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In India, the drivers at Uber Bikes(paid better than rapido), Rapido(bike ride startup) are paid sooo damn low by these companies that we have to give them 20-3
by shmde 5y ago
In India, the drivers at Uber Bikes(paid better than rapido), Rapido(bike ride startup) are paid sooo damn low by these companies that we have to give them 20-30% extra on top of the actual ride price. How low you might ask ? 40 cents to travel 3-4Kms in my city. One Gallon of petrol costs over 6 Dollars in India. They keep showing these ads that the price is low to attract the customers, pay the drivers even less and then The customer and the drivers have to make a deal outside of the platform before the ride is even initiated. I have no idea how will the drivers survive with the extremely low wage. I have switched back to public transport just like the good ol days before the uber era.
- nstart 5y agoFor some who might wonder how Uber attracts riders to the platform, it’s done through “bonus” payments. They give riders “goals” to achieve in terms of numbers of orders completed. Achieve these numbers each month and you get a bonus. The bonus is usually comparable to an expected monthly wage. Over time though, the goals go higher (Uber says the demand is more but fails to say the supply is more as well) and then the bonus goes down. Over time it just becomes an abusive relationship. But like a person trapped in a Ponzi scheme, many drivers believe they can do it if they work hard enough (they shoulder the blame) and they stick on.