For dashers, delivering food via the Doordash platform is an alternative to a regular 9 to 5 job. Although it is true that some Doordash drivers use gig work, such as delivering for Doordash, as a temporary fill-in between what most would call regular jobs, others use it as a permanent way of either full-time income or a way to supplement their income.
With that said, some dashers may at one time or another be ridiculed by some. Have you been one of those people? Have you been told "Why don't you go out and get a real job?" If so, you must understand that when these people try to belittle you, they are only repeating what they have been taught their whole life. It started when they were very young and entered the school system. Yep, way back in kindergarten all the way until they finish high school. This kind of thinking often goes on all the way into adulthood.
Doordash is not a real job?
Why would anybody say this? I mean, you are getting paid for something you are doing; so that makes it a job doesn't it? Anything you are spending your time doing to make money should make it a job?
You must understand that people that say that dashing is not a real job have been brainwashed. In their mind, a job requires a boss that tells you what to do all day. If you are not clocking in at a certain time and punching out at a certain time, you cannot classify it as a job; so they say. All of this is learned through their entire school system career.
Dashers make more money than many of the so called regular jobs
It's kind of mind boggling that many of the people that say to get a real job are people that earn much less than a dasher. They may have a regular 8 hour day job and not even crack the $1000 per week plateau. They may have a full time job where they are only pulling in $500 or $600 per week. If that!
As full-time dashers know, it is not difficult to make $1000 or more per week dashing if we put effort and time into this gig. If a dasher really wants or needs to earn big money for the week they can put in 12 hour days and pull in $1500 to $2000 for the week.
Don't get me wrong here. It is great for an individual to have an ambition to become something in life. Becoming a doctor, engineer, scientist, etc. is great! We can only applaud people that get educated and get themselves a nice career. Most, including me, would easily choose a well paying career over being a dasher.
Unfortunately, lots of people cannot get jobs like that for their own personal reasons. With that being said, they have a couple choices. They can get a regular 9 to 5 job that pays minimum wage or a bit above it. Or, they can dash and make much more than they would at those 9 to 5 jobs. Did I mention they can work basically whenever they want? No boss looking over their shoulder. No time clock to punch in and out. No asking for permission to take a day off here and there.
Doordash is not for everyone
There are some people that dashing is fine for and others that just can't do it. To each their own! Never ridicule somebody for what they do to make a living. Some people can cope with the long hours dashing, fighting traffic, complaining customers, etc. There are those though that just cannot do it. They may hate driving around town all day. It may tire them out. Yes, a dasher gets very tired after working long hours.
What to tell someone that says Doordash is not a real job
What all of this comes down to is the amount of money being deposited into one's bank account. If a person tells you Doordash is not a real job and you really want to say something about it, let them know that you make double than what they are earning. They should shut up. If they don't, well, you will know that you are talking to an idiot.
One thing that I have noticed is that the people that make this dumb comment are people with not-so-great jobs. The attorneys, engineers, scientist, etc. usually do not ridicule dashers. I am generalizing here, but this seems to be the way it is. I guess those people with the not-so-good jobs are a bit jealous of dashers. They most likely cannot get accepted on the platform, don't have a car, don't have a license or there is some other obstacle preventing them from dashing.
Now that I think about it, it's probably best not to say anything to the "Doordash is not a real job" people. Responding to them would probably be a waste of your time. They have been so brainwashed to work and take orders that there is probably no coming back for them. Just let them be, and you continue on earning that good money for making deliveries.
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