Ragebait or not, this post convinced me to delete my DoorDash account today.
I'm the weird contrarian that really likes tipping. I didn't know that DoorDash uses tips to offset hourly wages.
Abusing my wanting to give hard-working drivers extra is where I draw the line, and it's a damn shame that this is legal.
I hope this gets more air time and lights a fire under these food delivery companies like the sex scandals did to Uber (a service I'm also seeking alternatives for, though that's another reply for another post).
No disrespect to you, but this solution is unacceptable.
The onus should not be on customers to workaround corporate wrongdoing. DoorDash states that 100% of the tip goes to drivers. They conveniently omit that some of their base wages will be covered by the tip. That should be illegal, and paying drivers under the table gives DoorDash the right to keep acting badly, my convenience be damned.
But let's say I was willing to gloss over this. The extra logistics just aren't customer-friendly.
Drivers see te tip before they accept the delivery mission. I would have to tip normally (so that drivers will deliver to us), take out cash (which I almost never use), add logistics for giving them a cash tip, then drop the tip to zero post-delivery (which could mess with my rankings and threaten our future with the service).
Tipping in cash is easier with something like Uber, where you'll already have cash on hand (because you're already out) and the money can change hands at the end of the ride. (To be clear: I'm not giving Uber a pass here. They also do shady stuff with driver payouts.)
The OP wasn't about doordash though, it was about uber (poster mentions the ride-sharing part of the business in a comment elsewhere). I don't believe DD is lying about 100% of tips going to drivers, particularly given Tony Xu also publicly denied this behaviour was happening at DD on his twitter
I'm the weird contrarian that really likes tipping. I didn't know that DoorDash uses tips to offset hourly wages.
Abusing my wanting to give hard-working drivers extra is where I draw the line, and it's a damn shame that this is legal.
I hope this gets more air time and lights a fire under these food delivery companies like the sex scandals did to Uber (a service I'm also seeking alternatives for, though that's another reply for another post).