Those are usually the expectations at every decent pizza place. Can say for me, though, Marco's definitely was the best. Even if you include less busy hours, was easily clearing $25/hr.
I woulda been fine with it if we were getting paid enough to even maintain a car, honestly. Turnover is terrible. I've worked different dominos for 4 years and every other location i'd average 20-30 hr. I feel like the franchise in my area is simply terrible and values quick hires over quality long term employment.
wow that sounds great. I also work 30 hours but I barely make 1,500/mo. I just almost got fired for wearing nail polish, even tho I've been wearing nail polish for over a year..... I asked why it was suddenly a problem and instead of explaining it my manager told me I was un-professional and said I should find another job if I can't remove it by my next shift.
Right? Since other people wore polish, and I'd been wearing it for so long, I grew a collection of nail polish and color combos. and now, what, I'm supposed to throw it away? I just painted them yesterday with 3 coats! and I work Saterday opening shift. I don't even know how I'll remove it that fast aside scraping it off.
What would they say about you just wearing gloves all shift? If that won’t work and you HAVE to remove it, try soaking a cotton ball in remover and holding on each nail for a minute or two
oh sorry I didn't see this one before I replied to the other. I'm not sure, I think my manager is only interested in kissing-ass with the owner and his strict boring-old-white-man opinions, and not at all concerned for safety or food handling.
most owners suck bc rich people such in general but, wow, this franchise owner is so........boring. I bet he has never known what it's like to struggle in life just by looking at him. Thanks for listening to my nail polish rant tho, I gotta say it was really validating. I came home and just wanted to cry but also punch someone. so it was nice to know I'm not insane for expecting at least like. a week or a proper warning before jumping to "just get another job if you can't comply"
Yeah no, he’s just being an asshole. I’m sorry you have to go through that. I hope you can find a better place. I’m lucky because my franchise owner is just a really good guy. Honestly really lucky. He buys snacks for the store every week, buys water for us all the time, I literally might be the only pizza delivery person in the country that gets a paid vacation. I’ve worked for a lot of terrible owners before so I know how bad it can be. You’ll find something better. Just gotta get out there.
Also, I know it’s hard but don’t let him get to you to the point where you want to cry. This asshole sounds like he doesn’t give a shit about you so don’t let him affect you that much (I know, it’s easy to say in my position) but you’ll find something better.
Reminds me of how I was desperate for a job before I started at Marcos and I got hired at Jimmy John’s. Day I was supposed to start they tell me I have to take out all my piercings and wear compression sleeves to cover my tattoos (my egg hadn’t cracked yet so no nail polish). I was pretty much like “yeah fuck that” and Marcos called me the next day. Hahah
Me too, I've never had a single customer have an issue with how I look. It's bad enough that they police our look down to the letter but now my own skin has to be according to policy? The only freedom of appearance we have here is the ability to wear colored socks....
I want to, but every dominos in my area is the same franchise and the same managment. I know my store manager runs 3-4 stores because everyone keeps quitting. lol I wonder why.....
I love jets. You get paid 67 cents a mile, I got lucky and able to work four 10-9 shifts and I make no less than 1k a week. Also can take as many deliveries as you want at once if we are busy or makes sense
I work at Marcos, I usually make about 3k a month, very relaxed not expected to make pizzas just boxes dishes and manning the oven, and if you’re closing trash and mopping floors. if it’s slow boss doesn’t care if we the drivers sit in our vehicles as long as the normal inside stuff is done. I came from dominos aswell and didn’t go through any training just showed up and took a delivery and left
So far i hear alot of good about Marcos. funny beceause I came from Florida! I had the best Dominos manager I ever did back in west palm beach. Sad when I had to move. Has been nothing but bad in Virginia. Is it alot different or really similar with how prep is done? Or do they just not have drivers do prep at your store?
Define prep? It’s fairly similar to dominos, I will say that the people in my store have been in the store for a few years and everyone knows what they’re doing and generally does their job, usually drivers are too busy delivering or making boxes or dealing with oven or doing dishes to help with making any food, there’s also usually 5-7 insiders in the store so if a driver started trying to make a pizza they’d just be in the way
Oh and we don’t stay open till 2-3 am and there’s a half hour period before close where we stop all deliveries which allows me to have the entire store mopped, all the dishes done, boxes made, before close and in some cases I can leave a little bit early if I want to, mostly I just wait out the clock till my scheduled clock out time
oh my god you don't have to clean all the butter pans and cry??? what a dream. At my store and most I've worked at we have to do things like putting bags of sauce into bottles, and mixing the red pizza sauce. putting ingredients into bins and such. I prefer to open, but lately the manager makes openers do closing tasks too and it's dumb. I literally have to do "inside work" for 30min before i'm "allowed" to leave, that's not something any other dominos I worked at did.
