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Quartz is estimating that driver pay is fairly low, right around minimum wage jobs. I think this is fairly accurate.
https://qz.com/1278707/the-uber-economy-is-actually-just-the-low-wage-economy/
According to Quartz, Uber drivers make just about the same amount as minimum wage workers
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Yes, thanks. but we all know that.
How much I make per hour depends on how I count the denominator of the equation, i.e. how many hours I am actually working. Do I count all the hours I am on the road or only coutn the hours I am driving passengers?
See, I don't feel like I am working when I am waiting on the side of the road. That's the fringe benefit of being an Uber driver. I can read, nap, play games on iPhone, knit, whatever.
Haha, the "fringe benefits." Makes sense though. What other job gives this ultimate flexibility.
...and really, if I am taking a nap, I don't expect to make money. Yes, I may gripe at Uber for not getting me enough fare, but I feel like that's a different problem.