@@RowdyLpx - Inflation post pandemic was driving off of the govement handing out trillions directly to the middle and lower class. If that isn't inflationary I don't know what is. That money have since been burned off and we are now entering a more normal economic environment.
@@dmpi483 There is nothing economically normal about two generations of young Americans being priced out of the housing market, livable wages, and paying 5000% margins for Alibaba products. Not sure where you are from.
You're also unsurprised at the corporate greed on full display? Raking in billions while refusing to pay the workers responsible for creating this fortune enough to pay rent and purchase some calories? Profound.
It's too late for this now, and people are changing their spending habits too. We are past peak delivery-app era. These companies made their money and it's all just down hill for everyone who participates in this. I haven't used these delivery apps in Seattle since 2018, so I can only imagine how expensive it is nowadays with all the added fees, and no one wants to pay $30 for a $15 order and that's not even including the tip. Absolutely insane.
Tips are going down, because everyone is tired of tipping... the delivery market is saturated... when everyone and their mom is a delivery driver side hustle, when it used to be restaurant and catering business dependent... Not everyone is rich enough to afford regular delivered food as it is with the cost of food also going up. Maybe its time we go out and touch grass, and socialize again... Maybe this super convenience economy is destroying us.
@@alooga555 I can read just fine, dude 👍 What do you think delivery drivers should get paid? The minimum payout is $2.25 per delivery, go ahead, tell us. In my opinion getting paid any less would be doing it for free. $5 is pretty reasonable and if someone doesn’t like it they can go get the food themselves. Didn’t mean to make you so butthurt, my bad, dude 🤣
@@lordhoweproductions3733 no one’s forcing these people to deliver food, you know. Things worked just fine until the idiotic Seattle city Council members weighed in.
Drivers don’t wanna work for free. You say “go and get a real job” until you cry about spending your whole lunch break getting the food yourself with no time to eat it because all of the drivers got tired of y’all’s cheap a$$es and went and got “real jobs” and there’s no one delivering.
People started treating it as a full time job, it was meant to be a side gig but now it’s double the price to order something? Plus tip? I’ll just go myself 😂
@@vshah1010 So in the quest to be paid fairly, the person who was on the video made 931 this week last year made 464 this week , this year. Half as much sounds really fair. What happens when you try to "help" people without regard to basic economics. Maybe try to help people by cutting some government taxes and spending? Oh, sorry what was I thinking.
@@abbieandus It's just DoorDash playing games such as cutting trips in Seattle to retaliate. They are also fooling customers by putting a charge and a message saying that the extra cost is because of the new law. The truth is that Doordash and other apps are taking 70% or more. Doordash and others can take a lower percentage and drivers would be paid more fairly. The drivers are providing their own cars, paying for gas, maintenance, repairs. So, they have most of the expenses.
Sounds like when a luxury tax is imposed on boats , RVs and such. Sales of these items drop off and the regular workers that make these items are fired due to lack of orders. . ..
“Sounds like a great idea. With the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?”Did the idiots that passed this truly not understand that there would be unintended consequences? But that’s pretty typical of government meddling, it usually makes things worse.
Told ya in a previous report. This is why I go to the restaurant directly instead of ordering to avoid the $8 fee or the expensive doordash prices. The answer to why is right in your report,more specifically what you see and heard in the back on the street. Busses and trains in a city make travel to these restaurants cheaper than what they are getting paid for. Why pay $8 + delivery fees,gas and time when you can pay $2.50 on a bus or train and get it yourself?
Could it also be a high delivery fee on top of being publicly shamed for tipping 25% by individuals who need a real day time job instead of food delivery. BTW, I'm not shaming delivery people, I'm shaming individuals who feel that the customer should tip greater than 50% to supplement their low wages all while destroying the person's order or using expletives against the customer.
