Door Dash Facts - Independent Contractor/Driver DoorDash Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You are able to work your own schedule, if for any reason you need time off, family emergency or illness etc., this is not problem.

Cons

Door Dash offers promotion to the public, allowing free deliveries, which many times entails no tips. There are two many smaller orders, which a driver must take 2 small orders to makeup for one. This means double the work and can also take you double or even triple the mileage to delivery addresses. If you are a person who is depending on this income it can be very difficult, and you absolutely need a secondary income. Also when Door Dash saturates the market with new dashers, this also will drive down the price and number of orders and the amounts you can make. Door Dash caters to the needs of it's clients, and restaurants, but I feel the drivers get left out of the equation. The company is too busy making money but not increasing Dasher pay per order. We too are an integral part of this company, they could not do business without us, but sadly Door Dash is not recognizing this fact.

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Cons

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Pros

- The company offers comprehensive benefits and is very well-established and professionally run. - The entire process is very standardized. Whenever there are questions or approvals needed, the response time is very fast. - The office environment is great.

Cons

- Extremely toxic culture on certain teams. Working late is basically expected, and if you are not constantly online or putting in extra hours, you may be labeled as “not committed” or “not proactive enough.” There is a lot of pressure to perform being busy rather than actually being effective. - Reorgs happen constantly, and every manager change feels like a warning sign. If you get moved onto a new manager’s team through a reorg and you are not one of “their people,” good luck. They may never fully trust you and can make your life miserable until you eventually leave or get pushed out. - Leadership is incredibly political. There is a lot of sucking up, favoritism, and clique behavior. Being good at your job is not always enough. I have seen capable people get pushed out very suddenly because they did not have the right relationship with leadership, while people with weak skills but strong political instincts and good “talking skills” continue to get rewarded. - Terrible environment for early-career employees. There is basically no real training, and very little patience for junior employees who are still learning. You are expected to figure everything out on your own, but at the same time, you may still be criticized for not already knowing things nobody ever taught you.

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