This rumor has appeared many times. Meituan Waimai refuted the rumor that "riders over 45 years old will no longer send orders"
On the evening of November 5, a screenshot of a notice stating "age limit for delivery service has expired" was circulated on the Internet, mentioning ">45 years old" and "Because you no longer meet the service standards of Meituan and the delivery provider, and for your safety, The system will no longer be able to deliver orders to you" and other statements have triggered heated discussions. is this real?
A reporter from the Shanghai Rumor Refuting Platform learned that Meituan riders are divided into two types: crowdsourcing and dedicated delivery. The former is part-time and the latter is full-time. Crowdsourced riders only need to provide a health certificate, meet age requirements, and undergo traffic safety training before they can register to receive orders. Meituan has also designed two apps, special delivery and crowdsourcing. Among them, the crowdsourcing platform directly stated in the registration requirements, "As long as you are in good health, aged between 18-57 years old, and have a smartphone, you can apply to become a Meituan rider."
Meituan crowdsourcing platform registration shows that the age range of riders is between 18 and 57 years old.
In order to sense the age distribution of riders, the reporter conducted a random survey and called 10 takeaway riders. Seven of them are under 30 years old, two are under 40 years old and one is over 45 years old. Many riders said that they had indeed heard of the online legend, but had not seen any official notification with their own eyes. They believe that most of the main riders in the market are young people. "The riders in the team should generally be younger, and there may be older riders in the crowdsourcing."
A rider who is over 45 years old said that he has been delivering food for less than a year and is a team rider. The main delivery range is within 5 or 6 kilometers around Xujiahui. “Whether to recruit older riders mainly depends on the team’s recruitment standards. , at least my registration and training went smoothly, and the treatment and benefits were the same. There was no age limit. "According to his observation, there are some older riders, but the main force is still young riders. "After all, this is physical work. Those who eat youth food.”
In 2021, the Institute of Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences sampled 6,196 pieces of data on young food delivery riders, and the survey subjects came from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country. Data shows that the post-70s generation accounts for 6.5%, the post-80s generation 37.1%, the post-90s generation 51%, and the post-00s generation 5.4%. It can also be inferred that the proportion of takeaway riders over 45 years old is not high.
Many riders interviewed believe that there are older riders, but most of the riders in the market are young people.
In response to the online rumor law, the person in charge of the Meituan platform responded that the rumor online that the upper age limit for delivery workers is 45 is a rumor, and that relevant rumors have appeared in multiple versions on the Internet, and all of them have been refuted. The rumor makers are attracting attention by creating age anxiety. The screenshots posted online are similar to the previous rumor pictures. It cannot be ruled out that they are copied from the P picture.
The Shanghai Rumor Refuting Platform noticed that claims about the age limit for riders have been circulated many times this year. For example, “You may not necessarily be qualified to deliver food after the age of 35” and “Guangzhou Meituan has fully recruited its riders, and the bachelor’s degree rate is close to 30%.” In March this year, a screenshot with exactly the same text was circulated, but without the expression ">45 years old". Industry insiders have said that takeout sites have high liquidity, and it is normal for daily staff to increase or decrease based on order volume and rider performance. The so-called expressions such as site saturation, age restriction, and undergraduate degree are probably self-media accounts selling anxiety about age and academic qualifications in order to attract attention and gain traffic.
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