Uber Driver Earnings

Uber doesn't tell you "you'll make 15$/h".They tell you "this drive will make you / made you 27.98$"It makes it a lot harder or less likely for the users to compare to an actual wage, especially since the uber jobs are basically provided on a as-needed basis.

So little? They got $15 for presumably a 15 min ride? They will probably do several trips just in that hour, and most full time drivers do 25+ trips a day. It adds up.

Drivers make profits as well, no?

Not if you also moonlight as an Uber/Lyft driver

Sounds like taxi drivers should be paid by the hour instead of per fare.

Considering they are pushing cost for vehicles, vehicle maintenance, insurance, payroll taxes, fuel, unemployment insurance and uniform onto their workers, I'd say they are paying peanuts. You'd have to shortsighted to see why this is worse than a normal job. I'd also guess that the rates will drop the minute they get some traction, just like Uber.

> “drivers would earn a minimum of approximately $21 per hour while on a trip, including the costs of their average expenses.”"while on a trip", aka "not really $21/hour", because even in extremely dense areas, drivers have downtime between trips, during which they typically have to either drive around aimlessly, find a place to idle/park, or drive to their next pickup.

Sounds like that guy might make more money driving with Uber than having to pay $80/day to play.

the author makes the implicit assumption that someone can find a better way to make money and that driving for uber comes with a large opportunity cost, but that is not always the case. $5/hour driving pays more than an hour watching TV ding nothing.

Point out the Uber drivers making $10K/mo for quarter time work. Otherwise this argument falls flat.