These things don't exist on the east coast AFAIK. And DD is a predatory company that fucks everyone in the equation. You're also on your own for the depreciation of your car and cost of gas (damn, good luck with that), and have money set aside, up to 30%, just for taxes; not to mention keeping track of all expenses that can count as a loss to avoid paying so much in taxes. You're likely to make less than minimum wage after all is said and done.

Idk anything about Safeway, but an annoying job with union benefits sounds a lot better than doing gig economy exclusively in an economy that's going to absolutely fuck you in the ass pretty soon. Hell, you're better off picking up extra hours, studying, or working on a real side gig with that spare time than really slaving away with DD.

PE-owned company whose sole purpose is to extract as much money as possible. No wonder it’s shit to work for.

Expecting excellent work for low pay is absolutely standard practice in retail. America destroyed their unions and look where it leaves you.

They’re not blocking you from DoorDash, they’re doing staff optimization which is pretty standard in American retail and makes it so that their costs fluctuate with the level of business, rather than being flat. It is extremely anti-labour, because you never have a predictable schedule.

Also, DoorDash isn’t really income. Subtract the IRS mileage deduction before you calculate your income. Spend the time picking up a trade or something.

No, I'm not even sure they exist here. Never seen one.

The abuse is the point.

These companies want all of their grunts and customers to have no self-respect and go tell others not to have self-respect either.

I worked there in the 90s

it was ok, but yeah I had to do it all. Checker, bagger, bathroom cleaner, stocker, dairy, bread, produce, clean the meat department.. .etc

I refused to clean the meat department after a time, it was just too much for me at the time and made me vegetarian for a bunch of years

Never seen one.

That’s crazy because Safeway is super high. They have them where my mother lives. I prefer not to shop there when I visit. I have shops I prefer there, even though I’ve been like 5 times in the last 20 years. All I will say for Safeway is their stores tend to be clean. But there are exceptions.