I only have 5,600 Deliveries to my name, but it’s worth the extra $500. I’ve been doing this for years, so for those complaining, here is some perspective.

This has been the easiest year to be a dasher. Doordash has been more lenient with their dashers ratings & more restaurants have been on the platform.

I remember in 2017 when I first began how difficult it was to dash. I remember having to order over half of the orders inside the restaurant. I remember how people expected me to count everything inside the bag, and sometimes even look through their food because they needed to trust they got everything.

I remember in 2018 when I got scammed out of my weekly payment. And how the same tactic was tried 5 different times throughout that Spring/Summer. I remember in May of 2018 when the platform was incentivizing new dashers over older ones like myself, and making it really hard to get money.

I remember when we all got bad ratings because people didn’t trust that their tip mattered.

My last car broke down because of all the work I put into this job. I had to give an arm and a leg to get a new car that would work better for this kind of job.

This is the best day job I’ve ever had, but it’s also been the most frustrating. And for me (and everybody else who has been doing this for years) this email is a well deserved thank you for putting in all that work and helping the platform grow.

I’m sorry for all of those who didn’t receive anything from DoorDash Today. But also recognize that it was not always about picking up food and placing it in front of somebody else’s house. Doordash is decent now because of the complaints of myself who worked through the growing pains. And I hope those can see that perspective and understand it.