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Paywalled so I couldn't read the article. But, I am surprised that they cannot turn a profit. I generally pay about a 10-15 percent charge on my order before I
by rsuelzer 6y ago
Paywalled so I couldn't read the article. But, I am surprised that they cannot turn a profit. I generally pay about a 10-15 percent charge on my order before I tip the driver.
They don't pay their drivers (maybe a few dollars an hour?), provie any benefits, pay rent.
Look through my fees, I have paid doordash about $100 over the course of 17 deliveries, and $120 in tips to drivers. That's a lot of money for doordash to basically route my order to a restaurant and driver.
What exactly is the overhead? Maybe it's because I work for a small company where five developers have been able to compete with teams with 100 plus engineers, but I don't see these apps as super complicated or requiring a huge engineering team.
- profunctor 6y agoI'm pretty sure they pay their drivers or have I been completely misled?