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> Travel time between gigs No gig in the world covers that. > Expenses On average, after vehicle expenses, Uber drivers make as low as $15/hour[1], and as hi
by bhupy 7y ago
> Travel time between gigs
No gig in the world covers that.
> Expenses
On average, after vehicle expenses, Uber drivers make as low as $15/hour[1], and as high as $20/hour. And this is also assuming that one concedes the argument that gigs ought to reimburse expenses, which isn't true for most contract work.
https://www.ridester.com/how-much-do-uber-drivers-make https://www.ridester.com/how-much-do-uber-drivers-make
- gamblor956 7y agoIn most contract work, expenses incurred by the contractor to fulfill the contract are almost always included in the contractor's invoice.
- mirimir 7y agoThat was somewhat my experience. It was always the case where travel and lodging were required. Say, for attending depositions. But I did buy my own machines, and pay for electricity to run them. And I didn't invoice for maintaining stuff. So was that just my own naivete? And now that I think of it, buying better gear hurt me, in that it took less time to do stuff. But on the other hand, it allowed me to handle larger datasets, which made me more attractive.
- gamblor956 7y agoBuying gear for use on multiple contracts is different from buying supplies to use executing a contract for a single customer. You can invoice the latter to the customer; you must depreciate or deduct the former on your tax return. OTOH, some customers are willing to pay for contractors' gear even if it would be used on other customers, for example, if they require you to use upgraded equipment instead of the equipment you already own.
- nogabebop23 7y agoThere is plenty of contracting work that both pays for travel and reimburses expenses, including all white-collar contracting and most blue-collar pay-for-hire. You're right that very little "gig" work does but that's the entire point; they push all these anicillary expenses onto someone else, either the individual or public/state systems.
- mirimir 7y agoI consulted for over a decade, and my clients always reimbursed for travel and lodging. And they picked up the bill, when we went out for dinner.