I've been signed up for a couple of months, worked in London (While I was there anyway) Birmingham (On a cheap train ticket) and locally in Derby. I've only worked lunchtimes in London, they were very busy, with some of the drops not worth unlocking the bike for, no need to book, just just log in and work. I'm not acclimatised to London traffic, I know some love it, but it leaves me frazzled. The couple of evenings in Birmingham were OK, 16 orders over 5 hours on the best night, not really worth the hassle and expense of travelling, it's turn up and work which is why I did it. In Derby it's hard to get the hours, they all have to be booked and those who've been at it a while get the pickings. When you do work it's variable, I've done up to 5 orders in an hour but you can sometimes wait 30 min for something. There's occasional bonuses when they're short of riders, you need to be ready to drop everything and go to take advantage of them. I was made redundant a couple of months ago and was considering going part time and using this as a supplement, it'd be fine if I could be sure of 10 steady hours a week at suitable times, but so far that hasn't been the case.
There is a new player, new in Derby at least, that I've just applied for - Stuart. Talking to another rider, they're offering a minimum hourly rate and at present all sorts of bonuses, though I wouldn't expect them to be long term. Locally they seem to be dealing mostly with fast food, so the turnaround is faster than with some Deliveroo collections. That's probably the biggest downside, you can be having a good run on a busy night, then find yourself waiting 20 min at Wagamama...
