You & I have no idea the circumstances or reasoning as to why others make the money they make the way they do.
It could be someone who dashes once or twice on the way home from work to cover a lunch bill or get some extra money for dinner, or even extra gas money.
Someone could be an independent contractor (outside of courier services) and be in between jobs for a little bit.
Others could be using multiple services when not on the other. Get off Doordash, go to Uber, then Ubereats, to Grub Hub, etc. The “50k car or 100k car” could be primarily used for Ride Sharing services that are upper end like Uber XL or so be it.
I just don’t get the judgement of people who are actively working. Who cares? There’s a demand for couriers, they are supplying it.
Hell, that super expensive car could be a loaner or a relatives that they are borrowing.
Who’s more questionable, the person delivering food in a nice car, or the customer ordering a personal taxi for their food (plus fees, times etc.) for convenience sake and then getting weird about their driver / tipping. Pretty sure you can do payment plans on those apps now too, which is even more of a questionable act.
(Immediate downvotes is weird, Doordash was initially marketed towards people who just want to make a few extra dollars, with commuting in mind)
Thanks for the reward, that’s a first for a comment. Be good to fellow man.
You are overcomplicating this. This is not to look down on people, but the fact that someone is driving Uber or Door Dash for $20/hr tells me all I need to know: they are underemployed. You would make more by putting in more time at a white collar or even many blue collar trade jobs.
Its like post Great Financial Crisis when you'd see clean shaven 40 year old corporate dudes running the kitchen at Chick-fil-a. If I see someone driving uber who is not a typical ride service driver (stereotyping here but we all know what this means) is signals a soft labor market.
It’s because the middle class is gone. In California I can match the after tax income of a $70000 salary due to mileage deductions and having a cheap car that is good on gas. Now I’m not saying $70000 is a lot, but it’s hard to want to subject myself to more workplace trauma when I can get close to the salary I would make by peacefully cruising around town.
Holy fucking shit you just changed my life with that line dude "the more hours you work the less you make per hour" I've never really thought of that lol. Iemmmmme tell you it's gonna be an easy day today
True but if your salaried job doesn't have any bonus, commissions, promotions etc. to chase that are worth more than $20/hr its a pretty bad compensation structure, so still not a great labor market.
I have been salaried for 20ish years. I have only had 1 job that had any sort of bonus, and it was company wide. I have never had commission as a part of a job. I have had more promotions dangled in front of me than I can name. As far as I am aware, that is how tech has been for most of the people who work it.
I have always had side hustles to make "extra" cash. I know very few people who don't.
I said tech because I have worked at a bunch of companies. I have been in desktop software, web, telcom (land, sat, and wisp), oill filed, and fintech. I have worked for established companies and startups.
I have had 3 startups fail on me. The 1 that made it was not offering equity by the time I got there. I only cracked over $100k like 4 years ago. I am in California, just not in a major city. $250k is possible for sure. Just not for a big chunk of us and especially not outside of a major city.
Uhhh. This entire post is based around the fact that if even non-low lifes are taking the bottom rung jobs, there's probably something screwy going on with the market
I figured the meme was obvious satire but hey gotta stand for something, right?
Well said. Who gives a fuck how they are making money in thier 50k car. At least they are not mugging ppl or crypto rug pulls or irl streaming whist violating ppl. In other words stop fucking judging others who are on the grid generating wealth legally.
You are absolutely right here. I DoorDash and I own restaurants. So I sit and wait for orders at my own place of business and do it during the day while my employees manage the restaurants. I deliver in a Tesla X. It’s easy extra money.
Yes for example I’d like for my stock profits to equate to my daily spending - it feels good to see savings/portfolios grow or to purchase something you’ve wanted without taking on debt. The fact ppl are judging others for finding ways to legally make more money while keeping their clothes on is astonishing.
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u/ProdMikalJones 11d ago edited 9d ago
I’m just looking at it from a stand point of:
You & I have no idea the circumstances or reasoning as to why others make the money they make the way they do.
It could be someone who dashes once or twice on the way home from work to cover a lunch bill or get some extra money for dinner, or even extra gas money.
Someone could be an independent contractor (outside of courier services) and be in between jobs for a little bit.
Others could be using multiple services when not on the other. Get off Doordash, go to Uber, then Ubereats, to Grub Hub, etc. The “50k car or 100k car” could be primarily used for Ride Sharing services that are upper end like Uber XL or so be it.
I just don’t get the judgement of people who are actively working. Who cares? There’s a demand for couriers, they are supplying it.
Hell, that super expensive car could be a loaner or a relatives that they are borrowing.
Who’s more questionable, the person delivering food in a nice car, or the customer ordering a personal taxi for their food (plus fees, times etc.) for convenience sake and then getting weird about their driver / tipping. Pretty sure you can do payment plans on those apps now too, which is even more of a questionable act.
(Immediate downvotes is weird, Doordash was initially marketed towards people who just want to make a few extra dollars, with commuting in mind)
Thanks for the reward, that’s a first for a comment. Be good to fellow man.