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>Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for If you compare the prices on doordash or simi
by skyyler 3y ago
>Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for
If you compare the prices on doordash or similar apps to the prices inside the restaurant, you'll find that what you said just isn't true. It seems some people are comfortable paying more for the delivery than the food itself.
- Ekaros 3y agoHow much does the delivery person get, and how much is rent seeking by the platform? I think reasonable thing to always consider is how many deliveries does average person make in hour and then price of each of them. And after that remove taxes and expenses. Now could this be lived on or not is sensible question.
- skyyler 3y agoThat's a different discussion. Though, I have to imagine, if there wasn't rent-seeking from the platform, and the driver got all of the fees charged to the user, the pay might not be as bad.
- mytailorisrich 3y ago"Some" people are comfortable paying 1million for a car... But overall, the market is that people are not willing to pay a lot for delivery, or perhaps if they order very rarely. Here in the UK I think you'd hard pressed to find delivery beyond £4 on, say, Delivery and average is lower than that. Since delivery is factually low productivity wages cannot be anything but very low and this is compounded by the use of a middleman (the platform).