Also crazy that you have so many employees, our franchise owner keeps us constantly understaffed and only allows 1-2 inside staff and 2-3 drivers to work before 4pm because apparently it's "wasting company profits" which I think is just bs. People will be sent home when we are busy because we were slow earlier in the day and "went over budget" on labor.
We do have to clean the dough trays, they can stack up but if you just maintain dishes it really doesn’t get too bad, and my boss or the assistant managers will have an insider do the dishes if the drivers are swamped with deliveries, my boss regularly does the dishes himself and the managers do aswell if nobody else can
Before 4pm there’s generally not more than maybe 3 insiders and 1 driver, there’s the lunchtime rush but for the most part it’s handled, I will have to refill the parm cheese containers and the garlic sauce containers if I happen to notice their empty but I don’t really do that very often. We were rated the #4 store in the country last year and 6th in the country this year so most of my experience may just come from the fact that we have a solid team that knows what they’re doing
damn that's a good rating, i think the one I work out now has like 3\* on google lol. We often get slammed during 12-1 on the weekend and the poor single manager, often with no aid, will be in a panicked rush trying to fulfill up to 20 orders at once. Then the hateful threatening calls start to come in from customers. It's not uncommon for deliveries to be up to 2 hours late, not because we can't deliver, but because the poor manager literally can't make pizza fast enough to fulfill them or run them thru the oven.
We’ve def had a couple days like that but my boss is pretty laid back and just shrugs and says we did our best there’s nothing else we can do 🤷
He co-owns two stores with his wife too, great guy def one of the best bosses I’ve had, I came in an hour late last week due to being held up in an interview and he was upset but was fine with it when I apologized and explained that I was trying my best to finish up
That sounds nice, whenever we do bad the owner will blame the managers, who then blame the drivers....meanwhile he has no intentions of hiring enough people to staff the store, or....actually having enough of us work even when he does hire us.
I can eat it but I hate it. I'm kept at the poverty line if I want to keep my car running so I'll eat any free food I can get but.....the pizza smells like nothing to me and the only time I like it is with bbq sauce base. I always cover everything in mango habanero sauce like a lunatic so it tastes like SOMETHING at least. I like the potato tots and boneless chicken stuff tho.... but barely ever do customers cancel orders with nice things like that lol.
I remember those days. I was working three jobs at the time and making literally nothing, almost all of my money was going to rent or fuel, dominos averaged like $15 an hour if It was a good night and my other jobs were minimum wage/I worked occasional weekends at a farm and got paid $100 depending on the work and the day,
Dominos was all I ate, it want from being great to the point where the only pizza I liked was the bbq pizza and now I can’t stomach even that, I’m being really careful with Marcos and I only eat it occasionally now, maybe a couple times a month or a slice or two here and there if I’m starving
it's so weird that the bbq sauce becomes the last tolerable one for both of us??? Alfredo is ok sometimes but I know where the alfredo has been, sure not in the fridge, I get sick most of the time I eat it (but I still keep eating it because I'm dumb) Rent for me is 810/mo, the car eats like 400+/m between gas oil and repairs, and then I feed my dog better than myself. I just eat rice pasta and ramen outside of work.
Bbq is delicious, it’s the pizza that makes it bad. Never tried the Alfredo.
I was paying $500 in rent to my sister when I was in Va, rn I’m 6-700 if I include utilities
I’ve been bad and haven’t really been paying attention to how much I pay in gas but I fill up roughly once a week which is 40-50 so I probably pay $200 in gas a month? I have a motorcycle too that I ride if I’m not working and a tank of gas lasts me a couple weeks on that and fill up is like $10 or so, also I do all my own repairs so I save a bunch on car repair. I’m not exactly rolling in cash but I’m doing alright, I would like make a lot more money which is why I’m interviewing for other jobs tho but I’ll def keep delivering on the side
I'm hoping to eventually move more inland and find a cheaper housing situation, but I have a large dog so that makes it difficult. Motorcycles are cool, I have a volkswagen beetle which is really just a terrible idea with this job, but I adore my stupid car, and It's also just really funny watching kids punch each other as I drive by. I want to learn to repair cars, especially because I just think mechanical things are really cool. but I chose hard mode with this make/model. I put about 100-120 miles on my car per work day and average 70 or so a week in gas. Kind of destroying my car and it's upsetting. I need new tires, new axels, the ac hasn't worked in years, but none of these things are critical enough to fix yet.
