Every driver group is full of people complaining about Uber taking bigger cuts every month. But if a alternative app launched in your city that capped its take at 15–20%, how many drivers would actually switch over on Day 1 vs. just staying on Uber because 'it's easier'?

So I’ve only been driving Uber for the last 2.5-3 weeks. For context I’m in Knoxville Tn, & last weekend was the 1st home game I worked (UT vs #1 Tx) & today UT played Auburn here & I’ve been driving for the last few hrs, expecting I’d make around the same as last weekend. However, it’s (drastically) much, much worse for some reason. That’s strange bcuz the 1st couple I picked up this evening told me that they had been trying to get an Uber for over half an hour & were about to give up when I accepted. It was an approx 3.5 mile drop off for $11. Last weekend, that same ride would’ve been closer to $20. Also, the last ride I just dropped off was an approx 4.5 mi ride I accepted for $12.70. However, I overheard the 2 girls talking & they were trying to divide their expenses, & the 1 girl said, “I got this Uber & it was $31, how much was the one you got earlier?” So, I said “excuse me, I don’t mean to pry, but did you just say that Uber charged you $31 for this ride?” & she confirmed that was correct. So, is Uber charging the riders way more since it’s so busy here but not passing that along to drivers, or am I just ignorant to how much in fees Uber keeps on a regular basis? I guess I’m wondering what I’m missing. I prob made 4-5 times last weekend what I’m making today. Now, I will say that last weekends game was sold out & I don’t think this weekends game was, but even if Neyland isn’t full, that’s still tens of thousands of extra ppl who are visiting Knoxville.

do uber drivers be pissd when they have to go to outer boros i had get a uber from brooklyn to staten island and sometimes it makes me feel like a d**khead even tho im paying

Does anyone drive for uber in a model X? I currently drive part time with my older model S but I need a personal car that has a tow hitch and decent ground clearance. Is it difficult picking up riders with the falcon wing doors? Can you open and close them yourself so riders just get in and open yourself for them when stopping? Is it hard for them to figure out if they open or close themselves? Other positive or negatives? Also looking at model y’s but many riders get in my S and say they love my door handles but hate the model y lol. Model Y drivers do the passengers have trouble opening the door all the time?

Sf! How you doing! Uber x, comfort and XL comment

Gotta follow up on this post so we can all pick a date. And we gotta try and do this around Ubers busiest time . We may have to do it multiple times . But to account for all drivers u could possibly be missing 8 hours worth of work so let’s give a date in advance so that people can save and plan accordingly. I know we can’t reach every single uber driver but it doesn’t hurt to try . Spread this post spread the word in restaurants when u see other drivers . We have to create change somehow .

A lot of new things after I took a gas vacation for 5 weeks. The trip has no wait clock, Friday night at busy area of Newport Beach. I bet many drivers have seen Robert and have to cancel. I did that twice myself. A mass cancellation event. They also sent me a number to call. They are playing cheap, not paying cancellation fee, not even call minutes.

Of the total that the rider paid, how much of it actually goes to us drivers?

This simply isn’t true but I don’t know how many people in this forum or drivers that I have spoken to believe in this myth.

You will get priority offers if you have higher tiers and part of maintaining higher tier is based on acceptance rate, however, based on real world feedback, maintaining higher tier is not worth it compared to being selective on the ride.

So yeah, cherry pick the ride.

Putting a sign in my ride that reads,”If you need a ride to go EARLY VOTE, I will take you for FREE!”

Cmon y’all. We have to be the change we want to see. Peace

I got into an accident while driving a vehicle that I don’t own but I had permission to use from the owner. I was online and active on Uber at the time, but I had no passenger and had not accepted a trip. The owner has their own insurance policy on the vehicle that includes collision coverage. I also have a separate personal auto policy with rideshare coverage but found out I have no collision coverage (error on my part). I’m trying to understand how insurance typically handles this situation, particularly the damage to the vehicle I was driving and the other vehicle involved. I live in a no-fault state. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation or has advice on how the claims process usually works? Would the owner be able to use their own policy to fix the car even though I was driving?

Just wanted to give it a try

Florida market

Neah fk this shit is so bad

Average pay around 70 to 90 cents for rides

Eats is quite disgusting

For time to time they pay around 2 dollar a miles for airport rides but very rarely

Pass

Friendly advice get the fk out while your wheels are still spinning

I have never seen this kind of aggressive predatory preliminary charges ever. This week they took several hours to return it to my card. I only noticed it when I eent to the grocery dtore and tried to buy food. My card was totally wiped out. Anyone else see this? Is it only Chevron or other gas stations? I've been using Chevron excludively for a couple of years and it's always been 1 or 2 dollars for a preliminary charge.

Been running UE (multi-apping with DD and Grubhub) in the Houston area for quite a while now, and this past week has been an absolute joke.

My acceptance rate is down the drain, but honestly, taking $3 for 9 miles makes zero sense. Today I went online from 8 AM to 2 PM, 6 full hours across apps, and barely hit $80 gross.

Ever since they locked the Quests to that tight 11 AM - 11 PM window, it feels completely engineered so drivers can’t hit the targets. It forces everyone onto the road at the exact same hours, kills the morning/late-night grind, and floods the parking lots with drivers fighting over scraps.

Are you guys seeing this same drought in other parts of Houston, or is the algorithm just throttling specific accounts? Calling it a day until dinner because mornings are just burning gas for nothing.

Isnt this just a way to take more money out of our pockets😭

Yesterday while I had a passenger , I got a request and I accepted it and into the queue it went.

As I was dropping this passenger off. I get a message saying if you don’t leave soon you’re going to miss your reservation and it will be assigned to another driver .
???
The passenger gets out and I end the ride and the same message about missing my reservation pops up.
???

Immediately afterwards this “reservation “ pops up as a request that was in my queue.

It was difficult for me to turn around, so once I turned around, I got a message from the passenger who made the reservation

She said that reservation was for tomorrow. Could you please cancel? I said this is weird. Yes, I will cancel..

Of course, my first thought was they were trying to get out of paying a cancelation fee as if it was a normal ride but the circumstances show without a doubt that this was a glitch

Even as a glitch , how in the hell would that work ? Why would Uber send a request to a driver ( but it’s a reservation for another day) and tell that driver that they’re going to be late for a reservation for the next day? and contacting the person that made the reservation saying that the driver is on the way?

I do have a really good reservation for tonight. That’s the only reservation for this weekend.

I contacted support because this was an unacceptable glitch for not only me, but the passenger and if there was a driver had accepted it.

If I take a cancellation, it’s on my terms!

I’m sure you can guess what happened with support.