Thanks to a partnership between DoorDash and Walmart, some Walmart orders are now delivered by DoorDash—and Uber Eats, too. Convenient, right?
But there’s a problem: Many DoorDash drivers hate doing Walmart orders. Take one visit to the DoorDash subreddit you’ll see daily posts like these by drivers complaining about Walmart orders.
- “Walmart orders are making me lose money”
- “I decline all Walmart orders”
- “200 items up to a 3rd story apartment and no tip”
- “Just remember, Somewhere in the world right now….someone is on a $3 Walmart order”
The disdain for Walmart orders is so strong that some drivers even request to block all Walmart orders (pic).
So what are the main complaints from drivers? Low pay, slow service at Walmart, infrequent tipping, and simply too much work for too little money.
Just check out these estimated payouts to see why drivers are upset: $3-$5 to spend 30+ minutes hauling heavy groceries, with no guaranteed tip. Normal food deliveries are faster, easier, and typically pay more.
Haul 43 items for $5 with no guarantee of a tip. Would you accept?
It’s clear that DoorDash drivers don’t like Walmart orders. To get to the root of the issue, let’s look at how Walmart orders on DoorDash work, and what DoorDash and Walmart can do to improve the situation.
How the pickup and delivery process works for Walmart orders on DoorDash
Here’s what the overall delivery process looks like for a Walmart order:
- Accept or decline the Walmart order request
- Navigate to the Walmart pickup area
- Wait for Walmart employee to load the order into the car
- Navigate to the customer
- Drop off the order at the customer’s door
Walmart orders might not look too different from a typical DoorDash food delivery, but the problems lie in the execution.
Problems with the DoorDash/Walmart delivery process
A Walmart order request looks similar to other requests: Drivers see the location of the Walmart, the customer drop off location, and a payout amount that includes a base payout and any electronic tip.
Walmart customers can now tip when they place an order, and DoorDash updated the Dasher app to include tips in the overall estimated payout on the order request screen.
A lot of complaints are with the pickup experience. Drivers say that pickup areas can be disorganized, and wait times vary wildly. It’s not supposed to take more than 5 minutes to get the groceries, but DoorDash drivers regularly report that it can take 20+ minutes.
Drop offs are another point of friction for drivers: Food deliveries are typically just a light bag or two, but Walmart orders can contain dozens of heavy items that must be hauled to the customer’s door.
Imagine taking several trips to the car to haul cases of water up the stairs at an apartment complex. It’s a lot more work than a food delivery for the same, or sometimes less, pay.
6 stops? This is more like a UPS delivery route. Credit essejpatterson on Reddit
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How DoorDash Drivers Get Paid for Walmart Orders
Payouts for DoorDash orders work the same way as a typical food delivery order: Drivers receive base pay + promotions + 100% of tips. Base pay is an algorithm that accounts for time, distance, and ‘desirability.’
The issue is that base pay can be quite low, sometimes as low as $3, and tipping for these orders seems to be less frequent than regular orders. Many DoorDash drivers share screenshots of orders in the $6 – $8 range, which isn’t terrible as long as the entire order doesn’t take too long. But when wait times are 20+ minutes with a long drive & delivery to follow, $6 doesn’t look so great.
It used to be that Walmart customers could only tip after an order was completed, but that has changed. Walmart customers can now leave a tip when they place an order, and the tip will be included in the order payout estimate that drivers see.
Which would you accept: A food delivery that shows a $10 payout to deliver a bag of food, or a Walmart grocery order with 25 items that shows a $5 payout?
Controversy: Does Walmart ‘Keep’ Tips on DoorDash Orders? (No)
Tips on Walmart orders can be so few and far between compared to food delivery that some drivers suspect an issue with the payment might be preventing them from receiving tips.
The way payments for Walmart orders are handled might also cause a delay in tipping, or potentially missed tips. With a typical food delivery order, payments are directly handled by DoorDash. With a Walmart order, payments are first handled by Walmart, then are completed by DoorDash. Walmart seems to settle orders more slowly than DoorDash, so the extra step can cause delays.
