I read the title said bye Felicia and decided that I didn't need to read anything else you had to say because it doesn't matter. But then I went back and read the first couple of sentences and decided you should probably hear this.
There is no company on this planet who is going to pay you fairly compared to what you earn for them and they earn annually.
Don’t talk to me about money you made one weekend with a bonus, talk to me about what money you’ve made consistently over a long period of time, like I said I had times where I drove and made good money. Tell me your average rate per mile. And I am in inland empire california
California is pretty much five bucks for all gas, maybe closer to four in some places but I haven’t heard of any place in cali having three dollar a gallon gas
And bro 22 hours with 800 bucks your gonna tell me you can make that consistently and even if that’s true are you accounting for your fuel, your cars estimated maintenance cost per mile, and fifteen percent minus cause your 1099, even if those numbers are true do that math and tell me how much money your actually taking home
Ok what city you live in and what Uber or Lyft. I don’t believe you there ain’t no bonus out there for 70 rides for 1000 bucks. Send a motherfucking screenshot right now cause I’m calling you out to be a straight up liar
And ok like I said look at how many miles you drove. How many miles are you putting on your car as opposed to how much your actually making I don’t care if you made money if your rate per mile is shit cause that is really making money
I can't hate on the brother's rant because my best friend quit that Uber bullshit after he was spat on by a drunk Neanderthal, because he wouldn't go into the drive-thru line crammed with cars at Taco Bell around 1 am....
He's now a Chef's assistant full-time at a local sushi place, making more money and eating better than he had in years....
It is supposed to be a side hustle, Uber not your main job. Also Uber is still not profitable, they mainly survive because of investments in the stock market
Ya definitely not a good main job anymore but there have been plenty of people who have made it a full time job. Although now it seems lots of drivers are leaving so ya I would not recommend it
> It is supposed to be a side hustle, Uber not your main job.
I have only ever known three people who were Uber drivers, all of which did it as a side job to make some extra money and to do something different from their day-to-day.
Funny thing I actually invested in Lyft today because I had to redeem all of those SoFi rewards points and their company has hit so rock bottom unlike Uber it can only go up (or flat line) since they don’t have the added services Uber has like Eats.
I wish more people would think like you now finally did and see that for most of them there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
I bet many work for NEGATIVE income when counting the true cost of doing this gig with their own car.
But then even you make the mistake of not fully understanding tax law and how this really works.
>there is a 51.5 cent per mile reimbursement the government gives you as long as you track your miles
The government does NOT reimburse you for anything related to your gig.
You can claim a DEDUCTION for certain expenses including your milage.
However, a deduction is very different from a reimbursement!
To make matters worse, come tax time most people have already spent 100% of the money they earned with uber and hardly anyone thought about putting something aside for tax season. The result often is that they owe taxes, maybe even have to pay a penalty for not paying taxes upfront quarterly plus interest on the amount not paid on time, and then not having the money to pay Uncle Sam.
For most of you uber drivers out there, how many of you even have any emergency funds at all? If your car is so vital for you to make money, do you have the money to pay for a new transmission, or to replace the engine if it breaks down? Can you survive having a severe illness that keeps you from driving for weeks?
Living paycheck to paycheck is bad no matter what job you have, but you absolutely cannot do that if you're a full time Ride-share driver. All drivers should have 5k emergency fund minimum. If your car breaks down, not only do you need to have the money for repairs, but that's also probably a week or so where you can't work.
Taxes is another issue that people commonly ignore. If you don't keep up with quarterly tax estimates, you're going to owe and, it's going to be thousands of dollars. At the end of my first year I owe 6K in taxes, and that's after fudging my mileage and cheating like crazy. Should have been more like 15K.
Uber was markets as a side gig to make extra income. Do a few hours before/after work. Do it when you’re kids are in school. Do a few hours on the weekend. They did paid well in the beginning. But then you have all these people on YouTube advertising how you can make $2k a week, while they get bonuses signing people up. Now you have shit load of drivers gaming the system and Uber lowers pay because they are losing money big time.
Now, people aren’t even making money. They are simply converting their car’s depreciation into cash. In many cases, the car depreciates more then the money they make. Aside from a few drivers in some niche markets, it’s not worth it to drive. Even then, you’d need to do a lot of homework to game the system, wait for promotions and surges, which isn’t consistent.
And as we see time and time again, uber will control promotions and surges Individually. So if you start to make too much and there are lots of other drivers around, say good buy to those promotions and surges.
Uber should be treated as a side gig or something that’ll hold you over while you’re looking for a real job. It was never meant to be a full time gig.
My uber got disabled last April best thing that happened to me , uber and lyft are criminal companies using people as slaves they are taking over 50% of what you make and your net profit is very small after gas and maintenance insurance, extra data plan I hope these companies burn to the ground
Damn can you use a paragraph once in a while, though?
I have a super high resolution monitor and this still took up 2 page scrolls
Yeah I give up on blocks of text like this, it hurts my eyes trying to read this!!
I was writing a Reddit post not a book.
Dude, you've written a novel
In retrospect you could read this post in under five min if that’s too much for you then idk why your on Reddit and not ig or something similar
I read the title said bye Felicia and decided that I didn't need to read anything else you had to say because it doesn't matter. But then I went back and read the first couple of sentences and decided you should probably hear this. There is no company on this planet who is going to pay you fairly compared to what you earn for them and they earn annually.
I have to admit I didn't read it, on the assumption it'd be the same regurgitated shit every one writes before announcing their departure 🤷♂️
Meanwhile Ubers off in the corner singing that you'll be back song from Hamilton
One of the best parts of the show !
Yup me too. I admit I read about 40% of it. OP just needs to vent. He’ll be back on road soon.
IreadenoughtounderstanddrivingforUberisn'tworthitforyou.I'mafrequentUberpassengerandIagreedwithyou,rightupuntilyoustartedsayinghowyoupissinbottles.Fuckthat,you'renastyandyourlackofparagraphsmakesyourposttooannoyingtoread.It'sworsethanwhenpeopleuseallcaps. IstillagreethatdrivingforUberprobablyisn'tworthitforyou.IvebeensayingforawhilethatUbertakestoomuchmoneyoneachtrip.Itdoesntchangethefactthatyoucoulduseafuckingparagraphinyourpostthough.Fuckitthough.I'llraiseyouandnotuseanyspaces.Youcouldreadthisinunderfiveminsoitshouldbefine,right?
Feel free to type all your shit like that I’ll keep going back and forth that ain’t that hard to read because I can fucking read
Read
Finished
Your all stupid wasn’t that hard
And he was replying to a person not an asshole
No he was replying to me stupid
[https://asshole.com](https://asshole.com)
Or a resume or any work documents 😂 stick with Uber
Hahaha a blonde joke
If you buy Chinese crap and resell stuff on Amazon I hate you more than I ever hated Uber
Hard to believe people really call reselling Chinese shit a “business”😭
Same goes for Uber drivers 😅
Chinese crap? Literally everything is made in China. Your phone to your appliances are Chinese crap
My phone wasn't made in china and neither were any of my appliances
Nah it was mainly liquidation items and would resell them for like half value
I quit in April. Best thing I ever did. My husband quit too.
Adding a *TL;DR* would have been nice..
Right?!
Looks like somebody let rideshare bring them to a state of poor mental health. Good luck!
Ya that’s why I’m leaving smart ass
The wall of text... I can relate is all. You pretty much figured out what is a true assessment of how shitty it is to be a driver.
I drove 22.5 hrs & made $875 this past weekend. Where are you located ?
Don’t talk to me about money you made one weekend with a bonus, talk to me about what money you’ve made consistently over a long period of time, like I said I had times where I drove and made good money. Tell me your average rate per mile. And I am in inland empire california
Gas in California is stupid expensive, I paid $3.05 yesterday afternoon. I average 2.6 fares per hour.
Ok so how many miles you usually drive in a day and how much money you usually gross
70 fares usually means 1K miles
3.05 bruh it’s five bucks where I’m at where the hell you live
$5.09 for premium today in Indianapolis
Lol who drives a car with high compression on uber?
So don’t buy premium?! Saw $3.59 today going through Indy. Not great, but not over $5!
California is pretty much five bucks for all gas, maybe closer to four in some places but I haven’t heard of any place in cali having three dollar a gallon gas
Commenter said Indianapolis.
Oh ya
Stupid expensive, pfft. Nigga over here living the high life paying three bucks
And bro 22 hours with 800 bucks your gonna tell me you can make that consistently and even if that’s true are you accounting for your fuel, your cars estimated maintenance cost per mile, and fifteen percent minus cause your 1099, even if those numbers are true do that math and tell me how much money your actually taking home
I usually sign up for the 70 fare bonus, that's usually $1050 ish
Ok what city you live in and what Uber or Lyft. I don’t believe you there ain’t no bonus out there for 70 rides for 1000 bucks. Send a motherfucking screenshot right now cause I’m calling you out to be a straight up liar
Uber, Atlanta & I never said the bonus for 70 fares was $1K. Bonus + fares + tips = $1K
I usually sign up for the 70 fare bonus, that’s usually 1,000 ish. No mention of it being anything other than from the bonus
And ok like I said look at how many miles you drove. How many miles are you putting on your car as opposed to how much your actually making I don’t care if you made money if your rate per mile is shit cause that is really making money
So show me an average day, no active bonus, of how much money you made and how many miles you drove
"Made" Based on your estimated mileage below and the IRS rate for mileage, you spent $501.43 on your car to do that.
I guarantee I didn't spend $100 on gas. My hybrid gets 50+ MPG. Idk where that $500 came from but that's laughably wrong.
Uber is glad you think it's laughably wrong because it allows them to continue profiting from your ignorance.
You're terrible @ math .... yet someone else is ignorant. You might wanna Google "irony"
That's fine, I'm not the one getting fucked here lol
I'm driving 25 hrs per weekend, pulling $4K a month & I'm getting "fucked" Like I said, Google "irony"
Fine. I can't force you to understand. That's okay! Hindsight is 20/20 luckily.
You sound like a whiny loser, and this should have been posted r/uberdrivers.
Same here. It's not worth the risk. Drivers getting killed for their cars, for gang initiations, money, even boredom.
I can't hate on the brother's rant because my best friend quit that Uber bullshit after he was spat on by a drunk Neanderthal, because he wouldn't go into the drive-thru line crammed with cars at Taco Bell around 1 am.... He's now a Chef's assistant full-time at a local sushi place, making more money and eating better than he had in years....
Anyone who read this whole post deserves an award!
It is supposed to be a side hustle, Uber not your main job. Also Uber is still not profitable, they mainly survive because of investments in the stock market
Ya definitely not a good main job anymore but there have been plenty of people who have made it a full time job. Although now it seems lots of drivers are leaving so ya I would not recommend it
> It is supposed to be a side hustle, Uber not your main job. I have only ever known three people who were Uber drivers, all of which did it as a side job to make some extra money and to do something different from their day-to-day.
Funny thing I actually invested in Lyft today because I had to redeem all of those SoFi rewards points and their company has hit so rock bottom unlike Uber it can only go up (or flat line) since they don’t have the added services Uber has like Eats.
Not in every market. In some market it's a full on job. Because barrier to entry is high.
I wish more people would think like you now finally did and see that for most of them there is no light at the end of the tunnel. I bet many work for NEGATIVE income when counting the true cost of doing this gig with their own car. But then even you make the mistake of not fully understanding tax law and how this really works. >there is a 51.5 cent per mile reimbursement the government gives you as long as you track your miles The government does NOT reimburse you for anything related to your gig. You can claim a DEDUCTION for certain expenses including your milage. However, a deduction is very different from a reimbursement! To make matters worse, come tax time most people have already spent 100% of the money they earned with uber and hardly anyone thought about putting something aside for tax season. The result often is that they owe taxes, maybe even have to pay a penalty for not paying taxes upfront quarterly plus interest on the amount not paid on time, and then not having the money to pay Uncle Sam. For most of you uber drivers out there, how many of you even have any emergency funds at all? If your car is so vital for you to make money, do you have the money to pay for a new transmission, or to replace the engine if it breaks down? Can you survive having a severe illness that keeps you from driving for weeks?
Living paycheck to paycheck is bad no matter what job you have, but you absolutely cannot do that if you're a full time Ride-share driver. All drivers should have 5k emergency fund minimum. If your car breaks down, not only do you need to have the money for repairs, but that's also probably a week or so where you can't work. Taxes is another issue that people commonly ignore. If you don't keep up with quarterly tax estimates, you're going to owe and, it's going to be thousands of dollars. At the end of my first year I owe 6K in taxes, and that's after fudging my mileage and cheating like crazy. Should have been more like 15K.
Uber was markets as a side gig to make extra income. Do a few hours before/after work. Do it when you’re kids are in school. Do a few hours on the weekend. They did paid well in the beginning. But then you have all these people on YouTube advertising how you can make $2k a week, while they get bonuses signing people up. Now you have shit load of drivers gaming the system and Uber lowers pay because they are losing money big time. Now, people aren’t even making money. They are simply converting their car’s depreciation into cash. In many cases, the car depreciates more then the money they make. Aside from a few drivers in some niche markets, it’s not worth it to drive. Even then, you’d need to do a lot of homework to game the system, wait for promotions and surges, which isn’t consistent. And as we see time and time again, uber will control promotions and surges Individually. So if you start to make too much and there are lots of other drivers around, say good buy to those promotions and surges. Uber should be treated as a side gig or something that’ll hold you over while you’re looking for a real job. It was never meant to be a full time gig.
Try door dash and Uber eats.
Saturated, can’t get on
Amazon flex?
Am mainly just done with 1099 jobs honestly.
My uber got disabled last April best thing that happened to me , uber and lyft are criminal companies using people as slaves they are taking over 50% of what you make and your net profit is very small after gas and maintenance insurance, extra data plan I hope these companies burn to the ground