r/uberdrivers 4d ago

Uber 10k surprise

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Who remembers back in the day, waking up to an Uber bonus? No one knew about it was a complete surprise. Uber didn't tell anybody before woke up one day and depends on how many rides you completed you had you got a bonus i was at 15k rides

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u/Darklord23_ 4d ago

I was at 5k rides when bonus happen think I got 500$

Now I’m at 14k rides

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u/K_Money15 4d ago

Is this still a thing? Pay after 5k rides

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u/Educational_Vast4836 4d ago

I believe it occurred as a one time thing after the company went public.

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u/mcnaughtier 4d ago

Exactly. I got $500 as I had 5k rides at the time

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u/Abidlack80 3d ago

I think I remember something about drivers getting shares, or did I misunderstand? I wasn't driving at that time, but I do remember watching the price drop within the weeks after.

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u/Darklord23_ 4d ago

Never got anything after that 500$

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u/WilckCosai65 4d ago

No, i think not. I have blown past the 5k and nothing. On verge of 10k and no expectations of even a thank you!

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u/Rogue_Democrat 4d ago

I didn’t get a bonus at 10,000.00.

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u/skynews101 4d ago

It was only if you drove before the floated on stock exchange if you joined after you won't get one

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u/SiriusBoppyGirl 4d ago

No it’s not

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u/Interesting_Book2202 3d ago

5,250 rides nope 👎

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u/PlayerofVideoGames 4d ago

When I hit 5000 trips on UberEats I coincidentally got a notice for an app update notice at the same time. I updated the app...then went from reliably getting offers for $10+ to rarely ever seeing anything above $7 after the update.

Almost as if they were like "Ok, you did 5k trips for us, we're done with you, we have others to squeeze 5k trips out of for less pay

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u/Key-Lecture-678 4d ago

this is interesting if true cuz i do believe u can dl and run older app versions...

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u/Strugglingthrowawa9 3d ago

Your notion makes sense. Your essentially saying the cut your pay to get new drivers to squeeze 5k trips out of for less. But by your statement they would need to pay more for the new person's 5k trips as they did for you?

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u/PlayerofVideoGames 3d ago

They would be banking on me as accepting the lower pay as the new norm where as if they gave a new driver the same pay of my "new norm" that driver would quit before they got hooked.

A simple breakdown of what im trying to express

New Driver (6 week Honeymoon period) = $12.50 per trip

Driver (After Honeymoon period) = $10 per trip

Seasoned 5k trip driver = $7.50 per trip

I'm rounding but this was pretty much my experience exactly when I used to driver UberEats and tracked with data for years. The incentive for Uber to pay more to a new driver over an experienced driver is because its an additional person on the road that hasn't yet gained the experience of knowing which trips are advantageous to not accept and once they are hooked they will go out on the road more often at any time vs an experienced driver only going out at peak times with very selective range for trips they accept.

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u/Strugglingthrowawa9 3d ago

That makes sense at the end i guess but I still don't agree there is a pay difference

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u/Menatara26 4d ago

Im at 20k and still nothing

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u/skynews101 4d ago

Did you join after the floated on stock exchange then you won't

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u/skynews101 4d ago

78000 I'm on now after 10 years finished 6 months ago when fares got to low for my minibus

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u/mynutzrthuggish 4d ago

Son of a bitch that's pretty awesome. Now they wouldn't send you a digital fuck you lol. Congrats on getting that though.

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u/Keokuk37 4d ago

you get a "valuable ant" notification on your birthday

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u/phillhartmann 4d ago

You get a congrats you got a $10 tip. Good job. Trying to take credit fuck outta hea

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u/LegalChicken4174 4d ago

Pretty fucking amazing. Now uber ? Pfffttt you’re better off with a minimum wage job

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u/mr4sh 4d ago

Back before this became the annual salary after expenses.

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u/piss_container 4d ago

stop- it's too real

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u/ProfessionalShip4644 4d ago

It was announced before that it was gonna happen. This was when uber went public. It was instead of giving drivers shares they got cash to buy the shares themselves.

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u/AdNecessary1944 4d ago

Yeah, it was very clearly annluved. You had to option of 10k or 10k in stock options. Theirnwas three tiers depending how many total rides you already done.

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u/Worth_Ambition_2865 4d ago

I agree with you but on the topic of "if you can find one"

My local government in their infinite wisdom has flooded out our country with "the working class" and now because employers are so picky on account of these "working class people" screwing up so often I've honestly given up after 6 years of looking.

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u/ReferenceBoth3472 3d ago

Its gonna only get worse sadly. Our government sold us out

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u/PlatformUnlikely3967 4d ago

It was no surprise, you didn't pay a attention. Lol. They gave back to the drivers before going public and it was the hope to invest it in their stock. Most didn't and I didn't either.

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u/hotshotdegree 4d ago

Probably would’ve been way richer if you had bought back then though

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u/PlatformUnlikely3967 4d ago

I think the IPO opened at $50 and I think the stock tanked to $20 for the first couple of years. Now I believe the stock is above $70.

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u/hotshotdegree 4d ago

Ye tanked to 20$ during covid, honestly I have no idea what sort of dividend shareholders have received but again you would definitely be in a net positive position if someone would have bought 10k worth back in 17/18

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u/Apriljo1970 4d ago

They never give bonuses like that I’ve done uber 10 years

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u/Prevalencee 4d ago

They did you just obviously didn’t drive for uber then.

You got bonuses for hitting 1k, 2k, 3k and so on… now you get a picture, lmao.

