There are a few reasons why you might not. For one, are you comfortable having drivers who are that desperate and unintelligent driving for you? It could hurt your brand. Of course, it might be tough to weed them out.If you can exploit the dumb and the desperate and prosper, wouldn't you? I'll keep lowering the rates to the brink of zero if there are drivers dumb enough to drive for me, I still collect the SRF and minimum fare commission.
Why not?
Having a higher rate doesn't stop dumb drivers from driving for me. They will sign up anyways, this is technology and Internet based so we can't tell who's dumb and who's not without an interview. Basically anyone with a pulse can drive for uber, and that's good, that's the game plan. Like it or not, Travis is a mastermind, he did every single thing right from the start, and is one of the most successful entrepreneur of this decade. I still wanna take a dump on his chest tho but the dude is smart, ruthless and smart.There are a few reasons why you might not. For one, are you comfortable having drivers who are that desperate and unintelligent driving for you? It could hurt your brand. Of course, it might be tough to weed them out.
Also, if you stop cutting whenever you can, you might have a happier driving force. This might lead to better rides and better word of mouth from the drivers.
Travis seems like he is just in a race to the IPO. Caring about his brand may be too much of a long term issue for Travis. Travis may be better suited as an "idea" guy and much less so as an effective manager or leader. He does not seem capable of being an effective day to day leader of the company.
We'll see, Travis could end up in debt or in jail. Does anyone believe his behavior doesn't extend to other parts of his life? Would anyone be surprised if he evaded taxes or gets brought up on racketeering, fraud or corruption charges?Having a higher rate doesn't stop dumb drivers from driving for me. They will sign up anyways, this is technology and Internet based so we can't tell who's dumb and who's not without an interview. Basically anyone with a pulse can drive for uber, and that's good, that's the game plan. Like it or not, Travis is a mastermind, he did every single thing right from the start, and is one of the most successful entrepreneur of this decade. I still wanna take a dump on his chest tho but the dude is smart, ruthless and smart.
Having a higher rate WILL stop the good drivers from leaving though and if a better rating system were designed the bad drivers would eventually lose business to the better drivers as the pax would be more discerning due to the higher rates. A rating system where the pax can see available cars willing to go to their location and the ratings for things like safe driving, cleanliness of car, knowledge of the city, even things that vary but are not necessarily positive or negative, like talkativeness would allow them to pick what works for them ON THAT DAY (because sometimes you would choose the driver whose city knowledge is the best as you're in a hurry and you don't care if his car is not pristine; another day you may not care about much but you absolutely don't feel like talking to someone--the "quiet" driver would be best then) but a low rating on too many things and that bad driver will not get trips.Having a higher rate doesn't stop dumb drivers from driving for me. They will sign up anyways, this is technology and Internet based so we can't tell who's dumb and who's not without an interview. Basically anyone with a pulse can drive for uber, and that's good, that's the game plan. Like it or not, Travis is a mastermind, he did every single thing right from the start, and is one of the most successful entrepreneur of this decade. I still wanna take a dump on his chest tho but the dude is smart, ruthless and smart.
Everything you do in life is a risk. Life it self is a risk.Having a higher rate WILL stop the good drivers from leaving though and if a better rating system were designed the bad drivers would eventually lose business to the better drivers as the pax would be more discerning due to the higher rates. A rating system where the pax can see available cars willing to go to their location and the ratings for things like safe driving, cleanliness of car, knowledge of the city, even things that vary but are not necessarily positive or negative, like talkativeness would allow them to pick what works for them ON THAT DAY (because sometimes you would choose the driver whose city knowledge is the best as you're in a hurry and you don't care if his car is not pristine; another day you may not care about much but you absolutely don't feel like talking to someone--the "quiet" driver would be best then) but a low rating on too many things and that bad driver will not get trips.
An easy way to reward drivers would be to allow them to set up their own clients by having them pay a smaller commission to you for rides where the client specifically requests them. This would allow drivers to build up a client base perhaps in their neighborhood.
Of course a REAL background check would also help to weed out some of those drivers as well.
And God forbid you put a limit on how many drivers you have. Of course if you made the platform available only 40 hours a week and no more than 12 hours a day that would help safety.
Which brings me to not being an asshole. If I were running this and my not giving a shit caused a driver who was working 100 hours a week to try and pay his crappy Santander lease AND keep a roof over his head to kill someone because he fell asleep at the wheel I would be devastated. But Travis has no conscience. He doesn't care. Yes, accidents happen but a decent person tries to minimize the risk. Travis doesn't give a damn about the drivers, the pax, or anyone else out there who is broke, suicidal, injured or dead as a result of Uber's practices.
