You know those stereotypical jobs for college students where hires are subject to long, miserable hours with very little pay? Yeah, that doesn’t happen on WayUp – and it definitely doesn’t happen for the students lucky enough to snag driver and delivery jobs on our site. With big name brands like GrubHub, Uber, and Doordash (now hiring!), these opportunities will give your resume a serious boost….among a few other perks. Take a look at some of the incredible benefits these positions offer students.
Great Pay
Need to start paying off your student loans? Want to save up for spring break? Driver and delivery jobs will pay you well for the work you put in. Uber partner drivers in Boston are currently making an average of $16/hr, DoorDash, which has 14 open positions in various locations on WayUp, pays its delivery drivers up to $25/hr, and GrubHub’s 50 open positions on our site all boast competitive pay, like this one.
Flexible Hours
If you’re involved in a lot of organizations on campus and have taken on a tough workload for the semester, driver and deliver jobs offer the perfect option for your jam-packed schedule. Uber Driver Partner Leilani Webb, a student at Boston College and a WayUp user, says, “I love being an Uber Partner Driver because of the flexibility. There are no minimums, maximums or set hours, which is perfect for my hectic school life.” You work when you can.
Shaker Ali, a full-time student and Door Dasher in Minneapolis, agrees that her job is perfect for her fluctuating schedule: “The demands of midterms, quizzes, exams, and group projects can be exhausting. Being a Dasher provides me the one thing I crave the most: flexibility. I can choose when I want to work, how much I want to work, and where I want to work. Everything about being a Dasher is convenient from the schedule to the weekly payments to the fact that I can log in right from my apartment and dash out the door the second an order comes up on my app!”
Talk about some healthy work/life balance!
Physical Activity
These jobs offer a fast-paced environment where you’ll be on the move every day. Whether you’re riding a bike to get a delivery in on time or driving customers around town, you won’t have a desk job weighing you down. Not to mention you’ll rack up some serious endorphins with all the back and forth of your job, which will make you one happy employee!
Customer Service Experience
A study in the Harvard Business Review found that customers who have a great customer service experience spend 140% more than customers who have a negative experience. Because you’re interacting with customers daily, you are representative of the business – the experience you give customers has a tangible effect on the company’s success. Employers across a number of different industries are always looking for customer service experience because it shows that you have extensive people management skills.
Not only that, but you’re very likely to get valuable customer feedback each day on the job, which you can take back to your supervisor, with something like, “60% of employees have complained about limited menu options this week.” Your employer will be very impressed at how carefully you’re collecting and analyzing user input. Cultivating customer service skills is something that will make you extremely valuable to future employers and look very attractive as you’re building your resume.
So what are you waiting for? It’s time to start applying to these incredible jobs.
