• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    I’m not arguing that this is a good deal or met whatever goal. I’m just saying it’s an upgrade. Also, as a former uber driver, there are strategies to make the best use of your time. If this new wage applied to my location I would buy a car and make a killing. That said, I’m in the minority that prefers to run their own business rather than be an employee so if I have to be a wage slave again then no thanks.

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      5 months ago

      Okay…

      Give me the math of how this new wage would help you “make a killing”.

      Keep in mind that this wage merely sets a floor for the specific-minutes when you have a fare.

      • (And brother - driving for uber is not “running your own business”… it’s being maximally-exploited by a business… with no liability-protection, no security, and almost zero rights.)
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        5 months ago

        (And brother - driving for uber is not “running your own business”… it’s being maximally-exploited by a business… with no liability-protection, no security, and almost zero rights.)

        Both can be true! There’s a reason I quit that shit years ago.

        https://www.youtube.com/SolidDriver

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          5 months ago

          I’m waiting for the math… Support your claim that you would “make a killing”.

          I don’t see how you would…

          The most you could possibly make would be $32.50 in an hour… (and that’s ONLY if you had a fare for ALL 60 minutes of an hour… and somehow still made less than $32.50 from those fares).

          …And you’d be driving your own car and burning gas for that whole hour…

          So show me (with math) how you’d be “making a killing”.