Deliveroo

On-demand food and retail delivery platform
Last updated:
January 6, 2026
Company details
HQ
London, UK
HEADCOUNT
3000-9999
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Retail & Consumer
About the company
Deliveroo runs an on-demand delivery marketplace that connects consumers with restaurants, grocery partners, and retail stores, fulfilled by a network of riders. The company operates across multiple countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with the UK and Ireland as the largest region. Deliveroo also earns revenue from services like advertising for partners on the platform. Deliveroo became part of DoorDash after the acquisition completed on October 2, 2025.
Locations and presence
Deliveroo has a London headquarters and country offices across its active markets, with UK hubs including London plus cities like Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, and more. For many office-based roles, Deliveroo publishes a hybrid expectation of three days per week in the office, while operational roles can be more site-based.
Palpable Score
68.5
/ 100
Deliveroo offers several real entry routes for early-career candidates through internships, junior roles, and apprenticeships, rather than relying on one branded graduate scheme. The hiring process is unusually well explained for some tracks, especially engineering, but the overall experience still looks uneven across teams. Pay and benefits look stable and well-rounded in core hubs, yet salary-range transparency and published early-career outcomes are limited, and the 2023 layoffs plus the 2025 acquisition add uncertainty.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.5
/ 20
  • The company hires interns into business teams with clearly stated placements, such as internships lasting 3–6 months with hybrid working noted in the role description.
  • Deliveroo publishes junior and early-career friendly roles in multiple markets, including postings that explicitly welcome fresh graduates to apply.
  • The company has supported apprenticeship-style entry routes in the UK (including IT and operations-focused apprenticeships), widening access beyond traditional graduate hiring.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0
/ 20
  • The company publishes a simple end-to-end hiring journey that names the stages candidates can expect, including a recruiter call, interviews, and a decision step.
  • Deliveroo states that unsuccessful candidates should still get a call with feedback, which is a concrete transparency and fairness signal.
  • The company publishes detailed interview guides for specific functions like backend engineering, but candidate reports still suggest timelines and communication quality vary by team.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.5
/ 20
  • The company lists Roolearn as an internal learning platform available to employees, positioning self-serve training as a baseline.
  • Deliveroo describes global mentoring programmes intended to accelerate career growth, which is directly relevant for people in first or second roles.
  • The company frames development through internal mobility programmes and market-specific learning benefits, but the company does not publish a consistent new-starter onboarding standard for early-career hires across functions.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

12.5
/ 20
  • The company sets out a benefits package that includes bonus eligibility for many employees, retirement savings plans, and wellbeing support like Headspace and EAP access, which supports stability for early-career hires.
  • Deliveroo publishes UK-specific benefits including up to 5% matched pension contributions and funded single-cover healthcare on the core plan, which is stronger than many tech-adjacent employers.
  • The company rarely publishes salary ranges on the core careers site, and the 2023 redundancy process plus post-acquisition integration risk reduce confidence in near-term stability for new hires in some teams.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.0
/ 20
  • The company positions internal mobility and mentoring as ongoing programmes, which can support progression for early-career hires once inside the company.
  • Deliveroo has had material organisational change, including the 2023 job cuts and the 2025 acquisition by DoorDash, which can disrupt team continuity and promotion paths for junior employees.
  • The company does not publish early-career outcomes like internship-to-offer conversion rates, typical time-to-promotion for junior cohorts, or early-tenure retention, limiting confidence beyond programme descriptions.

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