Archive · 3 Sep 2025
Gig Workers Face More Work, Less Pay During Festive Seasons
Imagine you deliver food and other items for a company.
During holidays, everyone orders a lot more, so you have to work much longer and do many more deliveries.
However, even though you're working harder, you actually earn about the same or even less money.
This is because the companies are hiring more people, but they are also paying less for each delivery.
Traffic and bad weather also make it harder to deliver and earn money.
Many people think this is unfair, as the companies are making more money, but the workers are struggling.
Delivery platforms see a surge in orders during festive seasons.
Gig workers are working longer hours for roughly the same pay.
Per-order payouts have decreased by as much as 25% over the past year.
Companies plan to increase seasonal hiring by 20-25% this year.
Urban markets are hit hardest by oversupply, pushing down pay rates.
- Who
- Delivery platform workers
- What
- Facing increased workloads and decreased pay during festive seasons.
- When
- During festive periods, such as Ganesh Chaturthi
- Where
- Urban markets, particularly in India
- Why
- Due to increased order volumes, oversupply of workers, and declining per-order payouts.
- Seasonal Hiring Increase
- 20-25% rise in seasonal workers expected.
- Average Orders per Day (Regular)
- 12-18 orders
- Average Orders per Day (Festive)
- 22-32 orders
- Per-Order Payouts in 2024
- Rs 34-42
- Per-Order Payouts in 2025
- Rs 22-30
- Typical Shift Length (Regular)
- 8-10 hours
- Typical Shift Length (Festive)
- 12-14 hours