From what I hear, the driver’s get barely anything.
My son worked for a brief time with a food delivery service, not any of these, and he wasn’t paid very well. I think after 2-3 weeks he decided it wasn’t worth the wear and tear on his car. Also, people tipped very little, sometimes didn’t even leave a tip, even if he had to drive 20 miles to deliver the goods. Certainly isn’t a career by any means, just extra money to pay rent, and trying to keep up with inflation in Joe’s economy.
You are correct, the drivers get less than minimum wage. Even with tips. Source: I have delivered for them, while out working anyway and needing to kill some time.
You sit in your car, you get a ping to go to Adolfo’s, you drive there for ten minutes, sometimes having to pay to park or else risk a ticket.
You go into Adolfo’s, wait for ten more minutes until it is ready.
You drive for ten minutes to the customer’s apartment. You spend five minutes getting buzzed in and finding their door. Voila you have spent 35 minutes and maybe $2 in gas and maybe $1 to park and you get. . . $6 maybe? $10?
Not even minimum wage.