Do online tips go to the driver on BeyondMenu?

Ever since the stories broke out about how companies like DoorDash and UberEats are being dickweeds and essentially stealing the tips added by the customers through the card charge, I'm trying to make sure the platforms I use don't do that and treat their employees decently. But there's very little info I can find about BeyondMenu, which happens to be the platform for one of our favourite Chinese restaurants. So here are the questions:

  • If I tip $10 on my order, is the deliver person always going to see the full amount on their paycheque? Are there ever any circumstances in which they use the tips to subsidise the driver's base pay? In other words, is tipping online ever worse for the driver than tipping with cash?
  • Also, do they pay proper minimum wage?
  • Any other shady shit to be aware of?

And more generally, is there a good resource summarising the policies of different platforms (ideally depending on the location, for the ones that operate in multiple countries / territories)?

Posted Sep 18, 2019, 6:55 AM UTC

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dragonbeard91•

Is this the UK or Canada? I've never seen beyondmenu but it says its available here in Oregon on its site

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mathrickOP•

Ah, sorry, in the US. I'm in California.

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dragonbeard91•

Why do you spell it 'cheque'?

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mathrickOP•

Cause I'm not American.

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