https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-doordash-drivers-earn-below-minimum-wage-tips-study-2024-5Confirms what was already known. Uber and Lyft (
especially Uber) are horrible companies run by even more horrible people. No one who defends these s***hole companies has ever actually driven for them before - I have. They misclassify you as an "independent contractor" when you have no control over what rides you choose to accept. If you decline a ride b/c the pickup is so far away from you and the trip is so short that you won't make any money, they put you in a "time out", essentially forcing you to accept any and all rides and you actually
lose money. Uber is a massive welfare queen - they're the Walmart/McDonald's of the taxi industry. The only thing they "innovated" is how to legally pay their workers below minimum wage. A company that pays their employees below minimum wage and no benefits is a leech on the local community. Minneapolis was 100% in the right to do what they did and more cities and states should do the same.
