In pre-pandemic times, this would be a very busy time of year for Daniel Menzies.
Menzies is a DJ and he typically does a lot of weddings, making the summer a pretty lucrative time of year. When he wanted to make a little extra money, especially in slower DJing months, he’d work for a couple of hours for DoorDash, delivering food to downtown San Franciscans.
Now, that’s all he does. The pandemic has changed the landscape of gig work — Uber had an 80% drop in the company’s ridesharing business in April compared with the previous year, according to the company’s earnings report, while food delivery apps are reporting a surge in demand.
As the pandemic wiped out almost all of Menzies’ DJ gigs, he said he felt lucky to be able to fall back on the work he’d done on the side for Doordash and UberEats.
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