{"id":70046,"date":"2021-11-05T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=70046"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:09:42","slug":"what-do-you-think-about-courier-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/what-do-you-think-about-courier-work","title":{"rendered":"How tough is life as a Deliveroo driver?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The number of working adults in England and Wales working for gig economy companies is now two-and-a-half times bigger than in 2016. What do deliverymen think about the prons and cons of their jobs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628.jpg 654w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628.jpg 654w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20211105233628-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Deliveroo workers who are struggling for their life in busy days, photoed by Simon Dawson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How often do you receive parcels from online shopping every week? As more and more people choose online shopping other than brick-and-motor stores. Gig economy has emerged in recent years as there is a strong rise in working population among couriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of working adults in England and Wales working for gig economy companies such as Amazon and Uber has reached 4.4 million whilst its percentage paid by these platforms has jumped from 6% in 2016 to 15% now, according to a recent research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether gig economy is good for all is controversial. \u201cThe gig economy brings people more job opportunities and can offer flexibility, but many gig workers also experience lower pay and poor conditions,\u201d said Prof Neil Spencer, who co-authored the research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do people think about increase number in gig-working and its most representative delivery industry? We asked some deliverymen in Cardiff why they choose this job and how tough life is as a deliveryman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stefan, 35, deliveryman from Deliveroo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1234-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I become a deliveryman just because I want to survive. It is just a job. I do this job only to care for my family. Every day I deliver parcels for people and exactly do the same thing. I do this job only to care for my family. But what I hold in mind everyday is \u201cHappy company, happy restaurant and happy customer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bob, 49, deliveryman from FedEx<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"524\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1.jpg 951w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-770x424.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-293x161.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1.jpg 951w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-770x424.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/123-1-293x161.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I choose this job just because I can\u2019t do anything else. I have taken it as my full-time job for over 20 years. It is really hard work and I was paid very little per hour. I think it has no advantage at all but I have no choice. I can only do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jonevans,44, deliveryman from Stuart<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I lost my job in a charity shop last November. I embark on delivery from this February. I think switching to delivery has both pros and cons. It is more flexible as I can come and go whenever I want. I am making more money than before. I can earn 20 pounds per hour in busy days. But this job is not that stable. Sometimes if the weather is bad I cannot earn a lot. Last week I had an injury on my knee so I had to see the doctor and followed by a week off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lonud, 25, deliveryman from Deliveroo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/234523-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it is not a hard job and I can make easy money. I work for averagely 12 hours a day but actually time is flexible. I can do it as much as I can. But sometimes I have to spend more than 10 minutes to find the customer. That may be awful. The earning depends on how many orders I can take and the distance of the order. It\u2019s about 10 to 15 pounds per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Atanas, 24, deliveryman from Deliveroo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253.jpg 952w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-770x432.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/32452353253-293x164.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I really like it because it\u2019s flexible working time and I can do other things whenever I like. I can also earn money from delivery to develop other things. I am a musician and I think delivery can serve my musical stuff. But I think there is something bad. We have not enough sick pay and medical insurance. I have a fellow friend. He got an accident from delivery but the company paid him very less. On the whole, I think earning up to 25 pound per hour is quite a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gig economy has emerged in recent years as there is a strong rise in working population among couriers.What do deliverymen think about their jobs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":809,"featured_media":70176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1080],"coauthors":[1065],"class_list":["post-70046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","tag-vox-pop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How tough is life as a Deliveroo driver? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/what-do-you-think-about-courier-work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How tough is life as a Deliveroo driver? 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