IMHO you have to be a psychopath to act the way he does. We all know the research that showed that CEOs have more psychopathic tendencies than the general population. He's a prime example.
In that case if you can make money selling toys with lead in them is that ok? Cars without seatbelts? Even if it were legal does that make it ok when you KNOW those things are dangerous but make and sell them anyway? An Uber driver and his car are essentially being sold to the masses and there is no effort put into making that driver safer.Everything you do in life is a risk. Life it self is a risk.
Yes there are better ways of doing things, but taking high risk nets the most results and Uber has proved it. Uber is a single "transportation" company that has gone global in the shortest time, not including airlines.
POST # 9/Fuzzyelvis: Your last twoHaving a higher rate WILL stop the good drivers from leaving though and if a better rating system were designed the bad drivers would eventually lose business to the better drivers as the pax would be more discerning due to the higher rates. A rating system where the pax can see available cars willing to go to their location and the ratings for things like safe driving, cleanliness of car, knowledge of the city, even things that vary but are not necessarily positive or negative, like talkativeness would allow them to pick what works for them ON THAT DAY (because sometimes you would choose the driver whose city knowledge is the best as you're in a hurry and you don't care if his car is not pristine; another day you may not care about much but you absolutely don't feel like talking to someone--the "quiet" driver would be best then) but a low rating on too many things and that bad driver will not get trips.
An easy way to reward drivers would be to allow them to set up their own clients by having them pay a smaller commission to you for rides where the client specifically requests them. This would allow drivers to build up a client base perhaps in their neighborhood.
Of course a REAL background check would also help to weed out some of those drivers as well.
And God forbid you put a limit on how many drivers you have. Of course if you made the platform available only 40 hours a week and no more than 12 hours a day that would help safety.
Which brings me to not being an asshole. If I were running this and my not giving a shit caused a driver who was working 100 hours a week to try and pay his crappy Santander lease AND keep a roof over his head to kill someone because he fell asleep at the wheel I would be devastated. But Travis has no conscience. He doesn't care. Yes, accidents happen but a decent person tries to minimize the risk. Travis doesn't give a damn about the drivers, the pax, or anyone else out there who is broke, suicidal, injured or dead as a result of Uber's practices.
IMHO you have to be a psychopath to act the way he does. We all know the research that showed that CEOs have more psychopathic tendencies than the general population. He's a prime example.
Free will. Buy it or dont buy it, drive or dont drive it. Its your choice.In that case if you can make money selling toys with lead in them is that ok? Cars without seatbelts? Even if it were legal does that make it ok when you KNOW those things are dangerous but make and sell them anyway? An Uber driver and his car are essentially being sold to the masses and there is no effort put into making that driver safer.
A kid who is killed by a sleepy Uber driver shouldn't be exposed to the UNNECESSARY risk of having them on the road in that condition. Uber's practices do not even ATTEMPT to mitigate that risk.
I think you're missing my point. It's not just the drivers at risk here. It would be bad enough even if it were, but it's not.Free will. Buy it or dont buy it, drive or dont drive it. Its your choice.
You could be taking a road trip from NY to LA, you fell a sleep and killed 20 nuns on a bus. Cant blame Uber or China sweat shops for it. You made the choice to drive for too many hours.
Free will.
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One more time; God gave you free will. What you and every living being does with it, is your and every one else prerogative.I think you're missing my point. It's not just the drivers at risk here. It would be bad enough even if it were, but it's not.
Unless you're driving a semi and you have a deadline to meet that is only realistic if you don't sleep. The company who set the deadline has a choice that the extra $100 they make is not worth pushing their drivers to the point of driving under unsafe conditions.Free will. Buy it or dont buy it, drive or dont drive it. Its your choice.
You could be taking a road trip from NY to LA, you fell a sleep and killed 20 nuns on a bus. Cant blame Uber or China sweat shops for it. You made the choice to drive for too many hours.
Free will.
Such companies cant set such deadline because the driver will get a ticket, because drivers keep a log of hours driven and hours rested. Cops randomly check those logs.Unless you're driving a semi and you have a deadline to meet that is only realistic if you don't sleep. The company who set the deadline has a choice that the extra $100 they make is not worth pushing their drivers to the point of driving under unsafe conditions.