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His revenue was ~20% more than the minimum wage. Add in the employer half of FICA (+6.2%) and wear-and-tear on the car and gas and it looks like worse. If he drove more than 4.17 miles an hour (at US average IRS mileage rates) he made less than minimum wage. And that's ignoring other costs I may have forgotten.

And that's assuming that for some reason the PR stunt showed no preference to the CEO in route assignment and otherwise was an up and up demo.

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He was biking, not driving

And over 3,5 hours, not 5.

As far as I can tell, he was using the app for 5.5 hours. The fact that 2 of them were looking for the next delivery is irrelevant. That time counts as working time. It's not just the 3.5 hours when the delivery is in the system

He has done deliveries the last two days for a total of 5 hours 25 minutes on a trip vs 5 hours 32 minutes online. Total $149.54.

How do you see that? I couldn't find the logs in the article.

Do you really claim that he sat on his ass for two hours and waited for the next delivery?

AFAIK, biking vs. driving doesn't change mileage reimbursement rates. It does change the vehicle that experiences the wear and tear and, for most bikes, eliminates the cost of gas. And it may change his true cost. But not the reimbursement a minimum wage employee would be entitled to.

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