I enjoy driving long distance but it feels like I could have been a bit more in the fare. Maybe I am asking too much.

Uber asked me how I felt about my experience driving with Uber.. as a 1099 I should not be paying any taxes ,I feel. Also the insurance is the cost of Uber doing business, that should come from what they make, and not factored.. Not a rider or driver responsibility to factor in as such. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I've been ubering for about a week now. At the end of the trip, it shows 5 stars that aren't filled in.

No combination of screen tapping on or around the stars does anything.

I don't want to give these people zero stars, but the app is forcing me to not rate them so I can end the trip. Is there something I'm missing?

I was thinking the other day that why does their customer service suck so bad? They are the biggest rideshare company and yet their customer service for riders and drivers is shit. How does that make sense? Why would you slack so much on such a key area that can’t be that expensive to run especially with as much money as they make and how long they have been around. Plus with investors you think they would have fixed it by now or see some type of improvement. I hear riders complain and I as a driver have had issues. Not many but just slow and not always helpful or quick even as a diamond rated driver.

The hell😭

6 years delivering, first time. Customer was house sitting - not even her dogs. Not that deep, but it does sting

So today, each time I took a break using the coffee mug icon or stopped driving, I received a message warning me that if I continue to miss reserve trips, I won't be able to get them in the future.

Here's the problem: I didn't sign up for any reserve trips. I haven't signed up for any in several days.

I contacted support and they said I'd receive an email in 6-12 hours.

Can't figure out which documents I still need.

Hey y'all. I'm in "Standard Mode" in my market and I've noticed in the past couple of weeks especially, almost EVERY "exclusive" ride I'm getting is Uber Share. Last year, if I'm remembering correctly, the "Exclusive" rides I was getting, even though I was in "Standard Mode," were mainly a split between Uber Share and Uber X, with the occasional Uber Comfort thrown in there. Nowadays, it feels like almost every "Exclusive" ride is a Share ride, which has been low pay and where I've had the most trouble with pax.

Is this written in the terms and services somewhere that "Standard Mode" drivers will get vast majority Uber Share (I think I saw one "Exclusive" Comfort ride tonight)? Is this Uber trying to punish "Standard Mode" drivers and force us into the pathetic "Advantage Mode"? I don't remember it being like this last year.

Not that the eatings matter much, but has anyone else not had one rating in the last two months? I haven't gotten one, good or bad. Really weird.

Anyone else get this notification in their app ON THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY? 🤔 Shows how much Uber really cares about human trafficking with their sloppy standards to "fight" human trafficking 😒 They still allow people to request rides using nicknames and initials 🙄 And don't get me started on not requiring a photo of who we're supposed to be picking up 🙄

I had a reservation soon so of course I’m not taking any offers but uber keeps sending them and when you ignore or X them out it kicks you offline. It did this repeatedly and each time I quickly get back online for not to be kicked off again when I ignore offers because of my reservation that is approaching. Well during the split second it kicked me off and I get back online message says reservation was cancelled because I wasn’t online but only because they kept kicking me off. I get a warning and notice a 1 star on my rating later seems a pax can rate if that happens anyway it’s not my fault and uber needs to fix this.

Summary at the bottom. I hope formatting doesn't screw up.

Trying to work out the inherent value of a car and driving for uber. $50k EV, $0.12/km tire/fuel combined, ~$200 monthly fees, another $0.08/km for random maintenance fixes (pads, glass, lights, deductables)?

Warranty is good for 6-10 years, the battery will hold out for at least 5000 cycles which is a ~million km.

Uber limits vehicles to 10 years so that seems like reasonable cutoff point.

Uber for me is averaging between $1-$3/km, depending on distance, so let's say $2/km, cut in half is a nice even $1/km. I drive part time at 3,000km/mo but full time drivers probably can do at least 8,000km/mo

10 year plates/insurance = $24,000 ($2,400/yr)

Consumables at 3kkm/mo: $43,200/10 = ($4,320/yr) Income for 10 years = $360k/10 = $36,000/yr ×.75 = ($27,000/yr)

Consumables at 8kkm/mo: $115,200/10 = ($11,520/yr) Income for 10 years = $960k/10 = $96,000k/yr ×.75 = ($72,000/yr)

Clearly this doesn't scale well at higher mileage, has an unhealthy amount of optimism, and I ignored taxes, but to answer my own question my example car will cost $75,000 and $0.20/km, but earn $1/km, a net of $.80/km. That's $28/hr at my average trip speed of 35kph, which would take 5,500 rides on average to pay off the car, that's two years of diamond tier. Metric measurements and Canadian dollars.

TLDR a lot, but not really. It's like you and your car are earning minimum wage, which is an improvement from just you earning it.

Uber is nuts sometimes!

I live in Baltimore. It's dangerous. I cancel a lot because things look sketchy. Have you guys got this message yet? Should I be concerned.

My wife ordered some food. Took almost an hour to be picked up. Obviously it was overpriced but we didn't want to cook. Almost an hour, and a fair tip was included.

You can't order food anymore. These parasites control it now and they make you pay $40 for a fucking cheeseburger which will likely be wrong or not get to you. Its not the drivers fault UE is a disaster. I tried doing deliveries. They must be losing drivers left and right and I'm sure its only a matter of time since Uber rideshare gets clapped lack of workers. Fuck Dara and I hope he dies a slow painful death in prison where he belongs.

Today I picked up a lady who selected share. She canceled while I was driving to another pax. Then she kept riding while I dropped off that person and picked up another. By the next person I realized she had no drop-off location. Then I had an Uber x pickup and they threw her out. I don't think I was paid by her. Crazy scam.

She was like 130 years old. After we started driving she's aid she waned to go to south xyz blvd. Not north. I got a block away and turned around and told her she needed to change the destination or cancel the ride. She cancelled. I got a 1 star rating. Can a PAX rate after cancelling?

My life got complicated recently when my 2018 hybrid failed an emissions test because of the catalytic converter. I was quoted at over $3k to fix this problem, money I don’t have or want to spend even if I did have it.

I needed to pass the emissions test to renew my Utah car registration & continue driving for Uber. This problem puts my Uber driving future & car ownership in serious jeopardy if I can’t renew the car registration.

I have family that lives in Idaho & I live close to the Idaho border. Idaho doesn’t require an emissions test. So I wondered, could I register my car in Idaho & continue driving Uber in Utah with a Utah driver license?

This situation feels oddly dire for me to sort out, so thanks for any advice.

Tl;dr because i value my time

Someone might call this "terrible service" but when im getting paid $0.50 cents a mile and the pax is taking 8 minutes to come out there is 0 , ZERO justification to provite good service.

Also if a pax looks sketchy i immediately cancel fuck this dog shit company

Also I will be leaving uber soon, so my #1 goal right now is to get some fat chick and then tell her that she is too fat to get into my car and hopefully land screwber a million dollar lawsuit.

I keep my doors locked and don't open them unless the pax is VISIBLY willing to behave

Otherwise its an unconditional cancellation

Active time on rides it’s going as low as $15/h

Is it too strict? Is it constitutionally restrictive? Or does it rightly address public safety concerns for drivers/passengers?