I asked DoorDash for more clarity on how the payment system for DoorDash/Walmart orders works, and if it’s possible for Walmart to ‘keep’ tips that are intended for drivers.
A DoorDash rep said, “[Walmart order pay] is the base pay plus 100% of the tips. However, for Drive and Grocery order, the customer’s are placing the order directly to the store. We cannot see here in our system if there’s a customer’s tip or none. It still depends on the store if they will provide the tip or not.” [Pic of conversation]
Some DoorDash customers have complained that they tried to tip DoorDash drivers, but an app bug prevented them from doing so. One customer said, “The app will show that the tip went through, however, the following day after delivery there’s an error message in the app that says “sorry your order is no longer eligible for tipping, your tip has been removed.”
My take: Walmart isn’t keeping tips, but they might be slow to deliver them, and app issues may prevent them from going through.
Some Walmart Customers are Unhappy with DoorDash Deliveries Too
Down in the comments section of this article, you’ll find comments from Walmart customers who were unhappy with a DoorDash delivery. The main complaint is that they weren’t notified that their order would be delivered by DoorDash. Some orders are split between shipping companies, so some items in the order are delivered by DoorDash others are delivered by FedEx.
Many Walmart customers don’t feel that they need to tip DoorDash because they were never notified that DoorDash would be fulfilling the order. If they didn’t request DoorDash, why would they tip? And if they don’t tip UPS or FedEx, why would they tip DoorDash? This is a common customer outlook on the DoorDash/Walmart situation.
One customer said, “The current system is not set up to even make customers aware of HOW/WHEN their items will be delivered. Most will just assume it’s through USPS FedEx or UPS.”
And it’s hard to argue with this customer’s logic: “I can’t justify a tip for something I was not advised was going to happen.”
Walmart Workers Chime in
DoorDash drivers don’t like Walmart orders, and it turns out that the feeling is mutual for Walmart workers. Walmart employees complain of impatient DoorDash drivers who become rude when wait times are longer than a few minutes. And then there’s the time a frustrated DoorDash driver dumped a load of groceries in the Walmart loading area without telling anyone.
Another point of friction is that Walmart instructs workers not to load an order into a car if the driver or vehicle appears disheveled or unclean, or if the driver has young children in the car who can’t be left unattended. Imagine how uncomfortable it is for employees to turn a driver away, or to be turned away as a driver!
How DoorDash and Walmart Can Improve The Situation
DoorDash drivers don’t like them, Walmart workers aren’t big fans either, and customers feel like they are in the dark too. What can be done?
Walmart should let customers know that their delivery is being completed by DoorDash. Too many Walmart customers have no idea what DoorDash is, or why part of their delivery was done by DoorDash when another was done by FedEx. If customers know what to expect, they’ll be a lot more satisfied.
Walmart orders are much less appealing for Dashers compared to restaurant orders, so Dashers either need more tips or higher base to make it worth their while. Walmart could try to encourage tipping, but it’s understandable that adding a new cost won’t go over well with Walmart customers who already pay for shipping or delivery memberships.
The remaining option is a higher delivery fee for drivers that is paid for by Walmart and DoorDash, or their customers. In the end, someone will need to pay more.
Another necessity that’s easier said than done: Improve logistics. One of the major complaints from DoorDash drivers is that they have to wait far too long at Walmart to pick up an order. Some type of logistical upgrade is needed to streamline the process, but there’s no guarantee that DoorDash and Walmart will be able to sort that out.
DoorDash drivers: If the payout doesn’t look right, decline it! You can’t be deactivated for a low order acceptance rate, so you’re free to decline any order that doesn’t meet your standards.
