UPS, FedEx, police |
Pizza drivers |
| Make considerably more than minimum
wage. (Part-time UPS drivers make $15 an hour and full-time is $23 an
hour.) |
Make minimum or near-minimum wage.
Some are paid less than minimum wage. |
| Don't use their own car. They use
a company vehicle. |
Use their own car. No company vehicle.
(Company vehicles have the business logo painted on the body.) |
| Company pays for gas. |
Company does not pay for gas. The
driver pays from own pocket. |
| Not blamed for the shipper's mistakes. (Has anyone
grabbed a FedEx driver and said, "I ordered the green blouse from
Spiegel. How dare you bring me a pink one!") |
Constantly blamed if the store
boxed the wrong pizza or if the store was running late. Often punished for
it with reduced or no tip. |
| Employer pays all parking tickets. |
Driver pays parking tickets. |
| Receives benefits with the job. |
No automatic benefits. |
| Does not rely on tips. |
Relies on tips. |
