What this is
The Delivery is an independent documentary about gig driving and delivery work in the United States: the money, the algorithm, the deactivations, the good days, and the ones nobody sees. It is built from first-person accounts by current and former drivers and shoppers.
No platform is funding it.
Who we're looking for
Anyone who's done the work
Current or former drivers and shoppers, 18 or older, on any platform.
People with a moment
A great week. A deactivation. A pay change. A customer you still think about.
On camera, or not
Written and anonymous stories count. Face blur and voice change are options, not favors.
Every kind of view
If the work has been good for you, we want that too. This is not a complaint box.
- Uber
- Uber Eats
- Lyft
- DoorDash
- Instacart
- Shipt
- Amazon Flex
- Spark
- Grubhub
- Roadie
- Veho
- Gopuff
- Favor
- Other
How it works
- Record a short video or write your story on your phone. Parked, never driving.
- Choose exactly what we can and can't do with it. Nothing is pre-checked.
- A person on our team reviews it privately.
- If it's a fit, we reach out about a longer interview, only if you said yes.
Your story stays yours.
- Private by default. Nothing is published because it was uploaded.
- You pick permissions one at a time. Documentary, website, quotes, advocacy: each is a separate yes.
- No facial recognition, no voice analysis, no scoring of any kind.
- Ask us to delete it any time with a reference ID. No account needed.
- We never ask for your home address or track your location.
Questions, press, or not ready for video yet
Write to stories@loathingoctopus.org or use the form. A person reads every message.