Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark - Business Insider

Some gig workers' accounts have been deactivated for bizarre reasons. Former workers for Instacart, DoorDash, and Walmart's Spark say even just figuring out why is hard. It's one reason, along ... Read More

Gig workers explain how they got their accounts reactivated on Instacart and Uber Eats - Business Insider

It's a terrifying moment for many gig workers: Trying to log into a delivery app, such as DoorDash or Walmart Spark, only to discover that your account has been deactivated. Often, it amounts to ... Read More

Tip baiting, hackers, and new laws: How gig work for Uber, Instacart, and other apps changed in 2024 - MSN

Being a gig worker for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Walmart Spark, and other apps came with opportunities and lots of challenges in 2024. Millions of workers made grocery deliveries, dropped off takeout ... Read More

Albertson’s is replacing employees with gig workers, as DoorDash and other apps rise - The Washington Post

The news about Albertsons’s grocery brands Vons and Pavilions, which was first reported by Los Angeles news site Knock, was greeted with a chorus of outrage from liberals and labor advocates in ... Read More

DoorDash is making the appeal process easier for gig workers who are kicked off the platform - MSN

DoorDash is making it easier for gig workers who believe they’ve been kicked off the app unfairly to appeal the decision, the company said Friday. Fast Company ... Read More

‘Apps ramp up control to maximize profits’: Gig workers speak out as Seattle considers labor law - GeekWire

New legislation under consideration by the Seattle City Council aims to improve wages and job standards for gig workers at services like Instacart, DoorDash, TaskRabbit and Uber Eats. The ... Read More

When Your Boss Is an App - The New York Times

Brenda Handy started doing temp work nearly 40 years ago. Back then, landing jobs took time and effort, even for a licensed practical nurse. In the 1990s she lived in Tampa, Fla., with her three ... Read More

Why Instacart, Walmart Spark Gig Workers Hate Bundled Orders - Markets Insider

Last summer, some gig workers who delivered grocery orders for Walmart noticed a change: Instead of just delivering one order, they had to deliver two or three at once. "Three grocery orders can ... Read More

Walmart gig drivers say they’re forced to compete against bots - Chicago Tribune

Chicago-area gig workers who make deliveries for Walmart say the company’s delivery app is being targeted by scammers who use bots to hoard orders on the platform, making it difficult for the… ... Read More

Gig Economy Incomes are Shrinking as Workers Flood Apps | TIME

But as the U.S. unemployment rate approaches 15% and as the International Monetary Fund predicts a 3% contraction in the global economy, people who have relied on gig work for income are seeing ... Read More

Delivery Drivers Got Higher Wages. Now They’re Getting Fewer Orders. - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

Food-delivery apps have responded to cities’ new wage-increase requirements for gig workers by ratcheting up fees. Now, they are contending with frustrated consumers, plunging restaurant orders ... Read More

Uber and Lyft drivers are kicked off the apps for ‘minor’ reasons — but this can help them get back to work - MarketWatch

When gig workers get deactivated, or “digitally fired,” most of them can get reactivated when a third party gets involved, a new study finds. Eighty percent of Seattle ride-hailing drivers who ... Read More