This sounds like a company problem. They should have their workers contracted for an hour or half hour at a time. Waiting around outside of food places is STILL working. They would not be doing that during their time off. But instead, they found yet another loophole and are only calculating time delivering food. And when paying their workers full salary, they should REMOVE the tip option, but got greedy instead. This turns me off and makes me not order again when I see both or was cheated into tipping too. There is more than enough money to pay their workers fairly and not nickel-and-dime their customers to death. The lie that living wages are unaffordable for companies who’s CEO’s are multi-millionaires and bringing in record profits during “inflation” needs to not be perpetuated.
Speaking as a seasoned bike courier in Seattle that is being hurt by the law change, there's some nuance here that's missing. Uber and DoorDash imposing a local ordinance fee was totally their choice. To some degree they are killing demand by imposing such high fees to make examples of Seattle and NYC for the regulations. Without these fees demand would not have decreased as significantly as it has. Furthermore, DoorDash and UberEats particularly, are designing out the option to tip as a retaliatory measure. This is the real FU to drivers. We can all be upset at local government for having imposed what seems like misguided legislation, but at the end of the day it is these companies that are exploiting the laws to their benefit and throwing a hissy fit for government daring to reign them in a little bit. In the process they are squeezing customers, restaurants, and delivery people to make their point. It's easy to hate on the legislators, but let's dig a little deeper and direct the vitriol to where it really belongs. Also, it's early days, let's give the market a few months to adjust and we'll see just how bad of a change this really is. Ultimately, these companies need to expand their market share and increase their profits. Destroying demand with outrageous fees (on top of the ordinance requirements) will not be a sustainable move for them in the long term.
Literally everyone knew this was going to happen. Delivery food is for the rich now. All these policies meant to help working people end up hurting them but at least it makes those that put them in place feel good.
He sold $50 of alibaba products to customers for a grand total of $500,000 in sales. A corporate gift package with a bag of lays and a miniature Dasani are en route to their new employee of the month.
I can't even pay my bills now. I will probably have to have my car repossessed. Looking for another job because of this ordinance law. Wish they would somehow reverse this law. The sooner the better. I'm on disability and use the app to supplement my income. Very stressed. I need to Dash outside of the city ordinance to make any money. I have, but very little money. This is a disgrace to all of us now who are struggling.
This is what happens when politicians who know nothing push laws that end up hurting people. Raise minimum wage -- get replaced by automation. Force delivery fees to exorbitant levels -- no one orders delivery.
They arnt stressed about loss of one city. I wounder if they are as transparent with customers about grocery receipts and mark up. They keep to much of the take.
Great! A few people's experiences are presented as representative of all workers, and the conclusion is that the new law is harmful. Very professional! What about interviewing more couriers to get different points of view? For example, I started earning 1.5 times more as a courier than before the law came into effect. Not to mention the reduction in stress, because before I had to decide in 20 seconds whether another $5 order is worth your time, while driving. Also, I don't understand why everyone is so upset about the $5 fee, because they might not tip to make up for it. After all, customers used to have to tip to get the order delivered anyway. The basic payment to a Dordash courier was $2, and I can't imagine any of the couriers taking $2 orders without a tip. Also, no one objects to paying $30 plus tip for a 5 mile taxi ride, but for the exact same job, the only difference being that it's not a body but a bag of food sitting on the seat, paying $5 seems like an unmanageable expense.
Look at it this way. Everything is expensive when you have to buy something, whether or not it took them alot of skill. The paying $30 for a taxi ride is a good example. You are risking your safety and using and wearing down your car, so you should also get a premium.
We used to order door dash 1-2 times a week. I deleted my account/app a few weeks ago. The mayor stating that gig workers are critical to Seattle’s economy is incorrect. Inflation, gas, rent, and crime are all up. He should focus on those issues.
