The winds, they are a changin…. In the Gig Economy, the big topic of debate is: Employee or Independent Contractor. This is especially true in California where legislation (known as AB5) is set for hearings that will better define what an Independent Contractor is. Do NOT sign on for any Gig Apps until you completely …
It’s Launch Day! I’m so excited to launch the Deliver on Your Business Podcast and the 31 Day Courier MBA series. The podcast will normally be a weekly production, but to get it off the ground in style, we’re going to do 31 straight daily episodes. We’ll get more into that in a bit. On …
Launching tomorrow morning, July 1, our first episode in the Deliver on Your Business Podcast! We will start the launch with a 31 day Courier MBA series, where MBA stands for Mastering Business Attitude. The purpose of the series is to look at 30 different business prinicples and ideas, look at how they apply to …
Launching on July 1 With The 31 Day Courier MBA Series. I’ve been announcing this in our newsletter lately and I’m excited to announce here now that the Deliver On Your Business Podcast will be launching on July 1. We’ve loaded an introductory episode already just to get it up and get listed with Stitcher, …
In my last article, I wrote about using the 40 Cent Rule to make decisions on which orders to accept. I was talking about this recently, and it dawned on me there was a simpler way to do things. I thought about editing the article to amend it but thought maybe it helps just to …
If you are a Grubhub drivers in one of the markets where a new pay model rolled out this week, you will soon find that maybe the most significant change is in how Grubhub pays on multiple orders. It was a change that they buried deep in their email, and not a lot of people …
It’s all their fault. Death. Famine. Poverty. War. Justin Bieber…. Blame it all on those evil doers, those villains, those ne’er-do-wells. Cherry pickers. Those nasty, evil, horrible beings who stomp on babies, kick puppies, put pineapple on their pizza and, horror of horrors, reject orders while on delivery. All of our problems with delivery would …
They say that when starting a business, you want to choose something you enjoy doing, or even that you can be passionate about. Oh come on! Delivery work? Is it possible to enjoy the work, to feel good about yourself, to actually thrive, to feel like a legitimate business person while doing deliveries for these …
Grubhub Driver Specialists (you know, those supervisors who aren’t called supervisors because Independent Contractors aren’t supposed to have supervisors by law?) recently sent out an email to drivers. They were reminding everyone that our contract requires the use of insulated bags. And they threw in the comment that drivers can be terminated for not using …
AB5, California’s Gig Economy Legislation, could completely change the landscape for delivery contractors in California. It could have a nationwide ripple effect. The state assembly passed it and the state senate will probably follow suit. Most California gig workers would be classified as employees if this passes. This could have major repercussions across the country, …
Just how stupid do these companies think we are? Postmates thinks that since they increased the pickup fee in our market from $1.15 to $1.40, “these new rates remove the need for a minimum guarantee adjustment.” Ummmmm, you do know you decreased our dropoff fee by the same amount, right? And you cut the per …
The question about whether delivery drivers are independent contractors or employees is settled. Or is it? The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Uber drivers are NOT employees. A lot of people seem to think this settles the question across the board with similar apps, food delivery apps, etc. It does not. In fact, …
Editor’s note: I wrote this about Grubhub’s original pay model update, introduced in March, 2019. Grubhub tweaked their pay model again in late June, 2019. Grubhub created quite a stir in the driver community by notifying drivers of a new pay model. They seem to be taking a page from Doordash as they are not …
For the longest time, conventional wisdom was that Uber Eats would be the one to eventually knock Grubhub off their perch as market share leader in the food delivery business, with Doordash and Postmates seemingly left behind to battle for scraps. And yet recent reports like this one and this one show Doordash taking over …
Does Doordash have a dress code for Dashers? Do you have to wear a certain uniform for Uber Eats or Grubhub or any of the gig economy delivery services? No. In fact, those companies cannot legally require or enforce a dress code when using independent contractors. They’re not allowed to control your work or appearance. …