And while many delivery drivers are forced to suck up low pay and rubbish working rights, 22-year-old Atlanta Martin claims to earn £1000 a week working for delivery apps.
And last week, mum-of-one Atlanta decided to put her delivery skills to the test, embarking on a 24 hour straight shift to see how much she could rake in.
The duo took home £330.16 at the end of their 24 hour challenge, and travelled 220 miles for 77 deliveries. [£4.28 averaged per delivery]
The tagline on their social media feed: https://preview.redd.it/cd123jkq20p91.png?width=620&auto=webp&s=1933b260c57aae65f5e36efc24cddd50ec08ada2
She made more than usual recently after putting in a 24 hour shift with no break 😲
if those numbers are even real, and ignoring how incredibly dangerous driving (i assume) 12 hours straight each with what would not be legally considered "rest" is, and that they were working for literally an entire day
after you take into account fuel and increased maintenance on the car, that 330 quid suddenly becomes a lot lessedit: just to show how EXTREMELY FUCKING NOT OK it is to drive for that long, here's the regs for HGV (truck) drivers
A maximum of 9 hours driving a day can be completed with a mandatory 45 minute break every 4.5 hours. Twice weekly the 9 hour limit can be increased to 10 hours.
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Maximum Daily Rest: a daily rest period of 11 hours (or more) must be taken in each 24 hour period, during which the driver does no type of work for an employer or on a self-employed basis.330 split between two people. She's bragging about working 12 hours straight in a 24 hour shift for 165 GBP / 171 USD. While assuming all risk and maintenance for her personal vehicle which is taking an urban road trip. :wholesome:
Alright did some math. Probably way off as I'm using Canadian stats.
Average Uber/skip trip length: 8km
Average fuel consuption in 2021 (city): 10.7l/100km
Average trips per hour: 3
Average Fuel cost in GB: 5.79 USD/gallon == 5.08 pounds/gallon == 1.34 pounds/LGas consuption (avgs)
Trips: 3 * 24 = 72 KMs: 728km = 576
Consumption : 10.71(576/100) = 61.69
Cost: 61.69 * 1.34 = 82.66Maintenance
Average main cost (in CAD) = .08$/km
Maint cost of this day in CAD = 576 * .08 = 46.08
In Pounds: 46.05 * .66 = 30.41Profit (pre tax!): 330 - 82.66 - 30.41 = 216.93
Per workers: 216.93/ 2 = 108.47
Per hour: 108.47/24 = 4.52 pounds/hrNot taking into account "dominoes and fizzy drinks". But I can see that being what... 50 pounds? Assuming yes, it's now 3.48 pounds/hr
Insurance? Risk? Child care?
Seems weird to flex over 3.50/hr
those numbers are indeed off, petrol is more expensive here, around £1.91 per litre, depending on where you get it
also the distance is a bit far, usually here it's closer to 4-5km depending on location
also dominoes and drinks for 2 people would be more like £30-£353 meals tho? No idea on prices, but dominoes here would be like 30$CAD for a large and a pop.
depends how much they eat i guess, though i was going on one trip to dominoes with 2 big pizzas and 3 litres of coke
if they did multiple smaller ones then it'd be more like ~£60 i thinkdamn a 4 pack is like 10$ here. A monster is generally more expensive than a beer of the same size, usually >3.50$
i just double checked, the prices have gone up since i last bought a 4 pack of my vegan battery acid
a 4 pack is now £4.60 or £4 dead with a tesco clubcard
and the singles are now £1.65Just checked, $4 a can at a grocery, so add 2 or 3$ at a dep. Shit's nutty.
jesus, that works out to a pound more expensive than they are here
Don't worry, our minimum wage is a little over 3 cans of monster/hr
ours (assuming you are 23 or over) will bag you 5.75 cans of monster/hr
You can just leave a kid at home for 24 hours while you deliver food for less than minimum wage. They're like cats probably.
Wow those regulations are a lot stricter than they are in the states:
You are allowed a period of 14 consecutive hours in which to drive up to 11 hours after being off duty for 10 or more consecutive hours. The 14-consecutive-hour driving window begins when you start any kind of work.
I'm sure if you brought up the HGV regulations to most boomers, they'd just complain about how it's health and safety gone mad.
interesting that they headline her gross income and not her net after fuel and depreciation. innocent oversight, I'm sure
220 miles at the IRS rate is something like $150 of wear on your car
After gas, wear, and food, she probably made out with less than £4/hr
Even if it were physically possible to pull 24 hour shifts with no break every week (it isn't), this would still only amount to 52k per year. If you have student loans and a mortgage you will still be living paycheck-to-paycheck on this insane work schedule.
52k per year with a kid and that's a two person income at 24 hours per day with all vehicle expenses.
Idk I understand it's not for everyone but if you can drive a car and deliver food for 12 hours straight no breaks you can probably find a construction job that requires a similar amount of effort and make far more profit
And get breaks
:yea: if more people go for the same gig job, it'll push the wages further down. so wholesome 100 :agony-wholesome:
