Today was my first day driving. I worked about 5 hours and pulled in just under $27.50 an hour. Honestly this is the easiest job I have ever had. I plan on driving 2-3 days a week and put in 15-20 hours. I figure I can pull in over $2000 a month. I wish that I would have started months ago.
First day driving
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Edantes
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You wanna bet 500 that I've done way more rides than you?
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Proly don't record his miles either. These noobs crack me up all the time.
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Are you keeping a log of miles driven? Remember, not just miles with pax in car, but also miles getting to pax and miles driving to your wait spots. Each mile you record reduces your taxable income by 57.5 cents. I drove a little over 20K miles last year, so I lowered my taxable income by a little over $12K just from my miles driven. And the truly beautiful part is that it costs me only 26.2 cents per mile to operate my car. Score!
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Everyone is always happy in the beginning until they figure out Uber doesn't give a rats ass about you. Here today, gone tomorrow is their motto. The pax will always get the upper hand even if you report them, they have a low score, if you get screwed over on a ride, etc.
..god forbid you get into an accident, Uber will definitely back you up.....
..god forbid you get into an accident, Uber will definitely back you up.....
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Well, he seems to be doing well WITHOUT gaming the system. He probably isn't aware of that strategy. So it's doubly encouraging then.
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On the other hand, he claims to be earning $27.50 per hour, and we all know that's not true. But that does make one curious about how Edantes is calculating profit, doesn't it?
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Give these guys a chance
Maybe they have "mojo & flow"
Seriously
Maybe they have "mojo & flow"
Seriously
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I like Flo. That's who I purchase my insurance from.
LOL!
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No, he got it right, crybabies. The new guy is having fun - let him. I'm looking at you Desert Driver. Just say, have fun and come back in two weeks.
Send him to UberHammer Blog and give him a wink. flyingdingo was just like this guy and still driving and gave us a lot of very funny "oh shit" kinda posts.
So Edantes i say to you - Go get em tiger!
Please post your first weeks' bank deposit, subtract $0.57 per mile and make us eat our words! (Well explain later where that number comes from)
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I love driving U/L. I just wish I didn't understand the numbers as well as I do. I'm on the streets right now, in fact.
But because I have the grasp of the numbers that I do, my constant harangue of local Uber helped get us a bump in fares. New rates go into effect in less than three hours. We'll start another fare increase campaign come fall.
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Well reasoned.
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Before you dismiss every person who issues a wake up call as unhappy and cynical, bare in mind, many people came into Uber with the idea that it was something they would be able to do full time in order to make a good living from it. You also have people on here who already have made a living driving livery full time. I personally fall into that category.
Speaking for myself, the fear or anger is not so much an us against them kind of relationship that Travis K would like us all to believe. For myself it is the fear that this kind of work is only going to be viable as a very casual, part time work. Uber Metrics as far as I can tell would like to reduce the workforce to a condition where drivers are only as viable as long as their current schnazzy car is new. They will be disposable.
It is a bummer in a way that newbies get hit in the face with a truck load of energy when they post excitedly about their first weekend of driving. I think the fear is that the format favors amateurism, where being a pro simply means you do it to make your living. Uber's model favors amateurs and hobbyist, because they are far more likely to accept status quo and Travis bucks against change or anything that goes against his grain.
There is a hell of a good chance a typical Uber driver isn't going to last much more than six months. In that time, they bet against disclosure with their personal insurance carrier and they ignore the wear and tear to their car. The work turns out not to pay so good, it's so long Uber!
I believe Travis would rather keep replacing drivers constantly rather than really concern himself with their well being. For those reasons, I'll hazard a guess that over enthusiastic newby posts touch a particular nerve. There is no provision for elbow room on the streets.
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I agree. At this point, they should hear crickets when they post this.
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That is what all the newbies said about "Day Trading" too.
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I posted the nearly the exact post after my first 20 rides. The negative folks also beat me down. I wondered if they are so smart, why are they still driving?
Near ride #100 a drunk tried to put me in a headlock on the freeway at 65mph. I survived, and will continue to drive until I find a real job in my field. I am in San Diego, and the price drop brought the market down to $1.85/mile at this time, so we can still make some money. I am green as grass, but choose to "endeavor to persevere", because it is this or 7-11 with the glut of laid off engineers in San Diego. After my first week I realize this is no give away, but nothing is. I am used to working long hours with few results, so engineering kind of prepared me for Uber. I did over work myself, and am learning to pace myself. Don't listen to the "nattering nabobs negativism" yet, I have not. If you are still making enough bucks to pay the bills like I am, go forth with the rest of us newbies until we have to do something else. Just keep doing what you need to do to pay the rent. If Uber fails for us, we will figure out something else.
Near ride #100 a drunk tried to put me in a headlock on the freeway at 65mph. I survived, and will continue to drive until I find a real job in my field. I am in San Diego, and the price drop brought the market down to $1.85/mile at this time, so we can still make some money. I am green as grass, but choose to "endeavor to persevere", because it is this or 7-11 with the glut of laid off engineers in San Diego. After my first week I realize this is no give away, but nothing is. I am used to working long hours with few results, so engineering kind of prepared me for Uber. I did over work myself, and am learning to pace myself. Don't listen to the "nattering nabobs negativism" yet, I have not. If you are still making enough bucks to pay the bills like I am, go forth with the rest of us newbies until we have to do something else. Just keep doing what you need to do to pay the rent. If Uber fails for us, we will figure out something else.
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You can't just drop this little nugget without telling us the rest of the story here.
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