For a second job, I have tried to be a Skip the Dishes driver.
To be honest, the money is not that great given the hassle you have to go through. It is a good system, but as a driver you will be driving to restaurants to pick up exactly 1 order and then drive to deliver that 1 order. The back and forth will take you probably 30-45 minutes per order.
So on average you will be delivering maybe 1.5 orders per hour. The company will give you a set delivery charge (based on distance - usually between $4 to $7 per delivery) plus tips. The problem is that they don't have a minimum order amount, a lot of times people will just order a burrito or a personal size pizza for like $10. How much extra tips would you expect they will give you on a $10 purchase (while they have to add like $5 for delivery)? Maybe an extra $1.50 max?
Also a lot of times you won't be receiving back-to-back jobs while on shift, which means you make one delivery, and then you sit and wait for like 20-30 minutes and hope the next one will show up. So at the end of all these, you will be lucky to get $15 an hour on average. Plus you supply your own gas and car maintenance. It is practically worse than a minimum wage job....
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