Uber Drivers Plan Boycott After Fare Cuts Slash Their Earnings to Below Minimum Wage

[Fuddnik]

4. I've worked for both.

I quit Uber after they slashed our rates for a third time in 6 months. You never have any contact with another human being at Uber, unless it's by e-mail, which takes days, and then your problem isn't even addressed.

A couple of arbitrary low ratings from jerks or drunks, and you're out of a job, with no way to appeal a low rating. And they expect you to provide beverages, at your expense to said jerks. You work for about $5.00 per hour, and tipping is not allowed.

Uber is the ultimate corporate parasite.

Also, medallion companies are basically in the car leasing business. They want that cab on the road, otherwise they don't make any money, thus, it's not in their interest to saturate the market, because if you're not making the money to pay your lease, you're not going to work there.