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Originally Posted by mhays
Where did I say "average guy"? Read more slowly, then start over.
Average pay is a topic you brought up, using widely-refuted numbers Uber has actually gotten fined for. I simply refuted it.
Also I've said nothing related to most of your points.
How's this...respond to the point at hand. Try for something that's not just your opinion or company propaganda.
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I have no idea what the company propaganda is. I disregard everything that's non-essential so please drop the erroneous assumption that I know or care about that. I like how you just throw things out there; I've noticed you excel at that.
Where did I say anything about average pay? You brought that up; since data is sterile with zero context I merely put a human face on average. One thing I'll apologize for is that I missed your link. My focus was on live streaming the Avalanche hockey game so I missed it.
With respect to the ridester piece it's close enough, however... it's also irrelevant. I wanted to double check experience breakouts so I did a quick google. From
Yahoo Finance I found this:
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“One of the important points is that the average Uber driver lasts on the job for about three months,” Mishel said. “And, the vast majority work very part-time, less than 10 hours a week.
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Now that I have some context to work with including the ridester article...
Rideshare is an easy entry job and people assume all they have to do is turn on the app and make lots of money. I'm probably the exception in that before I started I went online and learned the in's and out's, the do's and don'ts. OK so most people don't do that.
There are drivers who hang out at the airport queue playing blackjack for a couple of hours waiting for that one good ride. Some people turn the app on at home waiting for a trip. Some congregate at hot spots and shoot the breeze. You think that's a valid way of measuring earnings per hour? It's accurate from a data aggregation POV but it's also misleading, pointless.
Lots of people use rideshare as a bridge between jobs. While it's not that difficult to make $20 an hour or more it's also not hard to make only $15. They may drive for only a few weeks or months as that is their intention. Recent graduates use rideshare after they've moved cross country to wherever before they find a real job. Not knowing the landscape does make a difference.
Any job takes a few months to get the hang of things. If you can't make a minimum of $15 net of gas expenses then you need to get a real job and I assume that's what happens. Any legitimate measure for rideshare earnings should use drivers who have at least 6 months of experience. Otherwise there's too much noise from clueless or itinerant people included.
The figures I'm using are from experienced drivers who have learned enough to easily make $20 an hour which should be absolute minimum for anyone who wants to keep doing rideshare. $25 an hour is fairly typical for any driver who has gone through the learning curve.