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I spent two weeks delivering for Uber Eats and made $4.40 per hour

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383 points imartin2k | 6 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source | bottom
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arekkas ◴[13 May 17 11:05 UTC] No.14330355[source]▶
Time and time again, Uber has shown that undercutting their competitors in pricing is not done through smart technology or better business models, but by avoiding regulations and getting away with inhumane wages.
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1. smcl ◴[13 May 17 12:32 UTC] No.14330636[source]▶
The rates and stuff don't look like the main issue, the quote at the summary of his Uber section gives more insight - "The deliveries are too few". I dislike Uber as much as the next guy, but it sounds like they've either got too many couriers or not enough partner restaurants to make it worthwhile for the guys they have working or them.
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2. arekkas ◴[13 May 17 12:35 UTC] No.14330656[source]▶
Uber not penetrating the market yet is not an excuse for their actions nor does it contradict the statement above.
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3. g00gler ◴[13 May 17 12:50 UTC] No.14330696[source]▶
I really like the selection on Uber eats but the delivery fee is typically 2.5-5x higher than GrubHub, thusly I rarely use it.

Might be a contributing factor.

4. hopfog ◴[13 May 17 13:07 UTC] No.14330753[source]▶
Yes, the rates are quite good if the system works as intended. From the article:

> “Hello Erik! Today you are guaranteed 300 SEK per hour in “generated amount” when you deliver with Uber Eats during 11:00 am – 1:00 pm & 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Hope to see you online!”.

The problem is that you need to accept 1 - 1.5 deliveries an hour to activate this, which wasn't possible for the journalist due to the reasons you're mentioning.

Uber is now revising the incentives system:

http://www.breakit.se/artikel/7575/efter-breakits-granskning...

http://www.breakit.se/artikel/7608/efter-kritiken-sa-forandr...

Disclaimer: I work for one of the companies handling the salary administration.

5. asabjorn ◴[13 May 17 13:11 UTC] No.14330778[source]▶
Driving for uber eats and uber ride sharing will probably be much busier. Maybe even with no downtime.
6. smcl ◴[13 May 17 13:11 UTC] No.14330780[source]▶
We could be talking about lots of things when "their actions" - they're no stranger to controversy or being kinda shitty to their employees - so what specifically do you mean?