Can You Make a Living as a Delivery App Bike Messenger?
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Date: 2020-05-20
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革命チョコ
I am a student and I do foodora occasionally in Toronto. I earn about 30/hr CAD (sometimes way more or a bit below) with the tip but I am the top 5% rider in term of number of deliveries per hour. It is enough to afford a living for a part time job i. e. rent and food and some entertainments, while in a school. BUT, it is not easy. You have to go all out in rain/snow, and must be very swift, not at just riding but also locking bike, finding the building, etc. When the restaurant makes me wait, I get paid less and I get very angry (inside.
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I am a student and I do foodora occasionally in Toronto. I earn about 30/hr CAD (sometimes way more or a bit below) with the tip but I am the top 5% rider in term of number of deliveries per hour. It is enough to afford a living for a part time job i. e. rent and food and some entertainments, while in a school. BUT, it is not easy. You have to go all out in rain/snow, and must be very swift, not at just riding but also locking bike, finding the building, etc. When the restaurant makes me wait, I get paid less and I get very angry (inside.
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George
It's just like being a flight instructor at one of the pilot mills without all the debt one takes on to meet the minimum qualifications, it's a low-rung job, not a career! But getting hurt can run up the debt big time and in a hurry! I don't like city living, to me a big town is any town that has a population of 600 or more! I use to drive to NYC a lot when I was a chauffeur, talk about a thankless job for not much money wise! Flying has its own shortcomings but I can always say no I am not doing that!
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It's just like being a flight instructor at one of the pilot mills without all the debt one takes on to meet the minimum qualifications, it's a low-rung job, not a career! But getting hurt can run up the debt big time and in a hurry! I don't like city living, to me a big town is any town that has a population of 600 or more! I use to drive to NYC a lot when I was a chauffeur, talk about a thankless job for not much money wise! Flying has its own shortcomings but I can always say no I am not doing that!
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schlooonginator
Too bad messengering pays so little. I read that in the 80s being a courier paid well with people taking home up to a grand every 2 weeks. This was in Toronto. Lol, I did the job for 2 years in the late 90s and made far LESS than that! I would bet that even today, nearly 3 decades later that messengers make LESS than they did then. I can only wish they made even what they did 30 years ago because I would drop my job now.
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Too bad messengering pays so little. I read that in the 80s being a courier paid well with people taking home up to a grand every 2 weeks. This was in Toronto. Lol, I did the job for 2 years in the late 90s and made far LESS than that! I would bet that even today, nearly 3 decades later that messengers make LESS than they did then. I can only wish they made even what they did 30 years ago because I would drop my job now.
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JQ
This is ridiculous. These app companies are running a scam here. Labor standards for bike messengers were atrocious enough (It doesn't help that the workforce doesn't have a union) but this shows that it will added stress and pressure on the workers. And as this fool illustrates, bikers will ride recklessly and jeopardize the safety of people as well as themselves. And this biker is a moron riding a bike with no brakes.
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This is ridiculous. These app companies are running a scam here. Labor standards for bike messengers were atrocious enough (It doesn't help that the workforce doesn't have a union) but this shows that it will added stress and pressure on the workers. And as this fool illustrates, bikers will ride recklessly and jeopardize the safety of people as well as themselves. And this biker is a moron riding a bike with no brakes.
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ab
Yes why not. This is not the job one can do for the whole life but one can at least for some years. Then it can not be called an exhausting job. It all depends on how trained one is. there are much more exhausting Jobs than this one. Yes then of course, if one who isn't in shape chooses this job, probably has chosen the wrong one. But it might also be the chance to become fitter and lose weight.
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Yes why not. This is not the job one can do for the whole life but one can at least for some years. Then it can not be called an exhausting job. It all depends on how trained one is. there are much more exhausting Jobs than this one. Yes then of course, if one who isn't in shape chooses this job, probably has chosen the wrong one. But it might also be the chance to become fitter and lose weight.
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Rahul
I do it because there are no other jobs but risking your life, destructing your body for less then minimum wage is not worth it. In the winter I can make more then minimum with uber, but the summer its dead and they pay lot less. But the good part is I can work whenever. If I dont feel like going to work, I dont. If I need couple more hours before going to work, I can do that.
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I do it because there are no other jobs but risking your life, destructing your body for less then minimum wage is not worth it. In the winter I can make more then minimum with uber, but the summer its dead and they pay lot less. But the good part is I can work whenever. If I dont feel like going to work, I dont. If I need couple more hours before going to work, I can do that.
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tubbyrainbow111
worked with deliveroo before. I'd give the job about 5/10. Minimum wage or less. Cold wet work at times ( not nice during the Irish winter. Have to take care of bike expenses and maintenance yourself. No business perks. No insurance. You have to sort all your own taxes as an independent contractor. meh just get a normal job it's less stress for better money.
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worked with deliveroo before. I'd give the job about 5/10. Minimum wage or less. Cold wet work at times ( not nice during the Irish winter. Have to take care of bike expenses and maintenance yourself. No business perks. No insurance. You have to sort all your own taxes as an independent contractor. meh just get a normal job it's less stress for better money.
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Johnny
im in his shoes and tbh its a dead end job. sure it has its upside of being able to bike for work but as he said, youre delivering for a tech company who delivers food that wont compensate for any accidents that were to occur. youre a independent contractor working for people who probably has never worked in a restaurant in their lives.
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im in his shoes and tbh its a dead end job. sure it has its upside of being able to bike for work but as he said, youre delivering for a tech company who delivers food that wont compensate for any accidents that were to occur. youre a independent contractor working for people who probably has never worked in a restaurant in their lives.
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GreenPedal
To be a cycle messenger (or courier as we call it in the UK) you must be prepared to work very, very hard, be fit and healthy, have very low living costs, have a casual temperament and be brave in traffic. If you have any mental health issues - forget it - you will never handle the pressure! Oh yes and you must LOVE BIKES.
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To be a cycle messenger (or courier as we call it in the UK) you must be prepared to work very, very hard, be fit and healthy, have very low living costs, have a casual temperament and be brave in traffic. If you have any mental health issues - forget it - you will never handle the pressure! Oh yes and you must LOVE BIKES.
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Observing
Get a motorcycle, or at least a scooter. Learn how to ride it, practice mastering it in wide open parking lots. And always ride like you are literally invisible. Still signal and safely lane split/filter, to avoid getting rear-ended & crushed. But always act like vehicles & pedestrians will run into you.
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Get a motorcycle, or at least a scooter. Learn how to ride it, practice mastering it in wide open parking lots. And always ride like you are literally invisible. Still signal and safely lane split/filter, to avoid getting rear-ended & crushed. But always act like vehicles & pedestrians will run into you.
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