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Will DoorDash be paying for the employees to rent a car to make deliveries? No way I’m risking my new car on delivering groceries. No way I’m paying for commer

Will DoorDash be paying for the employees to rent a car to make deliveries? No way I’m risking my new car on delivering groceries. No way I’m paying for commercial auto insurance either (I suspect my normal policy won’t cover DoorDash or other gig activities).

pylua 5y ago
I strongly agree with this. Surely this is a form of discrimination. What about drivers safety and liability ? Is this okay to osha ?
flashgordon 5y ago
Yeah I am very confused on this. Is the idea to develop customer empathy or deliverer empathy? Wouldnt I get customer empathy by you know actually being a customer? What if I am not a customer? Does that mean I cannot get a job here? If this is the right thing to do how should this extend to other companies? Say CIA? Grindr/Tinder? On a more general note what suggests I cannot have customer empathy or give my best just because I don't prefer doing this?
- sokoloff 5y ago
  If you’re running a 2-sided network, both sides are your customers.
  - flashgordon 5y ago
    Actually that's a good point. So I guess now the point is whether customer empathy actually is a key ingredient to professionalism. I suppose you can be a professional without having customer empathy (well ok maybe customer contact) but you won't be a fanatic and that's what companies are trying to recruit to reduce churn?
- l8rpeace 5y ago
  "What if I am not a customer? Does that mean I cannot get a job here?" Facebook recruited me a few years ago. I told them 100% that I don't use Facebook. I think a few people I met with didn't get the memo because...well, I ultimately didn't get a job because I don't use Facebook. So yeah, I could see that happening.
masterof0 5y ago
What if you don't own a car? I'm also curious.
- ng12 5y ago
  Same, I bet many of their SF employees don't own cars.
- malermeister 5y ago
  What if you don't have a driver's license? It's not like any of those are a requirement for software engineering jobs
- Dma54rhs 5y ago
  Bicycle? I'm sure tech workers can afford one.

pylua 5y ago

I strongly agree with this. Surely this is a form of discrimination. What about drivers safety and liability ? Is this okay to osha ?

flashgordon 5y ago

Yeah I am very confused on this. Is the idea to develop customer empathy or deliverer empathy? Wouldnt I get customer empathy by you know actually being a customer? What if I am not a customer? Does that mean I cannot get a job here? If this is the right thing to do how should this extend to other companies? Say CIA? Grindr/Tinder? On a more general note what suggests I cannot have customer empathy or give my best just because I don't prefer doing this?

sokoloff 5y ago
If you’re running a 2-sided network, both sides are your customers.
- flashgordon 5y ago
  Actually that's a good point. So I guess now the point is whether customer empathy actually is a key ingredient to professionalism. I suppose you can be a professional without having customer empathy (well ok maybe customer contact) but you won't be a fanatic and that's what companies are trying to recruit to reduce churn?
l8rpeace 5y ago
"What if I am not a customer? Does that mean I cannot get a job here?" Facebook recruited me a few years ago. I told them 100% that I don't use Facebook. I think a few people I met with didn't get the memo because...well, I ultimately didn't get a job because I don't use Facebook. So yeah, I could see that happening.

masterof0 5y ago

What if you don't own a car? I'm also curious.

ng12 5y ago
Same, I bet many of their SF employees don't own cars.
malermeister 5y ago
What if you don't have a driver's license? It's not like any of those are a requirement for software engineering jobs
Dma54rhs 5y ago
Bicycle? I'm sure tech workers can afford one.