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I worked with deliveroo for around 2 months in clapham, again quite easy, nice not to have anyone breathing down your neck and nice to ride around for 3 or 6 hours a day.
My issue arose when the metal bracket that supports the box and clamps to your seatpost literally snapped clean off my bike when i was cycling down latchmere road (see pics). this nearly threw me off my bike and could have been a much worse situation if I'd been in traffic/in front of a bus.
Deliveroo's unhelpfulness was unbearable, they were completely unsympathetic to the potential danger their shoddy equipment put me in, were angry when I said i wouldnt be able to complete the delivery, rang numerous times to ask why i wasn't turning up for shifts when I'd already explained to 3 people that i wouldn't be able to work without the box, and as i would have to return the box (somehow) to angel to be replaced i thought i'd just quit. they then took another deposit out of my paycheck, unexplained, when i questioned it they replied vaguely once and then stopped replying all together. when i put all of my complaints into an email along with my notice they addressed none of the issues and instead pasted a generic leaving email, which contained the incorrect address which i then lugged the f'ing box across london too.
longstory short, they couldn't care less about their staff, there was a ridiculous amount of people signing up when i did and that was in winter, it must increase now it's getting warmer. if nothing bad happens to you, its okay. but if it does they will 100% tell you it's your problem.
did get a few free meals out of it though.
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