It’s kind of surprising that anyone who works for these services for more than one day keeps working in these conditions. If you made $50 in one day and spent $40 in gas, why work again? Does Doordash pay more initially to “get them hooked?”
It’s definitely predatory practices of people who don’t understand that, after a day of work, you should have more money than what you spent.
In some cases, people value the flexibility. In other cases, there aren’t a lot of better options for people.
> it’s definitely predatory practices of people who don’t understand that
I find it hard to believe that after so many gig economy apps have been scrutinized over this, they simply don’t understand. Some of them have to understand, and just don’t care, because they’re trying to cash in on their equity.
It’s definitely predatory practices of people who don’t understand that, after a day of work, you should have more money than what you spent.