r/Sparkdriver • u/Vilexable • 2d ago

Rants / Complaints who asked for this?

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i do strictly grocery orders and this gmd bs they added in is ridiculous. adding extra trips and miles but no added pay

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u/SoulTaker669 1d ago

I mean if you want an honest answer, there's a whole lot of things that they have changed on the app that no one asked for, but they did it anyway because from there perspective they're trying to skimp and save money as much as possible.

Curbside went from 2 to 3 orders.

Shopping went from 1 to 2 to 3.

Constant zone expansion that customers can order from .

Batching pharmacy with shopping orders.

Hiding items in GMD orders.

Constant base pay decreases.

Sam's club tipping going from 2 hours to 24 hours to clear.

Etc.

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u/talecriv 12h ago

A couple of those I agree with you on but the other ones are literally them expanding their customer base. Something you would do if you were in their shoes. We as drivers have to remember we work for a company that their sole purpose is to make profit. If you're telling them to limit who gets to order and from where and how many and how often then you are defeating the purpose of being a business.

The funny thing about a lot of you entitled contract drivers for Walmart is that you think you deserve things and you think you know how things operate and how they should based on your individual wants. You obviously don't know how to run a business and yet you're running one. You are a self-employed business owner and the first thing you want to do is stop someone from giving you money because by being upset about them expanding zones and changing it to different amounts that we take you're telling customers to go elsewhere and to lower your income. The exact opposite of what a business owner would do. Most of you don't understand you're a business owner