By Walt Hickey Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition. Each week, I'll sit down with an author or a writer behind one of the stories covered in a previous weekday edition for a casual conversation about what they wrote. This week, the second half of my interview
I don't understand the utilization argument. If Uber owns the car, it should want the highest utilization possible. If it doesn't why should it care? Utilization means generating fares. Whenever a driver is generating fares, she will be paid at least $15 per hour. When not, she won't be paid anything. Uber is unaffected during idle time, aside from the fare generation, which is separate from the issue of compensation.
so true on wages....in Mesa, AZ, I did five trips for $20 one day, four trips for $20 another day. Broke down to like 5 bucks an hour. I said, "Nope, not for me."
I don't understand the utilization argument. If Uber owns the car, it should want the highest utilization possible. If it doesn't why should it care? Utilization means generating fares. Whenever a driver is generating fares, she will be paid at least $15 per hour. When not, she won't be paid anything. Uber is unaffected during idle time, aside from the fare generation, which is separate from the issue of compensation.
so true on wages....in Mesa, AZ, I did five trips for $20 one day, four trips for $20 another day. Broke down to like 5 bucks an hour. I said, "Nope, not for me."
My local state is trying to pass a similar law and it will absolutely destroy the freelance writing industry.