I know someone who does bike delivery in a densely populated city.
I don't know how uber works really or how they distribute money, but according to him you're not paid an hourly wage every hour.
For example because there is so much competition among drivers, you can go hours without an order assigned to you. even in big/densely populated urban centers. and I think the guaranteed hourly rate thing only applies in specific circumstances. there is no way he is putting in even an 80% work day unless he waited for orders literally all his waking hours.
and then from the money you are actually paid, you have to deduct all the costs for maintenance and so on. from back of the envelope calculations my buddy actually makes much less than minimum wage.
I try to convince him from time to time to just get regular other jobs and point out he will quickly make a lot more money. but frankly he is in a hole and cant see outside perspectives. as you can imagine he's big into crypto as well, trying to day trade that shit with his measly capital not realizing he would make 4 times the money flipping burgers in mcdonalds a couple hours a week.
but we're not that close so it's not my place to give him a kick in the ass. however he's probably a good example of the kind of ignorance and lack of education / perspective that uber can easily exploit.
I don't know how uber works really or how they distribute money, but according to him you're not paid an hourly wage every hour.
For example because there is so much competition among drivers, you can go hours without an order assigned to you. even in big/densely populated urban centers. and I think the guaranteed hourly rate thing only applies in specific circumstances. there is no way he is putting in even an 80% work day unless he waited for orders literally all his waking hours.
and then from the money you are actually paid, you have to deduct all the costs for maintenance and so on. from back of the envelope calculations my buddy actually makes much less than minimum wage.
I try to convince him from time to time to just get regular other jobs and point out he will quickly make a lot more money. but frankly he is in a hole and cant see outside perspectives. as you can imagine he's big into crypto as well, trying to day trade that shit with his measly capital not realizing he would make 4 times the money flipping burgers in mcdonalds a couple hours a week.
but we're not that close so it's not my place to give him a kick in the ass. however he's probably a good example of the kind of ignorance and lack of education / perspective that uber can easily exploit.