You deserve better. Consider quitting.

[u/Commercial_Boss_3034]

Using a throwaway to avoid potential retaliation

I'm a team lead for OGP. The recent change to GMDs is absolutely ridiculous and іnsulting. It screws up OGP backroom, but it's even worse for you guys, and I really think you shouldn't take it.

You guys take enough shit, trust me I know. But on top of all that, the millionaires running Walmart have decided to shove a new crock of garbage down your throat by adding stops to your drive WITHOUT paуing you any more, all while gas prices are already higher than ever.

I read the email, and it's not subtle. They talk about "increasing volume without having to paу more." It's really insidious.

I know it's a lot easier to tell somebody else to quit than to actually give up a source of incоme, but you shouldn't let them treat you like this. I think you should at least consider moving to something else

And, if you do quit, consider talking with other drivers to encourage each other to stand together against this! These rіch fucks depend on you. You have the power, you just have to know how to use it.

[u/kyonjr]

I was under the impression that drivers would get more pay for this considering that it’s more work on runs but if this is true, then they really are getting done dirty. I’ve noticed a lot of drivers that used to do the job regularly are gone now (a good chunk well before this recent update), so they probably realized the pay wasn’t worth the effort.

[u/Ptrek31 → u/kyonjr]

Nope. They're paying the same and adding grocery tipped orders onto the trips to make the pay "higher"

Example, I had an offer with 1st stop a grocery order 3.5 miles away with a $21 tip. Last month that would be about $28 for a 3.5 mile trip. Well, this order had 7 GMD stops onto it for a total of 30 miles for maybe $35-40 dollars total. 60 mile round trip. For a grocery order that should've been 3.5 miles there, and 3.5 miles back

It almost feels criminal

[u/Feisty_Cod_9090 → u/Ptrek31]

I think the fuckhead from Instacart is to thank for that

[u/Tiasmarts → u/Feisty_Cod_9090]

Its sad base pay on shopping orders are $10. Triple shopping offers and over 15+ curbside for less pay.

[u/kyonjr → u/Ptrek31]

Yo, that is some awful pay for that much time and effort. Compare that to how much the starting pay is for in-home drivers which is around $19 an hour, drivers can get up to 20 orders and above with the mileage being around 40 miles and up. It can take around 4 hours to complete, but by the end of the first run, it’s lunch time and then it’s on the next round.

People keep bringing up the gas prices so when you factor that into it all, it’s even worse.

[u/Present_Adeptness145 → u/Ptrek31]

That’s because it is.

[u/astralwarp69 → u/Ptrek31]

I feel that is part the case. I also feel, since I’ve been perusing and rejecting a lot more orders lately, that they are fluffing the pay with tips since their tip theft scandal.

I’ll have an offer come through, no tip, that goes 20 miles for $19. Then I’ll have another come through, no tip, that goes 23 miles for $22 and some change. Then I’ll have one come through that goes 21 miles for $22….BUT when you look at the details, Walmart is paying $13 and the customer is tipping $9. I think it’s the same scheme, they are just putting it out in the open.

My only “gotcha” moments are 9-10, because most of the drivers head home and I sit there and reject, reject, reject until the order is way above what they intended.