Uber food delivery driver – The Uber Company has extended its service into food delivery service and name it as UberEATS. Built-in a separated app, the UberEATS has become popular in busy cities. Many people might not have enough have time to go to restaurants or make a call to order some foods. In this article, I will share about Uber food delivery driver job description.
In the smartphone era, people prefer using food delivery services like UberEATS instead of conventional food delivery service where they have to ring a certain restaurant. Simply by several taps on the mobile phone. Now, people can get their orders to be delivered right to their doorstep. No need to call and waiting on hold.
If customers get new experience and convenience by using UberEATS, what about the drivers? Do they also get excited about the UberEATS? Well, this extension of Uber certainly provides new opportunities for drivers. Either for the current ride-share drivers or for those who specifically sign up for Uber food delivery drivers. But, can drivers make a lot of money if they drive for UberEATS? Let’s find out!
Uber Food Delivery Driver Job Description
Uber food delivery service a.k.Uber Eats has a simple job description. The driver just needs to deliver the food to the customer. Then after they finished the job, they will pay with the value of the UberEATS rate.
Below is the complete description for UberEATS driver:
- After receiving a request for food delivery order, you need to pick up the food from the mentioned restaurant in the app.
- Then deliver it to customers carefully. As a driver, you only handle the delivery, not the payment.
- To be an UberEATS driver you should be 19 years old or older.
- Car year requirements for UberEATS are 1998 or newer (it might differ depends on cities’ policy).
- You can also use a bicycle or scooters to work for Uber food delivery drivers. If you use a bicycle, you should be 18 years old or older.
- You can opt for a food delivery driver only or opt for both delivery and ride-share driver if your car is qualified for driving with a common Uber service.
- You can find in the app whether a request for the food delivery is requiring you to drop off the food by curbside or by the doorstep.
- In UberEATS, you are paid for pick-up fee, drop-off fee and mileage (the distance between the pick-up and drop-off/customer’s place).
- Uber cuts a 25% fee of each food delivery order. Typically UberEATS drivers can earn between $8 and $12 per hour after vehicle expenses.
- In UberEATS, you are paid for pick-up fee, drop-off fee and mileage (the distance between the pick-up and drop-off/customer’s place).
- Your customers can give you a tip within the UberEATS app and the tip is 100% yours.
Tips for Uber Food Delivery Driver
Before you start to drive for UberEATS, you should have a certain plan and see the requirement first. You know, you can maximize your Uber earning by focusing on the incentives program that Uber provides for drivers such as Quest, Boost and Surge pricing.
You can check the current Quest and Boost promotions by checking “Promotion” in the “Earnings” tab on the bottom menu of the Uber app home screen for the driver. Quest is a reward that Uber offers to drivers after completing a certain number of rides. Meanwhile, Boost is similar to Surge pricing but it’s more predictable because it is a specific price multiplier in specific areas and times. Also, there is no minimum order price to be qualified for Boost.
It might be very interesting that apart from Surge pricing. UberEATS has rewards for drivers such as Quest and Boost, right? However, you should know that the rewards might only available in certain cities. UberEATS in newer or smaller cities or markets might not have these rewards.
Please to also note that Surge pricing in UberEATS is only applicable if you’re logged into a hybrid profile (for example UberX/UberEATS). In UberEATS trips, the maximum multiple of 5x is possible. However, when you log in as a hybrid profile, you will be receiving both ride requests and food delivery requests. So, you might find it difficult to stay only in UberEATS requests.
Now, that’s all about the Uber food delivery driver job description. If you are interested in becoming the driver for UberEATS, you sign up directly at Uber’s official site. Or, if you’re already an Uber driver, you can choose to receive UberEATS requests. Thank you for reading.