Joanne says
Doordash drivers aren’t getting their tips because the Walmart app does not always give you the option to tip. I’ve made several complaints because I appreciate the great jobs these people do. I need this service but I’m getting frustrated that The app doesn’t always let me tip. Sometimes I can’t get to the bank to get cash for my drivers. It’s maddening.
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
You do know that the post office is a government agency and can’t accept tips, right? And, that we taxpayers are paying for our mail service (taxes pay for government workers)? FedEx can’t accept tips either. If you are such a great driver, then why aren’t you working for them?
“It is a luxury service. If you can’t afford to pay for that service properly, you shouldn’t use it.”
— A luxury service, wow, I feel so fancy. Luxury Walmart is pretty much an oxymoron. See I don’t recall saying I couldn’t afford the service, I’m not the one degrading myself by working for $3, you are. Fess up, what’s wrong with you where this is the only job you can get? Criminal record? Crappy employment history? Fear of drug testing? Trump supporter??? It has to be something.
Yes, I know where my delivery service fee goes, exactly where you just described….
“They are shopping, bagging, sorting, and keeping it temp safe.” But, you forgot fielding customer complaints, issuing refunds out of their own pockets for your negligence and laziness, maintaining a website and app, their overhead, that parking lot you all wait in, those people loading them into your car, etc.
What’s DD’s part in the equation? Drive away after someone loads you up, go down the road a few miles while you choke down some drive-thru and take a few bong hits, and then throw the grocery bags in the closest space you see. Rinse and repeat.
Thank you for that perspective, now I definitely will never tip a DD driver. It’s Walmart doing all the work!
“The cheapness and tackiness and entitled behavior is unreal.”
— Entitled behavior, such big words from someone expecting to get a 20$ tip for doing absolutely nothing. You are right, I will always feel entitled to exactly what I have paid for, shame on me. If you are only making $3 an hour, then you should be thanking us fancy entitled folks for paying for your luxury food stamps and free health care with our real jobs.
Let me guess… you are under 25 years old, still living with mom and pops in their basement, mom is still doing your laundry and packing your DoorDash lunchbox, while dad wonders when you are going to move out, grow up, and get a real job. They let you keep the $3 you make so you can feel independent and buy your own Superman underoos, meanwhile they are secretly planning to move to Florida while you’re sleeping just so they can get their life back. Sound familiar?
You are using an alias on here… What, afraid DoorDash might find out that you are trashing your own company, blaming society for your failures, and telling the people that’s keeping them in business to not use their service? Oh! I just figured it out…. you have no choice but this job because you keep getting fired from real jobs for crappy customer service, insubordination, and a completely unrealistic view of how the real world works. Am I close??
Jai says
I am so offended by your comments. I broke my back 4 years ago I cannot work a regular job anymore I can only drive. I’ve been doing door dash for 2 years now and enjoying it. Until the walmart orders started. I have been getting orders for hundreds of groceries and when you get there you have to carry all of them up 3 or 4 flights of steps that are a sheet of ice and it’s only 20 degrees out. Do you know how heavy cat litter and dog food is? How about 5 cases of water? I think your the entitled one making this stupid ass comment!
Ronny Zollner says
I’m finding the above comments all to be entirely correct. It’s difficult not to admire everyone’s perspectve following such hopeless encounters with a Corporate giant such as Walmart. They obviously could care less about their customers or even their own bottom line where misplaced orders or even crafty DD delivery drivers hi-jack all of Walmart’s inventory. Thank God the banks are still able to recognize a crook even when they are never seen!! Walmart is failing miserably and seemingly has no regard for even itself!!
God says
Anastasia, you are, quite simply, an idiot.
L. Gelazin says
Yeah, me too. Here’s my response to Walmart (who essentially responded, “Too bad, so sad, bye-bye”) for last evening’s surprise DoorDash delivery:
“To: [email protected] Wed, Jan 20 at 11:47 AM
Dear Timothy,
DoorDash people (independent contractors all, right?), expect and deserve a tip. If I used this or like services (I don’t) every one of them, every time, would receive (at least) a $10 tip.