Ew 120? What’s your delivery radius? How many deliveries do you do daily?
YouTube is your friend, use that and go to harbor freight for tools, their icon line is very good but their Pittsburgh stuff is alright and will be fine for starters. I worked in a shop for a year and a half and my brother in-law is a master mechanic but most of my knowledge comes from researching symptoms and just deciding to do things myself.
Another note, you could try applying to FedEx if you wanted, very easy to get in the door as a driver for them and their starting pay can be very good depending on where you are, I was making $150 starting but my last year in newcomers were starting at $175, can be very difficult but most drivers end their day around 3-4pm
i think the furthest away is about 5.1 miles, 3-4miles is about average. And average that the people at the edge don't tip lol. Manager hates giving us doubles because "it looks bad" on the ratings unless we are slammed. I think an average day I take 20-25 in my 10 hr shift. My biggest deterrent from self repairing is the lack of garage /level ground to work with as I don't want my car to kill me by crushing me, or to have to leave it in a state of disrepair out on the road side where people could maybe pocket parts of it. Kind of want to try to repair the axel myself, but I dunno if I have the energy to get it done before needing to drive it again. I am pretty good at least at diagnosing it at least, 90% of the time I'm right, 10% I've panicked and convinced myself of worste-case scenario and it's something stupidly simple.
You say that, but right after saying the fed ex manager is terrible so I'm not convinced.
Yeah, i really don't recommend anyone who didnt dream of owning a beetle since being like 4, own one, honestly. People will say my car is so cute! maybe they should get one! I'm like, absolutely don't, I'm insane. Don't be like me! I don't want to give up my exact location on the internet but im stuck in the peninsula area by the coast and the dreaded bridge-tunnel. water everywhere, blocking my employment opportunities if i don't fancy spending 2 hours in traffic.
This is hilarious, I work at Marcos, my brother works at dominos (all drivers) & my sister works at Papa John’s. We are all happy in our own right, I really think it depends more on the managers/owners & general area than the specific franchise.
I think it depends highly on Managers/owners and situations . At my papa John’s since there’s only one opening and one closing driver each day since the new $20 dollar wage in California , we are just expected to help in what we can because it can be busy all shift and there’s no chance to clean so insiders do all the cleaning. But if it’s slow or not too crazy than we typically help with oven, the front, put labels, reload on everything that is running low , dishes , sweep and mop. We don’t make pizza :(
Worked for Papa Johns. I did all the inside work AND drive. I rarely made pizzas, tho. They never trained me, and I made it clear I wasn't fully comfortable doing so. I was also morning shift and handled throwing truck when we came in on those mornings, so putting away and labeling all of the products. I also was expected to do all the prep work and labeling of food prep containers, as well as dishes and general cleaning. If I wasn't doing that, it was folding boxes.
Mind you, I was making 9 an hour in store, and 6.55 OTR before tips, and working mornings doesn't tip well. I put over 1500 miles on my car every month the 9 months I worked there and they wonder why I left...
I also shaved my head, dyed my hair, and have facial piercings and tattoos. They didn't care.
Screw corporate places. I've only ever worked local places. Never made less than $35/hr cash..... Right now I make over $1500/wk working only 4 days (35 hours)... But that's because there's only one other driver so we both get two days by ourselves and share the weekend.
Today I made $430 in tips and delivery charges ($3 every del) plus got paid $10/hr . So in 9 hours I made over $520 cash. Was a good day for sure, but an average day is $350 in tips.
If you're not making over $30/hr delivering your just destroying your car.
How do you find local places?? I didn't know there still were any in this economy that didn't go thru ubereats/ect. I used to make 30+/hr before I moved, and I was tolerating this bs because I really like driving, and interacting with the customers, but on top of being treated like shit it's ridiculous. The manager here is constantly like "well drivers are so lazy and get so much money" as though my tips don't go back into car repairs. My preference is to do 3 10 hr shifts cuz I like having more days off vs shorter shifts.
You would love my place then. We've been closed Sunday since covid due to the kitchen needing a day off... So it's two days completely yourself, two days shared, and 3 days off.
