Without evidence this is just fiction, I don’t trust some random Reddit post.
I don’t wholly disagree but consider it more a datapoint than an outlier that should be omitted.
I'm a developer for a major food delivery app
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#22If the allegations are true, then I think the writer needs to call up a good state Attorney General's office, and ask who to talk to.
Though I'd guess that the alleged scummy company has seen this, and is already preparing their response, trying to purge any incriminating emails and PowerPoints, etc.
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#23A sprint planning meeting seems like the wrong place to put that topic.
I'm also not used to developers having that much visibility into accounting practices. And that seems like an odd way to structure things.
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#24I do use some of these regularly when I'm in a pinch but I would never even think to tip in the app itself. If I don't trust a company to pay the drivers a wage, why would I trust them to give them my tip! Edit : I always tip with cash on delivery.
It used to be the case briefly (I think) that drivers choose your order after seeing the tip amount so as the poster mentioned, you would get only the truly desperate drivers if you dont tip.
If whats written here is true (I honestly have no reason to doubt it) its disgusting and ill definitely not use these apps any further.
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#25https://old.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/1q1mzej/im_a_de...
If anyone wants up save that thread's content and metadata before OP nukes it.
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#26More evidence for my theory that the only reason Uber et al are able to exist is because they have an infinite supply of suckers signing up as drivers. Any McJob pays better now.
It’s a long way short of evidence, though. It might be right, but it might just be food for confirmation bias, too.
Always possible, but the points here are too good to be out of a random brainstorm of what an evil company would do. It sounds very plausible as an exhaustive list of the most important dastardly things an evil delivery company would do.
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#27Without evidence this is just fiction, I don’t trust some random Reddit post.
Knowing the tech industry it sounds entirely plausible. I'm surprised people think this is news.
When I read the predictive tip based fee reduction I went, "yep thats what I would do if I was unscrupulous and worked there."
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#28Without evidence this is just fiction, I don’t trust some random Reddit post.
I don’t wholly disagree but consider it more a datapoint than an outlier that should be omitted.
Everybody knows delivery apps are shitty, if it were just gossip it wouldn’t matter but making specific allegations should be backed up with proof.
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#29If the allegations are true, then I think the writer needs to call up a good state Attorney General's office, and ask who to talk to. Though I'd guess that the alleged scummy company has seen this, and is already preparing their response, trying to purge any incriminating emails and PowerPoints, etc.
Why would an AG care? This is a huge company stealing from poor people. The system is working as designed.
They would not be so brazen in doing this (in relative openness with every developer being in on it) if they thought an AG would actually care.
They do this because they correctly calculated that they have enough connections and/or bribes to preempt such an action.
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#30Another evil thing about the whole food delivery industry is that infantilises people to the point they are incapable of making their own food.