Working for Uber is not moving up the ladder of success as the article portrays. When my husband lost his job about 7 years ago, he tried it. All he got was hit by a deer which caved in the side of his car. The money was negligible. Why would anyone move to NYC - a place that has some of the highest rents in the world - and get a job with Uber?
I have no real knowledge of Uber but I do recall seeing something about the pay when it was first starting up. I wondered at the time why anyone would do it, it seemed to be little more than the cost of fuel.
“Working for Uber is not moving up the ladder of success as the article portrays.”
Yet another liberal arts major. All he sees are Uber drivers making something $40 per hour when they’re driving him to a ‘concert’. What he doesn’t see is the following:
1) The down-time for that driver. I don’t know what that is, but it does always seem that drivers are available...hence not carrying people.
2) The TRASHING of his nice new car. Even with perfect passengers, city driving costs at least 50 cents per mile, when you factor in depreciation, insurance, gas, and maintenance.
3) Uber’s cut, whatever amount that is.
By the time those factors are backed out, the driver is maybe making $10 to $15 per hour. Now he ‘thinks’ he’s making more, because he only sees the gas expense real-time. Maintenance comes in chunks and depreciation only when he sells it. But it is all money out of his pocket.
But having said all that, I still love Uber, nice cars and nice drivers!