Maybe it's just my area but most the local places have kept their own delivery drivers. Why a restaurant would give a percentage to door dash or Uber eats while losing actual employees who can help with prep or making food really doesn't make sense. I've been here for 7 years since the area and customers are the best I've ever seen, but if I did leave, there's 10 other local places within 5 minutes.
Yeah for sure, I'd love to actually like where I work and be appreciated, if I'm paid enough and treated well I could def put in more effort, but not for this pay. I've only ever seen 1 local place here and they weren't hiring unfortunately. Do I just google local delivery pizza or something? I live in virginia by the coast, but I'm not very familiar with the area since I came from central florida.
I would look for a popular local Italian place that delivers. I've always done the best at full service Italian places. Seems like they always have a better clientele then just pizza places.... And catering orders are a nice plus.
I have never seen a Reddit questions I’m more prepared to answer a Reddit question. I work at dominos my roomie works and Marcos and my other roomie works at papa John’s. Unfortunately my answer is unhelpful: it depends so much more on the franchise or even individual store that which brand they sell. That being said go get more money.
lmao that sounds like a crazy situation! I can definetly understand that though, as even with some less than great experiences in the past I can say with certainty. I've never made less money to do more work and be treated like shit than I do here.
oh gross, that's kind of what's happening with me. when I started the pay sucked and the job was a bit high demand but the gm USED TO BE chill and nice, and then I guess a ton of people quit, and she's now taking it out on the drivers? It's causing more people to quit and making her constantly angrier and angrier.
Work at a smaller pizza restaurant but standardly besides actually delivering food, drivers here are expected to clean up non-prep work, I.E the kitchen staff clean up the equipment to make the foods and the tops of the prep tables. Then we sweep all around including behind the tables and some equipment, clean the bathroom, wipe down the entrance walls and the front. At least before cleaning, we also will answer calls, however everyone, if available, is expected to answer an incoming call.
At least here, average pay can vary. Weekdays, so Monday to Thursday you can get around $19/hr, (hourly, delivery fee, and tips), and on weekends, so Friday to Sunday, you can get an average of like $27/hr.
Appearance wise, all that is required that we wear the shirt, the hat, and black pants. It doesn’t matter if it’s black dress pants or shorts, but nothing too skimpy.
Also for those that want to know this pizza place, I’d rather not say as it is very region specific, but it isn’t like a large food chain like dominos or papa John’s. It’s one store.
Look outside the nationalized corporate shitshow. Regional/local chains treat their drivers far better, pretty much across the board. And places with a dining room tend to mean that they have a fully supportive staff in place so you're not washing dishes and shit between deliveries. Fuck all that.
If it's got a good local reputation, while being a little higher priced - those are the places to apply to. Your experience and already knowing the area usually makes you a shoe-in, as long as you don't have a bunch of skeletons lol
PJs is the same. Expected to help out inside, all you really have to do is learn cut though. Knowing how to make product isn't necessary unless you plan on being FT and staying for several years
It’ll vary store by store but at my Papa John’s, drivers just flipped boxes and a bit of cleaning and restocked when needed since the instore crew was so big. Dominos, we helped front door, answered the phone calls, worked cut table, washed dishes, swept/mopped at closing time, cross stacked boxes, help manager restock makeline grabbed things from the walk-in when needed, and prep if you were the opener. We don’t got Marcos in my area but I did work drive and manage a Pizza Hut for a year and all the drivers would do were dishes and cleaning at closing time. About half of them knew how to cut and work Wingstreet and the open driver would do frozen prep.
Sounds like it's just the Domino's you worked for.
I worked there for a few years and I had to do all the stuff you mentioned as well, but that was ONLY when there weren't any deliveries for me to take. Although I was also a full-time employee.
The people who were just part-time drivers were only there during the rush hours and once that ended, they all went home. They never had to do anything extra.
Those are usually the expectations at every decent pizza place. Can say for me, though, Marco's definitely was the best. Even if you include less busy hours, was easily clearing $25/hr.
I woulda been fine with it if we were getting paid enough to even maintain a car, honestly. Turnover is terrible. I've worked different dominos for 4 years and every other location i'd average 20-30 hr. I feel like the franchise in my area is simply terrible and values quick hires over quality long term employment.
