“We are considered numbers”

Vani is a bicycle delivery man. Brut followed him for an evening during which he explained how his profession had changed. “What is very annoying is the fact that delivery men are taken for thieves“, he points out. Vani started as a delivery boy at the very beginning of Deliveroo.”There were several stages in fact, at the level of remuneration, at the level of customer processes, all that … And I was able to follow all the evolution“, explains Vani.

When Vani started his business, delivery people called it “the cash machine“. He remembers his colleagues who earned up to 6,000 euros per month working from morning to night. Conversely, today there are a large number of delivery men, some of whom cannot even manage to to work. “In gross, I try to be at 70 euros every day“, explains Vani. Compensation today is based on distance and the number of acceptances. Relations with customers and restaurateurs have also changed a lot. “At the time, we were systematically offered to drink. Or sometimes things to eat“, Recalls Vani.