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1) There is very little economic sense in living in Sacto and driving in San Fran. There is no real traffic between the two. You're burning 4 hours and a tank of gas a day and you can make plenty of money driving in Sacramento. 2) Apparently gas is free. 3) The granularity of hours is pretty shitty. It's like "you worked 8 hours so of course you're going to stop" as if that ever happens. Also "whoops! You slept an extra 3 hours because if you're driving for Uber obviously you can't get your shit together!" It's pretty bizarre that it charges you for a phone charger but doesn't hit you for gas. Also, "a passenger slammed the shit out of your car so we suspended you from driving." I'd really like to see the footnote on that one.
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This weirdly glazes over most of the finances involved with driving, including almost bi-weekly oil changes, and the trap where you can get stuck near a university doing minimum fare drives for two hours only making ~$5/hr. Also the star rating is unrealistic as most people will give 4 stars when they're satisfied not realizing penalties for drivers start at 4.6 and below (or at least they used to). At least now people can tip; that was a huge reason I made the switch from Uber to Lyft and still exclusively use Lyft when I need a ride. I drove for Uber and then Lyft for a few months after grad school and literally never heard of that. Maybe it's a footnote for leased cars that didn't apply to me?It's pretty bizarre that it charges you for a phone charger but doesn't hit you for gas.
Also, "a passenger slammed the shit out of your car so we suspended you from driving." I'd really like to see the footnote on that one.
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I didn't even think about the oil changes, despite the fact that I've talked to drivers that are putting in 500 miles a day. I also didn't realize people were that big of dicks - the customer side of Lyft will ask you what the driver needs to improve if you give them four stars (which I think I've done twice, and that doesn't include the friendly lady that got completely lost during a blackout). What's hilarious is the first (only) time I took an Uber, the driver was astounded at how good my rating was without revealing to him that I had literally never been rated so of course I was a 5-star passenger. The leases are a whole 'nuther animal. They seem to be a truly peculiar, truly predatory instrument (although I've ridden with a couple drivers for Lyft for whom they made sense, but they were also driving like 90 hours a week).