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Which is what it should be no? Drivers are still paid by the minute on top of that, which in LA is 21 cents/minute according to the news, working out to $12.6/h
by pishpash 8y ago
Which is what it should be no? Drivers are still paid by the minute on top of that, which in LA is 21 cents/minute according to the news, working out to $12.6/hour. Not quite $15 minimum wage, but close.
- tomjakubowski 8y ago21 cents per minute that you have a passenger in your car. With Uber, but not Lyft, you might get paid a bonus to drive some distance to pick up a passenger. But time you spend adding value to the company by working as slack capacity (and slowly burning down the value of your vehicle) isn't directly compensated.
- pishpash 8y agoI guess slack capacity is the crux of the contractor vs. employee debate. While you don't get paid hourly, you also don't have to be on the job hourly. That gives you the chance/incentive to switch to other "gigs" and improve overall market efficiency. At least that's the theory.
- hopler 8y agoThis is an important concern but paying per mile on the clock isn't the way to solve it.
- pmorici 8y agoSince Uber drivers are independent contractors you need to account for the extra ~7.6% Social Security and Medicare tax they will have to pay when comparing it on a $/hr basis to w-2 jobs. If they are also paying Uber drivers for their time in addition to their per mile vehicle costs then having a per mile cost in line with the cost to operate the vehicle is fine but when I looked into it ~5 years ago they charged the rider per mile driven and per minute of standing and then gave the driver a cut of that.