true...here in NYC, you cant make more than $12 an hour even during boost/peak hours. If you get a good trip for let's say $7 or $8, you wont be getting any more trips until the very top of the hour and when you do get it, it'll be around $4-$5. In the off chance you do make more than $12 in an hour by getting 3 trips, the next hour will suck out all the momentum and leave you somewhere around $20-$24 dollars for 2 hours of work. Oh and guys when you email for $5 for lateness, don't do it until the end of the shift bcz somehow the algos calculate that towards your per hour fixed rate and during the next hour you wont be getting trips or really bad ones.