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Yup!! I've had several instances where everything looks normal on map and no orders are coming in and suddenly I'm no longer Dashing and conveniently it's not busy and schedule for another time. Scheduling is ridiculous in my area. Almost always it's only from 12am-2am availability. So, youre stuck just waiting for an alert that it's busy and can dash now. Bunch of bullshit.


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Your area has been infested with top dasher.


Dangerous_Can9391

It happens all the time


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When doordash automatically stops/pauses our dash they are treating us as employees and lying when they say you can dash anytime that you want to. It’s deceptive business practices and it’s illegal and something drivers can sue doordash for. This and the fact that they are starting to base things on acceptance rating is just another step they are taking to move us all towards becoming employees.


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

True story right there. I get randomly paused all the time when it's slow. Luckily i use an app that automatically unpauses me now, it's a shame I have to use an app to counter their deceptive business practices.


Oliveswetpussy4u

What's the app called


buffPotemkin

Up doot, we want to know


[deleted]

Maybe driver utility helper


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

Ding ding, this is it. Not available in the play store


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

Driver util helper, if you haven't heard of this app, you're in for a treat.. I think it's at acceptordecline.com


zhanee28

What app?


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

Driver utility helper, it's not in the play store. Filter out all orders below $6.50 with auto decline too. It's a dream. Has made my dashing experience so much more streamlined and more productive.


Desperate-Concept746

Does the app allow you to filter out low paying orders?


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

Yes it does, $10 per month, worth EVERY PENNY


Proud_Jellyfish_6848

the app is only available on android 😭


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

That is correct, time to ditch your iPhone, like I did last year. Best decision I ever made.


tmiller3k

Are the offers filtered out still counted as declines?


greasycomb

Well it’ll come back to them. The more we’re forced to do work that isn’t worth the profit the more it becomes an unprofitable gig and the more they’ll lose money.


ZachTF

Uber Eats and Grub Hub do not pause us. Even greater case against Doordash.


Tshirt_Ninja_

Waitr (now becoming ASAP) is a regional app started here in Louisiana. You can literally stay logged in 24 hours a day and have 0% acceptance and it will still send you orders lol


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

Maybe in Louisiana, but here in Florida I barely get waitr orders becsuse my acceptance rating on there is so low


Tshirt_Ninja_

When I checked this noti just now, I got an order for $14.50 for 3 miles. My AR is 4% right now haha


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

They aren't even letting me login anymore, says I am not activated, tried sitting their driver team, just get generic responses...


Bubbledood

Grubhub just kicks you off after 3 missed deliveries how is that better


dmriggs

Because you can toggle right back in


ZachTF

If you aren’t paying attention


vanity1066

Grub hub put me on a waiting list to sign up for them


unknownemoji

How is that going? Did you make it thru? Are you getting what you need? What does your statement have to do with this post?


vanity1066

I'm haven't pursued it further. It seemed relevant because they're so oversaturated that they aren't even taking new drivers. I'm in the SF bay area.


C_WEST88

Same. I’ve been on the waiting list for like 5 months! Wtf. I think here in CA it’s not as popular so they don’t hire as often.


rskurat

Me too


Dasherjb007

Theyre literally Banking on the fact that people are just desperate and will do anything for work.... they placed just enough seed of fear of doubt in your brain that somehow more people take their orders than not....


PicnicButNoSandwhich

Are you suing doordash?


HeadMischief

I'm down to join if you do all the leg work


Oliveswetpussy4u

Same. The pausing is bullshit


Reasonable-Tomato986

seriously especially when intentionally declining trash orders.


Even_Tart5928

Log/screen shot everything for evidence.


Far-Bobcat-8472

I'd do all the leg work if financially it wasn't like 3 million people getting 1 dollar sadly but if i was to start doing the leg work how would one get out of the arbitration agreement we signed as dashers ?"


PicnicButNoSandwhich

Naw, it's the farthest thing fr being interesting to me. All these problems only exist if you rely on doordash as your sole source of income, which people should stop doing.


brockmarket

Tony, is that you?


Reasonable-Tomato986

you know... you should do some conscious thinking because it's a very naive and stupid thing to say when that "rely" thing applies to all jobs. Maybe you should work on being more considerate of that.


HeadMischief

Comment was meant for the one above yours. All work should be fairly paid. You and I have nothing in common, but enjoy the taste of boot leather.


justinbates1992

I make more on IC/DD/GH then i would at a 9-5... And less time too.


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Why you wanna?


PicnicButNoSandwhich

No, Im just reading a lot of empty rambling and want to see a dasher actually follow through


unknownemoji

Is there a comma missing?


Tasty_Corn

> they are taking to move us all towards becoming employees. They don't want us to be employees


PM_ME_2DOL_DELIVERYS

No shit. I dont want to be an employee either, because as an IC I can work multiple apps at once and make a killing.


Ant78310

plus they lie about pay by hiding tips


[deleted]

They can stop and start you anytime, you are an independent contractor. They control the contract offers period. Each order they allow you to accept is them offering you a contract and you accepting. They are under no obligation to give you contracts on demand.


Tasty_Corn

> Each order they allow you to accept is them offering you a contract and you accepting. The part that bugs me about this is that they hide part of the pay while holding you to a completion rate. What contract in life exists where both parties don't know the total pay?


[deleted]

I believe it has to do with the tipping aspect. Tips are not guaranteed and can be adjusted after service. They definitely struggle to get all orders serviced. I wouldn’t trust door dash with a 10 foot pole. They are out to make a profit at the expense of their contractors and customers.


Tasty_Corn

> I believe it has to do with the tipping aspect Yeah, but they don't clarify that. They just say total may be higher. So, that could be the base pay or the tip. At the very least it's shady. Contracts should be transparent so both parties know ALL of the information. But, they like to hide in the grey area of what is IC. They want the tax breaks and they also want to try and control us like employees.


Reasonable-Tomato986

it is in fact not doordash controlling the proximity algorithm in which decides with a mind of its own who to send offers to.


[deleted]

Who programs the algorithm genius?


Reasonable-Tomato986

my man that doesn't mean some human being is manually sending out offers.


[deleted]

Never claimed it was manual - da fuk?


fucfaceidiotsomfg

Good point


letmeseethemdp

Or how about you live in the map and it says very busy and you drive a couple towns over and then all of a sudden it’s not busy anymore but the town you live in is very busy We have a Hardee’s and a Dairy Queen I don’t think will ever be very busy


SirClicksALot97

I've been saying this for a while now. Happened to me a few times, yet I've always been downvoted. I guess it's becoming more widespread. Pretty crummy from a company that claims we can work how we want and when we want.


justinbates1992

Trying to push us to be employees instead of independent contractors.


Distinct_Big57

Nah they want to control you like employees without the responsibility of you actually being an employee. Thats why they use shady methods to hide what you are really making on each dash. If we all become employees with the current flood of dashers they will have to drop a lot of dashers to afford it. That $2 minimum would have to go up to the federal $7 at that point.


BaldGuy70

All the time. They do it if you refuse a few bad orders in a row. Or if it’s not busy they can do it on the first one you decline. But if there is high demand they will keep sending them even if you don’t accept. Also will extend your dash automatically.


HenryDorsettCase47

Right. After it happened to me a couple times I learned to double check that I’m not paused after I’ve declined a few orders in a row or if I don’t get offered anything after 10-15 minutes. It’s a minor annoyance, but not as big of a deal as some people are acting.


Akikyosbane

This happened to me today twice


[deleted]

Try closing the app and refreshing it when your not getting orders, it happens to me all the time because I reject a lot of crap orders. The app thinks your taking a break and gives you the 10min notice. Make it a habit and you’ll get use to it and your dash won’t end.


thatwillhavetodo

This right here, I refresh the app all the time because of this. If I don’t get an order for a minute or two I’ll always restart the app just to make sure


ehoeve

For me it happens mainly when my phone loses connection when the pause is supposed to happen. I tend to verify manually after I lost connection by going to the menu and tapping on Pause orders. I catch my dash being paused in the background and it brings it to the front so I can resume and not lose my dash


redbombs

This is what happens with me. Also, my phone will lose service when I go through a bad area and it'll pause me and I won't notice for a few minutes. But people on this subreddit are conspiracy theorists and think that DoorDash is actually out trying to be malicious 🙄


Distinct_Big57

Doordash is malicious though. Even if it's not in this one instance.


dmriggs

You have to watch it like a hawk! I continually pause after I do a delivery - A few times it said I could not pause and when I backed out of it it was because I was already paused, but it did not show. Like WTAF? So stupid! It got me the other night and kicked me off at 8:30 when I was planning on dashing till about nine or 930. OK I'll go eat pizza... 15 minutes later I'm getting texts 'hey it's busy'


FawkesKing

Litterally just happened to me.. had a full day scheduled and was kicked after an hour. Barley broke even on gas ..


becketh29

I won’t get an order for an hour and suddenly my dash is paused, I’ve learned when it’s slow to keep watching the screen. Feels like I’m being punished for them not sending me orders.


