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It's nebulous. Apps that employ(/contract/whatever) their delivery drivers separately from the restaurant have a clear picture, but when you leave a tip on a si

by untog 7y ago

It's nebulous. Apps that employ(/contract/whatever) their delivery drivers separately from the restaurant have a clear picture, but when you leave a tip on a site like Seamless the money goes to the restaurant. You certainly hope the restaurant is distributing that to the staff, but you don't know for sure.

deminature 7y ago
It's not nebulous, the policies are very clear. Tips 100% go to the driver on every network except Doordash [1]. [1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tipping-policies-delivery-services-uber-eats-prime-now-postmates-doordash-instacart-caviar_l_5d38c14ae4b0419fd3376278 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tipping-policies-delivery-ser...
- untog 7y ago
  Interesting, in my experience (in NYC) Seamless and the like absolutely do not employee the delivery drivers. They are employed by the restaurants. Though apparently in some areas they do employ drivers: https://ny.eater.com/2016/4/14/11433288/seamless-delivery-drivers https://ny.eater.com/2016/4/14/11433288/seamless-delivery-dr... In NYC at least my comment is still true. When Seamless does not employ the driver, you do not know where your tip is going.
dustinmr 7y ago
I also don’t particularly know if a restaurant pays tips to their wait staff when I pay a bill with a credit card.
- untog 7y ago
  Yep. Both good reasons to tip cash.
  - shawnz 7y ago
    Tipping cash doesn't provide any guarantee either. For example mandatory tip pooling is legal in many places.