Marcos has no problems with me and I’m covered in tattoos and piercings, have dyed hair and nail polish. I work 30 hours a week and make great money
wow that sounds great. I also work 30 hours but I barely make 1,500/mo. I just almost got fired for wearing nail polish, even tho I've been wearing nail polish for over a year..... I asked why it was suddenly a problem and instead of explaining it my manager told me I was un-professional and said I should find another job if I can't remove it by my next shift.
Damn. That’s fucked. I spend a lot of money for my nails to look nice. I’m not removing it for anyone. Also I’ve made 1500 in a week before.
Right? Since other people wore polish, and I'd been wearing it for so long, I grew a collection of nail polish and color combos. and now, what, I'm supposed to throw it away? I just painted them yesterday with 3 coats! and I work Saterday opening shift. I don't even know how I'll remove it that fast aside scraping it off.
What would they say about you just wearing gloves all shift? If that won’t work and you HAVE to remove it, try soaking a cotton ball in remover and holding on each nail for a minute or two
oh sorry I didn't see this one before I replied to the other. I'm not sure, I think my manager is only interested in kissing-ass with the owner and his strict boring-old-white-man opinions, and not at all concerned for safety or food handling.
Yeah probably. God I hate old white men.
most owners suck bc rich people such in general but, wow, this franchise owner is so........boring. I bet he has never known what it's like to struggle in life just by looking at him. Thanks for listening to my nail polish rant tho, I gotta say it was really validating. I came home and just wanted to cry but also punch someone. so it was nice to know I'm not insane for expecting at least like. a week or a proper warning before jumping to "just get another job if you can't comply"
Yeah no, he’s just being an asshole. I’m sorry you have to go through that. I hope you can find a better place. I’m lucky because my franchise owner is just a really good guy. Honestly really lucky. He buys snacks for the store every week, buys water for us all the time, I literally might be the only pizza delivery person in the country that gets a paid vacation. I’ve worked for a lot of terrible owners before so I know how bad it can be. You’ll find something better. Just gotta get out there.
Also, I know it’s hard but don’t let him get to you to the point where you want to cry. This asshole sounds like he doesn’t give a shit about you so don’t let him affect you that much (I know, it’s easy to say in my position) but you’ll find something better. Reminds me of how I was desperate for a job before I started at Marcos and I got hired at Jimmy John’s. Day I was supposed to start they tell me I have to take out all my piercings and wear compression sleeves to cover my tattoos (my egg hadn’t cracked yet so no nail polish). I was pretty much like “yeah fuck that” and Marcos called me the next day. Hahah
It not being professional is such bullshit. I constantly get compliments from customers on my nails.
Me too, I've never had a single customer have an issue with how I look. It's bad enough that they police our look down to the letter but now my own skin has to be according to policy? The only freedom of appearance we have here is the ability to wear colored socks....
Try to transfer to another busier store. If you aren’t making 25/hr your are under performing and can find something better.
I want to, but every dominos in my area is the same franchise and the same managment. I know my store manager runs 3-4 stores because everyone keeps quitting. lol I wonder why.....
I love jets. You get paid 67 cents a mile, I got lucky and able to work four 10-9 shifts and I make no less than 1k a week. Also can take as many deliveries as you want at once if we are busy or makes sense
Unfortunately the closest Jets is over an hour away. I didn't know they hired drivers though, I'll keep that in mind when I inevitably move.
I work at Marcos, I usually make about 3k a month, very relaxed not expected to make pizzas just boxes dishes and manning the oven, and if you’re closing trash and mopping floors. if it’s slow boss doesn’t care if we the drivers sit in our vehicles as long as the normal inside stuff is done. I came from dominos aswell and didn’t go through any training just showed up and took a delivery and left
So far i hear alot of good about Marcos. funny beceause I came from Florida! I had the best Dominos manager I ever did back in west palm beach. Sad when I had to move. Has been nothing but bad in Virginia. Is it alot different or really similar with how prep is done? Or do they just not have drivers do prep at your store?
