What Qualifies You To Be Paid?
A high school certificate to make sure you are able to communicate, do basics money calculations and a driver’s license can get you a job as a pizza delivery driver as most pizza chains uses cars, bikes or bicycle for their delivery to beat time, but drivers should also be able to create a balance between fast and quality delivery as no client will be happy with a damaged pizza that is delivered fast.
It is perfectly understood that there will be times when the driver has to deliver on maximum speed just to arrive on-time, but he still has to ensure safety of the pizza been delivered as that is the primary product. Driver is also expected to be familiar with the geographical location of the city he wishes to deliver in as this will be of great advantage when there is a situation of road block or traffic for any reason, so the individual can navigate through shortcuts to arrive at destinations.
The Pizza Chain That Pays The Most?
Delivery drivers are generally paid on hourly basis with a general average pay of $10 per hour across chains excluding tips and compensation, although some pizza chains pay higher than others which is a point of attraction for intending delivery drivers, it is also worthy of note that some delivery drivers are attracted to a pizza chain with flexible working hours and environment.
Variation in the pay a delivery driver get from a pizza chain is determined by a number of factors ranging from;
The market share of the pizza chain in a city. This has to do with the pizza chains popularity, reach, and number of client that buys pizza from them at a particular location, this will largely determine how orders come in and how many deliveries to be done by a delivery driver at a particular time.
The pizza chain payment policy. Every pizza chain have their payment policy based on the company’s culture, vision and operations, this largely determines how employees are remunerated for carrying out their job description. The payment policy will determine (amount, schedule, bonuses, compensation etc.).
What other chains pay their drivers. Businesses are always looking to be dynamic and competitive enough, so they can have some kind of advantage in the market as such they will at intervals study their competitors to know how various aspect of their operations work including their payment policy, so they use this as a guide to determine what they will also pay their delivery driver.
The number of deliveries completed by the driver. As the market share of the chain determines order level, it is also left to the driver to determine how many of those order he targets every day as this will sum up to be the amount to be paid during pay day.
Compensation and Tips. Some pizza chains give extra reward to delivery driver for either using their personal vehicle for delivery, motivate them, for mileage covered or for fuel used. Tips come to pizza delivery drivers now and then based on how the customer feels about the service delivery, although some pizza chains require drivers to report the tips it is in the power of the driver to either consent or not.
The period of the day the driver is working. Statistics shows that majority of the pizzas been ordered on a daily basis happens in the evening hours as such a delivery driver that works in the evening will make more money that the one who works in the morning, due to the number of orders that will be coming in at those times
Considering all available factors influencing the pay received by a pizza delivery driver, a number of pizza chains are considered to pay more than others.Pizza ChainsAverage Hourly Pay ($)Average Annual Pay ($)Pizza Hunt1440,880Papa John’s pizza13.539,420Domino’s pizza12.536,500Pacpizza1132,120American Pizza Partners10.530,600
The table above shows that Pizza Hunt with an average hourly pay of $14 is the pizza chain that pay drivers the most, followed by Papa John’s Pizza, Domino’s Pizza then Pac Pizza.