Always looks good on paper at face value to politicians, when in reality it actually hurts the workers. The politicians probably wanted less delivery traffic and this was a way to cover up that they were helping gig workers , but ithe workers in realty were screwed over . "Were from the Government and were here to help "
@ruturaj47 On May 31, 2022, City Council passed the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, SMC 8.37. This law is effective on January 13, 2024. The ordinance applies to certain app-based workers (sometimes referred to as gig workers) and provides for several rights and protections for covered workers. (Smc = Seattle Municipal Code )
@@user-ARK1547 so paying minimum wage is bad? The companies are most probably profiting from these fees too. Before these fees, my $38 grocery had accidentally left actual receipt of $22. These companies mark up prices, charges fees, then don't want to pay minimum wage to delivery employees, when forced to do so they are charging customers with more profits and you are supporting companies but not workers? Let me guess, you support different political party?
@@ruturaj47 laws of supply and demand the ordinance killed the demand hence those wage increases and protections dont matter much if there is no work orders due to increased costs to consumers . No demand means low to no wages and no protections of gig workers incomes .
@@user-ARK1547 again, you don't have any problems with company overcharging in shady way but you have problem with employees getting minimum wage? Especially when CEO would be making millions. 👏 You don't seem biased at all.
It’s backfiring because the greedy rich people added the $5 to the total. If the total was $20, now it’s $25. If the total was still $20, the plan would have worked beautifully.
The problem isn't 5 dollars more per order. The problem is ordering a 10 dollar sandwich and having to pay 50 dollars for it with tip and fees. Even if that was 45 dollars, you're still charging 35 dollars over the fair market value of the sandwich. The entire business model is not sustainable and certainly not in the middle of inflation and a fear-cession.
Can we get some decent reporting on what was going on before this ? Between the delivery and service fee you might see a total of $30 - and they were paying the drivers sometimes as little as $3 out of this. The driver which had to cover all vehicle expenses like gas and maintenance. All the reporting I'm seeing is pointing the finger at the city for this - why not ask any of the companies how they were taking 80% of the fees while not being involved in the cost of transporting the food? Or maybe discuss the fact they were paying the drivers well under minimum wage.
Please, Seattle. Just remove the regulations ASAP. Imagine if a Choptle framchase with 30 employees suddenly allows anyone to work there anytime they wanted. So you have thousands of workers crammed inside the restaurant doing nothing and getting paid nothing.
Finally some one take a look to this problem I been delivering for for the since the pandemic, but never been so bad like now We get car, gas, and maintenance of the car for $8 bucks an hour
Usage is going down I went from making $400 dollars working 16 hour a week making $200 once this January hit. I need 4 tires I can't afford. It's not doable anymore we are past the peak. Time to go back to a W2. It was good while it lasted.
1:39 yes the tips should go down as they ARE making more money... $26 an hour (while working) so i would tip less too. You raise wages the prices always go up
Yeah I really doubt it is the extra fee making people order less. More like they said less people using the delivery and more people doing deliveries...
I am so glad I am far from Seattle and King County now. Moving to the sticks has been fantastic. Property, peace, none of the nonsense and no restrictions on firearms
I’m assuming you drive a lifted Ford F350 with a “Trump 2024” and “F#%k Biden” on the back of it and Toby Keith on full blast with a can of skoal. Yee yee 😂
AP - Seattle introduced a mandatory $5 fee on delivery apps to cover their driver’s living wage and sales were almost cut in half. Now the drivers can’t make rent. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I've stopped ordering food and I don't even live in Seattle. When a stupid app gets more money than the person working, burning their own fuel and putting wear and tear on their own car is when I called it good enough. Adding 5 bucks on top of basically charging the same as what the food costs is a definite no go. Politicians are beyond stupid especially in highly populated areas....
Too expensive. I don't even live in Seattle but in my area in WA it's still too pricey. I don't understand how paying them more for the hours they work is gonna help them if they aren't getting any work.... ass in eye 😅
What happens when the self-appointed anointed intelligentsia know better than the delivery people . None of the people who made this law probably worked as a delivery person
The true cost of the food, plus the man hour costs, plus the energy costs if a vehicle is used, plus the tip is being reflected in the new total price. Two examples: airline travel is subsidized by taxpayers funding airports and port construction and maintenance costs, sports event ticket prices are lower because taxpayers fund the stadiums and maintenance costs. Both of these costs are artificially lower.
