Any Female Delivery Drivers or Wag/Rover/Care.com pet sitters? Or Anyone That Knows One?

I've worked for Postmates and WAG. Both are a LOT of hustling if you want to make anything resembling a living. Sometimes the dogs can be high-maintenance jerks but most were great. Usually the owners weren't home but I did get a lewd message from one client when I let him know I was on the way. I reported him and they blocked him from my profile. It's just meh-both dog walking and food delivery.

I have 2 friends that deliver for Door Dash, and they like it. Just make sure you’re armed when delivering. If I were gonna be a dog sitter, I’d do it via my own business and not thru an app. I take care of my sister’s dogs and other family/friend’s dogs these days, because I’m not working due to a spine injury. So I have my little dog sitting business that I do each day, and it’s very low stress, because I know these people and their dogs. I’d be afraid they’d give me untrained dogs who’d hurt my spine on an app. I used to hire a guy via a pet sitting business in DC back when I was working. He’d come to my house when I was at work to let my dog out; he was happy and a good guy. So it can be a decent way to earn some extra cash.

My hot take on Rover and pet sitting. Cat clients are great. Tip well, very respectful. The clients are more worried that you will leave them vs they want to fire you. Also tends to be MOSTLY women clients and a few couples which is great. Dog clients - rude, never tip, sometimes I get requests to watch dogs that are clearly aggressive and I block delete. Every dog is untrained despite their "best efforts" and many have just canceled on me last minute and not tell me until I get to the booking. Walking into meet and greet and one of the dogs hates me yet owner wants me to put on their harness. Not worth it esp. when Rover does a shit job at protecting sitters if something happens despite taking a 20% cut for whatever. If you get bit, it's on you. They don't gaf.

Yes I still do it frequently. If you're not in a big city you're probably not going to make enough money to live on. Since you pay all the costs yourself you'll basically have to make about $20 an hour to make a profit. $10 an hour and you'll most likely be losing money while working. On the plus side you're a contractor not an employee, so you can turn down high mileage runs where you're making less that $2 per mile (including the return trip if it takes you away from the business areas).

Safety wise, I do have a "network" of female drivers I've spoken to about this. Many drive armed (myself included) which will get you deactivated if you're caught. Most of them do not drive at night. If they do drive at night they all get heavy duty flashlights, some have whistles, flares, and really go all out. Very few will ever taxi because they don't want to be alone with strange men. A lot of them take precautions like sharing their location with a loved one the entire time they're logged in (I've done this short-term when delivering to a creepy looking address). Some drive with a friend placing orders and navigating.

Since you're in school I'd recommend turning down deliveries on campus. 1) college students are awful tippers, 2) it's just creepy when you accidentally deliver to someone you know, 3) there are a lot of judgemental turd on campus and you don't need that noise for a $2 tip lol.

I was delivering for skip the dishes for a little while. its alright, it’s an easy job And super flexible. money from it isn’t too reliable because it’s always different depending on how far you’re driving. I found it safe. There’s not many women that do it, so when you’re waiting at a restaurant you're always waiting with a bunch of men and I found the busiest times were like after 10pm. but if you have to contact a customer you’re number isn’t visible to them so you don’t have to worry about any weirdos.

overall it’s not bad! But I had to stop because the gas prices were getting insane and I couldn’t justify all that driving when you make so little some nights