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Does Uber Keep Half of the Tip?

• SethMurphy 14y ago
  The practice of a company keeping tips that most consumers assume are for the person/people providing the labor has disgusted me since my days in catering in NY, where it was also a common practice. At least they were clever enough to add an 18% service charge and not call it a gratuity. On a side note, if you ever get married or have a big catered event don't just tip the person in charge with an envelope full of cash, take the time to hand each service person their share, otherwise they will most likely never get any of it.
• onetwothreefour 14y ago
  Most of what's written here isn't true. You can ask the (black car) Uber drivers, and they'll tell you Uber "just" takes 20% of fare. And every single driver I've talked to about it has been happy with this. Uber is basically smart lead generation for drivers.
  • SethMurphy 14y ago
    This article does reference Chicago only, have you spoken with any operators there? Where they the owners of the car? The relationship between the driver and Uber is also not always direct, the companies that own the cars get a split often too. Do they have the same agreement with everyone? I too read this article with skepticism, and still do. To say they take 1/2 the tip may just be one persons equation of where the fees come from vs. another.