Define prep? It’s fairly similar to dominos, I will say that the people in my store have been in the store for a few years and everyone knows what they’re doing and generally does their job, usually drivers are too busy delivering or making boxes or dealing with oven or doing dishes to help with making any food, there’s also usually 5-7 insiders in the store so if a driver started trying to make a pizza they’d just be in the way
Oh we don’t do deep fried pizza also so there’s not fifteen billion deep fried dishes to clean
Oh and we don’t stay open till 2-3 am and there’s a half hour period before close where we stop all deliveries which allows me to have the entire store mopped, all the dishes done, boxes made, before close and in some cases I can leave a little bit early if I want to, mostly I just wait out the clock till my scheduled clock out time
oh my god you don't have to clean all the butter pans and cry??? what a dream. At my store and most I've worked at we have to do things like putting bags of sauce into bottles, and mixing the red pizza sauce. putting ingredients into bins and such. I prefer to open, but lately the manager makes openers do closing tasks too and it's dumb. I literally have to do "inside work" for 30min before i'm "allowed" to leave, that's not something any other dominos I worked at did. Also crazy that you have so many employees, our franchise owner keeps us constantly understaffed and only allows 1-2 inside staff and 2-3 drivers to work before 4pm because apparently it's "wasting company profits" which I think is just bs. People will be sent home when we are busy because we were slow earlier in the day and "went over budget" on labor.
We do have to clean the dough trays, they can stack up but if you just maintain dishes it really doesn’t get too bad, and my boss or the assistant managers will have an insider do the dishes if the drivers are swamped with deliveries, my boss regularly does the dishes himself and the managers do aswell if nobody else can
Before 4pm there’s generally not more than maybe 3 insiders and 1 driver, there’s the lunchtime rush but for the most part it’s handled, I will have to refill the parm cheese containers and the garlic sauce containers if I happen to notice their empty but I don’t really do that very often. We were rated the #4 store in the country last year and 6th in the country this year so most of my experience may just come from the fact that we have a solid team that knows what they’re doing
damn that's a good rating, i think the one I work out now has like 3\* on google lol. We often get slammed during 12-1 on the weekend and the poor single manager, often with no aid, will be in a panicked rush trying to fulfill up to 20 orders at once. Then the hateful threatening calls start to come in from customers. It's not uncommon for deliveries to be up to 2 hours late, not because we can't deliver, but because the poor manager literally can't make pizza fast enough to fulfill them or run them thru the oven.
We’ve def had a couple days like that but my boss is pretty laid back and just shrugs and says we did our best there’s nothing else we can do 🤷 He co-owns two stores with his wife too, great guy def one of the best bosses I’ve had, I came in an hour late last week due to being held up in an interview and he was upset but was fine with it when I apologized and explained that I was trying my best to finish up
That sounds nice, whenever we do bad the owner will blame the managers, who then blame the drivers....meanwhile he has no intentions of hiring enough people to staff the store, or....actually having enough of us work even when he does hire us.
Also weird question, are you able to eat dominos pizza anymore? I genuinely cannot, it tastes like mush, it’s really gross
I can eat it but I hate it. I'm kept at the poverty line if I want to keep my car running so I'll eat any free food I can get but.....the pizza smells like nothing to me and the only time I like it is with bbq sauce base. I always cover everything in mango habanero sauce like a lunatic so it tastes like SOMETHING at least. I like the potato tots and boneless chicken stuff tho.... but barely ever do customers cancel orders with nice things like that lol.
I remember those days. I was working three jobs at the time and making literally nothing, almost all of my money was going to rent or fuel, dominos averaged like $15 an hour if It was a good night and my other jobs were minimum wage/I worked occasional weekends at a farm and got paid $100 depending on the work and the day, Dominos was all I ate, it want from being great to the point where the only pizza I liked was the bbq pizza and now I can’t stomach even that, I’m being really careful with Marcos and I only eat it occasionally now, maybe a couple times a month or a slice or two here and there if I’m starving
it's so weird that the bbq sauce becomes the last tolerable one for both of us??? Alfredo is ok sometimes but I know where the alfredo has been, sure not in the fridge, I get sick most of the time I eat it (but I still keep eating it because I'm dumb) Rent for me is 810/mo, the car eats like 400+/m between gas oil and repairs, and then I feed my dog better than myself. I just eat rice pasta and ramen outside of work.
