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This is how you can help your Amazon delivery driver earn up to a $25,000 tip for free

Thu, 12/14/2023 - 12:00

Amazon driver — Amazon offered their drivers $5 tips this holiday season, and customers jumped on the promotion.
Sandy Huffaker/Reuters

Retail, Tech, amazon, amazon-drivers, delivery-drivers, gig-economy, Tips

Women who drive for Uber and Lyft share tips for staying safe in gig-economy jobs

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

women uber lyft driver — Some women Uber and Lyft drivers say they've felt unsafe while working in the gig economy. Drivers in the story are not pictured.
AP Photo / AJ Reynolds

economy, Careers, economy, Careers, Uber, Lyft, gig-economy

DoorDash and Uber Eats removed the option to tip when placing your order in NYC — and added a new extra fee

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 11:32

doordash bike — Delivery drivers in NYC will earn more in active hourly wages, but getting a tip might be harder.
REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Retail, Tech, Tipping, DoorDash, doordash-tips, uber-eats, delivery-drivers

A Florida Gen Xer started driving for DoorDash after his business shuttered. He shares 2 tips for increasing your earnings on the app.

Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:53

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Jeff Greene — Jeff Greene, 55, has used DoorDash driving to pay the bills while he figures out his next career steps.
Jeff Greene

economy, Careers, economy, Careers, Uber, Lyft, gig-economy

A 60-year-old Uber driver explains why burnout and poor customer tipping led her to take a part-time job at Kohl's

Sat, 11/25/2023 - 06:08

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Susan — Susan, 60, took a part-time job at Kohl's after growing frustrated with her pay as an Uber driver.
Susan

economy, Careers, economy, Careers, Uber, Lyft, Tipping

4 Uber and Lyft drivers calculated how much they made after expenses. It ranged from $22 to $40 an hour, and an EV, tips, and tax incentives can make a big difference.

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

rideshare drivers — Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman, left, Jeff Hoenig, center, and Gabe Ets-Hokin.
Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman, Jeff Hoenig, Gabe Ets-Hokin

economy, economy, Uber, Lyft, Tipping, ride-hailing, gig-work

I was a bartender for almost a decade. Here are the techniques I used to land bigger tips — and the people I tried to avoid serving.

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 05:05

a bartender pours a drink — Starr Douglas was a bartender for almost a decade.
Courtesy of Starr Douglas

Careers, BI-freelancer, Bars, Bartenders, drinks, Cocktails, Drinking

Most Americans don't tip baristas. These services have the stingiest customers.

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:01

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

barista looking sadly at screen — Americans say they're being asked to tip more often than they were five years ago.
Sunwoo Jung/Getty Images

economy, Retail, economy, tip, Tipping, No-tipping, tipping-fatigue

A millennial Uber and Lyft driver who earned $25,000 last year explains how he makes money when customer tipping is 'nonexistent'

Wed, 11/08/2023 - 12:22

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

uber lyft driver — Some Uber and Lyft drivers say that poor customer tipping had made it harder to make money. Driver in story not pictured.
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

economy, Careers, economy, Careers, Uber, Lyft, UberX

A 72-year-old Uber driver who earned $80,000 last year explains how he avoids burnout and why it's become harder to make money on the app

Sun, 10/29/2023 - 07:09

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

An Uber driver and car with passengers. — Uber and Lyft drivers are tracking their hours, tips, and expenses to make sure driving is worth it.
Robert Alexander/Getty Images

economy, Careers, Careers, economy, Uber, Lyft, gig-economy

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