https://uberpeople.net/threads/considering-becoming-a-driver.145472/

Lots more like this. Do not give up your day job. Do NOT get that leasing program thru Uber. Do a quick search. Good luck.

 

Dont do it. You will regret ever joining this evil company after your honeymoon. You will make minimum wage or a bit higher. The worst part about driving uber riders are their riders particularly in the cities. If you were unemployed its a different story. I would say you can try it and get their incentive but you must keep in mind that during your honeymoon they feed you the best and most proffitable fares. If you decide to chase their new driver incentive DO NOT quit your current job. They designed their system for you to do just that. Once you do they know they got you

 

Ditto dat

Hi I live in the Daytona area which is basically the same type of tourist town. All I can say is do not plan on doing this full time! Do not believe the people who will tell you that you can make $1,000+ a week doing this. That is very rare these days in almost every area.

I've driven for about five months here mostly during the day and on average I do about 1 ride per hour and $5 an hour gross (before deducting gas and other expenses). Yes I am serious. If you don't believe me feel free to PM me and I will send you screenshots for my last couple weeks. It will open your eyes for sure.

If you do this then do it only part time or say to help make your car payment. The best use for driving Uber in 2017 in most areas in my opinion is to simply turn on the app when you are by yourself and on the way to the store or elsewhere and are not in a hurry. Then you might earn a little bit of money to pay for your gas for the day and maybe a bit on your car payment and insurance. That is the SMART way to be a Uber driver in 2017.

You're where I was at when I finally quit. Earnings just kept going lower and lower. I was finally to the $4-$5 an hour spot when I pulled the plug permanently.
Uber has destroyed so many families.

Uber's imminent demise cannot happen soon enough.

 

Keep your current job, and if you can work out childcare you can consider driving your own car for Uber part-time. If your car doesn't qualify for Uber, look for other types of work.

Don't even think about leasing from Uber to drive. The leases are $170-$180 per week, which is crazy.

 

A Corolla is 150 a camry is 180 per week. No down payment no depreciation no maintenance. If you want to destroy you car, pay oil changes, brakes, CV joints, tires, it doest sound that bad. And the best part, you return the car when you want. Of course you will need to make at least 1200 a week, which means working like 10 hrs a day 6 days a week

 

Three have answered and I certainly won’t be the last. After factoring in all of the variables such as depreciation and taxes, you will not make enough money to support you and your 4 kids. Those that are supporting their family exclusively through Rideshare driving are driving 50-70 hours a week and also working during the optimum times, which are 5am-9am, 4pm-7pm, and 11pm-2:30am. (They work more than just these hours, but those windows are when a full-timer will likely make 60-70% of his/her income.)

What Ridesharing can do for you is allow you to pick up some extra spending cash when you have a little free time to drive. With 4 kids and being a single parent, I would absolutely keep or find a regular full-time job.

 

Hey speaking as a fare-for-hire veteran of the transportation for pay business I can say read and re-read all the posts before me.................... I drive a taxi have for 13 years with over 500,000 miles under my belt I also own my cab but anyways if you really want to jump into the transportation for pay business as a full time driver to be able to make a life for you and your kids DO NOT I repeat DO NOT try to do Uber especially with a car leasing through them.....terrible .....absolutely horrible mistake going through them the payment is ridiculously high ...........best advice I can give you is look into driving an actual Taxi.....you know painted numbered and regulated as a true Taxi..........not some messed up immoral unethical illegal 3rd party wanna be cab company.
Good luck

 

Bad move

 

8-6 x 4 days = probably between $300-$600 'gross' weekly earnings (before expenses).

After calculating expenses, is it worth it?

 

8-3pm are some of the worst hours to drive, so you might get decent pay between 3-6.

Remember, you are driving people when they need a ride. What happens between 8-5pm? Everyone is already at their job!

I don't drive during the week, but the hours that people that do tend to be more split shift, like 5-8 (rush hour and airport rides) then from 4-9. Anywhere in between is known as an extremely slow period.

But that is kind of your issues with Massage Therapist as well I'm sure. Most people aren't going to be getting a Massage during work hours monday-friday. The same times that your current job is busy is when Uber is busy for many of the same reasons.

 

Hey, you could always drive and offer your Uber passengers foot massages! (Just joking around...around here, foot massages are often referenced because a lot of Uber passengers feel entitled.)

 

In St. Pete you're likely you get $300 to $400'ish a week during those hours. Subtract fuel and that equals 4 starving children. I'd suggest working Friday/Saturday nights but honestly your market is pretty saturated with part timers during those hours. Keep your day job, or find a better day job.

 

Then it helps that gas is getting so cheap, no?

 

DO NOT consider this a full time job, no matter what. Get a decent M-F job, and drive the lucrative weekend schedules if you do it AT ALL.

 

You have kids. So no no no! Your better off on assited liveing

 

>If I work 8a-6p 4 days a week do you think that will be enough
No. No. No. And absolutely No.

