I drove for Doordash for most of 2025, until I was kicked out due to a suspended license. The alleged whistleblower's observations line up with my long-held suspicion that wage theft has been coded into the system. I imagine they use deliberate obscurities in their code to escape detection. It's a long standing "worst practice" well known to coders of shady e-commerce and porn sites.
I drove for Doordash for most of 2025, until I was kicked out due to a suspended license. The alleged whistleblower's observations line up with my long-held suspicion that wage theft has been coded into the system. I imagine they use deliberate obscurities in their code to escape detection. It's a long standing "worst practice" well known to coders of shady e-commerce and porn sites.
Remember when the gig economy was going to make everyone rich?