Tipping is a strange, often controversial practice that much of the rest of the world abandoned years ago. There’s even a major push, in this part of the world, to eliminate tipping and give waitresses and waiters a living wage. Today, we’ll explore whether Doordash drivers can see your tip.
Yes, Doordash drivers can see the tip you’ll be giving them before they accept an order. This wasn’t always the case, as Doordash drivers were previously unable to see tips in advance. If you’d like to make sure that a driver sees your tip, you can always pay them in cash when they arrive with your food.
In this blog, we’ll go over the various ways you can tip your driver, what the standard procedure is and let you know how to show your gratitude appropriately.
Can Doordash Drivers See Tip?
Some customers may be nervous about the answer to can doordash drivers see tip, but so long as they tip adequately, there should be no concern.
Tipping is something that always causes some level of controversy, whether you’re arguing about how much to leave with a relative or trying to gauge yourself what’s appropriate. The problem here was tipping through the app. Drivers claimed that the app would steal their tips.
It’s beyond frustrating for a driver to expect a handsome tip and find out it was a lie, especially if you’re a Top Dasher. At the time, each driver was able to get ten dollars for every delivery. Doordash started base payment for drivers at one dollar per delivery.
If the customer didn’t tip, Doordash would cover the other nine dollars, ensuring Dashers would be paid in full. When a customer did tip, however, the system would just include the tip in the base pay, it would not be extra. Essentially, the system was allowing Doordash to pay drivers less.
So many customers stopped using the app to tip and just gave the money to the driver directly. Not only did it not affect their base pay, but the company also would never know how much the driver was given.
If you tip through the app, drivers can see how much you are willing to tip before accepting the delivery, however they’d have to do some mental math to figure it out. When the total bill is presented to the driver, the tip is just included in the price.
How To Add a Tip On Doordash
All drivers for delivery services carry various equipment to help make the payment process easier. Doordash drivers use a red card, Postmates arms them with a prepaid credit card.
Tipping using the app might be a tricky proposition if you genuinely want to give the driver an appropriate reward, but it also might be your only option. In this day and age, it’s not uncommon to be without physical cash. Tipping through the app is done with the push of a button, but you might be wondering how much to leave.
While the industry standard is still 15 percent of the total bill, some people will opt for more, especially with Doordash. Drivers are more incentivized to accept your order and deliver it quickly if they know it’ll be a worthy endeavor.
If you are particular about your tips and want to actually judge how the driver did, you can always leave a tip after filling out the proper form on Doordash’s website.
What Happens If You Don’t Tip?
There are no consequences for not tipping a Doordash driver. They may not be pleased if they manage to work out just how little you tipped them, or be overjoyed at a particularly generous bill, but it won’t affect your order.
The driver, on the other hand, will simply make less money than they otherwise would have. Since Uber drivers, Dashers, Postmates and others who work in the delivery service industry rely on their tips to make a decent living, it may not be a requirement, but it’s generally considered standard practice.
Do Doordash Drivers Rate Customers?
Some Doordash customers have been concerned that their tips, or lack thereof, have been the subject of gossip amongst drivers. Doordash drivers are independent contractors, however, and there’s no official break room for them to gather and complain. They may have personal message boards, but those are unlikely to focus on specific customers by name.
Otherwise, Doordash drivers don’t have the ability to rate customers. They are asked to report if anything went wrong with the delivery, but those reports are internal and not publicly posted anywhere.
There are a lot of good reasons to tip well. Drivers are often reliable, having gone through background checks and possessing the eagerness to earn. It’s entirely up to you how much you leave as a tip, but know that often the driver is reliant on it to make a decent wage.
