DoorDash drivers lose money on $2.50 orders
New DoorDash drivers frequently receive insultingly low-paying orders ($2.50) that barely cover costs. The app’s acceptance rate system pressures drivers to take unprofitable gigs, and support offers no recourse for disputing these orders.
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“Still fairly new to DD(under 50 orders) but I was wondering, if DD is super concerned about acceptance rates why do they offer deliveries like this? It’s basically a charity delivery. I’ve gotten several of these in just 6 days of doing DD submitted by…”
“Absolutely annoying. like if it not busy then WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING ME TO GO ONLINE?? submitted by /u/odiwelsoui [link] [comments]”
“Oh here's a regular orderer who lives less then a mile up the road and tips phenomenally. Also we're gonna add on this 9 mile order that tips 5 cents. submitted by /u/ManagementNovel4455 [link] [comments]”
“I dare DoorDash to give me one order JUST ONE don’t care bout my completion rate and this company no more logged 22hrs of time waiting for orders this week for 228 bucks, yeah right it’s always like this and is absolute madness submitted by /u/Specific_Bike_3696 [link] [comments]”
“I started cherry picking and fell below 60% acceptance rate for the first time today, and I saw this after my dash. They’re trying to win me back 😂 submitted by /u/bitobots [link] [comments]”
“If they’re willing to pay for a rush job and it won’t screw up other jobs much, go for it! I take rush jobs fairly often but I charge based on the inconvenience it gives me.”
If I like a restaurant, or if my picky kids do, I give them a pass.
“Your first 50 orders you do are a premium to sucker you in. I’d get $7-$9 orders back then. Now they’re more $3-$5. There were times where I’d just have to go and do 1-2 dashes, have it deposited to their crimson card and I’d immediately use it in my Apple Pay at the grocery store for dinner for me and my boys.”
“If I decline it once I shouldn't be sent that offer again!! At least bundle it with a tipper if you're going to send it my way again. *Eye twitching* submitted by /u/dystopiandisasters [link] [comments]”
“Just call me double f***, thanks Doordash but I can sit in the comfort of my house and go broke submitted by /u/Mjguitars [link] [comments]”
“Was going in yesterday posting about horrible offers and misleading tactics by doordash. Wanted to wait till today to share this one... THIS RIGHT HERE IS A DAMN LIKE BY DOORDASH. How do they get away with this tho honestly? Horrible submitted by /u/AdOutrageous7181 [link] [comments]”
“DoorDash sent me this amazing offer a few days ago it’s probably the worst one I’ve seen since I started delivering. submitted by /u/Reasonable_Name_6760 [link] [comments]”
“I believe Drake said we going back to back. But doordash is more like LeBron James they said not one not two not three not four!!! Got these offers today back to back to back to back. My acceptance rate had to run and hide. submitted by /u/NovelConscious3825 [link] [comments]”
“I love that when i go from 5% acceptance to 17% as soon i get that high i drop back to 5% because it means its time for 10+ orders of absolute crap in a row submitted by /u/magnumninja [link] [comments]”
Got this order at 4am 😂 submitted by /u/ArtichokeNo8925 [link] [comments]
“Someone explain what's the point if this? What does door dash get out of it? To hide the extra 50 cents... anyone care to explain this misleading tactic by doordash?? submitted by /u/AdOutrageous7181 [link] [comments]”
“I usually don't take risky turns but when you're on the timer sometimes you'll make moves that you shouldn't and honestly I almost died already twice for $5 offers. Hahaha. It's really not worth it. submitted by /u/BasicInevitable2226 [link] [comments]”
“got my 1st thumbs down last night from a non tipping person kind of my fault for taking the order but my AR is down to 55% so we al know how that goes. It was a 3mi for $3 smh trying to stay platinum (a different story) mind you the apt complex has bad numbering, gate codes, door codes, door for the floor codes and they didnt answer the door (hand it to me) for 4 mins. oh and its 115° total time waisted for 3 miles... 35 mins was i expected to be happy? I just handed the food and left was i supp”
“No I didn't take it... submitted by /u/Fantastic_Mongoose_4 [link] [comments]”
“I already know they’ll be a pain. And then no tip. So I’m good. submitted by /u/IndependentLow5626 [link] [comments]”
“I see you, DD... trying to be slick with your sneaky addons. Not today Tony submitted by /u/DisastrousNothing893 [link] [comments]”
“They keep bugging me with this notification. I’m not interested. I will never turn on cash orders, they seem like a nightmare to deal with. submitted by /u/mitchdwx [link] [comments]”
“Not a single offer for the past week is above this garbage pay, for those who take these, how are you finding this profitable? submitted by /u/Economy_Theme5385 [link] [comments]”
“Today I averaged about $10 an hour. So I decided to stop and take a break. After ending my dash a survey popped up asking how my dash was. So I politely said that I had to decline many orders because they were bad orders. My last offer was $15 for 15 miles out of the zone. Even if it was in the zone I'm never going to accept it because at some point in time I will have to drive back to the starting location for $0. Two things I wish DD did: 1) Add a reason for the decline. Then maybe they wi”
“I hate when Doordash hides the earnings. It only showed as $8.25+ for half a mile. I was okay with it regardless but geniunely surprised. submitted by /u/OtakuPrince21 [link] [comments]”
