SoftBank-backed food delivery firm DoorDash enters Japan

A little to late in the game?

Oh look, an original idea…….…..something Japan hasn’t had in decades.

Much too late in the market, another holdup investment. Buy, pust the stock up and run before it goes boom

I wonder if the deliverers are treated any better in Japan than in the US?

Welcome to the 'gig economy'

I tried them in NYC, they are ok. Nothing special.

These are horrible vulture companies, taken up to 30% of sales from hard working independent restaurants. It’s an unfortunate catch-22 situation for these small shop owners, when these billion dollar corporations enter their areas.

These are horrible vulture companies, taken up to 30% of sales from hard working independent restaurants. It’s an unfortunate catch-22 situation for these small shop owners, when these billion dollar corporations enter their areas.

Yup. And, they screw their delivery people as well. In the US, DoorDash was caught keeping some of the tips/gratuities that customers were leaving for the delivery people. And, Uber keeps changing the rates they pay the delivery people.

ALL of theses companies skirt labor laws by classifying the delivery people as independent contractors, rather than employees. So, they don't need to pay into FICA, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, Disability, or Workman's Compensation funds. They provide zero health insurance (a necessity in the US), zero paid holidays, zero paid sick leave, zero paid vacation time, no add'l pay rate for overtime, and no guaranteed hourly wage.

That's why I asked the question about how the delivery personnel are treated in Japan. I was wondering if they're treated that poorly here, too. (I hope 100% the 500-600Y tips I left my Uber Eats people made it to them, the few times I've used UE.) I also wonder how many Japanese customers leave tips?

Much too late in the market, another holdup investment. Buy, pust the stock up and run before it goes boom

DoorDash started before Uber Eats. And, they are privately funded by a handful of investors, such as Softbank.

So, there is no stock to buy, push up, and run from.

Not likely at all, but maybe the extra competition can let restaurants choose the service that squeeze the least out of their profits, or the deliverers to actually make a living out of their efforts.

@zeram1

Spot on. Yet another parasitic tech company charging a %ge for a fixed cost service.

For those less informed, listen to a real restaurant owner before deciding that’s it’s such a great idea.

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/chicago.eater.com/platform/amp/2021/1/26/22250664/delivery-apps-destroying-restaurants-chicago-uber-eats-doordash-postmates

The last thing we need here is more idiots on bikes.

Anti-Japan sentiment still exists (just) in this dark corner of the internet....

There is no anti-Japanese sentiment (even China shimmers down after it surpassed Japan completely) but only skepticism against Japan. I don't count the Koreans in this case.