Uber is really fukking their drivers

[Kerkum]

You’re basically taking out a payday loan on your car. Keep in mind Uber doesn’t assist w/ the maintenance, gas and wear and tear on your vehicle. This company is absolutely disgusting and predatory these days. I feel for the drivers who rely on this gig as a full-time source of income because these wages aren’t sustainable. I was paid more for my first little part time job when I was in high school. Uber needs to be shamed for this crap.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

So with DoorDash and Uber drivers, can they ever turn down deliveries or do they have to have a certain quota? I'm trying to understand why are the drivers upset? Like do they get paid per hour? Are they fighting with customers over tips?

 

[Arizax2]

No one is making them do this job. Fast food joints are hiring everyday b.

 

[Mike809]

I see a lot of dudes here in NYC doing uber eats on bikes/mopeds . It's probably worth it then.

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

I see a lot of dudes here in NYC doing uber eats on bikes/mopeds . It's probably worth it then.

It is in that situation

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

No one is making them do this job. Fast food joints are hiring everyday b.

I love when people make these statements as if people are taking these jobs when they have better options

For most people this is their second job, and it comes from a place of desperation due to cost of living expenses spiraling out of control due to lack of regulation.

 

[Kerkum]

No one is making them do this job. Fast food joints are hiring everyday b.

Missing the point.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

I love when people make these statements as if people are taking these jobs when they have better options

For most people this is their second job, and it comes from a place of desperation due to cost of living expenses spiraling out of control due to lack of regulation.

$2.50 (tip included) for a 20 minute and 30 mile drive doesn't seem like a good idea for a side hustle

 

[Fanservice]

$54 for an 80 mile trip?? You gonna have to pay for the 80 mile trip I have to take back home too pleighboi

 

[Ineedmoney504]

So with DoorDash and Uber drivers, can they ever turn down deliveries or do they have to have a certain quota? I'm trying to understand why are the drivers upset? Like do they get paid per hour? Are they fighting with customers over tips?

Yea you can absolutely turn down them rides. Cause they obviously don’t make sense unless you was already heading that way.

A lot of rides like that just get constantly get declined and never picked up until you find someone who was heading that way.

You are legit stupid if you accept either of those rides/orders.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

$54 for an 80 mile trip?? You gonna have to pay for the 80 mile trip I have to take back home too pleighboi

Funny enough. I know riders who just call the rider and ask them if they would be comfortable canceling the ride and paying them what they paid uber straight.

Obviously that’s a risk cause you now both riding off app with no tracking and you gotta pay the person before hand and trust they won’t tell you to get the fukk out the car at the next red light.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Yea you can absolutely turn down them rides. Cause they obviously don’t make sense unless you was already heading that way.

A lot of rides like that just get constantly get declined and never picked up until you find someone who was heading that way.

You are legit stupid if you accept either of those rides/orders.

I know I would be turning down all of the low paying orders then. Do the drivers have to have a certain quota per day?

 

[skylove4]

Wait could the people see that they were only going to be paid $54 for that 80mile trip before they accepted it

 

[CopiousX]

You’re basically taking out a payday loan on your car. Keep in mind Uber doesn’t assist w/ the maintenance, gas and wear and tear on your vehicle.

I've never done it myself but, I do have some friends who have done it. From what I've noticed in their exploits, it seems like this model works really really well if you get a car specifically to do Uber. For example I have a co-worker, who has a GMC Sierra that he does Uber with. Obviously a stupid decision because it's fuel efficiency is garbage and his maintenance costs will kill him.

Conversely I have a friend from high school who bought a small, fuel efficient Honda Civic that's a hybrid from 2008. He spent less than 5K on that car, and he broke even with Uber less than 3 months. Everything from that point onwards, was pure profit for him. His AC failed, but he spent 200 on mechanic fees and 50 pulling an air compressor from a junk yard civic and he has had no maintenance issues from that point onwards. Rather than a payday loan, breh received a blank check from Uber LLC


In the second case Uber is like a blank check until the cheap vehicle fails. At that point, they get another cheap vehicle and continue the process onwards.


So I do think it's possible, to do Uber or Lyft or doordash , wisely with a profit. But you can't be using your daily driver to do it, because the same characteristics that make an Uber car a good Uber car, make that same car a horrible daily driver. You ideally don't want anything spacious, expensive, high depreciation, comfortable, etc as your Uber car.

 

[MikelArteta]

When I did uber I only did sat and sun mornings like 5am to 7am
roads were dead i could get anywhere fast , most were just airport drop offs or people going to work. And I'd usually make 100-150

uber is a ripoff in kenya id have a 45 min drive and dude was getting like 5 us dollars