Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage
by ginknocab on Thursday February 07, 2019 @12:45AM
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It's because drivers can and will reject orders with $0 tips. Drivers with GH get paid $3 + $.50 mileage as the crow flies. A $0 left on an order will be a total pay anywhere from $3-$5 depending on distance. It's absolutely not worth it to drive for $3-5 per order especially when a round trip for that order takes around 30 minutes. Also we don't get paid mileage for the trip to the restaurant. To add to the fire GH, DD, UE, etc all take about 25% from the restaurant so everyone is losing except for the courier companies.
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Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage
by coffee on Sunday February 10, 2019 @03:57PM
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> It's because drivers can and will reject orders with $0 tips.
That's what I said ;)
Drivers can see the tip (or lack thereof) and NOT take the order. So the end result for a customer who likes to pay a cash tip AFTER service is rendered, always gets horrible service.
I'm not complaining about the drivers, it's the company.
Re:Instacart and DoorDash’s Tip Policies Are Delivering Outrage
by cpeterso on Thursday February 07, 2019 @02:27AM
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So drivers can see the tip and food price before accepting an order? My understanding from reading a couple articles was that drivers could see how much they would get paid for the order but not see the breakdown of how much was the customer tip and how much was DD's contribution.