It could be like myself, looking for work. Job market is a jungle right now. Making judgements because you don’t understand or not in that position currently is wild. I have a Masters in Ed, been looking for work since September…
In the end the customer will decide what they are willing to pay. The government can legislate a minimum pay for the workers, but if there is no business, this is all for moot. The road to hell is usually paved with good intentions.
Higher cost lowers demands. Not exactly earth shattering economic news. Not only are delivery workers going to get hurt but also restaurants.
No it doesn't. Food costs have skyrocketed and obesity continues to rise as well.
Has gasoline consumption gone down? Nope. Hmmm.
What about the amount of Americans driving automobiles? Has that dropped off significantly during the 3 year used car bubble? Nope. Hmmm.
@@RowdyLpx - Inflation post pandemic was driving off of the govement handing out trillions directly to the middle and lower class. If that isn't inflationary I don't know what is. That money have since been burned off and we are now entering a more normal economic environment.
@@dmpi483 There is nothing economically normal about two generations of young Americans being priced out of the housing market, livable wages, and paying 5000% margins for Alibaba products. Not sure where you are from.
I never needed delivered food and I don't see that changing.
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
I'm from the private corporations and I'm here to say thanks for working for unliveable wages and paying 5000% margins for our alibaba products.
The nine worst words according to Ronald Reagan.
And Bill Clinton reinforced that view: “The era of Big Government is over.”
@@RowdyLpx you are dumb.
Nobody saw this coming?
What, that these delivery services would” throw a tantrum by having to behave fairly?
You're also unsurprised at the corporate greed on full display? Raking in billions while refusing to pay the workers responsible for creating this fortune enough to pay rent and purchase some calories? Profound.
It might have been intentional to reduce the delivery vehicle traffic.
Surprised Pikachu face
It's too late for this now, and people are changing their spending habits too. We are past peak delivery-app era. These companies made their money and it's all just down hill for everyone who participates in this. I haven't used these delivery apps in Seattle since 2018, so I can only imagine how expensive it is nowadays with all the added fees, and no one wants to pay $30 for a $15 order and that's not even including the tip. Absolutely insane.
Exactly. The added cost to pay the tech companies behind the apps and the contractors is absurd.
Tips are going down, because everyone is tired of tipping... the delivery market is saturated... when everyone and their mom is a delivery driver side hustle, when it used to be restaurant and catering business dependent... Not everyone is rich enough to afford regular delivered food as it is with the cost of food also going up. Maybe its time we go out and touch grass, and socialize again... Maybe this super convenience economy is destroying us.
Ahh, the gift of the departed city council members keeps giving. Seattle voters have only themselves to blame for this predictable outcome.
So you want drivers to work for free? Stop being cheapskates
@@lordhoweproductions3733 where does it say in my statement that they should work for free? You need to work on your reading comprehension, dude.
@@alooga555 I can read just fine, dude 👍 What do you think delivery drivers should get paid? The minimum payout is $2.25 per delivery, go ahead, tell us. In my opinion getting paid any less would be doing it for free. $5 is pretty reasonable and if someone doesn’t like it they can go get the food themselves. Didn’t mean to make you so butthurt, my bad, dude 🤣
@@lordhoweproductions3733 no one’s forcing these people to deliver food, you know. Things worked just fine until the idiotic Seattle city Council members weighed in.
Is everyone just ignoring the dude rolling the motorcycle out of the restaurant?
The woman complaining that she only made $8/hr is free to get a real job. There’s no way I’m paying an extra $5 on top of the exorbitant fees.
Drivers don’t wanna work for free. You say “go and get a real job” until you cry about spending your whole lunch break getting the food yourself with no time to eat it because all of the drivers got tired of y’all’s cheap a$$es and went and got “real jobs” and there’s no one delivering.
