I occasionally order food from Uber Eats or other delivery services. I prefer to go to the restaurant and pick it up myself. When I do, I usually tip 5%. When I am in a restaurant a server refills my glass, asks if I need a condiment, asks if I want desert...ect.
While a delivery driver just drives and hands you.
Originally Posted by Fizley
When it comes to Uber eats, favor, grub hub and similar, the company has larger delivery fees than the driver gets. With Uber eats, the food is already ordered and paid on the app, so you are partially correct in that all they do is drive and drop off. But keep in mind they are the ones to deal with traffic and weather to get it to you. With Favor, your driver has to put in your order and pay for it when they get to the destination.
Ive delivered with both companies during COVID. There are times that I’m not even close to either the pick up or drop off location and may have a 30-45 minute drive. Some of those deliveries offer less than $10, which means that may be all I made that hour. But then there are some that are quite a bit more. But the average that I would get per delivery is around $5-10.
What about delivery drivers that are hired by the place you order from - for example pizza delivery drivers?
I’ve worked for more than one pizza place. Hourly pay has been $4.25-4.50 when on the road, $7.25-7.50 when in the store.
All of the places add a delivery fee, which people assume goes to the driver, but that’s not the case.
Previous place, we had to take care of taking garbage out, folding boxes, doing dishes, cleaning, prep, answered phones, and stocking to go along with deliveries.
Second place, we did everything. Yes, we even had to make the pizzas if we were that busy or backed up. The only thing drivers didn’t do was manage the other employees.
Delivery drivers are out there in all weather, when it’s hot, rainy and cold. We deliver on all types of roads with construction and potholes that could almost swallow my car, not to mention apartments with speed bumps that you have to be a turtle going over. I’ve been to places where I did not feel safe, walked up two or three flights of steps with arms loaded so can’t use the railing, but some railings are loose so can’t use them anyways. We deal with people placing cash orders yet not having the money when we arrived, or they won’t answer the door. Some people answer the door in their underwear or lingerie. Some expect extras that they did mot order.
Just food for thought.