Walmart broke up my single order into two Doordash deliveries. Only the first one–the kid with (4) 40-lb boxes of cat litter–got a $10 tip. The 2nd guy who delivered the rest of the order (4 bottles of shampoo) a half-hour later didn’t get a tip because I didn’t have any more cash.
So here’s what I’m going to do.
I am going to dispute $10 –the tip I paid Driver #1–of this order’s charge with Visa. ‘Free shipping’ means ‘free shipping’ without feeling obliged to tip a driver–or two, maybe more–who probably doesn’t net minimum wage let alone make enough to live on.
This new DoorDash delivery business, IMO, is a despicable exploitation on Walmart’s part.
If Walmart refuses to refund the money, then I will see them in small claims court. Same goes for every future time Walmart sends Doordash driver(s) to my house.
Thank you,”
Anything to save a buck, right?
Stuart says
I have been wondering about why I have been getting Doordash deliveries without being warned. In each case, I would receive an unexpected phone call from the Doordash deliverer to announce that he/she was in my driveway. This explains it. My last 2 Walmart orders included about 8-10 items each. In each case, ONE of the items in each order was delivered by Doordash. The items ranged in price from $ 4 to 8$. And I am supposed to tip the driver for a $4 something delivered by a method I did not request? Now that I understand the system, I no longer plan to order from Walmart.That’s it. Done!
Elizabeth says
When I order “deliver to home” items (not fresh food) on Walmart.com, I expect the order to be shipped via UPS, Fedex or Post Office from Walmart’s WAREHOUSES. Recently, Walmart started to use Door Dash to deliver such goods from their local stores, and on my last three orders, Door Dash delivered some Walmart.com items. On all three Door Dash deliveries, I either received the wrong items or someone else’s order. Do you think I left a tip on any of the three orders that had shipping prepaid and the wrong items delivered? Maybe some of the tip issues happen because customers aren’t expecting Door Dash to deliver items that they already paid Walmart to ship.
Kelly says
That is a Walmart issue. Door dash drivers are not allowed to go through the items. We have to trust the store is doing what they should. I decline all grocery orders because I was stiffed too many times and it’s not worth the headache. My suggestion on all fronts, if you want something done right, do it yourself.
ConsiderThis says
I placed an order through Walmart.com which is supposed to be completely separate from Walmart grocery delivery service. Yet when there are food items in the Walmart.com order, I will get an email stating, “Good News, part of your order is being delivered early. Then someone from Door Dash will ring my Doorbell expecting me to answer the door in the middle of this pandemic to tip him and I don’t find this convenient, safe or economical! Why do I have to give tips for delivery when I didn’t order an early delivery? This isn’t fair to the Door Dash person or the customer!
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
Ya know, I am reading all of these comments about drivers not happy with the Walmart business end of it. I don’t hear you complaining about the customers, yet you expect the customers to compensate you with tips due to your frustration with the stores. Then what happens is that you all are in such a rush on your deliveries (trying to maximize your time) that you are just quickly throwing groceries wherever you want, not following the delivery instructions, and also damaging groceries in the process. And then you want to be tipped for that, and in advance?!?
This article states:”An easy improvement would be to allow and encourage Walmart customers to add a tip during the checkout process, then include that tip in the estimated payout that drivers see before they accept an order. That’s how it works for food delivery, and drivers vastly prefer that system.”
— Walmart Grocery Delivery customers have no clue who is doing the actual delivery and shouldn’t matter to us anyway, we pay a monthly service fee for this delivery. I don’t tip the UPS guy for delivering my Amazon Prime membership purchases, why would we for groceries?
We also pay for the order in advance, and prior to even knowing who the driver will be. So, you’re saying we should just tip in advance before we even get our order, or have the service to determine if it is tip worthy? Do you walk into a restaurant and immediately lay down a tip for a server yet to be determined? I doubt it, yet you expect the same from Walmart customers.
