'I can barely survive.' We ask delivery riders if they feel safe on the job
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Is it the drivers that are the problem? We ask delivery riders what needs to change in the industry to prevent more fatalities and accidents.

Delivery riders considered independent contractors, not entitled to minimum pay, sick leave, annual leave. Uber pays $2 or $3 per kilometre, spends millions on advertisements.

  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    I’m a delivery rider and I can say this piece depicts the job accurately. On the one hand the platforms tell us to wear a helmet, drive carefully, etc. But it’s all PR bullshit to wash their hands from what they truly want. They pay you bread crumbs to make you speed the delivery, disregarding your safety and the one of others around, and to try to finish as many deliveries as available during rush hour. Even with this reckless behaviour it’s almost impossible to make a decent living (yeah the State takes more of the bread crumbs as taxes 😢)