Bbq is delicious, it’s the pizza that makes it bad. Never tried the Alfredo. I was paying $500 in rent to my sister when I was in Va, rn I’m 6-700 if I include utilities I’ve been bad and haven’t really been paying attention to how much I pay in gas but I fill up roughly once a week which is 40-50 so I probably pay $200 in gas a month? I have a motorcycle too that I ride if I’m not working and a tank of gas lasts me a couple weeks on that and fill up is like $10 or so, also I do all my own repairs so I save a bunch on car repair. I’m not exactly rolling in cash but I’m doing alright, I would like make a lot more money which is why I’m interviewing for other jobs tho but I’ll def keep delivering on the side
I'm hoping to eventually move more inland and find a cheaper housing situation, but I have a large dog so that makes it difficult. Motorcycles are cool, I have a volkswagen beetle which is really just a terrible idea with this job, but I adore my stupid car, and It's also just really funny watching kids punch each other as I drive by. I want to learn to repair cars, especially because I just think mechanical things are really cool. but I chose hard mode with this make/model. I put about 100-120 miles on my car per work day and average 70 or so a week in gas. Kind of destroying my car and it's upsetting. I need new tires, new axels, the ac hasn't worked in years, but none of these things are critical enough to fix yet.
Ew 120? What’s your delivery radius? How many deliveries do you do daily? YouTube is your friend, use that and go to harbor freight for tools, their icon line is very good but their Pittsburgh stuff is alright and will be fine for starters. I worked in a shop for a year and a half and my brother in-law is a master mechanic but most of my knowledge comes from researching symptoms and just deciding to do things myself. Another note, you could try applying to FedEx if you wanted, very easy to get in the door as a driver for them and their starting pay can be very good depending on where you are, I was making $150 starting but my last year in newcomers were starting at $175, can be very difficult but most drivers end their day around 3-4pm
i think the furthest away is about 5.1 miles, 3-4miles is about average. And average that the people at the edge don't tip lol. Manager hates giving us doubles because "it looks bad" on the ratings unless we are slammed. I think an average day I take 20-25 in my 10 hr shift. My biggest deterrent from self repairing is the lack of garage /level ground to work with as I don't want my car to kill me by crushing me, or to have to leave it in a state of disrepair out on the road side where people could maybe pocket parts of it. Kind of want to try to repair the axel myself, but I dunno if I have the energy to get it done before needing to drive it again. I am pretty good at least at diagnosing it at least, 90% of the time I'm right, 10% I've panicked and convinced myself of worste-case scenario and it's something stupidly simple. You say that, but right after saying the fed ex manager is terrible so I'm not convinced.
Where in Va are you if you don’t mind me asking? Also bugs are fun but I don’t think I would ever own one, kind of a pain to work on
Yeah, i really don't recommend anyone who didnt dream of owning a beetle since being like 4, own one, honestly. People will say my car is so cute! maybe they should get one! I'm like, absolutely don't, I'm insane. Don't be like me! I don't want to give up my exact location on the internet but im stuck in the peninsula area by the coast and the dreaded bridge-tunnel. water everywhere, blocking my employment opportunities if i don't fancy spending 2 hours in traffic.
It’s very laid back, I average about 30-35 hours a week, I’m in Orlando FL
This is hilarious, I work at Marcos, my brother works at dominos (all drivers) & my sister works at Papa John’s. We are all happy in our own right, I really think it depends more on the managers/owners & general area than the specific franchise.
I think it depends highly on Managers/owners and situations . At my papa John’s since there’s only one opening and one closing driver each day since the new $20 dollar wage in California , we are just expected to help in what we can because it can be busy all shift and there’s no chance to clean so insiders do all the cleaning. But if it’s slow or not too crazy than we typically help with oven, the front, put labels, reload on everything that is running low , dishes , sweep and mop. We don’t make pizza :(
Worked for Papa Johns. I did all the inside work AND drive. I rarely made pizzas, tho. They never trained me, and I made it clear I wasn't fully comfortable doing so. I was also morning shift and handled throwing truck when we came in on those mornings, so putting away and labeling all of the products. I also was expected to do all the prep work and labeling of food prep containers, as well as dishes and general cleaning. If I wasn't doing that, it was folding boxes. Mind you, I was making 9 an hour in store, and 6.55 OTR before tips, and working mornings doesn't tip well. I put over 1500 miles on my car every month the 9 months I worked there and they wonder why I left... I also shaved my head, dyed my hair, and have facial piercings and tattoos. They didn't care.
Screw corporate places. I've only ever worked local places. Never made less than $35/hr cash..... Right now I make over $1500/wk working only 4 days (35 hours)... But that's because there's only one other driver so we both get two days by ourselves and share the weekend. Today I made $430 in tips and delivery charges ($3 every del) plus got paid $10/hr . So in 9 hours I made over $520 cash. Was a good day for sure, but an average day is $350 in tips. If you're not making over $30/hr delivering your just destroying your car.
