Archived Boston cab drivers have a plan to push more customers to Uber (bostonglobe.com)
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Archived Boston cab drivers have a plan to push more customers to Uber (bostonglobe.com)
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[–] TheVillain61 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
During the Sydney seige in Australia uber drivers put their prices up, they also did this during the London underground saga where trains weren't running. Ubers reply was that demand drives up prices so this is a taste of things to come. Uber bosses will make plenty of money charging their drivers 20% but their drivers will struggle to make money not to mention that uber refused to acknowledge one of their drivers that killed someone was actually an employee and said they were contracted. I'd be concerned that uber drivers are not regulated nor adequately insured nor have correct knowledge of areas.
[–] jardeon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I thought price surges were set by Uber corporate, not the individual drivers. While it's unfortunate that as a whole, Uber turns to profiteering during a "bad" event, it's not on the individual drivers to set the rates or surge prices, they just follow the app and pick up the passengers.
[–] TheVillain61 ago
I meant uber as a whole, you are correct, uber puts the price up to encourage drivers to cover work. Ordinary taxi drivers work even slow shifts even if there is no work, I can't see uber drivers wishing to do graveyard shifts. In the taxi business you take the good with the bad.