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Anyone receive your 1099 yet? Usually get these before Feb 1.

So my region doesn't send many orders if you are not on block, since I didn't get many blocks this week, I spent a little time on DD - which I had phased out of running as GH had just been so strong.

Sadly, DD is easily beating GH this week. I decline every Walmart order and other crap orders without worrying about AR; and am averaging $23/hour on DD, vs. $18/hour this week on GH (new pay model just started).

GH pickup/delivery distances have gone completely out of control. I had a 13 mile delivery tonight, the guy ordered a 1.5 pound triple cheeseburger and cheese fries - which I'm sure were ruined after the 30 minute drive from restaurant to customer (drove directly to him - 55-60 miles

Meh. It was good while it lasted.

This has happened a few times now, where a new order has been sent to me that I have not yet accepted - but a DD support rep calls me about special handling of the order. (One time, my dash was actually paused - yet I was still sent an order and support called me). In all cases, the support rep believe the order was already accepted by me.

I don't accept these orders, mainly because the pay estimate is too low anyway. Just find it funny that support calls a driver before the driver has accepted the order.

Many drivers, myself included, have been paid the minimum $1.00 Delivery Pay on multiple orders. I understand that the effort based pay system is still a work in progress, however, there is almost never a situation where the effort I put forth is worth only $1.00.

With no warning, the Dallas/Fort Worth market now includes a priority scheduling system for "our best Dashers". Gaining access to schedule 6 days in advance. Everyone else must wait for 5 days in advance.

Currently, "best" refers to anyone who has delivered 25 orders in a week.

Would have been nice to know this before you implemented it, as it would have encouraged me to accept a few more deliveries last week, lol.

edit added description about what early access benefits

The first 10 days or so on the new model were terrible. I was sent a survey and explained my dislike of the new model in great detail.

Now, it appears that DD is heavily subsidizing driver pay on the new pay model (at least for me). I had 5 orders tonight, with tips totaling $17.80 - and delivery pay of $30.61. This coming from a previously $4.50/delivery service area - now I average $6.12? I call bullshit.

They are juicing the pot to try to win drivers over to the new model, which in the long run is better for DoorDash as they will keep more of the delivery fees.

Just a heads up and lead in for discussion. Also - take advantage while the taking is good, lol.

Hopefully this improves communication to drivers slightly. It's been pretty terrible for the last 8 months having zero idea where demand is.

Really this all seems like too little too late as order volume has just been dwindling (that or driver supply is way more than demand dictates).

So I am scheduled for 6pm-9pm tonight, and logged on at 5:45 to get an early start. I live centrally in the delivery area, so, as usual, I began the shift at home. Typically receive an order within 5-10 minutes - sometimes it takes up to 30 minutes.

So I sit at home until after 8:00. No orders received. Not even bad orders to decline. Nothing. Killed and restarted the app several times to make sure it was connected, etc., still nothing.

Call a friend of mine who is also an activated Dasher (but never works), and he confirms that my service area is available to Dash Now. He could sign on and work where I'm at if he wanted - yet I haven't received an order in over 2 hours.

So I end my shift

I've seen a lot of posts about things dying in some markets (LA, Houston). But I have to say that this past week was the best week I've had since October. First week this year that I've averaged over 2 orders/hour.

Anyone else seeing similar? I'm sure it was just a luck of the draw issue more than anything else, lol.

I always pre-schedule, since I know exactly when and how long each day I plan to work. Just curious about how others here work.

I hate getting this question.

I recently decided that I would just blindly agree and take my chances. I would rather have a few tips possibly fall through the cracks than let the customer know that I have no way of knowing if they tipped me or not.

Here in DFW, DD went through a phase where they merged smaller zones together creating zones that are simply too big. While a customer at one corner of the zone won't see a restaurant from the opposite corner... the DD dispatch algorithm doesn't filter drivers in the same method.

If you were to drive from the farthest 2 points in your preferred delivery area - how many miles would you travel?

For me, 16.2 miles (shortest route, 35 minutes), shaving 2 minutes with a faster route but adding 1.5 miles.