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The argument that people can just "not drive Uber" would be a fine one. Except that Uber has a history of drastically changing their compensation structure over
by jeromegv 10y ago
The argument that people can just "not drive Uber" would be a fine one. Except that Uber has a history of drastically changing their compensation structure overnight.
This fall in Toronto, they reduced their UberEat compensation by half, overnight. People have rent, invoices, bills, and have car payment and comes to expect a certain amount of money to come in after week, and when you do those kind of changes overnight without warning people, this is just pure evil capitalism.
They use the same tactic when they open a new market, they advertise certain rate, people buy a car or rent a car to start working for Uber, and then few months down the line they reduce the price, and again, and again, and again, and then people are stuck with a car where they have to drive twice as much to bring back the same income.
- sfifs 10y agoI've talked to a number of drivers in India where Uber changes compensation structures every couple of months and everyone has got in knowing Uber can/will do these things - no one seems to be as credulous as you claim. They limit their risk exposures accordingly - many choose to drive for other car owners vs. invest in their own car.