'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours
'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours
If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.
If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.
"I did a ride the other day, and she said she paid $102 for a 40-minute ride. I got $25, and that’s because I had a $5 bonus!" said Lyft driver Debora Williams. "It’s just ridiculous."
Come on, cut out the middle man. They're providing nothing of that value.
I'm not sure id just hire some random guy without some middleman providing me some kind of safe guard for being scammed
And how precisely does having an app any rando can download provide any safe guards? I can assure you their background checks are pure PR. These drivers are not employees, according to the company. What do you think happens when a driver assaults or robs someone? What makes you think that criminals wouldn't just steal a phone from a driver and use that to get victims? The app provides no security other than theater.
It’s a match making service. They also provide some nominal oversite. Are they abusing things? Absolutely.
So heres the problem. If you made this every hour consistently that would be like $37.50 an hour or about $78k a year. But you likely wouldn't have a ride back to the airport and $78k a year is probably shit pay given house prices and cost of living in Atlanta. And this isn't taking into the fact that you are destroying your car with all the wear and tear.
I have a close friend who drives for Uber and he treats it like a game and is very selective about when he drives and rides he accepts since this isn't his primary job. It's the only way to do this. Otherwise you’re just making lots of money for Uber.
We just need another ride share, to cut out lyft or Uber. Then that 3rd company will raise their rates.
Nationalize Uber and lift, and selling it to an employee owned taxi coop.
Or not?
"It was absolutely no problem tonight. We got one in three minutes,"
Any rideshare driver hurting for cash ignores this. It's not like they're a union.
That's the effect surge pricing will have on the situation. Other drivers who need money more will make use of the increased rate.
Leaving the cab drivers going "YESSSS!"
MARTA gang rise up!