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Why drivers need to decline sub $25 trips
A driver needs to make a certain dollar amount a day ($250-$300) to survive and there is only so long they can drive before needing time off.
So I’ve outlined real world figures here.
$3-$5 trips 12 over 12 hours = apx $75 gross (half that after gas).
4-7 $25+ trips over 12 hours = $250-$300+. (then minus about $60 worth of gas).
So it’s painfully clear that drivers need to choose trips that are just long enough (but not too long) and to areas where there’s a chance of getting a trip back, over time consuming short trips that don’t pay.
Customers of course are getting pissed they can’t get a short ride and it’s Uber’s fault entirely.
Drivers don’t want to lose their place in any que (or waste time) to be chasing short trips, even if given priority access because in that 10 or so minutes they could have been selected for a longer trip.
So what should Uber do about this?
My idea is a hourly contractor rate and let the alogrithm handle the dispatching and deciding whom to decline for trips instead of it being placed upon the drivers, like it’s our fault or something.
An alogrithm can do a much better job of being efficient, especially reducing deadhead miles.
The driver puts in their desired destination and arrival time and the alogrithm does the rest, adjusts for traffic, delays and customer changes (stops) as it goes.
With an hourly contractor rate we also get paid for deadhead miles and time. Which is the main reason drivers are cherry picking in the first place.
So how much should we get per hour?
$40+ per driving hour (with customer wait time of course). yep that.
A typical driver can drive 7 hours a day everyday, after that they start becoming dangerous on the roads.
That’s $280+ a day. 😁
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