Being a delivery driver in India is no easy job. Beating traffic on dangerous roads, over-reliance on tips, unstable pay, and gruelling, long hours of work. The race among quick commerce companies to deliver groceries at lightning-fast speeds often overshadows critical issues, such as labour laws and the treatment of delivery personnel, which remain unaddressed and underacknowledged amidst the massive volume of daily orders placed on these apps.
A delivery driver, perhaps overcoming or adapting to all the challenges that come with the job, recently emerged on Reddit where he claimed to have generated an impressive Rs 21,000 in a week.
Shared on r/SideHustlePaglu, the user posted a screenshot of his alleged earnings and explained how he managed to be in the higher bracket of the reportedl