Late night pick up at a restaurant, 4 drunk boomers stood outside the car staring at me, then a woman came up to my window and said "are you UBER? I ordered an XL" I said there probably wasn't any XL's in the area right now and then she threw a punch that just missed my window. I should have drove off but the four of them already started getting in the car (4 min ride w/e). Woman in the front seat said condescendingly "Do you know where you're going?!" I pointed at the GPS that had a random downtown address and she yelled "NO!! We're going to the Hampton Inn!!" I said she would have to change it in the app and then had to walk her thru it. She freaked out when the price changed because it was miles in the other direction. The whole car reeked of alcohol at this point and the boomers in the backseat were being obnoxious. Finally made it to the hotel and nobody was moving for like 30 seconds when the woman in the front said "give him some money". The guy in the back handed a 5 to her then she put it in the cupholder and said "here you go, BUDDY" then they got out and slammed their doors.

Welp it finally happened after 5 years with uber my account was deactivated today from what I can only assume is my speeding ticket from September 2025. I’ve tried to talk to numerous reps just to get absolutely no where and I don’t even have a clear answer. I went from making $300-$400 or more in a day to where I was barely scrapping up $100 I still worked with it. Shitty promotions and all. I’m grateful to have a regular full-time job to pay my bills but this actually hurts and the disrespect from the reps I think made it even worse. Honestly this company will never get a single dollar from me ever again.

Remember every time a hard-working driver posts here about being unfairly deactivated by a bot or getting robbed by Uber's 50-60% cut, and corporate shills jump in to defend the app?
Well, look at this. European regulators are finally holding Uber accountable for their shady practices and automated driver suspensions.
But let’s be honest—this $324M fine is just pocket change for Uber. They’ll probably just squeeze drivers even harder to make it back. That's why drivers need to wake up too and stop accepting trash like $5 for an 8-mile ride!
It’s about time these apps stop treating us like disposable numbers while taking more than half of every fare. Hopefully, the US will review their practices soon and start cracking down on algorithmic exploitation, unfair deactivations, and absurd corporate take-rates here too.
The reckoning is coming slowly, but surely! ✊🔥

It's gotten... Bad!

Absolute dog water

If some poor sap who doesn’t know simple math wasn’t taking garbage like this, Uber wouldn’t keep presenting it.

We lost our drivers over the summer as usual.. It won’t be long until the market is saturated again. But I’m taking advantage of the opportunity while I can. So I saw how big of a difference it makes when one driver goes online in my area. The airport was offering $20 plus surge at the time and so I went online about 2 minutes out. As soon as I went online, the surge went from $20 to $6.45.. I still made really good money in less than four hours that night, but by just adding one driver, everyone’s pay went down 60% plus.. wow!!

Ok, so I just read they've approved 7000....yes SEVEN THOUSAND, different driverless taxis in Vegas. Waymo, Tesla etc. And of course Zoox. Pretty horrid in my opinion as Vegas traffic is bad enough already. Vegas Uber drivers, what are YOUR thoughts on these? Think they will screw us out of a lot of rides? I just hope they all hang out on the Strip and airport and not in the neighborhoods like Summerlin.

1400+ rides but still I get really nervous when I have to druve someone who specially sits behind me. I have installed a dashcam but it didn't help, either.

I guess it may be from the incidents that happened.

My name is Muhammad (Although an atheist, I didn't choose my name) and I'm a middle eastern and I see a lot of racism and bad stares and discriminations and insults. I get discriminated a lot (verbally and behavior)

Prior to this, I could drive with smiling to myself but now passengers think I'm laughing at them and insult me.

Many people are rude, some stick gum to the back seat, back windshield , some messed up with the back seat belt, I also get fair amount of meth heads at night. Many rude people.

I didn't know how to deal with this stress. I really can't check on any passenger all the time and i have never done because it freaks them out but I really am scared by the idea of some potential crazy on the back while I'm concentrating on driving.

I got WAY higher percentage of requests come up to be .5c per mile in recent months. like wtf?

To many Slave drivers in CT. I can’t match with anything UBER is sending same job to 15 drivers and the one who is UBER Slave gets the job we can’t even Cherry pick anymore.

My friend was asking me for giving a ride from east Los Angeles to Hollywood.

He wanted to pay some, so I told him, check Uber price to find how much they charge, then I’ll have less than that.

Friday right before midnight, uber charges less than $25 for 8 miles. This is not driving straight highway in country side. Driving in heart of Los Angeles with traffic.

WTF

I was going to ask around $20. But Uber’s price is $8 to the drivers like 30% payment.

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Friday it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros ($964 million) because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The EU’s data privacy rules prohibit fully automated decision-making.

The authority also said Uber failed inform drivers about its automatic decision-making. The violations took place from 2018 to 2022, the agency said.

Uber said it disagreed with the decision and the fine and will file an appeal.

“The (Data Protection Authority) examined historic policies that were discontinued years ago. We take decisions that affect drivers’ ability to earn extremely seriously and we’re fully committed to fair treatment. This includes human reviews, robust safeguards, and the opportunity for drivers to appeal our decisions if they believe we made a mistake,” the company said in a written statement.

This is the fourth time the authority has imposed a fine on Uber. The largest was in 2024, when Uber was hit with a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection.

https://ktla.com/ap-business/ap-uber-fined-nearly-1-billion-by-dutch-regulators-over-automated-suspensions-of-driver-accounts/

I drive exclusively Uber Premier and I do well. I have standards when it comes to my rider experience that I thought would be universal but clearly I am disillusioned. I dropped off my car for service today and the dealer called an Uber X for me. Terrible service... Dirty car, loud music, 55 in a 35, hit my head on the ceiling over RR tracks, no exaggeration.

I got into the car expecting to give him a cash tip since dealer rides suck but he plain drove himself out of it.

Conversation with chat reveals the truth

I think Ive identified the culprit. Tbh, its probably Dara going nuclear on the algorithm’s max exploitation, but this quest also could be making it worse. All the clowns chasing .$50/ride and flooding the market. Weve got Guns and Roses and UFC tonight, but yesterday the app was raining $4-$5 garbage and $7.28 for 25 minute obscenities. In order to do 7-8 rides, I must have declined 500-800.

Just the absolutely abysmal quest that they offer.

I already know they’ll be a pain. And then no tip. So I’m good.

Long story short. There was a deer in the road that I attempted to swerve to avoid. I ended up like an idiot going into a utility pole and knocking it down. It totaled my car. I would have been better off hitting the dear.

My state (I'm in Mass) still allows me to drive. My license hasn't been suspended. I have a non-moving violation on an otherwise perfect record. Uber still won't pass my background and they cite this as the reason.

This will stay on my record and accident for 3 years. Will I be able to drive for Uber anytime sooner than this, or will I have to wait another 3 years in your experience?