[Matt Uterak]

I'm sorry to hear it was less than an ideal start but this is the reality many of us face and we unfortunately find this forum after the fact or in an attempt to realize whether it's just us or whether driving for these services is really as bad as it seems. I would personally take the advice of others and try to find another job using your degree but simply don't settle until you get your "dream job in investment banking."

Personally I would immediately stop with the gum and water but I know many people here will have a different opinion on that. My position is:

1. Most passengers are ungrateful and will not say thank you or value it. "Most" being the key word there as I'm not trying to generalize but have little confidence in what I've seen thus far.
2. It creates an attitude of entitlement or caters to it.
3. You're making life harder for drivers that don't offer this because it's now created an expectation. Anytime I see someone commenting about their ratings being tied to gum or water I silently sigh and grumble.
4. Does UBER really pay us enough to offer gum and water? Are drivers treated with enough dignity and self worth as human beings that we should provide "above and beyond exceptional service" in the form of those items? For a few cents? I think you have the answer to this one already and I'm genuinely happy for the drivers that live in areas and have pax that they feel appreciate these added gestures in service.

I'd say upwards of 9/10ths of riders say thank you.

I end every ride with "Have an Awesome Night/Day!" or something similar.

 

[YouWishYouKnewMe]

That's strange, uber says its drivers can make $90,000 a year....

Even if you did take out $25k Uber commissions
Ballpark 50k miles ( highly unlikely unless Uber black or up ) $25kk

You got 40 k pretax
Take another 15%

36000 aka 3000 a month for working 300 hours

Fuc Uber math

 

[YouWishYouKnewMe]

There's always that one uber driver who ruins it for everyone.
I had an uber driver tell me he makes 300-400 a day (8-9 hr); not sure if that was an anti-tip measure or what

That idiot just had no idea driving 400 miles still means 400 x .58 in expenses which would erase a good $150 and probably tells ppl that so he doesn't feel like shit about himself which he should

People like to themselves in the name of positivity but there's nothing positive about Uber x

If you want to compare yourself to a Syrian living under bombing then you can think of being a Uber driver in LA being a positive experience eh

 

[haji]

life was never easy

 

[anthonymakey]

dont put the whole pack of gum out for them, only one at a time. mints too. i leave one in each door handle, and replace them often

 

[RamzFanz]

I realized your english was bad at realized. Maybe we start there and then move to American culture with advertising?

 

[Cooluberdriver]

Or work for a bank... Get paid $18-23/hr (not including benefits too!!) easily from places like Wells Fargo (without counting commission aka ur tips).

Get them to sponsor you for your series 6,63
Kick butt to get 7 so you can actually get your feet wet.

Jump ship to merrill lynch (if you're really good and in the Bay Area I can always connect you with a region market director, not guarantee of a job but hey) or some sort.

Bang, you're with an investment firm.

Don't waste your time on uber. It won't help your resume and may even hinder it.

+ on coldrider Q of why not using ur ee degree.

Merril sucks. I used to work for them when BOA bought them. There are other finance jobs that are way more lucrative and the reality is that only the top 1% of Meryl analysts make any real money. Try to find something in finance that does not require three years of your life to get a CFA

 

[MISC]

When you land your dream job and move up the ladder try to remember where you came from. Since you were once an Uber driver you'll always be an Uber driver to us. We may be poor but we're honest and will always welcome you back should you have a turn of heart. You have a home here filled with Uber family and you damn well better tip your family every time you take an Uber for the rest of your privileged life! Now get out of here and make us proud!

You go Little Johnny! ***wipes tear from eye***

 

[JLA]

Lol.. Really. I make about $175 to $200 a day and I work 5 days a week. $52k a year. I work when I choose to. I take lunch breaks when I choose to. If I need to make $1500 in one week,!

Is that net after you deduct your expenses out like Uber fees and the travel/car expenses. Honestly, I bragged just like you till I started crunching the numbers.

 

[sellkatsell44]

Merril sucks. I used to work for them when BOA bought them. There are other finance jobs that are way more lucrative and the reality is that only the top 1% of Meryl analysts make any real money. Try to find something in finance that does not require three years of your life to get a CFA

Top 1%

I don't think that's quite true. The person I know jumped from diff institutions and did this in less than 3 yrs

So, my over head for the year which is gas, lunches, vehicle up keep and occasion entertainment is 10k. Subtract that from me doing 52k in a year and I've made 42k for the year. I don't know about anyone else but 42k a year as a sole proprietor is not to bad. I personally know branch managers that work for chase bank that barely make that depending on a bonus. Personal bankers dont make that much. I know because I've worked both for a few different banks.

Heh depends on where u work and the %. I would feel sorry for anyone who doesn't work in downtown, a plush suburbia or Chinatown.

I've seen branch managers make less than 6 figures and ones who make over 6 figures.

I've seen bankers (they don't call it personal anymore, or at least the personal I know is not really a banker) make by OK and others that gain enough $$ to buy a house in the bay. So, again, depends on how you're doing because base wise (I mean, calculate it, at $20/hr with 40 a week and 52 weeks a year) is only 41k :/

If you're dealing with money all day and you're only taking home 41k before taxes, you'll get depressed too.

I only left because I was poached, well that and I was tired of getting folks to deposit seven figures only to be capped at 300k. or loans in seven figures and capped at 500k. Re-donk-a-oius

Eta--I also left because I wanted more skills outside of banking. I may return to the investment world because that's where things are swinging...but ultimately that space is changing and the bonuses are getting cut down drastically, and it's not that you can't make $$$ it's just you have to work 100x harder...but it's still easier imho than driving around (if you're not making less than minimum or at minimum and if that's the case for you and you good with it than mre power to you)

 

[Cooluberdriver]

Top 1%

I don't think that's quite true. The person I know jumped from diff institutions and did this in less than 3 yrs

Heh depends on where u work and the %. I would feel sorry for anyone who doesn't work in downtown, a plush suburbia or Chinatown.

I've seen branch managers make less than 6 figures and ones who make over 6 figures.

I've seen bankers (they don't call it personal anymore, or at least the personal I know is not really a banker) make by OK and others that gain enough $$ to buy a house in the bay. So, again, depends on how you're doing because base wise (I mean, calculate it, at $20/hr with 40 a week and 52 weeks a year) is only 41k :/

If you're dealing with money all day and you're only taking home 41k before taxes, you'll get depressed too.

I only left because I was poached, well that and I was tired of getting folks to deposit seven figures only to be capped at 300k. or loans in seven figures and capped at 500k. Re-donk-a-oius

Eta--I also left because I wanted more skills outside of banking. I may return to the investment world because that's where things are swinging...but ultimately that space is changing and the bonuses are getting cut down drastically, and it's not that you can't make $$$ it's just you have to work 100x harder...but it's still easier imho than driving around (if you're not making less than minimum or at minimum and if that's the case for you and you good with it than mre power to you)

I made more with black car than your bankers did

 

[UberEddie2015]

When a passenger said to me why don't you have water and candy I said why don't I just drive you around for free. My take min fare $3.20. I don't give pax anything Uber won't pay for.

I don't drive anymore as of today.