If only more people knew who Thomas Sowell was.
People started treating it as a full time job, it was meant to be a side gig but now it’s double the price to order something? Plus tip? I’ll just go myself 😂
Exactly...
Even side gigs should be paid fairly. If you work, you should be paid fairly.
@@vshah1010 So in the quest to be paid fairly, the person who was on the video made 931 this week last year made 464 this week , this year. Half as much sounds really fair. What happens when you try to "help" people without regard to basic economics. Maybe try to help people by cutting some government taxes and spending? Oh, sorry what was I thinking.
the government would have "fixed" it even if all drivers without exception only treated it as it was supposed to be. part time
@@abbieandus It's just DoorDash playing games such as cutting trips in Seattle to retaliate.
They are also fooling customers by putting a charge and a message saying that the extra cost is because of the new law. The truth is that Doordash and other apps are taking 70% or more. Doordash and others can take a lower percentage and drivers would be paid more fairly. The drivers are providing their own cars, paying for gas, maintenance, repairs. So, they have most of the expenses.
Sounds like when a luxury tax is imposed on boats , RVs and such. Sales of these items drop off and the regular workers that make these items are fired due to lack of orders. . ..
Well said
“Sounds like a great idea. With the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?”Did the idiots that passed this truly not understand that there would be unintended consequences? But that’s pretty typical of government meddling, it usually makes things worse.
I stopped being lazy, buy groceries, make your own food, its healthier and cheaper.
Told ya in a previous report. This is why I go to the restaurant directly instead of ordering to avoid the $8 fee or the expensive doordash prices. The answer to why is right in your report,more specifically what you see and heard in the back on the street. Busses and trains in a city make travel to these restaurants cheaper than what they are getting paid for.
Why pay $8 + delivery fees,gas and time when you can pay $2.50 on a bus or train and get it yourself?
yeah you better take that below minimum wage job or else you get nothing.
who do drivers think they are for trying to feed their families i gotta feed my fat ass for $5
because going to a bus stop, waiting walking to and fro to a venue then returning is a small burden.
So we’re all just going to ignore a motorcycle being driven out of a restaurant huh 😂😂😂
What amazes me is people are acting surprised at the results of this
Common sense truly is not common
Is to be expected. Also restaurants never liked working with these delivery companies. They were forced to be part of the market.
Again: "Hi, I'm from the Government - and I'm here to help you..."
Cringe
If someone could have just seen this coming....
These are gig jobs meant to supplement other part time or full time jobs. Never intended to be a full time job.
I am shocked. SHOCKED! Well not that shocked...
Could it also be a high delivery fee on top of being publicly shamed for tipping 25% by individuals who need a real day time job instead of food delivery. BTW, I'm not shaming delivery people, I'm shaming individuals who feel that the customer should tip greater than 50% to supplement their low wages all while destroying the person's order or using expletives against the customer.
Dominos did this also..they tacked on a $6 delivery fee and expected to give a tip haven’t ordered a pizza since…
This sounds like a company problem. They should have their workers contracted for an hour or half hour at a time. Waiting around outside of food places is STILL working. They would not be doing that during their time off. But instead, they found yet another loophole and are only calculating time delivering food.
And when paying their workers full salary, they should REMOVE the tip option, but got greedy instead. This turns me off and makes me not order again when I see both or was cheated into tipping too.
There is more than enough money to pay their workers fairly and not nickel-and-dime their customers to death. The lie that living wages are unaffordable for companies who’s CEO’s are multi-millionaires and bringing in record profits during “inflation” needs to not be perpetuated.
