[uberOtt]

It has been 3 weeks since I started to driver for Uber. Here is the summary of my trips for last 3 weeks.

I made about $782 from 102 trips before the Uber commission and $1 safety fees. And I drive in Ottawa market here in Canada. I think this is well below the minimum wage and Uber's slave labor wages.

 

[uberOtt]

Uber is exploiting the desperate people.

 

[uberOtt]

For your info, I do have day job that pays me around $45 /hr, and this UberX driving is part-time one. Here is the math:

Hours I put for last 3 weeks: 60 hrs
Total trips: 102
Total fares: $782.77
Gas : $150 ( gas is bit expensive compared to US )

$1 safety fees: ( 102 trips ) * 1 = $102
20% Uber commission : $ 156.55

The net I took home : $782.77 - ( 150+ 102+156.55) = $ 374.22

My hourly pay: $374.22/ 60 hrs = $6.24 /hr

For your info, the minimum pay in Canada is $11 /hr.

 

[uberOtt]

uberOtt Are you going to continue driving or quit?

Well, I try to experiment this little while, maybe, Saturday morning only. If I make Saturday morning $50, I won't try any other hours. I do not want drunkards in my SUV in the evening hours.

 

[uberOtt]

I guess you like destroying your car for less than minimum wage.

Yes, you're right about it.

 

[uberOtt]

Maybe big markets like NY and SF things are different, making decent money for Uber drivers, not certainly in small markets like Ottawa. What is funny that Uber is hiring 10s of new drivers every day.

 

[uberOtt]

Yet, drives for uber...

Comedy Gold !

You can't make this shiit up... they write themselves.

Lol!

 

[uberOtt]

With the low rates, Uber is sucking out the blood of drivers who have to pay 30% commission( $1 SF and 20%). Uber may not survive in many cities given their state of business model.

 

[uberOtt]

Here is one trip example I give you:

From downtown Ottawa to Airport, Taxi fares will cost around $30, while Uber costs about $15. Of the $15, Uber charges $4 from the fare, leaving only $11 from which you have to count the gas money both ways. With gas expenses ($6 to $9), you will make only $2 to $5 for 50 minutes.

 

[uberOtt]

http://nypost.com/2015/06/16/hundreds-of-uber-cars-seized-for-illegal-pickups/

I'm not sure how true this story is.

 

[uberOtt]

Hey uberOtt , I think you are the first Ottawa Uber driver (like myself) that I've seen on this forum. Welcome.

I agree with you on all points made in this thread. I often only drive Friday evenings (from 3pm to about 1am) and sometimes Saturdays depending family/friend events. When did you start driving?

djino

Hiya Djino,
I started 3 weeks ago, and usually work on Friday evening and Saturday. Even the usual busy Saturdays are not good enough for me, making around $6 per hour.
Cheers!

 

[uberOtt]

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These are a small sample of UBER Black job payment details. Great rates you may say - but not so.

I've been in the ground transport business longer than most sane folk

Now I KNOW that if all I had was those jobs at those rates I would eventually go broke. It would be a slow painful process, but those rates are unsustainable. Having private clients to underwrite my shifts allows the lower paying Uber work to increase the gross at the cost of a higher average. That is an ok outcome.

I encourage ALL UBERX drivers to keep looking for alternative work, give yourselves "headroom" in your lives so you don't miss opportunities elsewhere.

Pick the eyes out of the busy hours, work them hard when the work flows but ALWAYS "know when to fold 'em" as Kenny Rogers would say.

Unless you are productively engaged whilst waiting for the next ping (working on other stuff/study/paid surveys/job applications etc) on your laptop don't hang out like an addicted gambler thinking that the next ping will be the jackpot.

The measly amount that you take with UBERX is ok as it adds to your gross with other hopefully better paying stuff you do. But do it full time and it will grind you and your car down, not leaving much of two very inportant assets you own no good for much else.

That's my 2c, garnered from years in this game

My fares are nowhere close to your fares:

cheers!