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says it is laying off around 1,250 employees in the latest instance of belt tightening at a well-known tech company. CEO Tony Xu wrote that DoorDash sped up hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic to catch up with its growth, since the company was actually undersized as of early 2020. Most of DoorDash's investments are said to be paying off. However, Xu noted that "while we’ve always been disciplined in how we have managed our business and operational metrics, we were not as rigorous as we should have been in managing our…

DoorDash says its business remains strong and more resilient than other e-commerce companies. Photo: ANDREW KELLY/REUTERS…

This article originally appeared in Protean Magazine, a leftist print magazine of critique, fiction, poetry, and art. Nothing quite captures the enormous chasm between capitalist promises about the future of transportation and our present-day reality than the typical car commercial. These commercials are nearly indistinguishable, and not just in surface details. (Notice how there are, improbably, never any other cars on the road.) Rather, they all push the same alluring message: with a car, you can go wherever you want,…

New York City is proposing a minimum pay rate of $23.82 an hour by 2025 for app-based food restaurant delivery workers. New York City is proposing a minimum pay rate of $23.82 an hour by 2025 for app-based food restaurant delivery workers, in another step to improve conditions for the independent contractors. The proposal by the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection would force companies including Uber Technologies Inc., DoorDash Inc. and Just Eat Takeaway.com NV's Grubhub to set a minimum pay rate…

DoorDash, the online food ordering courier, announced a suite of worker-safety-focused features on Monday. The changes include a new ability for delivery workers to block customers who make them feel unsafe, cancel an order if a customer is rude in a text or call, plus other shifts to the DoorDash app, as the company outlined in a blog post.00:19Studenglass Kompact DemonstrationToday 4:09PM“We’re clear-eyed about safety and recognize there will always be more work to be done to help make dashing as safe as possible,”…

Alphabet's division has teamed up with to deliver some convenience and grocery items — such as pantry staples, snacks and household essentials — by drone. Customers can place an order through the "DoorDash Air" section of the DoorDash app and receive their items in as little as 15 minutes.  When they check out, users will need to select a delivery spot for the drone to drop off their package. The DoorDash app will ask them to confirm that the drop zone is clear before the user completes the order. Wing/DoorDash The…

DoorDash Inc. DASH 5.52% shares surged Thursday after it unveiled stronger-than-expected results for last quarter, saying consumers continue to spend more on delivery of food and household essentials even as restaurants have reopened and raised prices. DoorDash’s revenue in the three months through September grew 33% to $1.7 billion from a year earlier. That beat the average revenue estimate of $1.62 billion from analysts polled by FactSet. The company also forecast…

Food delivery firm DoorDash Inc's orders surged to a record high in the third quarter as demand held strong against higher prices and rising inflation, helping it beat Wall Street targets for revenue and sending shares up 10%. Even though dining out has resumed in force, people are still ordering food online from the comfort of their homes like they did during lockdowns. DoorDash has, however, started to see a bit of an impact from recession-wary people buying fewer items each time they order, a company spokesperson said.…

Uber and DoorDash will deliver prescriptions for the covid antiviral Paxlovid filled through Walgreens for free to underserved neighborhoods, the companies announced Monday. The partnership is part of new pandemic response efforts from the White House.“This partnership is yet another way in which Uber’s technology can help Americans recover from the pandemic and make lifesaving healthcare more accessible,” Caitlin Donovan, general manager of Uber Health, said in a statement. Paxlovid reduces the risk of hospitalization…

A delivery driver for UberEats and DoorDash in New York last January. Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The Wall Street Journal…