Speaking as a seasoned bike courier in Seattle that is being hurt by the law change, there's some nuance here that's missing. Uber and DoorDash imposing a local ordinance fee was totally their choice. To some degree they are killing demand by imposing such high fees to make examples of Seattle and NYC for the regulations. Without these fees demand would not have decreased as significantly as it has. Furthermore, DoorDash and UberEats particularly, are designing out the option to tip as a retaliatory measure. This is the real FU to drivers. We can all be upset at local government for having imposed what seems like misguided legislation, but at the end of the day it is these companies that are exploiting the laws to their benefit and throwing a hissy fit for government daring to reign them in a little bit. In the process they are squeezing customers, restaurants, and delivery people to make their point. It's easy to hate on the legislators, but let's dig a little deeper and direct the vitriol to where it really belongs. Also, it's early days, let's give the market a few months to adjust and we'll see just how bad of a change this really is. Ultimately, these companies need to expand their market share and increase their profits. Destroying demand with outrageous fees (on top of the ordinance requirements) will not be a sustainable move for them in the long term.
Sorry this is happening to you! I absolutely believe it. For example Amazon is not imposing a fee and they use a similar structure for deliveries.
Also Gig workers seem to forget that January - February are the slowest time of year as well.
the democrat regulators are 100% to blame for extorting perfectly inelastic necessities like food & gasoline. There’s no accidents here.
@@jesusshuttleworth-pm8gsOkay boomer
I've never used a delivery app and I doubt I ever will.
Literally everyone knew this was going to happen. Delivery food is for the rich now. All these policies meant to help working people end up hurting them but at least it makes those that put them in place feel good.
How many hours did the one guy have to work to earn $921 a week.
He sold $50 of alibaba products to customers for a grand total of $500,000 in sales. A corporate gift package with a bag of lays and a miniature Dasani are en route to their new employee of the month.
It ruined my living , I sit in the car and wait forever to get a single order , my income dropped by at least 65%
I would imagine that it helps to have consultants who understand the gig economy when drafting up policies. Clearly, that didn't happen here.
It doesn't take much brain cells to figure this out.
The same happened with their increase to cashier, stores switch to layoffs cashiers, and do self checkout machines.
What did they expect? The cost of paying a delivery drive $26+/hour needs to be covered somewhere.
I can't even pay my bills now. I will probably have to have my car repossessed. Looking for another job because of this ordinance law. Wish they would somehow reverse this law. The sooner the better. I'm on disability and use the app to supplement my income. Very stressed. I need to Dash outside of the city ordinance to make any money. I have, but very little money. This is a disgrace to all of us now who are struggling.
This is what happens when politicians who know nothing push laws that end up hurting people. Raise minimum wage -- get replaced by automation. Force delivery fees to exorbitant levels -- no one orders delivery.
So now there an ordinance for app delivery (Road Pirating) Governments greed is extending further and further into Free enterprise.
They arnt stressed about loss of one city.
I wounder if they are as transparent with customers about grocery receipts and mark up.
They keep to much of the take.
Reminds me of AB5 in california. Politicians keeo raising costs for businesses and then blame them when cuts are made or prices are raised.
Great! A few people's experiences are presented as representative of all workers, and the conclusion is that the new law is harmful. Very professional! What about interviewing more couriers to get different points of view? For example, I started earning 1.5 times more as a courier than before the law came into effect. Not to mention the reduction in stress, because before I had to decide in 20 seconds whether another $5 order is worth your time, while driving.
Also, I don't understand why everyone is so upset about the $5 fee, because they might not tip to make up for it. After all, customers used to have to tip to get the order delivered anyway. The basic payment to a Dordash courier was $2, and I can't imagine any of the couriers taking $2 orders without a tip. Also, no one objects to paying $30 plus tip for a 5 mile taxi ride, but for the exact same job, the only difference being that it's not a body but a bag of food sitting on the seat, paying $5 seems like an unmanageable expense.
Look at it this way. Everything is expensive when you have to buy something, whether or not it took them alot of skill. The paying $30 for a taxi ride is a good example.
You are risking your safety and using and wearing down your car, so you should also get a premium.
I believe they overshot their expectations on their ordinance. Humans are altruistic. However we don't like seeing the system gamed at us.
An extra $5 isnt gonna stop me from ordering.