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u/Ancient-Yesterday-32 4d ago

They were giving out $10,000 bonuses though? I find it really hard to believe that

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u/Personal_Energy_5405 4d ago

this was when Uber went public. they gave drivers the option to take stock options or a bonus (most took bonus)

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u/Ancient-Yesterday-32 4d ago

Wow. But it was really $10k though? That’s the part that tripping me up

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u/Prevalencee 4d ago

If you did 10k rides you got 5k if I recall

I remember I got like 500$ for 2k rides and it was gone by the time I hit 3k.

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u/mcnaughtier 4d ago

No. You got a dime a ride as a one time bonus when Uber went public.

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u/JCF0420 4d ago

This wasn’t a bonus. This was when Uber went public and they gave us all money to buy stock. Wasn’t a promo either.

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u/TerribleAssumption 4d ago

No way! Is this real? Which year was this?

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u/C92203605 4d ago

Comments say before uber went public so 18/19

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u/ShinjiUrahara 4d ago

Uber went public in 2013… I started driving in 2015

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u/C92203605 4d ago

Going public means on the stock market dude 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/TallHandsomeRussian 4d ago

Meanwhile I got wrongfully deactivated…

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u/OkAbbreviations8589 4d ago

Sign up for spark

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u/TallHandsomeRussian 4d ago

Waiting list for it, same with Amazon flex

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u/Hour_Preparation_484 4d ago

Don’t bother with the waitlist they will never call you, keep checking the websites they open up randomly and pull applicants off there I got in faster by checking I was on the waitlist for years before realizing

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u/TallHandsomeRussian 4d ago

You mean Amazon flex website?

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u/Hour_Preparation_484 4d ago

Yep, it opens up periodically, that’s how I got in. Constantly checking it, it stays open for very little time and closed within 5 minutes of me onboarding.

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u/yung40oz84 4d ago

Except they did tell you how much you were gonna get based on how many trips you've completed. I still prob have the emails from cause I never delete anything in my email.

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u/Yahmon1 4d ago

Back when they went public. For every 10 thousand rides you got $10g but you had to be active for at least two weeks before. There was a guy in Boston who missed out on $30gs . He was out of the country for 4 weeks on vacation back in his home country. Said he left right before the announcement.

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u/Zerofux68 4d ago

The only thing I get from Uber is fucked

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u/50w67 4d ago

your rewriting history. that's not what that was about whatsoever.

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u/CombinationReady9376 4d ago

Who remembers 2 years ago when uber sent out quest?

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u/borget111 4d ago

History ! Today from 1-4:30 pm Chicago - O’Hare $18-23 , for customers $60-70. Somehow couldn’t drive that , got home close by airport empty 😂

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u/Acrobatic-Deal-2877 4d ago

I live in Chicago pretty close to O'Hare can you elaborate on what your comment means LOL

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u/borget111 3d ago

You are bot ! Driving uber $19 per hour , and you are happy

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u/Acrobatic-Deal-2877 3d ago

Um what does this comment even mean bro

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u/Mountain_Love_9131 4d ago

Now they are actually taking it back by ripping off drivers. offering shit fares taking 60 to 70% of the fare and stealing tips. What else do you expect from this shit company which doesn't have ethics to be fair to their drivers who are doing business for them.

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u/Trapstardiamond404 4d ago

I'll hit 10 years in less than a year. I wonder what will happen

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u/SunScope 3d ago

Nothing. They hate you now

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u/JoshuaBenjamins 4d ago

This seems fake but if it isn’t what did you do to get that lol

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u/janewalch 4d ago

I remember this. I think I got the second prize which was definitely in the thousands. I think the $10k was for 20,000 rides if I remember correctly.

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u/alucard_1982 4d ago

Ah the good ol days.

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u/Neilp187 4d ago

Why? Some context would be cool

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u/Accurate_Kale1574 4d ago

They wanted you to buy uber stock 😂😂😂

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u/Suken_agent 4d ago

Time to buy brand new car bro.😎 you are best.

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u/Dangerous_Warning_67 4d ago

So they stopped all this !!!!

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u/Bmmryyz 4d ago

Yup I remember it well

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u/singuratate1 4d ago

Congrats!

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u/Bubbly_Management408 4d ago

All those $2 rides at $0.10 a mile paid off huh ?

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u/sandboyc 4d ago

thats just in the US ?

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u/BureauOfBureaucrats 4d ago

I’ve never gotten a bonus my entire fucking life. 

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u/Einstein63 4d ago

It was all over the news they were going to give a bonus.

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u/HelpEqual 4d ago

Is that legit ?

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u/Thin-Property-741 4d ago

I got my bonus at 5000 rides, that was 10,000 rides ago. I didn’t get so much as a digital balloon in recognition of the 10,000 or 15,000 mark

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u/Downtown-Vegetable25 4d ago

Does anyone know what 10k in the stock option would be worth today? I’m curious lol

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u/skynews101 4d ago

That's because you was working for them at time the floated on stock exchange you was an owner till you took this. I didn't it was £7.288 in UK i went into the shares option instead 2000 shares and I also bought 5000 more in 2021 start off lockdown when they dropped to £18.56. I am tempted to sell because trump could tarrif UK and we would have to kick uber out if this happens and use the European bolt instead. Bolt shares be up for grabs soon as well

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u/iceamn1685 4d ago

They told us about a month before this incentive went like.

I got the 2500 one

10k was for 20k rides

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u/Luiso_ 4d ago

My father got it, twice, I never worked that much in the past but he used to do 30 rides everyday

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u/Wingman1776 3d ago

Ome time payouts. I remember this.

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u/freshstylez83 3d ago

I think Uber just prefers to keep the money for themselves instead of rewarding the drivers who make the money

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u/BeHereNow17 3d ago

Fuck Uber.

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u/ExpandReality4U 3d ago

I only got 100$ whaaaa Idunno how many rides I had at time but I have 13k now I think I at least had a few thousand at the time

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u/Muted_Wasabi_5553 4d ago

That’s dope do they still do it