As you may well know, for quite some time now, if we go down the street we tend to see what we call riders, who are basically workers who provide their services to companies such as Uber o Glovo, for example. The working conditions of these workers have raised dust since the beginning.
In this case, we will talk about the distributors who collaborate with Glovo, although in the end the procedure is usually the same. By now, you may already know this, but you may be wondering how riders do their job and how they get paid for their work? Well, to clarify this for you, especially this second point, we bring you this post.
Basically, a Glovo distributor is a freelancer who sells his services to the aforementioned company, in this case, and does so with a collaboration contract. It’s what’s known as a “false freelancer.” Wow, riders get paid for every order they deliver.
Obviously, this task and the way it is carried out has not been delivered in recent years by its detractors, mainly the Spanish courts and the Labor Inspectorate. In fact, the company continues to have several open investigations, as do other companies that have a similar way of working, and accumulate more than 100 million euros in penalties to continue collaborating with freelancers.
In any case, more commonly, riders usually work delivering by bicycle, although some may choose to ride a motorcycle. In the end, being self-employed, they can choose how they deliver their delivery services, as Glovo doesn’t make it easy for them, either by car or by walking, for example. But hey, what’s usual is usually the ‘bike’. Then these they charge for each order between four and six euros grossat least in companies like Glovo or Uber.
Then, from what they earn, they have to deduct the quotes de Social Security, thing which they have to pay themselves every monthin addition to his private insurance, since most of these companies usually force to hire. In the specific case of Glovo, it must be said that the company provides this insurance, at least that’s what they claim.
Alternatives that are taking hold in Girona
To these services, which cause suspicion to many people, there are alternatives such as the company GiFood, which operates in the city of Girona and its surroundings. With the same operation of ordering food through the application and having it arrive at home piping hot, there is also a situation of its workers who does not abuse precariousness and is a commitment to sustainability, with an important fleet of electric motorcycles. “Our delivery people they are not fake freelancers but are contracted, and they receive the salary that belongs to them for the work they do.”