If you order food delivery through the DoorDash app next year, CEO Tony Xu might be dropping it off himself.
According to CNN Business, the company will require all employees – including engineers and senior executives – to make at least one delivery each month starting in January 2022. This initiative, called “WeDash” had been in place since 2013, the year DoorDash was founded, and it was paused when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, said the outlet.
Xu, who studied at Stanford University, founded DoorDash in nearby Palo Alto. Now the company serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, and Germany. People who use the app can order food from restaurants as well as grocery items from stores, while delivery employees use their own vehicles to make “dashes” and can set their own schedules using their smart phone.
“As the company grew, the founders wanted everyone to experience different parts of the product so we could get closer to all our audiences and understand how the product works,” a DoorDash spokesperson said in a Tuesday email to CNNBusiness.
Money that employees earned from participating was donated to a nonprofit.
“By engaging as a Dasher, supporting a merchant, or shadowing a customer experience agent, employees learn first-hand how the technology products we build empower local economies, which in turn helps us build a better product,” said DoorDash.
However, some employees are not thrilled that the program is returning. At least one person claiming to be a DoorDash employee posted a critical anonymous message on the social media platform Blind.
“I didn't sign up for this, there was nothing in the offer letter/job description about this,” the poster said.
CNN Business said DoorDash is standing by the initiative.
“The sentiment of the employee on Blind is not a reflection of the employees base at large,” the company said. “This is a valued program we've had since the company's inception.”
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