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May 16, 2025
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I really donāt think you should feel any guilt over thi!!! The only winners in a gig economy are the tech giants, private equity firms, and shareholders. Absolutely no one on doordash as an employee or a customer has any control or power over the system! In fact, tipping is the only thing that the ālittle guyā can control in this situation. I donāt think that the people that understand and value and labor of the dasher and want to compensate them for their work will ever be dissuaded to tip. if they are aware of and care that the dasher is being underpaid and unsupported by an evil soulless tech company, they will still tip. likewise the people that understand doordash as a āpush button, get foodā pavlovian-response service and either do not consider or care about the actual lived experience of the people that do the work between āpush button, get foodā will ever be persuaded to tip. you unfortunately donāt have control over who tips or doesnāt and i 100% support you in getting yours in this fucked situation, youāre definitely not sacrificing your morals in my opinion.
i am generally against tipping culture altogether bc people should be paid a livable wage for whatever work they do and not have the money they make be dependent on random consumersā judgement of their performance. tipping only exists in the US. also, as a consumer, I shouldnāt have to be responsible for someone elseās livelihood, that responsibility should be on the employer. from what you wrote, it sounds like it was more rewarding for both you and the consumer to rely on a wage than on tipping, so Iām not sure why this is a moral dilemma? i can understand that tipping is seen as generally good (if youāre american) but when you look at the bigger picture itās used as an excuse for employers to pay people less than the value of their work. I donāt think that DoorDash, in your situation, is incentivizing people to not tip if you are still going to be making more money on the wage model anyway? If anything, it is more fair to both the employee and the consumer. So I donāt think you or DoorDash have sacrificed for morals for money, unless your morals are that you donāt make as much money for the work you do.
May 16, 2025