Take up your pay and pickup issues with your employer or Walmart, or get a new job, but don’t take it out on innocent customers. Tips are for exceptional service after the fact, not a participation trophy for just showing up. This article is encouraging drivers to determine a job’s worthiness based on if it has a tip involved. How about just making money the old fashioned way, by doing a good job because it’s the job you agreed to do?
Beckie says
I totally agree. I’m already paying a fee to Walmart to have my groceries delivered.
Tips are for exceptional service.
I’ve had to call Walmart several times with groceries not showing up over an hour after delivery window because the original “driver” shows up more then 15 mins before the order has finished processing and refuses to wait.
Then my order sits there because Walmart has to put out another call for a driver.
It’s terribly frustrating for the customers.
Walmart should just go the route of hiring their own fleet of drivers. They would definitely be more reliable.
Ashley McCartney says
Literally, we’re given $4 for a walmart order. Regardless of distance. Regardless of how much crap you load on the order. If you genuinely don’t think tips should be given for service in general, please don’t order doordash for any reason. I’m grateful that dashing is my side hustle, but for a lot of people in this economy it isn’t only that. All the privilege in these posts are making me gag. It’s terribly frustrating for the drivers that you think you don’t need to tip, not to mention that you can’t go get your own 61 grocery items, that we then have to lug out of our cars and up to your apartments. If you’re really so disappointed, go to Instacart.
Ashley says
Dashers receive $3 per order without tips. Baseline. If you think you deserve us lugging 61 item grocery orders 9 miles from your nearest Walmart to your third floor apartment and that you shouldn’t tip us unless it all happens in under 20 minutes, you should really rethink your ordering choices.
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
Oh, so we are supposed to order less so that you don’t have to work so hard?
Did DoorDash suddenly have a draft or something? You all are acting like you are being forced into this. Think about it, you are making $3 in your scenario for half hour’s work, meanwhile, there are retail companies paying premium wages up to 5x that… like Walmart! You are choosing to work this job because you’d thought it would be easy money where you didn’t have to actually work. And now you are mad at us, people paying for you to have that job, because you realized you actually may have to do some work.
Oh my, this is the generation that is supposed to be contributing to the Social Security system so we can retire with ours. We are all doomed.
Chris says
Hi so yes it’s not right how they want to do things. As a driver myself I will see a walmart order pop up and yes sometimes I decline because when we receive these they will show up 2.50 at most for 6+ miles but if I’m realy close to the store I pick up the order and I always text and call my customers saying that I have there online Walmart order and try to get the best instructions to do what the customers want. Sometimes the problem is with the covid going on especially in my area the team that works on the online Walmart orders are usually out sick lately and other non trained employees are picking the items so wait times can be upward to 1hr not always the car longest I waited for an order was 2hrs but kept in contact with customer whole time. Yes some dashers will unassign themselves which then resets timer but we are not all like that. We are all sub contractor and Walmart is the main ones in charge we just deliver. It’s frustrating for both ends because yes alot of people don’t know DoorDash is contacted but so is roadie instacart skip cart etc today no one knows who is delivering. But I tell people I talk to who have had bad experience with a dasher if there’s any issues go online and contact DoorDash support and address the issue so they may get to the bottom of the problem.
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
That’s exactly what needs to happen! The problem is the 3rd party drivers being involved, they don’t care about our purchases, as we have seen on here they are in it for the $3 only and think their wages should come solely from tips for bad service.
I just switched to Instacart and wished I had done it earlier. With Instacart, the same person does the shopping and delivery so they take the job much more seriously. I’ve been tipping them $10 on $70 orders and never think twice about it because they actually haven’t thrown my groceries in the snow yet! Yay Instacart!
