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Comment on DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months agoI used to work in that crummy space on the HQ side of things.
That’s a little part of it, but there are bigger reasons. Orders with low driver payouts are less likely to get claimed by the contractors in the market. They will sit around longer waiting to get picked up.
Moreover, in order to move a low paying order, DoorDash’s algorithm will be more likely to bundle the order with one or two other orders. That will boost the payout or the claimed job, but it will also make your food wait on a counter an in a car.
Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey, I’m the first one in line to shit talk gig economy work. Christ, my ass got canned for being a highly internal visible leader, at large delivery service, who was constantly leading and highlighting internal research that showed big concerns with pay (or lack thereof).
That said, if you want to know why orders without tips come cold, it’s primarily because low dollar amounts are undesirable to claim.
DoorDash wants likes to dupe the customer instead of just charging the real full service price at checkout. $5 isn’t enough money for someone to want to spend 45min in time and gas for your burger.
Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]slumberlust@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Seems genuine to me. Why are you being a prick while adding nothing to the discussion?
neptune@dmv.social 11 months ago
We all get that
Ledivin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You tried to say that it wasn’t DoorDash’s fault for paying like shit, but then went on to qualify every other reason with “low paying order” - none of that would matter if DoorDash didn’t pay like shit.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh, it’s 100% doordash’s fault. I completely agree. The base pay needs to be livable.
My point was that it’s not like a dasher is going to slow walk your burger because you didn’t tip. If they see a low payout, they don’t claim it.
DoorDash likes to guilt trip the customer into tipping, when they really should just pay better.
They know that by having a separate tip line, instead of one larger service fee charge, people get tricked into thinking delivery is more affordable than it is. It’s all a bunch of dark pattern shit that fucks over customers and drivers. We need regulations around this space.
NightOwl@lemmy.one 11 months ago
It seems like ticket master with the fees at the end and then have people go well I’m already this far into the cart so I might as well check out, or computers where the starting price is low then few upgrades and price is more than double the initial eye catching low base price.
It’s all pricing tricks expect in this one they shift the blame to customers and workers while upper management watches them fight.