It has been a topic of billions of annual salaries, but… Beginner delivery 1 hour income only 7170 won

◆ The job plate changes ② ◆

Last summer, the re-proliferation of Corona 19 and an all-time rainy season and typhoon overlapped, and demand for delivery exploded. When there were no riders to receive more orders, the people of Delivery and Coupang-Itsu added more money on large delivery platforms, and became enthusiastic about ‘serving delivery riders’. An article titled’Billing Rider’s Salary of Delivery’ became a hot topic. It was said that the delivery rider delivered 57 cases a day, earning 120 million won per year.

The increase in the new digital workforce of platform work and the decrease in working hours, which began with a 52-hour work week, are attracting many office workers to the world of’N-jap-le (people with multiple jobs)’. Hopefully, the reporter also directly challenged the’N Job’, which is called’Jack’, which is a billion-dollar salary. At 6:40 pm on the 4th, I turned on the’Coupang Itz Delivery Partner’ application (app). About eight minutes later, the long-awaited first delivery arrived. It was a task to deliver to an apartment 3.6km away from a sushi restaurant near the accommodation in Dodam-dong, Sejong City. A reporter who had no experience driving a motorcycle was forced to deliver by bicycle. In preparation for the cold wave, he was heavily armed with a scarf and long padding, but his hands were already frozen when he unlocked the bicycle to be used for delivery.

An accident broke out when I was picking up sushi at a sushi restaurant and stepping on the pedals. One side of the handle of the paper bag that was hung on the handle of the bicycle was broken. From the first delivery, I thought it was’failed’. Fortunately, thanks to the sushi restaurant’s express packaging, the food did not spill. 7:12 The delivery was barely finished. As he handed over the food to the customer who ordered, he lowered his head, saying that the food might have been a little concentrated. The second delivery, the chicken, was delivered at 7:55 pm. The reporter’s smartphone has already signaled the battery’out’. Continued use of apps in the cold wave dropped the battery from 78% to 12% in over an hour. In the end, I had to realize the need for a sturdy delivery bag and auxiliary battery and finish the first day of the two-job challenge. After delivery, I checked my rating. The results were summarized in two letters:’bad’. Below that, three reasons were also checked: `late arrival`, `flow/damage` and `food temperature`. Last 14th at 3:30pm. 7170 won was deposited for the two delivery charges made on the evening of the 4th. The name of the depositor was deposited with only 30 won from 7200 won, which should be received as a coupang commission. The first two-job challenge without tricks ended with an hourly wage of 7170 won. The minimum wage in 2021 is 8,720 won per hour.

Realizing the hardship of the delivery job, my new challenge was tutoring. It was the first time since college. He wrote a long article that wrapped himself up saying that he would teach essay writing with the `hidden` app that connects the hidden masters of the neighborhood. Initially, it was an introduction that he would teach junior high and high school students essay writing, but it was the reading essay tutoring in the lower grades that got in touch. 18,000 won per hour. Compared to delivery, the income was definitely salty. The problem is the fee. Whenever you ask for a quote, you have to pay a fee of 680 won to the platform company. Whether delivery or tutoring, it was not easy to earn meaningful money from a side job without physical strength and determination. Nevertheless, the reason people of all ages flock to’N Jobs’ because of the unstable employment and income since Corona 19, and the increasing number of people who cannot work enough even if they want to work according to the government’s 52-hour work week policy before Corona 19.

As a result of an analysis of microdata by the National Statistical Office, the Office of the People’s Power Choo Gyeong-ho, as of January this year, 139,000 regular workers were running’N jobs’. ‘N Jobs’ surpassed 100,000 for the first time in 2018 as of January each year, and 139,000 in January this year is the largest ever. Like a reporter who went on to experience the’N job’, he is a person who has secured a fixed job and has another side job. In addition to the regular’N jobs’, the total number of temporary workers, daily workers, and self-employed workers who play the’N jobs’ totals 344,000. Rep. Gyeong-ho Chu said, “Because the government is focused on creating visible tax-led jobs, there is a shortage of high-quality jobs, so the people are looking for a side job.” “We need to implement a market-led job policy.”

“Until the economy improves and household income improves, the demand for N jobs will continue,” said Chu Kwang-ho, head of the economic policy department of the Korea Economic Research Institute.

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