15$ delivery fee for a 20 dollar meal wow such a smart idea
imagine government trying to regulate private industry and things going terribly wrong!!
Didn’t even realize this was the reason food delivery got so expensive.
Who would have guessed more govt intervention would backfire.
I don't tip any more either. The fees are too high and I can't afford to tip.
We used to order door dash 1-2 times a week. I deleted my account/app a few weeks ago.
The mayor stating that gig workers are critical to Seattle’s economy is incorrect. Inflation, gas, rent, and crime are all up. He should focus on those issues.
Always looks good on paper at face value to politicians, when in reality it actually hurts the workers. The politicians probably wanted less delivery traffic and this was a way to cover up that they were helping gig workers , but ithe workers in realty were screwed over . "Were from the Government and were here to help "
Do you know what regulation caused this?
@ruturaj47 On May 31, 2022, City Council passed the App-Based Worker Minimum Payment Ordinance, SMC 8.37. This law is effective on January 13, 2024. The ordinance applies to certain app-based workers (sometimes referred to as gig workers) and provides for several rights and protections for covered workers. (Smc = Seattle Municipal Code )
@@user-ARK1547 so paying minimum wage is bad? The companies are most probably profiting from these fees too. Before these fees, my $38 grocery had accidentally left actual receipt of $22. These companies mark up prices, charges fees, then don't want to pay minimum wage to delivery employees, when forced to do so they are charging customers with more profits and you are supporting companies but not workers? Let me guess, you support different political party?
@@ruturaj47 laws of supply and demand the ordinance killed the demand hence those wage increases and protections dont matter much if there is no work orders due to increased costs to consumers . No demand means low to no wages and no protections of gig workers incomes .
@@user-ARK1547 again, you don't have any problems with company overcharging in shady way but you have problem with employees getting minimum wage? Especially when CEO would be making millions. 👏 You don't seem biased at all.
It’s backfiring because the greedy rich people added the $5 to the total. If the total was $20, now it’s $25. If the total was still $20, the plan would have worked beautifully.
The rideshare companies play some games on the customer with the fee and letting them know that it's because of the new law.
The apps are holding orders
The problem isn't 5 dollars more per order. The problem is ordering a 10 dollar sandwich and having to pay 50 dollars for it with tip and fees. Even if that was 45 dollars, you're still charging 35 dollars over the fair market value of the sandwich. The entire business model is not sustainable and certainly not in the middle of inflation and a fear-cession.
Can we get some decent reporting on what was going on before this ?
Between the delivery and service fee you might see a total of $30 - and they were paying the drivers sometimes as little as $3 out of this. The driver which had to cover all vehicle expenses like gas and maintenance. All the reporting I'm seeing is pointing the finger at the city for this - why not ask any of the companies how they were taking 80% of the fees while not being involved in the cost of transporting the food? Or maybe discuss the fact they were paying the drivers well under minimum wage.
Please, Seattle. Just remove the regulations ASAP.
Imagine if a Choptle framchase with 30 employees suddenly allows anyone to work there anytime they wanted. So you have thousands of workers crammed inside the restaurant doing nothing and getting paid nothing.
Finally some one take a look to this problem
I been delivering for for the since the pandemic, but never been so bad like now
We get car, gas, and maintenance of the car for $8 bucks an hour
Usage is going down I went from making $400 dollars working 16 hour a week making $200 once this January hit. I need 4 tires I can't afford. It's not doable anymore we are past the peak. Time to go back to a W2. It was good while it lasted.
Uber eats delivery prices the same amount as the order price so you have to pay twice the amount
1:39 yes the tips should go down as they ARE making more money... $26 an hour (while working) so i would tip less too. You raise wages the prices always go up
Yeah I really doubt it is the extra fee making people order less. More like they said less people using the delivery and more people doing deliveries...
I believe Adam Smith called this the invisible hand in a free market economy.
