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Anyone work night shift?

7.9K views 25 replies 18 participants last post by  hfreeman17  
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From around 6 pm to after midnight? How is that shift?
 
#2 ·
I Start at 6PM, doing local til 10pm, then couple JFK milkers and power nap from 1-3AM. Then DF to one famous location hoping for instaping;)
Arrive home at 7-8 AM
 
#4 ·
Jfk milkers after 10pm? I only catch airports after 4am.

& how much do you make doing this?
Usually, 6pm-2am ull make $200-230-240 depends on how your luck is, and then 2-am-4am another 40-50$, and if you decide to do 1 airport trip to JFK milking it JFK thats another 55-60$ trip

But I dont do airports anymore, I just do 6pm-2am whatever I make, I make, i dont complain.
 
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#15 ·
Everybody gives the night shift a bad rep. I drove strictly night shift for years . 7pm to 3am. Loved it, traffic is less. Most rides are OT and now with apps you can milk easier since there is much less traffic. Now here is the catch, you need to know when and where to be (just like the am) however it gets trickier because what works during the day does not in the night. Its a learning curve. But i always averaged 250+ per shift in the app era. Before the app era was much higher. All you needed was 3 rides and you could net more than 220 or more without even driving that much, lots of waiting though. So to recap, try it out and learn your craft, if you need some spots or night strategy pm me, i had that shit down from the 6 month on. Now i work the reg am shift with some evening. Gosh i love sitting 90 min to get back to the citt from jfk
 
#16 ·
Did $270 tonight from 5 pm to 1 am. Had one of those crazy pair of trips. Midtown to south Staten Island and then from there back to midtown. Milked it by taking Goethals and Lincoln tunnel back. Haha , gps wanted me to go to Verrazano, then Brooklyn bridge and collects no tolls. FOH.
 
#18 ·
I always do night shifts from 6-7pm to 1-2 am. $100 minimun on slow days, airport is always a good catch but you have to be lucky for it. The only thing that bothers me is drivers with Hi-Beams on and potholes that hard to see, especially on a rainy day. I drove in a day time before and it's way more stressful, especially when people are in the rush...
 
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The Other day,

P: hey man I am in a bit rush. Are you able to speed up a lil bit? (To newark airport from atlantic ave-****town brooklyn)
Me: i will try my best sir.
P: thanks man I appreciated it.
(Never sped up, maintained my 59 mph, tipped me 20$ lmao)
 
#21 ·
I'm a new driver and last weekend, the holiday weekend I killed it late Friday night and late Saturday night (7pm - 4am one night and till 5am the next). Did a lot of trips and made a lot of money with the party crowd especially around the meatpacking district and Chelsea and LES. A lot of people hopping from bar to bar, and that late Friday night it was still raining so it was awesome for us.
 
#25 ·
You're a new driver, we all told you they will give you good trips at first so you can think uber is good money..

But once your a driver for 3-4 months, say hello to pool/lines nonstop, and nonstop local 5$ rides.
It will be very rare that you get a 50-60$ trip.