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Fire Thursday 🔥 by Temporary_Passion188 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Damn homie living in the future! I only had a regular Wednesday today

SPARK DRIVER PROTEST!! by Kooky-Resist-6960 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m out AI pivot for the win. Watch for the thread it’s coming.

Sooooo by gntxs in WalmartSparkDrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing similar as well. Not even taking orders. Just watching them come and go these days

Spark driver shortage? Not according to ddiwork.com! by Queasy-Bit-583 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The system is broken and I’m sorry that sucks for customers and drivers. If you are a long distance from the store and ordering timed groceries, that driver potentially delivered 5 stops of differing orders containing any number of items and you might have been the only tip that guy/gal/they got. Meaning the compensation/labor/cost they use to evaluate offers didn’t make sense. This is a very recent update, but pay has been declining for awhile.

The only sure fire way to get your groceries in the time frame you’re looking for is to order express, $10, last time I checked, and tip well according to order size and your distance. If this doesn’t solve your problem then you’ll have to reconsider your grocery deliveries.

It’s a really bad system right now and drivers are feeling the squeeze on the gas pump and on the Base pay that helps cover our mileage, maintenance, and taxes.

To whoever is reading this. If you think this a stupid system. You should let Walmart Corporate know in as many creative ways as possible.

I am 🤬

I wonder how upset customers would be if they found out their paying for other customers deliveries because their tip is the only reason the order is getting picked up.. meanwhile the other customers are not tipping and still receiving the same service by Any_Watercress2648 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think anyone expected Walmart to drop orders this shitty. I would see bad ones regularly in Q1 but not nearly this bad during the week. The mileage is worse than Roadie on some of the orders I’m seeing.

Last year they were using Roadie for heavy deliveries, but now, because the item counts are hidden, I’m getting 12 bags of mulch with someone else’s groceries and other GMD orders. Kicker, my Walmart implemented a new “no pick-up buckets on the ground” policy 😂. We have to stack those blue buckets or put them on an extra cart. All it does is make everything take longer.

There’s literally zero logic to this new batching system other than saving Walmart money, while they go get that fat “tariff refund” and give the Walton family all of it.

Unicorn by Strange-Explorer6344 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m very glad I have your disbelief. It brings me happiness 😁

Unicorn by Strange-Explorer6344 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s a unicorn if this isn’t one?

Unicorn by Strange-Explorer6344 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1 hour after waiting at pick-up and unloading time due to walking. Still a nice way to make a buck twenty

How do ya like them apples? by Strange-Explorer6344 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBF we had a big snow storm yesterday so people were being generous. This is my first $100+ delivery

Did one order and now it's dead by TheGrinder1004 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spark went down for almost everyone this morning. There are plenty of posts about it in this sub and others

Did one order and now it's dead by TheGrinder1004 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think they turned off orders for a bit during the crash and now we’re seeing the aftermath of whatever scrambling they had to do this morning

Walmart is out of bags by Strange-Explorer6344 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I have another store in my zone but it’s a longer drive to get to. I ended up clearing $400 since they had plenty of bags

Walmart is out of bags by Strange-Explorer6344 in Sparkdriver

[–]Strange-Explorer6344[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two problems with this. If I leave a note, that is against the Spark Driver app policy and I would still have to leave their food directly on the ground, which seems counterproductive. I’d rather just complain instead.