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One of the things I've always hated about Uber is that they are in expert in euphemisms for wage cuts to consumers. "February is a slow month! We're gonna make
by physcab 12y ago
One of the things I've always hated about Uber is that they are in expert in euphemisms for wage cuts to consumers.
"February is a slow month! We're gonna make this deal sweet for you by lowering prices 20%!"
"March Madness, 20% off all rides!"
"Summer Special, 20% off all rides!"
"Summer Special is here to stay! 20% off all rides is permanent!"
Now, lets not kid ourselves here. Uber is always going to get their cut. If you talk to any Uber driver (I was one of them at one point in time), they'll tell you their hourly wage has dropped from $30/hr to about $18/hr now. Still not bad, but now factor in the longer hours, the maintenance fees, the city fines...not so much a good deal anymore for the other side.
- wutbrodo 12y ago> One of the things I've always hated about Uber is that they are in expert in euphemisms for wage cuts to consumers. Oh please. Your average Lyft/Uber consumer has no clue about and no interest in what the labor-vs-capital cost breakdown is of ANY product they buy. It's really stretching the facts beyond all comprehension to say that calling it a price cut is a "euphemism": the people they're talking to with those messages only interact with the price and it's a price cut. No euphemisms involved. Complaints about whether the wages for their drivers are too low are completely fair game, but intellectual dishonesty and nonsense about how they use "euphemisms" to hide wage cuts is just Grade-A bullshit.