I would not put it past Uber and Lyft to try take tips. So I tip in cash when possible.

Always. The Prieto 80/20 Principle is near universal. Second degree goes from 20% to 4%. 3rd degree is the 1%.

Jobs do not grow trees and I’m getting real tired of explaining how and why.

The best solution for these drivers would be to get into a different job as soon as one becomes available.

If you have an education, a lot of those “entry-level” places just straight up won’t hire you. I was willing to take just about anything (not working in a daycare was my one “line”), and I couldn’t get hired. I had a Master’s, so they were like, “...wtf. No, you clearly will just jump ship the first chance you get.”.…

Yeah because people work crappy jobs because they want to. /s

Not enough stars.

It’s the labels that are throwing you off. This is still a valid graph. Of all fares (100% of fares), each slice represents a percentage of the total. It’s just unfortunate that the labels are also percentages as that’s how the data is being sorted.

The amount of people who read this article and immediately jumped to a “well, actually the data is flawed and Uber and Lyft are good actually” really makes me do a big, world cooling, fucking sigh.

Don’t be a cheap ass.  Tip your driver.  Preferably in cash.

Well go ahead and do an article on the data you wish you had, so you can compare it to the article Jalopnik did on the data they do have, and then we’ll see whose article is better.

If setting your own schedule is the litmus test for independent contractors, then everyone with flex hours is an independent contractor.

Isn’t the big difference that in corporate sales, the company you work for is actually spending a considerable amount of money to provide the item/service that you’re selling? For Uber/Lyft, the driver is incurring all of the expenses from providing the ride.

The switch from a percentage based compensation for drivers to the Upfront Pricing was the moment drivers became employees. Under the percentage based compensation, drivers created the final fare through the act of driving the passenger - the route they took and the time it took.

Thank you for doing this work! Uber & lyft are bad for a myriad number of reasons and this is high on the list.

The pertinent chart:

Anyone here a big Caddy fan?  I hear the CT6 is a great car and am looking at one down the road.  

While I think it’s cool; is it really a better commuter than a GTI or even an Accord Sport w/ 2.0T & 6 speed that both cost about the same? Both the GTI and Accord seem to offer a lot better value I would think. $28K seems like a lot to me for a 180hp Civic.

For your needs, you want comfort, luxury and refinement for an economy car budget, this is your ride.

You can buy an amazing Volvo S80 for 20,000 Trump Bucks