Amazon, Instacart delivery workers strike for coronavirus protection and pay

Re:Amazon, Instacart delivery workers strike for coronavirus... by creato on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:12PM (#22734034)

I wasn't advocating one way or the other. It was a genuine question. If 10 orders per hour is typical, that is $50/hr on top of what they are already making. Even just 4 orders per hour is an additional $20/hr. That could put the total pay to at least $30/hr? I think maybe that's fine for a luxury service like this, but that kind of pay probably shrinks the market for this service considerably, I can't imagine the margins in this business are very high.

Personally, I would be fine with paying $5 extra per order of groceries, but I'm not a user of services like this.

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Re:Amazon, Instacart delivery workers strike for coronavirus... by scollet on Sunday April 05, 2020 @10:35AM (#22785760)

Fair enough. Sorry for the hostility. I agree with you on the luxury angle. I think some portion of the cost should be passed to the consumer, but I am also in favor of the drivers being on payroll to "flatten" variability in order cost and provide income (among other things) protection for the worker. To me, the natural response to even a modicum of front-line exploitation (especially in turbulent times) should be met with scrutiny.

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Re:Amazon, Instacart delivery workers strike for coronavirus... by jackson1442 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:27AM (#22734944)

It will probably be a relatively opaque increase in cost. A lot of the cost of using IC/Shipt/etc. is actually in the cost of the products rather than in the delivery fee. Each service has its _own_ cost for each product (in fact, as a shopper it is suggested to download the customer app so you can answer questions about prices).

True "delivery fees" are only enacted for non-subscriber or small orders.

source: am infrequent Shipt/IC shopper

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