>and if I'm going to do the program that Uber has with the car lease through them?
No. No. No. And absolutely No.

See what kind of job programs your local area has. (maybe your local Goodwill location---not the stores---has free job counseling)

If you quit your current job and rely on Uber, YOU WILL BECOME HOMELESS. no joke. no sarcasm.

good luck. let us know how things turn out.

 

Buy a van, put your massage table in the back, provide happy endings and earn big tips...in the end. Double pay day!!!

For real though, parlay your massage business by the people you meet. Provide "on site service" (I come to you) and do runs in between your clients. Even advertise your gig with biz cards and discounts to riders. Good luck!

 

Single moms considering uber that pretty much shows the workforce out the friggin sucks. OBAMA screwed everything up!

 

DO NOT QUIT your job until you've driven 20-30 hours of Uber first. Why?
1) See if you like having strangers, drunks, amorous couples, sick people, idiots, etc in your car. Many people do not enjoy it.
2) See if you can maintain a pristine car with your kids also being in it regularly. Cleanliness is one of the few "must haves" for uber.
3) Uber is self-employment. You have to SAVE money for income tax and SECA (15.3%) at the end of the year. IF you are tight, you won't have enough to pay uncle sam, and far better to owe your landlord than the IRS. Your landlord can put you on the street. The IRS can take everything you have...and they unselfconsciously vicious...think socio-paths with federal gov't information.
4) What you make is far less than the advertisements and the idiot drivers you talked to previously. Check the rates per mile in your city. Remember Uber takes 25-30% of that. Expenses per mile in most cars is about $0.50/mile. You will be making penny's per mile.
5) Uber is a far better SIDE GIG where you only drive peak times for peak money...and even that isn't much.

 

Bad idea quitting any job to drive for Uber.

Leasing a car to drive for them...insanity.

With the immigration crackdown you can make $20 hour picking tomatoes. I told a local farmer I could supply him with a hundred Uber drivers at that rate.

 

Dont quit your job for Uber. It isnt worth it for a full time gig unless you are doing 70 hours a week. Because the per hour income is shit after your expenses are factored in.

 

St. Pete is in Tampa Bay area, with woeful rates:

>> Base $1.00, 0.80 a mile, and 0.11 a minute.

Yikes! I don't know how people even cover their expenses at those numbers. Remember, CalypsoCat, this is before Uber takes its cut off the top. Please heed what everyone else is saying and don't give up your day job.

 

No. Just don't do it. This company could go up in flames at any moment anyway.

 

No. Don't do it. Go apply for financial aid.

 

I have some beach front property in Idaho for sale if you are interested.

 

Hi I live in the Daytona area which is basically the same type of tourist town. All I can say is do not plan on doing this full time! Do not believe the people who will tell you that you can make $1,000+ a week doing this. That is very rare these days in almost every area.

I've driven for about five months here mostly during the day and on average I do about 1 ride per hour and $5 an hour gross (before deducting gas and other expenses). Yes I am serious. If you don't believe me feel free to PM me and I will send you screenshots for my last couple weeks. It will open your eyes for sure.

If you do this then do it only part time or say to help make your car payment. The best use for driving Uber in 2017 in most areas in my opinion is to simply turn on the app when you are by yourself and on the way to the store or elsewhere and are not in a hurry. Then you might earn a little bit of money to pay for your gas for the day and maybe a bit on your car payment and insurance. That is the SMART way to be a Uber driver in 2017.

 

[QUOTE="CalypsoCat, post: 2175359, member: 96651" If I work 8a-6p 4 days a week[/QUOTE]

These are the WORST POSSIBLE TIMES TO BE WORKING...

Reverse that and work...

6:00 PM to 8:00 AM wednesday to sunday...

Those are the only hours you will stand a chance of making a living.

 

I hear keeping baby pics on dash rolls in pity tips and blocks the usually inevitable advances...

PS don't do the lease. Dont quit your job. If you have an old car that qualifies and can get grandma or someone to watch your kids, try a few Friday and Saturday evenings. Or SUPER early Saturday and Sunday AM (start 3 or 4 am) if the rough party crowd clientele is too much.
If you have an old minivan or could use an old minivan, drive THAT instead.



Yes.

As one of the few people on here to actually get decent-ish money in this gig, I can tell you with 100% certainty: only nights and only long shifts... Fri-Sun if lazy, Thurs-Sun if serious, Weds-Sun if hardcore, Tues-Sun nights if desperate

 

[QUOTE="CalypsoCat, post: 2175359, member: 96651" If I work 8a-6p 4 days a week

These are the WORST POSSIBLE TIMES TO BE WORKING...

Reverse that and work...

6:00 PM to 8:00 AM wednesday to sunday...

Those are the only hours you will stand a chance of making a living.[/QUOTE]
Working 14 hours all night is a great idea. That way you are way too tired to feel the pounding sensation in your ass.