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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 | 2 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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fastball ◴[13 May 17 11:38 UTC] No.14330444[source]▶
I rode for UberEats for two weeks and made roughly £22 an hour.

To be fair, this was when they were just coming into London and offering crazy bonuses to steal market share from Deliveroo, but still, this isn't controversial - if someone pays you bad wages, don't work for them...

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libeclipse ◴[13 May 17 12:13 UTC] No.14330546[source]▶
That's some solid advice, but for some people, that's simply not an option.

If you can't find work elsewhere, you'd rather work for pennies than for nothing.

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Murkin ◴[13 May 17 12:35 UTC] No.14330657[source]▶
So its better that Uber didn't offer this job at all?
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jacobr ◴[13 May 17 12:44 UTC] No.14330678[source]▶
It would be better if they offered the job with reasonable wages and conditions. If consumers are not willing to pay enough for Uber to be able to offer this, they have a poor business model or are in the wrong market.

You could say the same about any regulation, if you cannot manufacture something at a reasonable price without polluting more than allowed, you need to change your prices or adjust your business model.

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dominotw ◴[13 May 17 13:57 UTC] No.14330986[source]▶
> you need to change your prices or adjust your business model.

so its better for a job to not exist rather than exist without reasonable wage?

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1. jacobr ◴[13 May 17 14:19 UTC] No.14331095[source]▶
The alternative is for Uber to invest in increased productivity, just like other industries. Making each worked hour give more return. They could supply better bikes, as another poster suggested less downtime for drivers, better algorithms to cut the length of the routes, higher fees for customers... I'm sure there are clever people that can figure it out.
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