Originally posted by: cutejodikangal
@Bold:See, if that is not the case then my post doesn’t even apply. I am the last person to support the horrible labour laws which exploit the employees, be it in India or elsewhere.
I know, I just wanted to add some background to why there is a hue and cry over the ads more so because of the timing of how they released them in a hurry. They were all shot after the controversy became big so clearly looked like an image cleaning exercise than an ode to the partners or the customers.
The question needs to be asked though. that if it wasn’t even their selling point, then why do the customers have these false expectations?
I think it's just the Dominos hangover since clearly no one has any issues with delivery of goods by companies like Amazon, etc. They feel since they have ordered food it will arrive in a jiffy while in reality if the same person physically goes to the restaurant to order, it will take the same time or even longer. Also I would probably add the mentality. When these apps were newer , there were growing cases of how most of them would return the food if delivered later than the ETA and then ask the apps for refund or free food. Talking from personal experience here since have loads of folks in the restaurant business, they had to speak up a lot for these apps to stop giving refunds and charge cancellation fees for any delay due to traffic that wasn't under restaurant's control. I guess people just grew to have these false expectations since if they are physically at the restaurant they have to anyways wait for the food.
@Blue: One doesn’t have to be in India or be told by someone to know about this. This is literally the situation everywhere. Direct tips are always the most preferred!
Yes but app based tipping is comparatively a new feature here. It started only a few years ago and with the boom of digital wallets like paytm after demonetization, it became a preferred way of payment in metro cities and even more post covid. Once again if the customer doesn't have faith on the company then it pretty much paints a bad picture of the company.
@Red: You are saying it is in the job description that they get paid by the number of deliveries? Then isn’t the onus clearly on the delivery men? What exactly do you expect the company to do here? Give them a salary regardless of anything?
No, I am talking about incentives. And that's where the problem arises. First you underpay the delivery partner and then set up unachievable taget deliveries during peak hour traffic so the delivery partners will have to depend on incentives irrespectively to earn a decent amount. The partners aren't even considered employees so there isn't even question of salary just payment. And since like I said they aren't employees, they do not have a set job description and it keeps changing as per convenience and that's where I believe the exploitation starts. Plus not just delivery partners but this has been a pending issue with cab services as well since even there they are considered as 'partners' and not employees. So unless the delivery partners themselves raise their voice against the exploitation and ask for better labour laws the exploitation will continue.
@Green: Always open to learning. Though I never made any blanket comments.
My apologies. May be the post came across like that to me.
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