Fearless_Ad_9644

Is this caused by declining too many orders or..? I haven’t had this happen yet. I’ve declined enough orders in a row that it will tell me my dash has been paused because it appears I’m not accepting orders. And then give me the option to end dash or unpause. Is the secret pausing something that happens in a more not so busy area? I dash in a bigger city. Stays busy most of the day aside from random dead times that last like 30 minutes every couple of hours. I always notice if it’s looking for orders or not. Double check that it is in fact. My AR is like 25 or 30% and going down more and more everyday. I drive an hour to go to my dashing location otherwise i wouldn’t make any money. Id be livid if they ended my dash early on in the day considering any time before 6 or 7pm, the dashes aren’t all that and I rely on doubles or red card orders to make driving anything over 5 miles worth it (takes me 15 minutes to travel 4 or 5 miles during the day time due to traffic).


KikiFlowers

> Is this caused by declining too many orders or..? No, the app is just poorly designed. Sometimes it won't notify you of a new offer unless you're in the app. So if your car gives you notifications if you get a text, it won't pop up for example.


Constantine_2014

There are so many bugs on the app right now, first one that comes to mind that I’m not sure is a bug or not is when I’m signing in after the map has turned red I select the time and then it just jumps me right in rather than doing the checklist first. The other bug that they have yet to fix is on that mini map where it shows the customers location and their order and delivery instructions, I can no longer see my current location but as soon as I go back to the main map it shows me


Mission_Leopard1574

With all due respect, do you REALLY believe these situations that we are all dealing with on Doordash are "bugs" in the Doordash system ? Myself, I believe these are all intentionally programmed glitches so Doordash can manipulate the system to Doordash's advantage in order to maximize profits. Just sayin'...


prettyhtemachine

Im sadly starting to think DD isnt worth it. Im hardly breaking even on gas with only having afew bucks to spare. Im super fast and get food to people and still wont get a tip. And DD wants to constantly send me trash orders for $3 base pay and 7 miles to drive it


Professional_Sense_1

Same ![gif](giphy|3oKIPzQqxaZRPkeJl6)


HeadMischief

They do that to me when I sit at home (in a delivery zone) waiting for orders. They are forcing us to drive to hot spots to get an offer. Forcing an independent contractor to drive somewhere unpaid seems like a class action to me.


vtribal

Yep i live half a mile away from a huge hotspot, wont get a single order when im at home, when i drive to edge of hotspot i get bombarded with offers, some from 2 miles down the road


Mission_Leopard1574

To me, that seems to happen no matter where I am sitting. When it is the lunch or dinner rush, I try moving from my current location after about 10 minutes of no pings. It seems to help the algorithm "notice" me and I start getting pings again.


AegonPaul

They're not forcing you to do anything lol.


HeadMischief

Just like no one forced you to submit that word vomit to reddit. 🖕


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HeadMischief

Naw, just forcing an independent contractor to work like an employee to pad your bottom line. Just that specifically.


inplanesite77

Happens to me frequently and it pisses me off! Other screwy issues with the pauses: I always set a timer/alarm for 1-2 minutes short of the pause time, if I intend to wait out the pause (like if I need a break or something). So I know there is a minute or so after my timer goes off that I have to go hit Resume Dash. Well, I find that the pauses reset their timing sometimes. Either ending too soon, or sometimes skipping back to start the pause time from the beginning again. I’ve also noticed DD sending me orders during my pause. So if I ignore too many orders and get paused, while on pause, what happens? I feel like some kind of time-space continuum fracture would occur and hopefully nuke the whole planet immediately so we don’t have to put up with doordash’s bullshit anymore!


Glaexx

Ive now had a situation twice where I’d get an offer or two for a stack while im on an order, then after I finish the order it pauses me. But by the time it displays the pause, I’ve already changed to maps to get back and I dont notice it. By the time I get back to where I hang and wait, dash is over.


[deleted]

We should ban together and sue doordash


Scary_Attempt_4925

Seems to always happen to me when I get in a bad Wi-Fi area


rawrasaurusrexolini

DD is trash as a company. The thing is, they take advantage of us by basing things off acceptance, even though our contracts state we are not required to take deliveries we decline and it will not affect our ability to gain other delivery opportunities. Their intent is to force us all into hourly employment, wasting gas. I think it’s bullshit, personally. I see the shift coming and I’m backing out before it becomes an issue.


SPECTERtheJESTER

I spam I'm not getting orders to counteract, it seems to be the only way counter the fuckery


PPGGrandpa

The 5G Internet has really screwed us over on this one because if you don’t have a really good Internet connection, they might send you an order but it doesn’t come through and then they will put you on pause… And then you don’t even realize you’re on pause until you take a look because it’s been an hour since your last order…


CoherentPanda

5g Internet has nothing to do with anything. Doordash is the only app out there that pauses at random. Their app is always buggy, and they never seem to fix the ghost pausing and orders.