I am so glad I am far from Seattle and King County now. Moving to the sticks has been fantastic. Property, peace, none of the nonsense and no restrictions on firearms
how are the delivery apps out there? 😂
I lived in Seattle for 10 years, I'm now in the Midwest. The only positive outcome was the sale of our house last year. 200 percent sale.
WA firearm restrictions got insane last year:/
I’m assuming you drive a lifted Ford F350 with a “Trump 2024” and “F#%k Biden” on the back of it and Toby Keith on full blast with a can of skoal. Yee yee 😂
If nothing else, it's making it truly part time. because not enough customers are going to order
Why are the fees imposed outside Seattle? It wasn't voted on elsewhere.
AP - Seattle introduced a mandatory $5 fee on delivery apps to cover their driver’s living wage and sales were almost cut in half. Now the drivers can’t make rent.
😂🤣😂🤣😂
I've stopped ordering food and I don't even live in Seattle. When a stupid app gets more money than the person working, burning their own fuel and putting wear and tear on their own car is when I called it good enough. Adding 5 bucks on top of basically charging the same as what the food costs is a definite no go. Politicians are beyond stupid especially in highly populated areas....
Too expensive. I don't even live in Seattle but in my area in WA it's still too pricey. I don't understand how paying them more for the hours they work is gonna help them if they aren't getting any work.... ass in eye 😅
Everyone I know has deleted DoorDash now
What happens when the self-appointed anointed intelligentsia know better than the delivery people . None of the people who made this law probably worked as a delivery person
food delivery, fast food, are meant to be part time or second jobs. they were never meant to be able to receive a living wage…
First and foremost how the F was this law a priority for this crime and decaying city.
We as gig workers have to push for better background checks, drug tests, that will make us more money
I'm so glad it backfired
Leave it to the government to mess a good thing up.
Lol. No kidding. Government ruins everything it touches.
Government to the recuue again 😅😅😅😅
You will take your below minimum wage job or you get nothing!
The true cost of the food, plus the man hour costs, plus the energy costs if a vehicle is used, plus the tip is being reflected in the new total price. Two examples: airline travel is subsidized by taxpayers funding airports and port construction and maintenance costs, sports event ticket prices are lower because taxpayers fund the stadiums and maintenance costs. Both of these costs are artificially lower.
Plus you forgot to deduct taxes from that 900 and 400 which cuts those wages in half and it's slavery
Politicians with no experience in business making high-level business decisions. What could go wrong?
Closed my Uber Eats account.
Womp womp...get a real job. 40-50 yo healthy adults tryna make a living by delivering food 🤡
Well when that make more money than minimum wage plus tips is insane then there is dash pass so I can avoid the delivery fee.
1:16, Blinking Don’t Walk Light Switch.
It's way more than $5
This is great, so they can get a real job being a farm worker!!!
...Duh
The driver gets screwed either way 😂
I'm from the government and here to help😂😂😂😂. Mess with the free market and you will lose everytime. Elections have consequences 😮.
Delivery with bikes????????
They marketed the term “side hustle.” You know, side money on your “spare time.” Are these peeps trying to turn this gig into a career?
It could be like myself, looking for work. Job market is a jungle right now. Making judgements because you don’t understand or not in that position currently is wild. I have a Masters in Ed, been looking for work since September…
Less orders come in because of the ridiculous delivery charges??? No SHT Sherlock. 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Time to look for other lines of work that pay better
does Maddie have astigmatism, or am I seeing things?
Your arent killing your car waiting
Everyone warned you
In the end the customer will decide what they are willing to pay. The government can legislate a minimum pay for the workers, but if there is no business, this is all for moot. The road to hell is usually paved with good intentions.
Council members seem to make some dumb decisions. Let's pick some smarter people next time.
I have an idea. Maybe the government can force people to pay.. oh wait that won’t work lol. Maybe if government doesn’t get involved.
Make something expensive, and people will use less of it.😮
Now let’s mandate rent controls. See how that turns out.
Ha ha ha!! Exactly!!!