Posted on 04/29/2023 1:11:12 PM PDT by DFG
Getting that pizza delivered could cost $5 to $7 more if the city adopts a new pay rate for delivery-app workers.
A controversial proposal by the city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would hike pay for GrubHub, UberEats, and DoorDash delivery workers far past the $15 minimum wage.
Under one plan, deliverers would be paid $33.27 per hour for time spent on active delivery.
A second plan would pay them $19.96 hourly for the total time spent online and delivering.
A final decision from the agency is expanded soon.
The hikes would go into full effect in 2025.
A law passed by the City Council in 2021 mandates food delivery apps must pay their workers a minimum hourly wage.
The proposed wage hike — derived using a complex formula — is significantly higher than a $23.82-per-hour plan the agency floated in November.
A city-commissioned study said the earlier proposed rate would increase consumers’ cost of delivery by $5.18 per order, on average, as the apps pass the increased costs onto consumers.
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This Great State has become the stupid state.
I hope they do it.
Uh, couldn’t these folks save their money and cook their own food?
Are these delivery guys working for the pizza shop or the NYC government?
I’ve been a DD driver for two and a half years (it’s a lot of fun and a great way to supplement Social Security!). Here in Maryland I already make about $25-30 and hour, and I know some Dashers are already over the $42,000 range. Downside for the drivers, of course, is gas and wear and tear on the car. But it’s sure been a godsend for me...and a lot of fun. Here in our area, the Dashers really pride themselves on doing a great job. I know it’s not that way everywhere.
New York called itself “The Empire State”, since George Washington had called it “the seat of empire”. New York was chosen as the original capital because Philadelphia was too expensive.
New York has been an economic fantasyland at least since the time of John Vliet Lindsey, the original politician to make war on the middle class. So glad to be out of that hellhole.
As a DD driver, I often ask myself that same question! I love being a driver, but I’d never use the service, myself. You wouldn’t believe it, but I have ordered to people who live mere feet away from the restaurant. It is boggling.
do the jobs not get offered at fee and if no drivers bite the fee gets bumped up until someone does? I really don’t think this id n hourly gig ... drivers provide their own car and pay all expenses. Am i correct?
What???, is the City of New York the employer of these delivery drivers??
Otherwise, How can they set the wages of a specific job in a specific private business?
Any close calls with crimes? Is there inside network you guys know or can check to know if it’s safe, or does that just come from neighborhood and experience?
I DASH in a very safe area, but DD has a button on the dasher app that we can press if we feel we are in danger, and they also do random checks asking us if we feel unsafe. Mostly, Dashers drop the food at the doors and take a picture -— very little client contact. If and when I get a “hand to me” order I make sure it’s at a business, or I cancel the Dash.
You are correct.
It’s a way to get more taxes out of this economic activity
Do you get to declare depreciation?
Interesting, thanks, be safe out there.
I could, but I get a larger deduction declaring miles. You can do either or — gas, car repair, etc. or mileage. Dashers put in a whole lot of miles, and I have found my deduction is higher if I declare the miles I drive.
Next up: Mandatory racial and sexual diversity of drivers.
DD does not pay it’s driver much (about $2.50 an order, depending...maybe $3.50 at peak times), so as unfair as it seems, we make most of our money off of tips. Unfortunately, some people don’t realize that and DD does not always tell us how much we’ll FINALLY be making until we drop off the delivery. I foolishly took a low ball order the other day, assuming there would be a tip on the other end because the order was ENORMOUS and the trip was about 15 miles one way. That usually bodes well. Well...I got a NADA tip and $2.50 for my efforts, but it’s all part of the game. A crap shoot sometimes.
Not that many people do in larger cities.
And just a few years ago, many restaurants were saying delivery apps were ruining their business since.. you don’t tip servers on an app
Enjoy restaurants now, I don’t see most of them being viable with realistic interests rates.
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