Do you work for an on-demand startups and wish that the platform you drive for offer employees health benefits? On-demand or gig, workers have access to many jobs from different platforms but face significant challenges when it comes to obtaining health […]
8 Portland Restaurants Caviar Couriers Will Enjoy Delivering For
Here are the 8 restaurants in Portland that Caviar Couriers will love delivering for. (Note: Some of these are not suitable for couriers on bike). Related: 7 Portland Restaurants Caviar Couriers On Bikes Should Avoid Delivering For Thick Pizza This food truck […]
What Obama’s State of the Union Address Has To Do With the “Gig Economy”
Did you listen to Obama’s last State of the Union Address last night? If you didn’t, you can read it here. The president’s focus was the future. He mentioned four major questions the United States needs to answer: First, how […]
New Postmates Payout Model: Get Pay for Waiting
I received an exciting email from Postmates today. Starting tomorrow, January 8th, they’re going to start paying us couriers for the time we spent waiting at the merchant. The email included the pay model and an example of how it […]
6 Portland Restaurants With the Absolute Worst Parking (Postmates Edition)
Parking is your worst enemy if you work for Postmates and Caviar. It would help a lot if you know ahead of time whether a restaurant has horrible parking before accepting a job. So, here is my list of restaurants […]
6 Neighborhoods in Portland Where You Will Get a Great Tip
There are a lot of factors that can determine if you get a tip and how much. These factors can be objective like quality of your customer service and accuracy of order, or plainly subjective like whether or not the […]
6 Reasons Why Couriers Switch From Postmates to Caviar
Updated: 1/18/16 At my Caviar orientation, I was told that a lot of Caviar couriers used to work for Postmates. They did not have a good experience with Postmates. I haven’t drove for either of them at the time so […]
7 Portland Restaurants Caviar Couriers On Bikes Should Avoid Delivering For
Updated: 1/17/16, added Ya Hala Restaurant If you’re a Caviar courier who gets around by bike, here are the 7 restaurants you should not deliver for in Portland. Thick Pizza This is a food truck that makes Chicago-style deep dish […]
How Working People’s Eating Habits Should Affect On-Demand Couriers’ Parking Strategy
A challenge for on-demand couriers is finding a base to park between assignments. Unlike Uber and Lyft, where you can just chill at home until someone requests a ride, couriers for Postmates and Caviar have to position themselves close to […]
Good-bye Prius :(
Well guys, I’m glad to be alive but I’m sad to say that my Prius didn’t make it. No, this has nothing to do with Eddie or the mechanic who did work on it. Last night, I got into a […]
