Viral Post | A student pays college fees working as Swiggy delivery boy: ‘ ₹23 for driving 8.4 km, includes…’

Viral post: A 20-year-old student’s Reddit post has gone viral, where he shared his experience working as a delivery agent for Swiggy at night. In the post, he shared that he initially took the job to earn pocket money but continued working to pay for his college fees. He also mentioned that he is pursuing degrees in Computer Science, German, and BA (Hons) Psychology.

“My sole purpose to work was to earn little pocket money initially but shifted to pay my college fees later,” he said in his post as quoted by Hindustan Times.

In his Reddit post, when he held an ask-me-anything session, users asked him about the tips he received and the best and worst experiences he has had while working at Swiggy.

How much did collecge student earn as Swiggy delivery executive?

While revealing his earnings, he mentioned that he earns between ₹6,000 and ₹8,000 per month as a delivery agent. He shared his earnings for specific period during his work: ₹722 for 4 hours and 46 minutes of work between February 17-23, earned ₹1,990 for 10 hours worked from February 10-16, while earned ₹3,117 by working 19.5 hours in the week starting February 3. Since January 27, he earned more than ₹7,200 in total. He also mentioned spending around ₹100-150 daily on petrol. He further informed that ratings also help riders in getting orders faster along with better pay.

He also mentioned that he earned ₹23 for driving 8.4 km in 28 minutes, which included ₹10 as 'travel pay' and ₹13 as a 'surge bonus.'

Swiggy customer story 

Earlier in February, Swiggy customer Nirmal Nambiar had shared an incident on the social media platform Threads about a delivery executive who trusted him with a ₹790 food order. Nambiar explained that he had ordered food worth ₹790 at 3:30 a.m. but was unable to pay due to a reported bank server issue. Over three hours past midnight, while trying to pay for his order, Nambiar realised that none of his friends were picking up his call, and had only two choices - return the food or ask the delivery guy to trust to pay in the morning.

According to the Threads post, the customer requested the delivery executive to trust him to pay the amount due the next morning, which they agreed on after “5 minutes” of conversation. “I convinced him in 5 minutes. He smiled and said, ‘You feel like a brother, so I trust you,’” according to the social media post.