“I'm so sick of no tip Doordash orders, so sick that I unassign after 10 minutes worry-free unassigned while doing the other Uber order! submitted by /u/BoysenberryOk6510 [link] [comments]”
“U accepting or nah? One day I had a $5 offer the next was $3, then $2. Welp time to head back to the house!!! Smh submitted by /u/TxSiren_ [link] [comments]”
“I wonder if she meant to tip $2.40? I’ll take it though! submitted by /u/mitchdwx [link] [comments]”
“Today I accepted an order at 8:35pm, just to see the expected pickup time was at 8:26 pm 😂 It did not count against my on time rating but it did give me a laugh submitted by /u/Character-Owl9408 [link] [comments]”
“I think it’s official that there is something wrong with DoorDash. Heard some people say it’s the new dash whenever but I see so many posts about 20-40$ in like 3-4 hours. It’s been happening to me the area I work in is a college campus ( I know it’s summer ) but even in summer there was always good orders and good money to be made but recently it’s been terrible not only that area any area I have gone to there’s just no orders and when you do get a order it’s the shittiest one ever wtf we do at”
“Seriously guys, we need to stop taking these lowball offers. More customers act like we don’t deserve tips and some of them think $1-3 is a good tip lol Stop taking these stupid offers and maybe something will change. Fck the AR and CR. If it’s a stacked order, figure out which one is the low tipper and unassign. We can do lot better! submitted by /u/Alternative_King1789 [link] [comments]”
“When you get an order and get too the store it’s been canceled isn’t door dash supposed to pay you anyway submitted by /u/Salty-Sample145 [link] [comments]”
“Two days ago I started a dash and the very first order I got was a shopping order. I don't have a red card. I've never toggled shopping orders on. There was no way for me to accept and complete the order. So I declined. Of course my AR took a hit. I reached out to support via text and calling to complain. I was told over and over that "if you decline an offer, it will impact your rating". When I countered that I should never have been given a shopping order, I was told "we”
I refuse to round down. It’s pennies. My employer can eat it
“Been chilling for 20 minutes waiting when it says orders are between 2-8 minutes right now after I declined a $2 order where I would have had to shop for it then deliver 12 minutes away.... submitted by /u/Arthur-reborn [link] [comments]”
“It was a fairly sized order & thought customer could tip at least $10 after the delivery but definitely more than $4. Very nice elderly dude. Thanked & Wished me well and I reciprocated instantly. Question is if Tip was supposed to be added after the delivery then how come $4 was already sitting there? and then there was that message - Gold status gave you $6.7 for 2.3 miles - what do you think? DD did admit in the past of Tip manipulations several times to run their payroll. They paid f”
“I accepted this order at Walgreens. It was originally two orders for $38 with a 9 mile distance. I originally accepted it, as would anyone else, thinking it had killer tips. That was absolutely not the case but rather just an insane delivery payment. For some reason the $2 peak pay didn’t even show on the original offer. I’ve had a couple where the delivery fee was 5 to 6 dollars more than I would expect but nothing like this. I know a few months back some people are having some pretty crazy del”
“The only reason to take 2$ pizza Hut orders is to get one stamp closer to a free pizza. It's bullshit, this person looked so smug, she knew what she was doing by ordering pizza and not tipping in the app and not tipping after delivery, these people get off on our pain 😭 At least that order gave me my tenth stamp so I can get a free large pan pizza... submitted by /u/Medium_Cucumber_7730 [link] [comments]”
“For those who don't know if you enable the widget you can see shat each order pays you when you get a stacked order. Just thought I'd share this for anyone that didnt know. submitted by /u/GOOMU13 [link] [comments]”
“So many non-tippers over the past few weeks. I rather go home and play video games at this point. submitted by /u/Wuropp [link] [comments]”
“Been dashing since 2017 (Baltimore) this is by far the worst offer I’ve ever got submitted by /u/ty_grizzly410 [link] [comments]”
“I know there’s an abundance of drivers in my market but I’m literally sitting across the street from chick fil a and have declined at least 25+ straight $2-$4 offers in a row in the span of maybe 10 minutes. I haven’t seen a single car pull up to the front doors either and maybe will see 1-2 in the next 5-10 minutes. They never stop coming too. submitted by /u/KeeperTV [link] [comments]”
“What is the Cash tip? Total $13 submitted by /u/Budget-Cost-3010 [link] [comments]”
“7k deliveries. I do NOT tip badger. But with this one, I had something to say. Accepted, told her it was being cancelled for me. She said why? I said “$9 for an hour. The order will be delivered by someone else but it won’t be me.” She said “what about your tip? I don’t tip until after delivery” (we’ve ALL heard that before) Then she added a $15 tip. I called support and dropped the order. Thankfully the next person will at least get something worth the drive. And oh…. I’m NOT sorry for saying s”
“I picked up a 7.5 mile $8.45 shop and delivery order from Sally beauty as it was on my way home. Even before I reached the store I got this message 🤡. The employee at the store was so nice that she picked all the items herself and checked me out in 2 mins. Finally when I reached the customers house, the driveway and the front lawn was filled with dog s*** submitted by /u/vish122 [link] [comments]”