Gorillas wants to raise hourly wages to twelve euros

The delivery service is anticipating the planned increase in the minimum wage. Instead of 10.50 euros, drivers are to receive twelve euros per hour from January.

Gorillas wants to increase drivers' wages from 10.50 euros to twelve euros per hour from January. The bonus per delivery is also to rise from four to five euros. However, the new hourly wage will initially only apply to the drivers, not to the order pickers in the warehouses.

Gorillas is also taking another step towards its employees. The start-up has had public conflicts with them in the past. During months of strikes in Berlin, the company's drivers demanded better equipment for the winter, among other things. According to information from Gründerszene and the German Press Agency (dpa), Gorillas now wants to equip its drivers with new winter jackets, gloves, power banks, safety goggles and neck warmers.

It is one of the first new steps that the start-up is admitting to. The employees of the delivery service only recently elected their works council. Gorillas tried unsuccessfully to challenge the election with an urgent petition.