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The way you put it, I would say no. 3 vans, operating 16 hours per day, would require a minimum of 7 drivers (to perform two 8-hour shifts per day, with a driv
by linkregister 10y ago
The way you put it, I would say no.
3 vans, operating 16 hours per day, would require a minimum of 7 drivers (to perform two 8-hour shifts per day, with a driver to stand-in for call-outs and vacations). Let's assume we can pay the drivers $10/hr (which is on the low end). At 2080 hours per year per driver, that gives us an annual cost of $145600. And we haven't even paid Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, or worker's comp and unemployment insurance yet!
The Uber deal sounds more cost-effective than the van plan.
- brianwawok 10y agoSo then how does the math work out? Most people would not Uber for only $10 an hour, knowing that their car needs gas and depreciates. Short term Uber can subsidize the drivers, but long term? I guess a lot of uber drivers come during the busy morning rush, but 0 come at say 1pm or 8pm when it is very slow. How would uber get people to drive on the slow times??
- zild3d 10y agoThe difference is we paid our van drivers for an 8 hour shift. Uber isn't, they are only paying when there is a demand
- the_watcher 10y ago> How would uber get people to drive on the slow times?? They won't. You just described the benefits of Uber's system. Their driver pool scales with demand and allows for part time work.
- brianwawok 10y agoI just don't see it scaling that smoothly. Many many requests, many drivers. Cool. But 10, 5, 3 requests per hour? 0 drivers. So I don't think you can compare a service that doesn't really work at quiet times, with a 16 hour continuous shuttle...