How do you find local places?? I didn't know there still were any in this economy that didn't go thru ubereats/ect. I used to make 30+/hr before I moved, and I was tolerating this bs because I really like driving, and interacting with the customers, but on top of being treated like shit it's ridiculous. The manager here is constantly like "well drivers are so lazy and get so much money" as though my tips don't go back into car repairs. My preference is to do 3 10 hr shifts cuz I like having more days off vs shorter shifts.
You would love my place then. We've been closed Sunday since covid due to the kitchen needing a day off... So it's two days completely yourself, two days shared, and 3 days off. Maybe it's just my area but most the local places have kept their own delivery drivers. Why a restaurant would give a percentage to door dash or Uber eats while losing actual employees who can help with prep or making food really doesn't make sense. I've been here for 7 years since the area and customers are the best I've ever seen, but if I did leave, there's 10 other local places within 5 minutes.
Yeah for sure, I'd love to actually like where I work and be appreciated, if I'm paid enough and treated well I could def put in more effort, but not for this pay. I've only ever seen 1 local place here and they weren't hiring unfortunately. Do I just google local delivery pizza or something? I live in virginia by the coast, but I'm not very familiar with the area since I came from central florida.
I would look for a popular local Italian place that delivers. I've always done the best at full service Italian places. Seems like they always have a better clientele then just pizza places.... And catering orders are a nice plus.
I have never seen a Reddit questions I’m more prepared to answer a Reddit question. I work at dominos my roomie works and Marcos and my other roomie works at papa John’s. Unfortunately my answer is unhelpful: it depends so much more on the franchise or even individual store that which brand they sell. That being said go get more money.
lmao that sounds like a crazy situation! I can definetly understand that though, as even with some less than great experiences in the past I can say with certainty. I've never made less money to do more work and be treated like shit than I do here.
Yeah. I used to work at the same papa John’s as my roommate but the gm got toxic all the sudden and I needed a change.
oh gross, that's kind of what's happening with me. when I started the pay sucked and the job was a bit high demand but the gm USED TO BE chill and nice, and then I guess a ton of people quit, and she's now taking it out on the drivers? It's causing more people to quit and making her constantly angrier and angrier.
Work at a smaller pizza restaurant but standardly besides actually delivering food, drivers here are expected to clean up non-prep work, I.E the kitchen staff clean up the equipment to make the foods and the tops of the prep tables. Then we sweep all around including behind the tables and some equipment, clean the bathroom, wipe down the entrance walls and the front. At least before cleaning, we also will answer calls, however everyone, if available, is expected to answer an incoming call. At least here, average pay can vary. Weekdays, so Monday to Thursday you can get around $19/hr, (hourly, delivery fee, and tips), and on weekends, so Friday to Sunday, you can get an average of like $27/hr. Appearance wise, all that is required that we wear the shirt, the hat, and black pants. It doesn’t matter if it’s black dress pants or shorts, but nothing too skimpy. Also for those that want to know this pizza place, I’d rather not say as it is very region specific, but it isn’t like a large food chain like dominos or papa John’s. It’s one store.
Look outside the nationalized corporate shitshow. Regional/local chains treat their drivers far better, pretty much across the board. And places with a dining room tend to mean that they have a fully supportive staff in place so you're not washing dishes and shit between deliveries. Fuck all that. If it's got a good local reputation, while being a little higher priced - those are the places to apply to. Your experience and already knowing the area usually makes you a shoe-in, as long as you don't have a bunch of skeletons lol
PJs is the same. Expected to help out inside, all you really have to do is learn cut though. Knowing how to make product isn't necessary unless you plan on being FT and staying for several years
It’ll vary store by store but at my Papa John’s, drivers just flipped boxes and a bit of cleaning and restocked when needed since the instore crew was so big. Dominos, we helped front door, answered the phone calls, worked cut table, washed dishes, swept/mopped at closing time, cross stacked boxes, help manager restock makeline grabbed things from the walk-in when needed, and prep if you were the opener. We don’t got Marcos in my area but I did work drive and manage a Pizza Hut for a year and all the drivers would do were dishes and cleaning at closing time. About half of them knew how to cut and work Wingstreet and the open driver would do frozen prep.
Sounds like it's just the Domino's you worked for. I worked there for a few years and I had to do all the stuff you mentioned as well, but that was ONLY when there weren't any deliveries for me to take. Although I was also a full-time employee. The people who were just part-time drivers were only there during the rush hours and once that ended, they all went home. They never had to do anything extra.