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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm not arguing that this is a good deal or met whatever goal. I'm just saying it's an upgrade. Also, as a former uber driver, there are strategies to make the best use of your time. If this new wage applied to my location I would buy a car and make a killing. That said, I'm in the minority that prefers to run their own business rather than be an employee so if I have to be a wage slave again then no thanks.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Okay...

Give me the math of how this new wage would help you “make a killing”.

Keep in mind that this wage merely sets a floor for the specific-minutes when you have a fare.

  • (And brother - driving for uber is not "running your own business"... it's being maximally-exploited by a business... with no liability-protection, no security, and almost zero rights.)
[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

(And brother - driving for uber is not "running your own business"... it's being maximally-exploited by a business... with no liability-protection, no security, and almost zero rights.)

Both can be true! There's a reason I quit that shit years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/SolidDriver

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m waiting for the math... Support your claim that you would “make a killing”.

I don’t see how you would...

The most you could possibly make would be $32.50 in an hour... (and that’s ONLY if you had a fare for ALL 60 minutes of an hour... and somehow still made less than $32.50 from those fares).

...And you'd be driving your own car and burning gas for that whole hour...

So show me (with math) how you’d be “making a killing”.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 4 months ago

No. I'm not wasting any more time with you. Watch the videos if you want.