I also delivered for Domino's Pizza at about the same time. This was in the "30 minutes or it's free" days so we had a pretty confined delivery area, which included about half of IU campus (there was another store in town that had the other half).
If you drove your own car, you got an hourly wage plus a percentage of your gross deliveries as a "commission." The commission was paid in cash every night, and was supposed to cover your car expenses. You also kept any tips. I honestly don't remember the wage and commission percentage anymore. Pay was a little above minimum wage, and the commission seemed like extra cash in your pocket especially if you had a fuel efficient car, but sooner or later you'd need tires, or brakes, or a starter, or have an insurance payment due, etc. so long term it was a wash for most drivers. Sometimes if you got lucky you'd get a lot of tips. I had nights where I had $75 in tips, but that was rare. Usually students did not tip, or maybe rounded up to the nearest dollar. The townies tipped pretty well in general. Strangely (I thought) the poor neighborhoods usually tipped well, and the wealthy neighborhoods were miserly. I delivered for them for a couple of years, using an air-cooled Beetle. Allan Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > On 2021-04-24 19:00, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > >> I delivered pizza years ago and it was OK spending money for a single >> kid and the cash tips could sometimes add up if you had a good night >> but >> it really didn't net out to a whole lot more than minimum wage. > > Back in '91 while attending WMU I worked a couple weekends in a Domino's > franchise just off campus. The only thing I can remember clearly is the > local belief that the Oshtemo store drivers, working full time, could > make about $700/wk, which I assume was gross including mileage but not > including car expenses. But still a lot of money for a zero skill > endeavor like pizza delivery. Tips were supposed to be pretty good there > (they sucked on campus, which is why I was gone in under a month). > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
