The Latest Breaking News from DoorDash Inc

American grocery company Instacart Inc has slashed its valuation by 40% to about $24 billion, Bloomberg reported. The food-delivery startup had been valued at $39 billion in its most recent fundraising round, the report added. The pandemic darling hoped the move to boost talent retention. Factors like higher interest rates, inflation, and a…

A carjacker shot an Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) gig deliveryman, multiple times injuring him while delivering packages in Chicago, Bloomberg reports. The victim, George Hunt, insisted Amazon notify the gig drivers in advance about the vicinities they will be delivering to decide if $30 an hour is worth the risk.  Amazon instead penalizes drivers…

In late February, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) informed its U.S. gig workers who fetch delivery items would become its Whole Foods division's employees with more extended shifts, CNBC reports.  Whole Foods' recent job post disclosed that the schedules would be made three weeks in advance and cover two-week periods.  The job post contradicted Amazon…

A string of companies using independent contractors as drivers launched a campaign to head off Democratic efforts to classify their workers as employees, allowing them to form unions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies include Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER), Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT), DoorDash Inc (NYSE:DASH), GrubHub Inc (NASDAQ:GRUB), and others. The companies aim to spend over $1 million…