BAD DRŸVER

A New York Times writer says Lyft and Uber are now commodities since there is little that distinguishes the services from one another. And I’m having a hard time disagreeing with him.

"Ease of payment" and "shorter wait times" were the top reasons given by survey respondents as to why they chose services like Uber and Lyft over traditional taxi cabs in San Francisco.

L***’s now taking a 20% cut of Prime Time whenever it’s in effect, as opposed to going solely to the driver…who’s probably on the road for the purpose of Prime Time. 

Yeah, that’s a good point.  I hate to break it to you *REDACTED*, but over the past 2 months, I’ve helped onboard 53 drivers and that’s on the low end for recruiters.  When recruiting started, there were about 15 of us. I’m sure there’s more.  Do the math.  

So, what’s the deal? This evidence shows that L*** either:

1.) Doesn’t care about over hiring and driver oversaturation since the cost of hiring is relatively low and they pay nothing in regards to gas, car maintenance or anything related to the actual car being on the road.

2.) Doesn’t have a clue how to strike a balance between drivers staying busy and making sure passengers can get a Lyft in a reasonable amount of time.

If you want to make a living off of Uber, you’re going to have to drive an insane number of hours. 

Uber sends a “Partner (lol) Weekly” in the middle of every week.  For the last four weeks, the “Partner (again, lol) of the Week” has been this guy “Frank.”  

A week ago, the Weekly said that Frank gave 174 rides the previous week.

I don’t think people understand on the surface what that means.  

What it means is, Frank is giving an average of almost 25 rides EVERY SINGLE DAY.  With an over-saturated driver market, do you know how hard it is to give 25 rides in one day?

I drove for 10 hours last Friday and gave 13 rides.  I live directly in the middle of Los Angeles, not in bum fuck nowhere.

We can safely assume that means the dude is driving 12+ hours EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.  

Oh, he was partner of the week yet again this week. He gave 182 rides this week, eclipsing the 25 rides per day mark.

Lyft is also bringing on more and more former cab drivers.  This shit is so hilarious.  These companies are becoming the thing they set out to replace, just cheaper and more efficient.  

From Nathan, Driver Ambassador for Sherpa.

Seattle, Washington

Last week, Matt MacFarland, tech editor for The Washington Post, wrote an article on "Uber’s remarkable growth…" in response to Uber releasing numbers on their "Driver Impact"

Here’s the most notable quote: