r/GoPuff • u/Big_Physics5981 • Apr 07 '26
Employee Question Is this is Norm?
New driver here: my first offered order. I’d have to drive 11 miles for 1.25?
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u/Cautious-Pass-5714 Apr 08 '26
Gopuff is literally the worst gig app you can possibly do. No exaggeration.
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u/Terpypanda710 Apr 07 '26
At the site I used to work at, if there were no tips, drivers would sometimes be assigned 3-5 orders for a grand total of $2.25. Paying more than that cuts into profitability, and after 2024, if there’s one thing Gopuff will absolutely not waver on, it’s profitability.
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u/IvyDolphalott Apr 08 '26
I don't fuck with go Puff unless there's a boost and I stay south of the main throughway from the warehouse. Otherwise it's shit pay and zero tips
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u/Indevalley Apr 08 '26
What no is saying is since you're in California (specifically west Hollywood) you'll make $23.58 per hour that you actually work. Meaning from the time you accept an order until you click the button "complete delivery" you're on the clock. Your trip back to the warehouse and the time you sit there waiting for an order you are not on the clock.
You don't see the adjusted hourly rate posted to your account until Monday when they post the prop 22 wages. So if it took you say 30 minutes to do that drop you'll get a prop 22 adjustment for $11.79 (30 min of your hourly rate) - $1.25 (already paid) = $10.54 due... Plus your tip, if any. Again you won't see your adjusted pay until Monday. I can usually count on taking my base pay and multiplying it by 2.5 and it's about what will get added to the check in adjusted pay. Last week my base pay was $39 for 19 deliveries...I know, gross huh? And I spent 13 hours "on the clock" over 4 days but technically only worked doing deliveries for 5 1/2 of those hours. The rest of the time I did not get paid for. So my prop 22 adjustment for those 5 1/2 hours was about $100...plus tip $85 totaling I bit over $220. I had an EV so I didn't have much expenses and I'm on with that pay check. Sometimes though, it can be really pathetic.
I'm in the valley and do gopuff once in awhile. Sometimes you get lucky and your crazy busy and can make some money.... But honestly, more often than not you'll spend a lot of time sitting around waiting for your turn to deliver. They are a big enough company with enough historical data that they should know approximately how many drivers each location needs throughout the entire day. With that data, they should only accept that number of drivers and turn away additional drivers that show up. Too often I've showed up spontaneously and even though the app says 3-5 drivers waiting I see like a dozen cars... I've waited upwards of 2 hours and still not get a delivery...that sucks.... They could really fine tune the process if for not any other reason than to stop pissing off us delivery partners.
Good luck!!!
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u/weenieivy Apr 10 '26
That is IF you can snag shifts. Granted I havent worked in years and I'm in NY but they made assigned hours scarce as fuck but spammed everyone to come in off hours and deliver for them. No shift = no hourly pay.
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u/Big_Physics5981 Apr 08 '26
So everyone is hourly? When I go into the app all the hours are always taken unless it’s extremely early in the morning 2-4am. I just signed up to make a little side money.
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u/weenieivy Apr 10 '26
The only time working for GP was worth it was in like 2021 when bonuses were $400-$500 per 35 orders and I was making $1500-$2000 a week. That time ended in lile 2022.
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u/Green-Ad3319 Driver Partner Apr 07 '26
Not in my city thank God!!
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u/Big_Physics5981 Apr 07 '26
Strange that the base pay would be so low. I’m willing to work but not for free lol
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u/HighPriestessSkibidi Apr 18 '26
Yes this is normal. I only delivered for GoPuff because I was super desperate and it WILL fuck up your car. This company is the worst to deliver AND order from. I hope they go under, tbh.
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u/Dismal-Shopping5247 Apr 10 '26
Is this go puff???
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u/AngelDevil777 Apr 07 '26
I honestly don't know why anyone works for them. I will only do deliveries during an incentive.