Catherine Mojica of Fremont said she earned good money as a full-time rideshare driver years ago and when she found herself in need of some extra cash, she decided to sign up to be a delivery app driver.
"I started thinking about doing DoorDash to make some extra money. I'm a single mom with four kids," Mojica said.When she signed up, though, she said she was surprised to get a message saying she was being put on a waitlist."It says, 'Thank you for your interest in DoorDash. We've hit our capacity of Dashers in your area due to popularity, so we're not accepting applications at the moment,'" Mojica said.
"As for supply and demand, delivery app signs are on many restaurants, but some restaurants say business is down."Now, the economy is starting to be good, but restaurants are not good," Hyun Park, manager of Yojimbo in Alameda said.Meantime, the supply of delivery drivers has increased, according to a member of the California Gig Workers Union, Daryush Khodadadi-Mobarakeh, who says when he started in 2016, a fellow full-time driver made six figures.
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