Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣麥當勞餐廳股份有限公司

Delivery drivers receive a NT$17 delivery allowance per order; no one knows how many trips you make. {The key point is that there is no salary scale—the salary is determined entirely at the supervisor’s discretion.}

But regardless of sun or rain, as long as there is an order, you are expected to complete it at all costs (on typhoon days, it depends on who is assigned to duty; some cold-blooded people just...)

And delivery drivers shouldn’t think the job looks easy. To put it plainly, you are basically a general errand worker: wherever you are needed, you must go, and they will absolutely never let you sit idle. Cleaning (what we call “labby”) also depends on you: cleaning the toilets, taking out mountains of garbage, helping in the kitchen, helping at the counter—company-wide deep-cleaning days also involve you.

For deliveries (using your own vehicle, with all expenses paid by yourself), you don’t even know how many thousands you’ve spent replacing brake pads and changing the oil. {The key point is that there is no salary scale—the salary is determined entirely at the supervisor’s discretion.}

The worst is when it rains and orders surge. Everyone orders delivery on rainy days, so you get busy; if the routes are nearby, they may give you two or three orders to deliver at once.

Last time, a coworker said he got soaked until even his underwear was wet. If you fall off your bike, repair it, or get a ticket, that’s all your responsibility. Working nine hours a day and earning less than NT$20,000 a month—take-home pay, at that—who would believe it?

So you are always in debt to someone.