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You know I always knew that a tipped job always had a base pay that was much lower than minimum wage. However I didn't know that the portion payed by the employ

• Dylan16807 5y ago
  > However I didn't know that the portion payed by the employer was subsidized by tips! It's not, at least not legally. What DoorDash did was basically the same as having a tipped minimum, on a per-delivery basis. Basically, they promised a certain amount of money for each delivery, along with a minimum payment of $1. So if $1+tip was smaller than the promise, DoorDash made up the difference. If the tip was really big, then the driver would get exactly $1+tip.
  • Jasper_ 5y ago
    The DoorDash UI prevented you from giving a "really big" tip. It topped off right at the point that drivers would actually start getting tipped in your math.