[rvz]

One engineer who is getting nearly $0.5m total compensation and when asked to do one delivery a month, they are now throwing a tantrum over that.

But you know what? Good.

Maybe that is what they need since the drivers and riders get 0.01% of what these engineers earn and I'm sure that there were complaints about that. So when one is getting nearly $0.5m for the engineering work and told to do just ONE delivery a month, they are STILL complaining.

Just deliver a pizza to your friends house once a month and eat it and that would count.

Job done.

[davewritescode]

One of the issues I have in the whole software industry is the lack of empathy for regular folks and a lack understanding of how hard the average person has to bust their ass just to make it in life with just the basics. I personally believe it leads to products that are often disconnected completely from the people who actually use them and damaging to our social fabric.

I applaud DoorDash for this move and quite frankly this would make me more likely to take a job there.

[wiseowise]

> One of the issues I have in the whole software industry is the lack of empathy for regular folks and a lack understanding of how hard the average person has to bust their ass just to make it in life with just the basics.

And how is that industry issue?

[CoastalCoder]

My guess is they're talking about money.

Many parts of life are much easier when you're financially secure. And the challenges to navigate vary by wealth level.

[wiseowise]

Same can be said about any white collar job, why is that suddenly a problem here?

[CoastalCoder]

Don't want to speak for the original commentor, but I'd guess that the size of the income gap is very large.

[wiseowise]

> Just deliver one pizza

> Just work a bit more one day

> Just take a paycut

Nothing good comes out of mindset like this.