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> “drivers would earn a minimum of approximately $21 per hour while on a trip, including the costs of their average expenses.” "while on a trip", aka "not real
by chimeracoder 7y ago
> “drivers would earn a minimum of approximately $21 per hour while on a trip, including the costs of their average expenses.”
"while on a trip", aka "not really $21/hour", because even in extremely dense areas, drivers have downtime between trips, during which they typically have to either drive around aimlessly, find a place to idle/park, or drive to their next pickup.
- pkaye 7y agoIs that different from how normal taxi drivers get paid?
- chimeracoder 7y ago> Is that different from how normal taxi drivers get paid? Yes, but it's not the point - it's misleading to talk about a minimum wage that excludes some time on the job from the denominator.