

#PIZZA HUT HOME DELIVERIES DRIVER#
Brett Helling, founder of Ridester, stated that tipping the driver varies widely depending on the items you’re ordering, the platform you’re using, and what happens during the delivery.īut here’s the thing - most drivers’ wages are very much dependent on tips. While 15% to 20% is a typical tip for servers and bartenders (although now 25% might be the new 20%), there is quite a debate as to the appropriate amount of gratitude to a delivery driver. There is no feeling of security as you never know what the whims of a customer are going to be.” “The worker is reliant on the customer feeling generous at that moment. It’s exploitative and is only kept in place by companies as a way to keep labor costs way down by having the customer be the primary source of a worker’s income.” But the problem is, ShaolinJohn noted, tipping isn’t mandatory. When asked about the tipping culture in the US, the user told us, “ is one of the biggest scams against low-wage workers in the country. Recently, an excited Pizza Hut delivery driver was let down by a corporate party who gave her a $20 tip for a giant $938 order Read on for the story and the heated discussion that followed, and be sure to share your own takes on the tipping conundrum in the comments. But when she came down, both her excitement and hopes of putting some extra cash in her pocket were gone. “It’s hard out there,” the mother-of-two told the user as she carried dozens of boxes onto the elevator. You see, the worker couldn’t hold back her excitement about a giant $938 order she was about to deliver and the tip that would possibly follow. Redditor ShaolinJohn, who works security at an office in Dallas, Texas, opened up about an encounter with a struggling Pizza Hut delivery driver he had a few nights ago. And a recent post on the Anti Work subreddit is a perfect example of how big of a toll this approach has on them. But while businesses offload the burden of giving workers a fair paycheck to the customers, employees are often the ones who pay the price.
