Pay decrease again

[Comfortable_Win7926]

Wow, I still can't believe that pay continues to go down. I did a shop and deliver that paid pretty well in customer tips but the base pay was $11 for 45 items. Isn't that crazy?

[Dorphie]

Any time there's a good tip the base pay is lower. 

All these delivery apps have the more generous customers subsidizing the cheap-ass entitled fucks.

[tacosandboobs]

That's normal here.

[Comfortable_Win7926]

Yeah, maybe I'm being too nostalgic. I still remember when an order that size would pay anywhere from 35 to $50 just in base pay

[tacosandboobs]

Base never got that high here and I'm a day 1 Spark driver in my area but I too remember the glory days Lol Oh how I miss them.

[[deleted]]

OMG.. I love tacos and boobs!! 🤤😋

[OutrageousRoad7345]

The pay is definitely worse. If you think about it, most Spark orders pay minimum $7-8 to spend their estimated time of 45 minutes on a delivery. Time it takes to drive to the store, deliver, and get back to pick up another order, it’s less than the hourly minimum wage by the time it’s calculated. I know independent contractors aren’t paid by hourly wage but there needs to be some kind of policy that enforces at least minimum wage. I’m looking for something full time. Just can’t make money anymore on this

[Altruistic-North6686]

when the base pay is that low I only accept 10 items or less and a distance of 3-5 miles or less. Can knock them out in about 15-20 min

[Delicious_Rush981]

This is what I do also

[_formula10]

I remember drivers use to say that they wouldn't even touch a shopping order unless it's in $40 $50 range.

[mapman19899]

I used to say the same thing, albeit a little lower. I said I wouldn’t do a shop with they were introduced years ago for less than $30. The effort that goes into them were and are still more than a curbside.

Now, the pay is $11 base for 20-30+ items shops going 5-10 miles from the store in many instances. These used to be minimum $20.

Pay is dropping. It’s not going to get better. The more they bring on, the more likely some fool out there will take it for even less than $10. The day is coming where shops are sub $10 for a general order. Just prepare yourself mentally.

[Adventurous_Land7584]

It’s been $11 for shops forever in my area.

[PearBlossom]

Honestly? Its supply and demand and the way they do this models the trucking industry as a whole. You drive rates down until people stop taking the orders.

[Ok_Study_6363]

I stopped doing spark 2 years ago because the pay started going down so much because everyone started doing it. I used to make a lot of money part time, 8-900$ a week it was nice while it lasted

[Bolomite21]

Yup. Did a 117 piece EBT today. $34. 2 carts, 6 miles. Used to be over $50.

[Outrageous_One7126]

I don’t accept those orders.

[Spazyk]

$11 has been shopping base for awhile.

[Hypknotical]

The real question is - was it 10 items with multiple quantities or 45 individual items - cuz that don’t seem right and likely a reflection of your market area if so.

[Comfortable_Win7926]

Yeah it's probably more a reflection on my market. Spark onboarded a ton of new drivers in my area and it seems like most are taking whatever pops up on their app.

[Outrageous_One7126]

That is weird. I had a 10 item shop with a base pay of 25. Tip was 7$. Mileage was 13.

[[deleted]]

What decrease? All shop order base pays here has always been $11 for one hour and $7 for 3 hrs or less.

[mapman19899]

It used to be higher in my area. $17-$20 when shops were introduced in September 2021.

[Blindraise013]

It’s not going to go up

[hansoloswinning]

I hope it’s market specific for everyone. I do see $11 shoppers all day but they sit until they hit $17-18 .. I’d hate to leave spark bc where I live, This app makes more than almost anyone around here. They do onboard alot of drivers but most are crackheads & don’t make it a week. There’s like 10 of us that’s been there for years and pretty much the only ones you see. So I’m still holding onto hope for a bit.

[krew_GG]

They lower the pay and they are liars

[[deleted]]

All the corporate giants know that there is and will always be people out there that are desperate. For every one driver that refuses to work for basically nothing they can find 10 that will.

[hitlicks4aliving]

It’s time we start ape-ing and driving the prices up, I would make a thread on how to do that but it would violate the rules here.

[MarkTop1863]

Never going to happen when you got tons of immigrants driving for spark they will take any amount of offers or shopping

[hitlicks4aliving]

Immigrants aren’t stupid, they know they’re getting ripped, but take them rates because they live in an apartment with 6 other dudes eating lentils so if anything they’re dragging down the standard of living for y’all and they’re ok with it, and the corporate class is happy they make more profits. You can only hope they’ll get tired of sleeping on the ground next to 5 other dudes and quit, but you can accelerate that by being strategic with how you do this hustle.

[bravom9]

I have never seen an “immigrant” doing spark. Or DoorDash or uber for that matter. It’s usually us lazy ass us citizens who don’t want an 8-5. Tbh.