The exodus of 12th graders to engineering to secure a career over decades has led to stagnation in the industry, with many deeming engineering to have declining potential to fetch someone a job they want. Many with engineering degrees are forced to move to other avenues to make a living. Do Delivery Agents Earn More Than Engineers? This is also the time when gig-working and its presence, particularly in the quick-service and food delivery sectors, have ballooned.
Over the past decade or so, delivery partners of the renowned Swiggy and Zomato have become a part of the social fabric. The working conditions and the remuneration of these individuals have often been the subject of heated discourse in the past. In what is perhaps an aberration but conspicuously eye-popping, Loveena Kamath, a YouTuber, conducted a vox-pop report for her channel's full-discourse.
In the video, she speaks to two delivery agents, both of whom incidentally work for two competing companies, Zomato and Swiggy. In the interview, Kamath is seen asking the delivery agent about what they earn. Both the delivery agents claim that they earn in the range of Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month.
This figure, understandably, boggles many minds, as many engineers, particularly software engineers, do not end up with a package of above Rs 25,000 am month. This, even with some deviations, is still well away from the earnings gained by the aforementioned delivery partners. One of the delivery agents broke down their weekly e.