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> It seems to me that if Uber is unable to pay its drivers a living wage, they don't actually have a sustainable business model. Why does everything need to pa
by aianus 10y ago
> It seems to me that if Uber is unable to pay its drivers a living wage, they don't actually have a sustainable business model.
Why does everything need to pay a living wage? Uber driving is so easy that there must be a sizeable population of people that are willing to do it for less than a 'living wage' (retirees, students, housewives who want to get out of the house once, unemployed people between jobhunting).
I do it myself a few times a week just because I like driving, even though it pays literally 8x less than my day job.
- scarface74 10y agoWe allow our 14 year old son to use Uber all of the time for our convenience/his independence but we used Uber for the first time last weekend during a "staycation". Out of the 6 drivers we had, 4 of them said they do it for a little extra spending money or to break the monotony of their day job. One of the drivers was a manager at Verizon's corporate office. When I was single and if I had enjoyed driving and wanted to kill some time, I could have seen myself being an Uber driver occasionally. I taught fitness classes a few times a week for years part time because I enjoyed it. It definitely wasn't for the money.