I don't get why you're so focused on the negotiation part. I'm guessing your services happen to be very in demand, which is great and gives you the ability to s

I don't get why you're so focused on the negotiation part. I'm guessing your services happen to be very in demand, which is great and gives you the ability to successfully negotiate. There are lots of other contractors that fail to negotiate and end up accepting a client's first offer. Are they not actually contractors? For #3, drivers may be penalized for being logged in and rejecting rides (though even that may have changed recently). But that is more akin to missing a deadline or not being available at an agreed upon time, something which any contractor might be penalized for. Uber drivers are always free to just decide not to log in and work at all and aren't penalized for that.