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by Pfhreak 2693 days ago
As a consumer, are you surprised that your tip is being used this way? I'd operate under the assumption that someone was being paid some sort of fair compensation, and my tip was an addition to whatever comp they earned.

Also, it's not clear to me, are the drivers told their comp for the job before accepting? Did this person know they would earn $0.80/hr?

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The person was actually paid $10.80 - $10 of which was tip, and $0.80 was from Instacart.
Yes? That doesn't meet my expectations. I'd expect them to paid whatever reasonable wage ($12/hr? $15/hr?) and then get the $10 on top of that.
It doesn't meet my expectations either, but your phrasing made me worry that you thought their total compensation was $0.80.