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Hi James, thanks a lot for coming to talk to us. A lot of newspapers have highlighted recently how Ocado pays drivers less than £5 an hour while your profits are skyrocketing: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/21/ocado-drivers-paid-less-than-5-an-hour

Faizan Babar, who has been delivering Ocado groceries for more than two years, said he could not afford to take his two young daughters on holiday this year or replace their broken scooter. “I’m making on average £50 on a 10-hour shift. And we pay for our own cars, tax, fuel and insurance out of that. It works out less than £5 an hour. Ocado is treating us like dirt.”

What is "life at a global tech company" for all these drivers and what is your plan to improve the work conditions and salary for all workers at Ocado?

Amazon made a £1.2bn ‘loss’ in 2020, it doesn't mean they were not running a profitable business. ;) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/04/amazon-sales-income-europe-corporation-tax-luxembourg

Ocado is investing into its technology hence the declared losses, yet its growing EBITDA shows it runs a profitable business.

The same way drivers delivering for Uber should be called "Uber drivers", drivers for Ocado Zoom should be called "Ocado drivers". Ocado outsourced deliveries to a company (Ryde) that ended up paying people £50 for ten hours of delivery. How is it fair to them?

Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted. Ocado Zoom headline is "Ocado Zoom: Groceries delivered in a flash by Ocado". ‘Delivered by Ocado’ does imply Ocado drivers. The responsibility doesn't stop when you employ a contractor.

It's a very relaxed place to work, very little stress or pressure

Maybe when you're in front of a computer, but not sure that's what the rest of the workers feel: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/21/ocado-drivers-paid-less-than-5-an-hour

Babar, 30, works from 7am to 8pm some days just to keep up with hisbills – anything else is a luxury he cannot afford. “I can’t give anytime to my daughters or wife. I can’t even take them on a day out,” hesaid. “My daughter wants to go to Chessington [theme park] but I can’tafford it. I feel horrible. I can’t talk to her about it.”