Marie says
Lady, I hear what you’re saying but the real problem is Walmart shouldn’t be using Doordash drivers for deliveries because their payout is different. Walmart uses a company called Sparks to do their deliveries, however, there are so many orders that Sparks can’t keep up. I signed up for Sparks before Doordash and I have the app now but I doubt if I will ever use it because of the amount of work. You compared a doordash delivery to a UPS or FedEx or even the post office, well the problem is those jobs are paid hourly wages and benefits on a weekly or bi-weekly basis but NOT Doordash we are “contractors” and only paid a minimum of $3 an order. I don’t take these orders because it’s just not worth my time however most people know that picking up their food from a restaurant takes time and gas that they don’t want to expend so they give a good tip for us bringing their food. All of these delivery places make at a minimum of $20 an hour whether or not they deliver one item or 20 but Doordash doesn’t have a minimum wage we are paid by how many orders we can pick up and deliver within an hour’s time. Therefore, if I have a $3 order and a $12 and one is with a lot of bags and another with one bag which one do you think I’m going to take? The whole pay paradigm is different which is why Doordash shouldn’t be delivering groceries, in my opinion. I’m old school too and I was thinking of a delivery driver as a waitress and they aren’t. They are contracted to deliver your food period. They are NOT connected to the store that prepares your food nor do they prepare it. Think of DD and any food delivery service as someone who can get you your food fast and hot if you’re willing to pay for it. The higher the tip the more enticing for the driver to take the order and wait as long as he/she has to then put it in an insulated bag that they have bought themselves and not the flimsy ones DD gives them and bring it to you hot. What is it worth to you, considering your time, road conditions, and traffic?
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
I hear what you are saying, Marie. But, it always goes back to the fact that we just simply signed up for a delivery service and have no clue at all which company does the delivery, let alone how much someone is making off it. It depends on the area and that specific Walmart. I honestly couldn’t even tell you if DD actually services my Walmart.
Think about it, why is it that you all make so little? Do we determine your wages, no. Does Walmart determine your wages, no. DoorDash determines your wages. Isn’t your gripe actually with them? There’s a lot of passion here, maybe that passion is better served directed at the actual culprit.
I hate Walmart, never going back. But, there is a reason why they are getting a bigger piece of this pie you want. When something goes wrong on my end, who do I call? Walmart, not DD. Like I said, we have no info on which company is delivering, at all. So, that company doesn’t get my call when their driver throws my groceries in the snow. Walmart gets the call, and their employees have to take care of any issues. That requires labor dollars. Based on how screwed up Walmart is, I’d say they are shelling out a lot of labor dollars just in handling delivery driver complaints. Now, is that fair to them? No, they didn’t dump my groceries in the snow, DD did. But, they have to financially pay to correct it, whether it be through refunds or re-delivery, etc. Walmart has had to issue me over $500 in refunds over a 6 month period due to negligent 3rd party drivers. THIS is where your expected wages are going and always will.
Again, unless someone has a gun to your head, why exactly are you choosing to work for $3? Seriously, why? No one here has yet to say WHY they allow themselves to work for peanuts. What is it about the job that is sooo much better than a minimum wage job (average 3-5x that amount)? Is it the flexibility, is it the actual work, what is it?
Answer that for yourself and you’ll realize what a great thing you have for your life needs, or you’ll see yourself in a more worthy light and finally get out of the peanut wage circus.
DoorDash Driver says
How about going to get your own groceries then instead of expecting someone to drive 10 miles to your house and deliver a carload of groceries to your front door for $3. If you want to know why your groceries are late for delivery, it’s because nobody want’s to work for $3 an hour. When the order comes thru for $3 it’s always denied because nobody will take it. I know, that is just totally selfish of us to not work for $3 per hour. I’m willing to bet you’re the same person that tips 5% when eating at a restaurant.
