A DoorDash rider with his bike and delivery pack on his back exiting a NYC restaurant in winter.
A DoorDash delivery person.
  • Delivery drivers expercienced a boom during the pandemic, but many say that luck has run out. 
  • Now, many drivers are focusing on picking up deliveries from high-end restaurants in hopes of a larger tip. 
  • But without being able to see exactly how much they'll be tipped, drivers say it's a gamble. 

Delivery drivers experienced a moment in the spotlight during the pandemic — heralded for risking their health to collect, secure, and deliver food and groceries when many people were unable to leave their homes. 

Now, many UberEats and DoorDash workers say, the tables have turned and tips are dwindling.