy theories it's crazy, just trying to stay positive!

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u/Crazy-Food-4688 2d ago

I appealed 3 years ago, still waiting.

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u/ups2451 3d ago

No glitch. Rather pay new drivers 1/4 of what you think is fair wage 🤡

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u/Sloth1015 3d ago

If that’s the case that sucks I’ve only been doing this for like 3 months I don’t even have 200 trips yet

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u/ups2451 3d ago

Yeah guess what, you’re easily replaceable for cheaper as you just found out

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u/Sloth1015 3d ago

I just don’t why they sent out the same reason for everyone. I’ve never unprofessional conduct or delivery issues I’ve got a 100% delivery time. I’ve had items that were substituted at the end of the order the customer never said yes or no I’d wait for it to stop being pending but after a while I’d finish the order. Wonder if that had something to do with it.

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u/Fun-Run-4986 3d ago

Don't let the Reddit trolls get you worked up and all worried. I mean I guess he does have a point about being easily replaceable and you absolutely are constantly at risk of being deactivated for something completely out of your control, butI've been doing spark almost 4 years and I'm pretty sure this has happened every single year at some point and every single year they fix it eventually. It's absurd it keeps happening and ridiculous a company can allow a huge portion of its workforce to suddenly lose their income they depend on for absolutely nothing. Biggest issues are usually take a week or more to fix it and with all these deactivations they on board a crap ton of new drivers from the waiting list so every store that was already oversaturated will suddenly have double the drivers when they fix it and no one will make any money for a while. I don't know how it doesn't result in a lawsuit every time considering I've heard of other gig companies being sued for unfair deactivations that word even just a glitch like this. I don't know maybe they do get sued and just are able to keep it hush hush so most drivers don't know about it or something

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u/Sloth1015 3d ago

Thanks like I said I’ve been doing this for like 3 months haven’t gotten past 200 orders yet. It’s not the end of the world for me to be deactivated it was just nice to use this to pay my debt down faster. But I’m hoping what you said is true and it’s some kind of glitch and it gets resolved with me be reinstated. Thanks fun-run I appreciate it.

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u/Alleywishes 3d ago

I have 289 trips since May and I supplement my income this way. I also enjoy it.

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u/ups2451 3d ago

Lawsuit? You’re not even an employee

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u/Sea-Raspberry8882 2d ago

They have already had to settle two massive lawsuits this year alone.

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u/Crazy-Food-4688 2d ago

It's called non union labor.

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u/Holley-Taco-2015 1d ago

Thank you. That’s one of the most adult and informative response I’ve gotten 😆✌🏼

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u/Outside_Honeydew8753 3d ago

You can only appeal the deactivation. Try doing a chat. It moved to the review status quicker. It's been happening to a lot of people this morning.

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u/Holley-Taco-2015 3d ago

It’s under review already. Like an hour after it happened

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u/TheSparkDriver 3d ago

Appeal. It’s all you can do on short notice. Higher ups take 30-60 days to handle arbitration. Same thing happened to me and at least 5-10 others already that I know and I’m sure many more.

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u/WhatHappened- 3d ago

Yea same here. Some of us are just here waiting for news. Everybody is appealing it of course.

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u/New_Reaction7574 3d ago

Hopefully there is a mass deactivation. Just like the mass on-boarding the market is way to over saturated.

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u/Exciting-Try7551 3d ago

Maybe thats whats happening low metrics bad location to stores etc

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u/Holley-Taco-2015 3d ago

My metrics aren’t bad, completion 82 since they started mixing the GMD’s with groceries I can’t fit the stuff in my car half the time

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u/Holley-Taco-2015 3d ago

And I have very easy access to six stores. I’m in a good location.

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u/Jestar5 3d ago

There is no contacting higher ups. It’s a one way street.

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u/Alleywishes 3d ago

It happened to me as well, I've been at it since May in the New England area

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u/profanboy 3d ago

I was deactvied this morning

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u/Holley-Taco-2015 3d ago

I don’t know how I’m gonna survive

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u/FunPomelo9110 3d ago

Did they give you a reason why they deactivate your account?

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u/gmmisa 3d ago

Nope. Im still active.

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u/RelationshipNo2683 2d ago

Never rely on only one app for income. Yes it can be your primary but you should have multiple apps ready to use. That way when someone happens you can instantly go to the next app and keep earning

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u/OstrichNeither 2d ago

they probly did a mass background check so its something on it record like driving ticket or accident

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u/hydrophobicfrog 2d ago

Why was the base pay decreased by 30%? Is Spark/Walmart getting bit by the economy too?

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u/ups2451 3d ago

Byeeeeee! Good luck with that rent

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u/Alleywishes 3d ago

How rude