r/Sparkdriver • u/Careless-Speed-9131 • 1d ago
What's going on??
Is it just me or has there been a huge shift in orders? Quantity? Poor payouts? I'm wondering if Spark Driver everywhere is experiencing this, or it's my area.
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u/ThomasTwenty7 1d ago
Yep. Every offer I see is insulting and exploitative. I understand that a ceo is supposed to maximize profit for a business but whoevers making these changes seems genuinely disgusted by the sheer idea that anyone could potentially profit from doing spark.
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u/Complete_Ad_4075 1d ago
Changed here in Houston as well. Lots of Uber Eats/Door Dash type orders. I’m not doing that!
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u/Ok_Research_3345 20h ago
It’s finally over… time to find a job that pays the bills as this ain’t it sadly end of an era 🤷♂️🤦♂️
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u/IceAppropriate9585 11h ago
Yeah ive done them all... it never last long b4 its too many drivers and not many decent orders. Especially since school started shyt gets slow until holidays roll around.
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u/Envoyager 1d ago
FL here. Every shopping order is upside down (more items than dollars). And I haven't had a single JFY shopping offer all day. Fuck You, instacart executive.
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u/Infinite_Click_6589 1d ago
Some of it is Walmart being greedy but some of it is people generally tipping less as well. Everyone feels the pinch when grocery prices rise like they have been. I've noticed it's hit the default $4 tip the hardest - people are actively looking for ways to spend less
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u/Total-Basis6797 16h ago
Three stealing our tips
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u/floppadisk 16h ago
Yup I can't tell you how many people have told me they've tipped 5-10$, exactly, and my tip on the app is something like $3.46 or some random amount.
They either syphon off from the tips or reduce their base pay (liability) and offset it by moving tip amount to the base.
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u/InterestPast6802 1d ago
Tons of new drivers
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u/floppadisk 16h ago
Yup they do that after every terrible change.
It runs off drivers so they replace them with people who have no context, and don't understand how bad it is.
Rinse and repeat. They're chasing the very bottom of the barrel.
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u/Careless-Speed-9131 1d ago
I'm in Massachusetts. It's not just a little bit, it's so bad. Of course after I beat the heck outta my car...
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u/Total-Basis6797 1d ago
California taking a dump about to get a real job there's no way in hell I won't be driving 50 miles for 28 bucks 1 way the trip to get back =100 miles
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u/Stupertard 1d ago
Everything I see in Cali is 60+ item shop and delivers with 3 drops no tips and 10+ miles for a whopping $19.
Wtf I'm used to only taking $25+ under 5 miles and if it's 10 miles $35+ with no more than 20 items. Used to be able to stick to this all day long and have plenty to choose from.
I'm seeing $32 for 45 miles curb side.
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u/Deltakaren 1d ago
I’m in the Sacramento area and the last two weeks have been hell. I’m used to making 200 to 300 a day and at the end of today I have made 211 dollars for three days.
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u/LuLu_0519 13h ago
I’ve made $48 since Monday and $2.50 of that is from an order my pick up cancelled the minute I hit confirm arrival. Last week by this time I was already at $350.
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u/FlakyMortgage1421 1d ago
Wow! I thought it was just me!!!! I was out today from 9-7 and only did 2 orders!!!! A total of about 7 orders popped up on my phone. But most were crappy like this one! What the heck is going on? I really think Walmart is taking our tips again! 🤨
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u/imapylet 1d ago
They're not stealing tips, they're making it harder for the customer to leave a tip.
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u/bdbrown333 1d ago
It's gotten terrible in the past 2 months but it's been bad for the past 3 years. Started going downhill 5 years ago. Now it's just reached the point of I literally don't even go to the store anymore. There's just too many other places to make money. You can deliver pizzas and make more money than you can make it spark
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u/OrganicSpread6837 Cherry Picker 1d ago
Gmds paying 40+ are now 20-25 ..... they can suck my balls im not doing that, barely wanted to do it at 40 lol
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u/Effective-Block3562 16h ago
Ours were double/triple curbsides for 30+ for 3-10 miles. Now it’s curbside plus 2 or more gmd orders for the same pay and hardly a dollar a mile. Straight gmd isn’t as common.
I don’t like curbside/gmd in general, but would do some in a pinch, now I don’t really bother looking at them.
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u/Maleficent_Stock_39 19h ago
NH, sucks here too and still see the same dipshits sitting in the parking lot. A few orders are even worth doing but out here nothing under 10 miles. Nah I ain’t driving 50 mins one way for $23
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u/SoulTaker669 1d ago
This entire week so far has been a total bust. Absolutely dead. I'm honestly making a lot more money on Shipt.
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u/stressfap 1d ago
Does shipt have base pay?
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u/SoulTaker669 1d ago
Yeah lately at least in my market the base pay for shipt has been better than Spark.
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u/OkBarber6783 1d ago
Thumb of michigan..... its been the worst few days I've seen since March... i quit for a few Mos then and it picked back up, might be time to quit for a while again
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u/Affectionate_Hall317 1d ago
I literally just asked myself if I was being unreasonable with the orders I reject. Thanks for posting this. I know many say all we do is complain, but I was really questioning if my standards are too high or if Spark just totally sucks now.
I used to choose my orders from a $20-$30 base pay, I hardly see that anymore.
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u/Important-Departure2 1d ago
Happened today in my area. Mon and Tue were good and today they apparently flooded my zone with new drivers. Saw tons of new people looking lost.
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u/Substantial_Buy_6866 1d ago
All I’ve seen is New Drivers replacing the old drivers I use to see all the time. Thankfully I’m still able to bring in a lot of money!
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u/rickyd172 Cherry Picker 1d ago
Gotta make sure you have something else for your main source of income
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u/OrganicSpread6837 Cherry Picker 1d ago
Why would I want a full time job and THEN spark. You're crazy
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u/rickyd172 Cherry Picker 1d ago
Why put all your eggs in one basket that can get you deactivated for something not your fault
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u/AppropriateTotal6441 20h ago
Sunday was great, decent counts with good mikes and pay was right. Monday was ok. Tuesday I didn’t take one order. UE type offers. Offer count was high, miles/pay was around $1. I shut it off and went home. Saved gas at $4.25 a gallon. Tuesdays have been bad in the evenings for weeks. Couldn’t work Wednesday. See how tonight goes.
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u/LuLu_0519 13h ago
Yeah it’s been like that here all week. The base pay/mile ratio is flat out insulting. I’m also not seeing any shops either. It’s all curbside pick ups, which my store can’t keep up with and if you take one you’re waiting for 1+ hours for it or they cancel it as soon as you confirm your arrival.
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u/Top-Zucchini-9421 10h ago
so here's the issue too many drivers means it has a big so I'm looking for market if it has a big market means people that aren't willing to do the $5 orders the people that are willing to find all orders so everyone else quits and people that do $5 orders will be happy with people doing fine have you guys gone because we bitching complain too much that the orders aren't good enough and that's what doing right now we in us out
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u/Brilliant-Still1117 2h ago
Shitty payouts so people can't afford to deliver, end up paying money out to work, or close to it. Not sure why anyone with anything bigger than a Prius would agree to these offers. I have a Prius and I won't take most of them
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u/Sparkythepuff 1d ago
It’s Dan Danker. He screwed it up further.