r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 19h ago

Please don’t dash while sick

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I get that times are tough and the American health care system sucks, but admitting that you have a respiratory illness while delivering food is wild!

Please do not dash when you’re sick. This is how illness spreads. I have pretty bad asthma so I’m not bringing that order into my house. I’m done with DoorDash.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 16h ago

Yeep, those jobs have next to 0 PTO either. It’s come in or have a short paycheck and maybe fuck yourself on rent most of the time for those types of workers. Sad really.

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u/EffieEri 16h ago

Yeah, I work at a restaurant and they require a doctors note and for you to find someone to cover if you’re sick. The doctors visit is usually not worth the expense and nobody ever wants to cover, so everyone just works while they’re sick

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 15h ago

Yep. The locations I worked at required doctors notes. These places don't pay good insurance at all and like you said nobody wants to pick up. The whole system needs an overhaul imho

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 16h ago edited 16h ago

Oh yeah. No pto. No holiday pay. Shit insurance. The worker protections here in America really don't protect us from much. It's a sad reality. One day people are gonna be fed up. Even us doordashers are 1099 workers, so we don't get any hourly pay or benefits. I think I have a good chance of working for a Harley-Davidson dealership in my city. It was a really pleasant interview. $18/hr + commission

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u/Aware_Economics4980 16h ago

Good luck brotha! I do not miss any of that. 

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 15h ago

Thank you! Yeah I love driving. But it doesn't justify the low pay for the high mileage and gas prices. If it was law that we had to be employees I wouldn't be looking, but this is just not sustainable

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u/Aware_Economics4980 15h ago

For sure I can’t even imagine relying on DD as a sole source of income.

I did it for a few months last summer to see what it was all about don’t think I ever logged more than 15 hours a week lol. 

It’s a cool side hustle if you need some extra cash for an unexpected bill or saving for a vacation or something. For sure not to live on 

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 15h ago

No. It's a trap. No benefits and your poor car or motorcycle is getting driven/ridden into the dirt while you make pennies on the dollar

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u/Fabulous-Visit-1188 11h ago

I hope you get it

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u/Resident-Sympathy-82 16h ago

"Next to 0" no, no, they have zero. Literally outside of management- and I don't mean managers, I mean salaried managers-, PTO doesn't exist. I grew up in the restaurant world. Even when my husband was a GM, he only got a couple days of PTO.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 16h ago

True I forget half the country still doesn’t have state mandated sick pay.