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>If it's indeed so hard to find a good Uber driver, you'd expect them to be driven out of the market by customers themselves. I doubt that there are many Uber
by ryanmercer 7y ago
>If it's indeed so hard to find a good Uber driver, you'd expect them to be driven out of the market by customers themselves.
I doubt that there are many Uber drivers that do it long term. Eventually at some point they have to realize that they're making peanuts (if not operating at a loss) after they factor in routine AND long-term maintenance costs of their vehicle. Or they simply get 'real' jobs and were using Uber between jobs or to supplement income temporarily.
The people I know that have personally done driving for these services has done it in addition to full-time work, largely hoping to earn decent extra money from tips.
- atoav 7y agoTo be honest I’d feel pretty shitty about leaving a bad review for a driver. It would feel like leaving a bad review for your DHL guy: unless they are downright wreckless, I see them as poor souls in bad jobs, that try to squeeze them out. It is human to not do a shit job perfectly all the time and I won’t make their day any shitier, just because they hurt my sensitive soul by not treating me like a member of the royal family. I’d rather blame the systems that organize their days.
- bbulkow 7y agoI give non-fives for cheating ( extending pickup or dropoff ), serious safety issues ( falling asleep and drifting out of lane ), and impersonating ( a different person than registered to drive ). The platform should be able to detect the first cheating problem, the other two are much harder and should have customer input.
- atoav 7y agoI think I can agree with that