![]() ![]() I live in Forest Grove, Oregon, about a 35-minute drive west of downtown Portland. If not, I drop my younger daughter off at my sister-in-law's house, and get on the road around 9 a.m. If it is, I may log on just for an hour or two for the breakfast rush. ![]() Then, I come home, wake my older daughter up, and get her breakfast ready so that she's ready for school. On the days I work as a Dasher, I wake up around 7 a.m. I started working regularly three to four days a week. During my first shift, I made $50 in two hours and was sold. After that all came back clear, I was ready to start working the very next day. You have to show your driver's license, proof of insurance, and pass a background check - which came back quickly. The application process was fairly standard. I was hired as a Dasher in September 2020. I saw promising things, so I was excited for my first day. I decided to watch YouTube videos and find Reddit groups talking about what it's like to be a Dasher: how it worked, and how successful you could be. I wanted to do something other than cooking, I was a chef for over 17 years, and was feeling burned out by it. While I was job searching on Craigslist, I kept coming across ads to be a delivery driver for DoorDash, so I thought "Why not?" and decided to apply. In March 2020, I was laid off from my full-time job as a chef due to the coronavirus pandemic. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mike Hayes, a DoorDash driver. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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