Bigtips says
Expect?!! Uh yes, people usually are expected to do their jobs and yes I expect a grocery delivery service to do just that and deliver what’s been ordered and paid for. You’re acting as if you’re doing a favor for someone, you’re doing the job you yourself excepted and are paid to do.. don’t except Walmart deliveries if you feel they’re unfair!!!!! Do you expect?? Yes!! Why wouldn’t they!? I always tip for my Walmart delivery, I thought it was delivered by Walmart not Door Dash .hmm..good to know though…
Your underpaiddriver says
You don’t have to tip the UPS guy for the same reason you don’t tip your mailman – those people are employed by UPS, FedEX, or the post office. They are being paid a flat wage (hourly or salary) to make their deliveries.
If you are ordering from Walmart’s grocery service, there is an entire team of employees in walmart processing your order. They are shopping, bagging, sorting and keeping it temp safe. Then when it is GO time, the independently contracted drivers (like doordash, postmates, and others) get called in to come get your items.
The delivery fee you pay to walmart doesn’t go to that driver. That driver is paid $3-4 to drive there in their own car, pick up your stuff, drive it to your home and unload.
It is a luxury service. If you can’t afford to pay for that service properly, you shouldn’t use it.
It’s the same reason when I place a pizza order, I go pick it up myself, because I can’t afford the extra $3 delivery fee, plus a tip to the driver (because I would never not tip a driver).
The cheapness and tackiness and entitled behavior is unreal.
Anastasia Beaverhausen says
You do know that the post office is a government agency and can’t accept tips, right? And, that we taxpayers are paying for our mail service (taxes pay for government workers)? FedEx can’t accept tips either. If you are such a great driver, then why aren’t you working for them?
“It is a luxury service. If you can’t afford to pay for that service properly, you shouldn’t use it.”
— A luxury service, wow, I feel so fancy. Luxury Walmart is pretty much an oxymoron. See I don’t recall saying I couldn’t afford the service, I’m not the one degrading myself by working for $3, you are. Fess up, what’s wrong with you where this is the only job you can get? Criminal record? Crappy employment history? Fear of drug testing? Trump supporter??? It has to be something.
Yes, I know where my delivery service fee goes, exactly where you just described….
“They are shopping, bagging, sorting, and keeping it temp safe.” But, you forgot fielding customer complaints, issuing refunds out of their own pockets for your negligence and laziness, maintaining a website and app, their overhead, that parking lot you all wait in, those people loading them into your car, etc.
What’s DD’s part in the equation? Drive away after someone loads you up, go down the road a few miles while you choke down some drive-thru and take a few bong hits, and then throw the grocery bags in the closest space you see. Rinse and repeat.
Thank you for that perspective, now I definitely will never tip a DD driver. It’s Walmart doing all the work!
“The cheapness and tackiness and entitled behavior is unreal.”
— Entitled behavior, such big words from someone expecting to get a 20$ tip for doing absolutely nothing. You are right, I will always feel entitled to exactly what I have paid for, shame on me. If you are only making $3 an hour, then you should be thanking us fancy entitled folks for paying for your luxury food stamps and free health care with our real jobs.
Let me guess… you are under 25 years old, still living with mom and pops in their basement, mom is still doing your laundry and packing your DoorDash lunchbox, while dad wonders when you are going to move out, grow up, and get a real job. They let you keep the $3 you make so you can feel independent and buy your own Superman underoos, meanwhile they are secretly planning to move to Florida while you’re sleeping just so they can get their life back. Sound familiar?
You are using an alias on here… What, afraid DoorDash might find out that you are trashing your own company, blaming society for your failures, and telling the people that’s keeping them in business to not use their service? Oh! I just figured it out…. you have no choice but this job because you keep getting fired from real jobs for crappy customer service, insubordination, and a completely unrealistic view of how the real world works. Am I close??
Robert says
That Amazon driver gets paid 20 bucks a hour we don’t we get paid 3- 5 bucks driving 5-18 miles on average taking 30 – 45 minutes to complete.
Add gas, insurance, taxes, wear an tear on car.
So now we make less than 1 buck.
Would you work for a couple bucks an hour.
Didn’t think so.