- The pay is terrible. For as much time as you need to spend getting to and from clients, and coordinating with other sitters to hand off keys, it is not worth it. At the Washington DC location, pay comes out $8.70 (Before tax!) for you to schlep your way out there, walk a mile with a dog for 30 min, and get back home or wherever you need to go next. Basically, you are doing all the work, and get paid peanuts.
- When I have tried to coordinate with other sitters to drop off or get keys, it has always been a huge inconvenience. You won't be compensated for this.
- If a client is going on vacation, and you are the one who did the consult, they will force you to work that client for the entire period because you are the one who actually met the client.
- I have never received a tip from a client.
Just a little icing on the cake, they expect you to buy key chain labels for all your keys. Buying 4 labels costs about 9 dollars at the hardware store, which is more than you will get paid for one walk.
If you are looking to just make a little extra money, or you are a college student with a hectic schedule, just go wait tables at a restaurant over the weekend, you will make more money doing that for just over the weekend than you will working for Fetch. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone.