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> with a guy returning home from work looking to make a few extra bucks, and three pickups along the way happy to get home affordably Sounds nice, but I never
by halflings 9y ago
> with a guy returning home from work looking to make a few extra bucks, and three pickups along the way happy to get home affordably
Sounds nice, but I never had a single Uber driver that was doing it as a "casual" thing, or just to cover his fuel expenses and make some money on the side. It's a fulltime job for the vast majority of Uber drivers.
- Karunamon 9y agoCasual Uber driver here who works full time in sysadmin/software engineering. Hello! >It's a fulltime job for the vast majority of Uber drivers. This statement is unsupported and contrary to every driver I know. It also runs contrary to Uber's own advertising.
- pkkim 9y agoI used to work at Uber and heard anecdotally that despite the advertising, something like 50% of Uber rides in the Bay Area are done by the top ten percent of drivers. And they do work a lot. So the vast majority might be part time but they don't do most of the work.
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoMost of the Uber drivers I've had, only do it part time. With a few saying it would be impossible to do full time because they wouldn't make enough money.
- burkemw3 9y agoI notice a big difference based on where I am. NYC, Bay Area: full-timers. Mid-west, PNW: "casual" part-timers