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Having been an Uber /Lyft driver I can't even fathom what it would mean for a driver to be an employee with expenses paid. Is the driver driving a gas guzzling

• delinka 8y ago
  If I owned the company, I'd rather buy vehicles (with which I can reasonably control costs) and provide the vehicle to the driver employee. My second option, as owner, is to offer a fixed reimbursement - per mile, per minute, whatever the economics dictate. I'm not, as owner, going to invite 'come one, come all' with their random expenses and offer to reimburse them all.
• manigandham 8y ago
  Professional drivers already exist. Look at any taxi, delivery, bus or transit company. That's what Uber would do. Lease a bunch of vehicles and tell people to drive them for 8 hours a day for a flat rate, and they'll have strict hours and no flexibility.
• Consultant32452 8y ago
  I think the default is the government reimbursement rate. This year it's $0.58/mi. When I worked at a pizza place in high school drivers were reimbursed at this rate. That's a similar market because pizza delivery drivers drive their personal vehicles and it doesn't matter if you drive a Prius or a Hummer. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-standard-mileage-rates-for-2019 https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-standard-mileage-rat...