$18/hour is just barely a living wage in NYC. Actual living wage for an adult with 0 children in NYC is about $25.50/hour:

https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/36061

On top of that you have the challenges specific to these jobs. If you’re on bike, that’s hard work and limits the hours you can do without risking injury. If you’re driving (which is maybe practical in outer boroughs) you’re shouldering all the costs of the vehicle working for a delivery app. Either way that’s way too little after taxes per month, even at $18/hr.

It is sounds almost like a dystopian utopia. And it comes to prove that having such big and influential corporations is only good for their shareholders.

I think the whole subscription model get its birth from the constant desire of those corps to grow infinitely, while leaving the normal people to truly struggle to meet their ends with ever growing expenses.

Can’t afford the new minimum wage, but they can afford the lawyers and the lawsuit.

But if they get the $18/hr, there’s no need to tip, right? Right?