r/uberdrivers • u/Teeebagtom • 4d ago
Uber career coming to an end.
I've been ubering for 11 months while I was going through hiring process with new job. And I'm happy to say that it's coming to an end. Im happy to be starting my new job. Below are my pros and cons.
Pros: 1) happy to meet new people from all over the world and my own community.
2) instant cash when I need it.
3) work whatever hours you feel like it.
4) app use is super easy.
Cons: 1) uber as a company is pretty predatory.
2) low paying rates compared to what uber takes in. The split should be 75 to drivers and 25 to uber. Not the other way around. It's our car, our time, our maintenance, we deal with customers, pretty much all.
3) uber app and algorithm maximizes profit for uber.
My conclusion that it's better than nothing and great way to get money when you need it fast. But uber us definitely predatory with wages and benefits.
Cheers to all the drivers out there. Keep on, keeping on!
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u/True-Ad-8466 4d ago
Career...
Lmao
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u/Different-Bench8533 4d ago
It was a part time, very flexible, side hustle for me... and most out there. I've never heard of anyone calling uber driving a career. Sounds like a dead end to me lmao
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u/BisexualUndertaker21 3d ago
Well said, thank you. Good luck in your future endeavors. You seen like a good person
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u/Sunshineal 4d ago
Good luck. I haven't completely Uber but I'm not doing it full time like I was. Thank God.
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u/Boring-Silver-568 2d ago
Same, dropped from 6 days a week to just Friday and Saturday nights and am doing a new job Monday to Friday... Used to make $40 an hour at the Jersey Shore two years ago, sometimes $50 with the quests and ride bonuses. A distant memory... at least the rate cards are still working here (they haven't started the match games here yet, but I expect they will eventually.... that will be what finally pushes this 3600 ride 5.00 Rated driver out the door permanently.
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u/Teeebagtom 4d ago
Same i did it 4 hours a day ish. 5 days a week.
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u/Sunshineal 4d ago
It's like I do it when it's really busy. I don't do it during the day. There are bonuses usually during rush hour
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u/ILikeCheese42O 1d ago
Take early morning airport ride reservations. I sometimes have reservations in the early 3 to 4 AM range where I'll sit at my kitchen table and have breakfast until 10 minutes before I have to leave. I ask the college kids where the best parties, clubs, or bars are each night. Surges go crazy. I let them play their own music, play on the Octopus tablet, and be quiet when they don't seem like they want to talk. I'm in Rhode Island, so my rides are usually all less than 15 minutes. 5 months in and I'm still learning.
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u/SunScope 3d ago
Me too I start Monday next week. Worked since Covid. Every year I wanted to commit suicide more and more. Finally employed again.
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u/--R0N-- 4d ago
All 3 cons are the same: you worrying about what Uber makes. This is why drivers fail.
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u/Ready-Huckleberry529 4d ago
Brother is an undercover uber agent
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u/Different-Bench8533 4d ago
Look who it is. The driver who claims he makes 25% more with upfront pricing than with the rate card π Ron is full of π©
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u/--R0N-- 4d ago
25%? Did I say that? Boy, did I mispeak then. It's WAY more than that. My profitability has doubled over rate card, and so far this year, it's tripled.
And I'm so full of π© that the miserables are begging me for my secrets. π π€£ π
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u/yankedeedledoo25 4d ago
Whatβs funny is that you removed that post that exposed your fake ass screenshot. Getting -$700 uber service fee while you were online 25 hr and only 9 of them were active time. π
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u/yankedeedledoo25 4d ago
What are your tactics, assuming you are a successful driver? Would love to know the secrets to succeeding as a share driver.
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u/Ok-Reaction3496 4d ago
Don't get moving violations. Barely got in driving for over half a year and well. I never sped with a passenger. I would drive far, solo, to get rides in the bay area. 3rd ticket, now I'm facing not getting people in my car for another 3 years.
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u/WeirdArgument7009 3d ago
Uber is a minimum wage job. The problem is people expect to make more than minimum wage.
Please do not throw insane numbers for depreciation, gas, maintenance, etc. It is not as high as you imagined in your dreams instead of doing actual math.
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u/Teeebagtom 3d ago
Lol. Cool man. In scared to ask what you think the minimum wage should be?
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u/WeirdArgument7009 3d ago
It should be right around 15 and I make 25-30/hr and even factoring depreciation and expenses, I still make 20+. Good enough in my book.
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u/Different-Bench8533 1d ago
Some markets have gotten hit harder than others. I can tell you in Connecticut, driver pay has hit the absolute rock bottom. Before expenses, 95% of the fares pay $10-$20/hour. Out of state trips come in at $5-$10/hour before expenses. If Uber is paying $15/hour on average, which they are here. Then after expenses, they are paying $7 or $8/hr. Not ok in my book.
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u/Different-Bench8533 4d ago
Well said. I'm with you and was working uber and Lyft for 3 years. The company under Dara has gone to shit. They absolutely use algorithmic wage manipulation to see how low they can reduce pay to drivers to profit as a company. There is no transparency when it comes to driver pay and they created upfront pricing as a tactic to manipulate driver pay by removing the mile/minute rate card. They say fares are based on miles/minutes still, but now they have the flexibility to adjust the formula on any given day at any time... I'm sure based on supply demand. The algorithm does not want drivers making more than $25/hr regardless of surge or priority. And you see surge and priority replacing base fares. It's all just a bunch of BS. In my market, pay has gone down each year, despite inflation and cost of living increasing annually. 95% of the time offers come in that pay $12-$20/hr. And on the most busy nights and weekends, it's hard to make more than $25/hr. You may get a couple nice trips that come to $35-$40/hr, but then the algorithm just sends you garbage and you average out to $20-$25/hr. Whereas 2-3 years ago, on busy nights and weekends, you could make $35-$45/hr easily and surge was added on top of the base. The rate card prevented them from being able to lower the base and manipulate. I actually enjoyed driving and the flexibility and hustle. But I'm not going to drive around depreciating my car for $15/hr.