Bullsh.
These ‘millions’ of gig delivery jobs pay sub-minimum wages when everyone is doing them. Can’t live on the $50 or so per day DoorDash, InstaCart, UberEats, PostMates and others can now get. Sure good money when only a few drivers in each area like last year. But with 30 to 50 drivers competing in the same area, it doesn’t even pay for the gas. And gas prices have risen from $1.50/gal to $2.60/gal in the last month.
Driving? Yeah everyone has an extra $4,000 to $5,000 lying around to take CDL training. Many don’t have the aptitude to be an OTR driver. Most can’t pass the 3 to 6 month hair follicle drug test. No 1.5“ to 2” hair anywhere on your body? auto fail and marked as refusal to take test. I know.
“ Yeah everyone has an extra $4,000 to $5,000 lying around to take CDL training”
Go read some of the trucker forums. They call truck schools “puppy mills”.
There may be a shortage of drivers but the bigger issue is a shortage of drivers willing to work for nothing.