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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you eat in your car during your wait time? Or ever? Maybe a couple of homemade pbj's at 3 am? How do you stay awake? [/quote]

Typically, no.  I can keep the wheels moving continuously for six straight hours between 9pm-3am on weekend nights without a break.  That's about the longest shift I'll pull nowadays.  I'm  there to make $$$, not sit around and eat PB&J.  If I go thru a drive-thru for a passenger request, I usually guilt the passenger into buying me something off the dollar menu as part of deal by grumbling "Ya know, I'm losing money by doing this..."  On a non-surge ride that is the truth.  But on a surging ride, I can wait for as long as passenger wants.

I'm a true night-owl with a touch of insomnia and I have no trouble staying alert up thru the wee hours. I rarely drink coffee while driving, but sometimes a Diet Pepsi.  Back when the money was easy at the higher rates, I regularly drove 14-18 hour days on the weekends to squeeze out every last dollar I could.

[quote=Anonymous]Uber doesn't have employees. Remember? Just vague ICs who ghost about on their off time and pick up rides. [/quote]

Yeah, we're totally not employees, just independent contractors whose newest punishment as of late is a ten-minute "time-out" from the driver app for not accepting enough Pool riders...same shit, different day with uber.  Oh yeah, almost forgot, uber is a technology company, not a transportation company...give me a fucking break.   All said and done, I'd still rather be an independent contractor because you can get very creative come tax time with a good chunk of earnings on both W-2 and 1099.

[quote=Anonymous]Are there official statistics on driver retention? Or is your 6 month stat anecdotal? You're saying corporate doesn't care about drivers as employees... So there's no reward for great drivers, no attaboys or nothin'!? That seems counterproductive - wouldn't they want their best people motivated to stay to be the retail face of the brand? [/quote]

No clue...doesn't exactly make sense does it?  There are no official statistics, but that 6 month 50-60% turnover stat is my educated guess from what I know, read and seen.  Uber's books are locked up tight, so in reality, no one really knows anything for 100% fact at all.  Uber is intentional about being very shady and mysterious.  Lastly, uber wants you to see the car itself as the product and tool (a car they don't even own, I might add), not the person who happens to be driving that car.  [/quote]

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