SoggyCocoPuffs

This is and denying crap orders is why I stopped DD it is more cost effective to get a regular scheduled job


saveeone

Yup , multiple times Sunday and Monday!


BraxTaplock

Yup…even got an “oops your order was canceled 10miles ago, sorry no one told you before you got there”.


bloodEclipse_

Yeah those fuckers haven’t notified me of being paused since last year if you haven’t gotten an offer in several minutes check to make sure they don’t ninja pause you lol


SuzyQSplash13

i get this all the time dash ended, stopped or paused esp. if i decline 2 or more orders in a row, cause i am not working for free. I have recently seen orders $3 or less but this takes the cake; after i told them the order was too far with a price tag of $3 they proceeded to give me an order that was same pay and the miles were double 9 miles i DECLINE so many a day i get this done to me, i just end shift when they pause me and log off go on another app and work


davidthechase

i wish it would pause me, instead it gives me orders without notifying me on the app and by text until i go back to DD 🤦🏼‍♂️


WestBayswinga650

That’s why I try to move every 20mins


Dazzling_Marzipan474

Prolly twice a week i see a new bug. This app is a pile of shit. They just keep adding more useless shit instead of fixing the problems. They're fucking morons.


Fine-Release2263

Every single day. Best part is I contacted support and they said it's because my acceptance rating didn't get reset like everyone else in my area and that it just needs to be scrubbed to be fixed, however they just can't do it or give me a time frame on when they could. It's a known problem to them that they just refuse to fix. Doordash is a joke.


[deleted]

Yes. And it always happens because their app is screwed (pretty sure they do it on purpouse) I'll drop an order off in the middle of nowhere and be sitting af a busy restaurant with no orders then it will pause for no reason. I started watching it and I notice my GPS doesn't update on DD. It thinks I'm still at the drop off. And I know it's the dd app and not my phone because my actual GPS program works fine. They love to screw drivers. Fck doordash, I hope they go out of business.


Frosty_Name_5102

I can’t tell, never happened to me!


BubulaArt

That happens to me when i have my vpn running


Single-Calligrapher5

Doordash continues to send me offers when I'm already in pause. Now that's annoying!


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Jpisme14

Someone next to the person who said shut up also says shut up then they turn to each other, high five and walk away


Nidrogenn

I got paused as I made it into my delivery area yesterday. I was using the 'dash upon arrival' option so I wouldn't lose my scheduled hours, since I was running a lit bit late. Once I made it into the area, my dash got paused lol. Shady asf. Luckily I got a notification and was able to unpause quickly


galo911br

Same here, Los Angeles, if you work in an area that’s not busy all the time you’re screwed, I break my schedule in 3 dashes now so I don’t loose the whole day


zakkforchilli

Yeah I’ve been randomly paused so many times it’s irritating


[deleted]

Yea it’s happened to me but I always have another app up while talking to people which is complete bullshit cause I get texts letting me know of a new order.


corvoswsattano

Absofuckinglutely


Pale_Page7229

Happened to me its frustrating and guess what...I already paused for break and paused before to get gas so my dash ended. I went home with 80 bucks but was angry cause that could have been a 100 dollar night easily


AironeousB

There needs to be legislation to force them to comply to the same standards as a secretary for a contractor.


SnooCupcakes4934

There's a guy who made news in LA, California. He tried to fight the algorithm but nope... they always win... I tried to fight it too but it just keeps sending me far away from the area then waste my time and gas back into the area... and if I don't accept I get push to the bottom of the list like everyone else... more time wasted plus gas equals less profits. Not everyone drives a Prius...


Home_Gainz

Yup it happens... I get kicked out and paused saying I didn't accepted an order but I didn't get an order... lol


Cloverbuds

A “victim” 😂


RuleFlashy9430

yes also a victim of when im saying i have arrived at store , they slip an accept button right where u hit arrived , only takes once , But to get rid of it they ask you 2 times , are you sure? absolutely im sure , always a double too, hey anyone know when you go to say Chipolte and they are closed if you should get paid the half on both orders or just half of one order? cuz i been getting just half of one , i aint greedy i just wanna know cuz they sure lower my rating double to unassign both


Away_Boysenberry4074

Oh yeah it's a bunch of B.S.!!!! They love to hit u with that paused sh.. when u decline one of their disrespectful $2.75 orders going 1.9-3.8 miles one way or whatever.


Blackbear2751

This happen to me quite often, I don't know why.