How much am I supposed to tip an UberEats driver?

Is tipping even expected when you order a pizza from Dominos or Pizza Hut?  You're already paying a fee for the food to be delivered, and the driver already receives a salary and other compensation for delivering your meal...

Is tipping even expected when you go to a restaurant?  You're already paying for the food, and the wait staff is receiving a salary and benefits...

Unlike the above, your UberEats driver doesn't receive any of the delivery fee you paid, has no benefits, and only receives a small per mile/minute fee.  Your driver doesn't make the food, they just answer the call to pick it up when you're hungry.  Things may have changed since I quit UberEats, but generally, Eats drivers make between half and 3/4 of the minimum wage in your area, and about 1/3 of what drivers make. 

Who is to blame for your food being cold?  Possibly the resturant you ordered from for not preparing teh food quickly.  Possibly Uber for not having enough delivery…

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Is tipping even expected when you order a pizza from Dominos or Pizza Hut?  You're already paying a fee for the food to be delivered, and the driver already receives a salary and other compensation for delivering your meal...

Is tipping even expected when you go to a restaurant?  You're already paying for the food, and the wait staff is receiving a salary and benefits...

Unlike the above, your UberEats driver doesn't receive any of the delivery fee you paid, has no benefits, and only receives a small per mile/minute fee.  Your driver doesn't make the food, they just answer the call to pick it up when you're hungry.  Things may have changed since I quit UberEats, but generally, Eats drivers make between half and 3/4 of the minimum wage in your area, and about 1/3 of what drivers make. 

Who is to blame for your food being cold?  Possibly the resturant you ordered from for not preparing teh food quickly.  Possibly Uber for not having enough delivery staff to keep up with demand.  Most probably , however, the fault lies with the person ordering for not taking care of their driver during prior deliveries.  If you're rude, complain a lot and don't tip, everybody elses dinner gets delivered before yours. 

Want warm food?  Learn to cook, pick up your food yourself, or try being nice to delivery staff and tip.

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A question asked by someone who clearly has not done the job and thinks it is easy, breezy. And that's okay, because until you do something, it is hard to understand. UberEats, DoorDash, GrubHub, all these drivers are working for $0 an hour. This makes them, not employees, but subcontractors. As such, the driver can turn down any offer if it is too low. You mentioned your food always arrives late and not warm. It is because you are not tipping enough, and driver after driver is declining the offer to deliver your order; however, there is always a sucker who will deliver it anyway...eventually. Also, if you are thinking about not tipping or tipping a little until the food arrives and looks good and then tipping more, don’t. It will also be skipped over by driver after driver until it arrives late and not warm.

People need to make a living wage. These are not waiters/waitresses walking across a restaurant to bring you food, who you do and should tip. They are drivers driv…

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A question asked by someone who clearly has not done the job and thinks it is easy, breezy. And that's okay, because until you do something, it is hard to understand. UberEats, DoorDash, GrubHub, all these drivers are working for $0 an hour. This makes them, not employees, but subcontractors. As such, the driver can turn down any offer if it is too low. You mentioned your food always arrives late and not warm. It is because you are not tipping enough, and driver after driver is declining the offer to deliver your order; however, there is always a sucker who will deliver it anyway...eventually. Also, if you are thinking about not tipping or tipping a little until the food arrives and looks good and then tipping more, don’t. It will also be skipped over by driver after driver until it arrives late and not warm.

People need to make a living wage. These are not waiters/waitresses walking across a restaurant to bring you food, who you do and should tip. They are drivers driving across town to bring you food. On top of that, they are putting wear and tear on one of their most valuable properties FOR YOU. If you do not think tipping is worth fresh food being driven across town FOR YOU, then get up off your lazy, entitled ***, and go get it yourself. This is not a charity. This is a service FOR YOU if you do not want to, or cannot, go get your own food. My advice for tipping is: “I have found that tipping $2 per mile plus an additional $5 on top to cover the driving to the restaurant is a tip worth the trip.” Drivers will snag these up with a quickness and get it to you fast, because they are grateful for the generosity and understanding of what they have to do. 

People need to pay rent and support themselves and/or families. Personally, I am taking care of my elderly mother. Stop being selfish and only thinking of yourself. Because, really, we are all in this together. Peace and love, and genuinely, good luck with getting fresh food in the future.

P.S. – Yes, you need to tip on top of the service fees. A small portion goes to the driver making $0 an hour and receiving a good tip from time to time in a sea of poor-tipping customers who do not understand the driver’s point of view; and the rest goes to the company who has used a lot of time, money, and resources to put this whole operation together FOR YOU. This service did not just magically appear out of nowhere one day for the good of humanity.

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