Uber battles Teamsters

[MendozaJ]

Uber To Seattle Drivers: “Protect Your Freedom” From The Teamsters

Uber "non-employees" purchase an Uber financed vehicle to drive for Uber, only to have the company lower fares, resulting in lower incomes. "Make your car a money making machine" is the current sales pitch. Scam.

 

[Over 70]

I tried driving uber for a night just out of curiosity and some possible easy "play money".

I kept track of mileage and based expenses on the IRS standard deduction of 53.5 cents/mile. I averaged less than minimum wage.

They don't charge enough for rides plain and simple. It's why cabs are more expensive, they're in it to make a living. Also, their model sucks. More than half of riders weren't ready when I got there making me wait. The clock doesn't start until they're in the car. After 5 minutes you can cancel and get $3.75 paid to you but what if you just drove 7 minutes there? You're losing time which equals money.

Unless you have a constant flurry of riders ready when you show up in a small area then yeah you might make a little money.

 

[DOK]

Like everything else, stop density is the key....

 

[purehavanne]

The main thing people forget to factor in Ubering is TIME. If you subtract income tax, gas, wear and tear, and divide it by the number of hours you worked, your getting screwed with no vaseline. Plain and simple.

 

[OrionsBitch]

I drove for uber on days I didn't work because of low seniority...made out just fine. You make a lot more than minimum wage. Here is a study.

How Much Do Uber Drivers Make?

 

[Box Ox]

I drove for uber on days I didn't work because of low seniority...made out just fine. You make a lot more than minimum wage. Here is a study.

How Much Do Uber Drivers Make?

What was your typical net pay after gas/wear and tear etc?

 

[Wally]

Libs there want everything for free, and for somebody else to pay for it.

 

[bbsam]

Libs there want everything for free, and for somebody else to pay for it.

So Uber is a raging liberal corporate entity?

 

[Over 70]

You're essentially turning your vehicles equity into cash right now. You're not making money. You might make some but not enough to justify the time.

I guess everyones time is worth different amounts but anything less than 15/HR cleared after expenses really wouldn't be worth the Bull to me.

Bull like people trying to ride with kids and no carseat, drunk puking in the backseat, drunk purposely damaging your interior because they're pissed you won't let them eat a big Mac in the back seat. All stuff that happens to these guys

 

[Wally]

So Uber is a raging liberal corporate entity?

I was talking about those that use the service. Would they willingly pay union rates?

 

[Over 70]

There's a college campus near my house and students routinely use uber for a ride to another class across campus which is a 10 minute walk.....

Either they have too much money or uber is too cheap. I think it's both.

When I was in college that 5 bucks would of been like a bar of gold to me. Enough to get a can of chew and throw down on some ratpiss beer

 

[bbsam]

I was talking about those that use the service. Would they willingly pay union rates?

But Uber sets the rates.

 

[OrionsBitch]

What was your typical net pay after gas/wear and tear etc?

Around $15 an hour. That's not bad for supplemental income.

 

[Hellobrown2000]

So Uber is a raging liberal corporate entity?

Yes

 

[rod]

There's a college campus near my house and students routinely use uber for a ride to another class across campus which is a 10 minute walk.....

Either they have too much money or uber is too cheap. I think it's both.

When I was in college that 5 bucks would of been like a bar of gold to me. Enough to get a can of chew and throw down on some ratpiss beer

Probably spending their parents money and have all their lives. They don't care about costs. They will also probably end up with a hundred thousand bucks worth of student loans and cry about it forever.

 

[Over 70]

Probably spending their parents money and have all their lives. They don't care about costs. They will also probably end up with a hundred thousand bucks worth of student loans and cry about it forever.

Or end up with zero student loans because their parents paid for it!

 

[rod]

Or end up with zero student loans because their parents paid for it!

By the time they give up being a professional student and get a real job their parents are broke.