In theory, sure, but Uber offers insurance for drivers
If the deal were too bad, only the most desperate of people would take the job, and that's not good for business when you have customer-facing roles.
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If the deal were too bad, only the most desperate of people would take the job, and that's not good for business when you have customer-facing roles.
Have you used Uber? Because this sounds like you haven't...
To be fair, I don't like using taxis either
USA
In the country, you don't have Taxis or Uber much of the time or it costs a fortune IF they even bother to show up.
In the country, you may get lucky and have a neighbor's teenager that will drive you somewhere for gas money + tip and that is a much better deal either way. LOL
( That was who would give me rides to the rental car agency to pick up my rental) XD
Yeah, I've sat in an uber and gotten ferried around. I have no complaints. The drivers never seemed like "the most desperate of people".
The most desperate of people don't have cars.
Often the most desperate people DO drive for Uber, because most people would NEVER take that awful job. Look at their pay. Listen to what the Uber drivers have been telling us about their pay. Sometimes the most desperate people live in their cars, or are about to. Having a car costs a lot less than having an apartment. You have to be pretty depserate to work for $3.75 an hour.
‘I made $3.75 an hour’: Lyft and Uber drivers push to unionize for better pay
Drivers for the rideshare companies are seeing much of their pay go to expenses while Lyft and Uber prepare for their IPOs
www.theguardian.com
If drivers are really losing money with Uber then why do you keep driving for Uber? - RideGuru
I just don't get it, everyone always complains that they don't make any money with Uber but if you really were losing money then why would you keep driving....???
ride.guru
There is one place I dont want to meet a white man alone - an Uber or taxi. Because it's highly likely you're about to get Shapiroed. Or Rubined. Somehow every other race is the worst and sometimes females too. Theyre destroying humanity and utterly hateful... I dont need that nonsense in my life
It is the one place I hope to get any minority.
Uber/taxi and customer service dont go in the same sentence. I go out of my way not to use either service. And the only reason this happens is because they're scraping the bottom of the barrel in regards to whites.
When I went clubbing, we always had a designated driver so that was never a problem. If I ever got into a bind, I would call family or friends if I really had to. For a ride the the rental car place, having a local teenager charge you gas+ tip works so much better.
I too have no desire to be alone in a car with a strange man late at night.. Nope. Hell no. I don't trust them during the day either though. Then again there are plenty of guys I do know that I wouldn't get into the car with as it is. I DO know them , that is why I wouldn't get in their car. XD
Even then though, the drivers STILL have to pay to have liability car insurance on their own regardless just to have their car on the street at all in addition to Uber's supposed " bonus" insurance. We have had independent drivers long before Uber, they just get to keep all their money instead of give it to Uber and they are responsible for their own advertising and can set their own hours. We used to have independent drivers leave their cards up at the Bar for people to call if they needed a ride home all the time when I was bartending in college. They can advertise on Facebook in their community groups for their city and surrounding areas and build their own reputation that way. Uber just makes it easy for the customer to find a driver from one source rather than checking social media. Uber ran most of the independent drivers out of business, but if Uber does leave, it means the independent drivers go back to making better money again, they just have to advertise for themselves, which is still costing them less than it was to use Uber since they keep all of their fares.
Since when is Uber a trusted ride?
Uber’s first ever safety report discloses 3,045 sexual assaults and nine murders in the US last year
Uber’s first ever safety report discloses 3,045 sexual assaults and nine murders in the US last year
An unprecedented data dump on ride-hailing crime and crashes
So while taxi companies check a prospective driver's fingerprint records against a database that theoretically (more on that in a minute) includes a person's complete criminal history in the United States, Uber background checks use a database that can only go back seven years for some information. Late last year, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon called Uber's background checks "completely worthless," according to the Los Angeles Times. And several Uber and UberX drivers in the Washington, D.C., area said Uber's background checks were hardly rigorous.
"Not really," said an Uber black car driver in Washington, D.C., who requested anonymity because he feared retribution. "Look, the real background check is getting fingerprinted and that takes how many weeks? This one is just online. A real background check is not like this. A real background check, the government approves you and checks everything. But Uber checks kind of. They're kind of background checks."
Are Taxis Safer Than Uber?
Many major cities don't keep comprehensive data about assaults against passengers—and even FBI-led background checks have limitations.
www.theatlantic.com
If anything it is a predator magnet ;s
I am not seeing the pros here. With the local driver or taxi company at least, you can have people who care about losing their job or their reputation. If you use a reputable Taxi company they actually do actual background checks and the driver risks benefits if they are fired. The local drivers work hard to build up repeat business and credibility, not just some random different person every time you use the app. I would trust the local driver that gave rides from the bar so much more than ANY Uber.. He wanted repeat business and it was his reputation on the line, he worked with the cops to give people rides home who they didn't think should be driving, not just some random Uber. The Uber driver risks nothing, no benefits, crappy pay, and hell he can even use a fake identity since they don't even fingerprint them. They don't even have to know who he really is. How are they ever going to find him without fingerprints to prove that is who he was?
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I think it's free and automatic as long as you drive for Uber. Not 100% sure, but...
Never had a problem with uber drivers. It was usually taxi drivers who were always rude and say stupid ignorant things.
That is among those that were reported. You also have to take into account that most sexual assaults are not reported in the US at all. The driver's aren't unknown on the local level, I am sorry if I didn't make that clear. They build up their business and reputation and often even leave cards with the cops if there is someone who needs a ride home, they often offer free rides and work for tips only when building up new business. These days they can use apps, social medial and yelp to verify them and their reputation. I am not aware if you have the same thing in sweden or not but it is not uncommon here and why Uber and lyft became a thing at all.
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As someone who did Lyft for supplemental income while my business got to a point where it covered all my expenses, no, the idea that a contractor gets paid more is straight up false, especially once you factored in expenses such as fuel and maintenance. Over time, what I made from that driving dropped despite doing more passengers because the payment algorithm would shift downward without notice and they would constantly change how surge pricing worked, often to the driver's detriment. By most definitions of contract workers, rideshare apps would not qualify due to the lack of control over payment rates and the lack of driver's ability to control who their passengers are (you only get an option to accept or decline one at a time and you can be reassigned mid route to pick up).
The reality is that these apps are grossly under-regulated for the public service they provide, both in terms of consumer and worker protections. If the apps can't survive with the drivers being considered employees, then they don't deserve to survive period. Hell, Lyft and Uber's own business model isn't profitable to begin with. It's time to end the charade.
I meant a contractor in general, not specifically an Uber/Lyft driver.
But I would expect their annual gross income to fall if they were considered employees, regardless. That's all I meant.
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If they were considered employees, they would have to meet wage laws as well, which they currently do not do.
It likely wouldn't as a lot of drivers drop below minimum wage once you divide their pay over hours worked (most drivers aren't paid while driving to the pick up location, which can be half or more of the total travel time for the driver). I've pulled 24-hours-worked weekends and got paid less than $10/hr despite near constant rides.
In theory, sure-- but wasn't there a scandal quite recently where drivers were found to not even be the people registered with the company? The systems they have in place seem woefully inadequate, and exist solely for appearance.
To a degree, of course, the black-cab market in London brought this on itself through enormous overcharging.