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 less
edit: just to show how EXTREMELY FUCKING NOT OK it is to drive for that long, here's the regs for HGV (truck) drivers
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/L
Gas consuption (avgs)
Trips: 3 * 24 = 72 KMs: 728km = 576
Consumption : 10.71(576/100) = 61.69
Cost: 61.69 * 1.34 = 82.66
Maintenance
Average main cost (in CAD) = .08$/km
Maint cost of this day in CAD = 576 * .08 = 46.08
In Pounds: 46.05 * .66 = 30.41
Profit (pre tax!): 330 - 82.66 - 30.41 = 216.93
Per workers: 216.93/ 2 = 108.47
Per hour: 108.47/24 = 4.52 pounds/hr
Not taking into account "dominoes and fizzy drinks". But I can see that being what... 50 pounds? Assuming yes, it's now 3.48 pounds/hr
Insurance? Risk? Child care?
Seems weird to flex over 3.50/hr
those numbers are indeed off, petrol is more expensive here, around £1.91 per litre, depending on where you get it
also the distance is a bit far, usually here it's closer to 4-5km depending on location
also dominoes and drinks for 2 people would be more like £30-£35
3 meals tho? No idea on prices, but dominoes here would be like 30$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 think
Also some coffee/energy drinks would contribute.
true, a single white monster is ~£1 here
a 4 pack is ~£3
damn 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 £1.65
Just 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.
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Wow those regulations are a lot stricter than they are in the states:
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.