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> >What if Lyft and Uber were 25% cheaper than taxis; primarily because they didn't need to pay a dispatchers' salaries? >I'm pretty sure dispatchers are cheape
by Robotbeat 3y ago
> >What if Lyft and Uber were 25% cheaper than taxis; primarily because they didn't need to pay a dispatchers' salaries?
>I'm pretty sure dispatchers are cheaper than expensive SV engineers.
That’s like saying paying human computer wage is less than electrical engineers who develop electronic computers.
Non-recurring engineering cost is higher BUT IT’S NON-RECURRING and largely independent of the number of users, unlike dispatchers.
- grogenaut 3y agoHow much engineer staff does Uber / lift still have on taxis? Dispatchers were 1 person low pay to 100 cabs or so.
- adleyjulian 3y agoPer SEC filings Uber has close to 4 million drivers worldwide. Even if you divide by 4 to account for part time drivers, you'd need 10k dispatchers. If their engineers make 5x as much as the dispatchers than you could have 2k engineers solely dedicated to automating dispatch and still break even. I think they roughly have 2k engineers total and I have no idea what the breakdown is of what they do.
- grogenaut 3y agoI'm betting dispatchers were making $30-50k. So devs make 10-20x that. But still similar math. I am just guessing at a lot of the numbers tho.