For quite a while, the most popular country of birth of Taxi drivers in Australia have been India. The lack of barriers to entry being the prime reason for the Indian influx to taxi industry. The Indian diaspora here always found it difficult to land in well-paying jobs; generally blamed on racist undercurrents. But the situation is fast changing as the Indian population here skyrockets and the white population getting used to the Indian mannerisms.
With the entry of Uber, the conventional Taxi industry is dying a slow death. To survive they have to either emulate the Uber way or make them attractive to a specific segment of taxi riders. The scope of this article is to provide enough information for those planning to become Uber drivers. We have done our research; some of us even became Uber drivers for the purpose . We also took the pain to take multitude of Uber rides to talk to the Uber drivers to understand the challenges they face.
