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As far as I know every Uber driver chooses to be one. Also, to be an Uber driver you have to own a relatively new car... I couldn't even drive for Uber because
by seizethecheese 11y ago
As far as I know every Uber driver chooses to be one. Also, to be an Uber driver you have to own a relatively new car... I couldn't even drive for Uber because my car is too cheap. These people are not helpless.
- sampo 11y agoSome people might take a loan to buy a car to drive Uber?
- seizethecheese 11y agoTo get a car loan you need employment history and decent credit. While some folks that fit this category are struggling, it's not exactly the profile of an exploited class.
- kalleboo 11y agoUber push their own financing program to recruit drivers (or to get drivers to update their cars). They use subprime lenders and claim that even people with poor credit are eligible https://get.uber.com/cl/financing/ https://get.uber.com/cl/financing/ If you're recruited by Uber, enter into a loan, and then Uber drops the rates to a level where you're not profitable, that can be a problem. There are a bunch of stories of this kind, eg: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/uber-drivers-struggle-pay-subprime-auto-loans http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/uber-drivers-struggle... http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/27/uber-promotes-subprime-auto-loans-to-increase-driver-pool.html http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/27/uber-promote...