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re: Baton Rouge Uber drivers to strike Friday before Mardi Gras
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:02 am to Maynard James Keenan
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:02 am to Maynard James Keenan
That'll cripple Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:02 am to Maynard James Keenan
Baton Rouge has a Mardi Gras?
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:02 am to Schwartz
Uber is making some really stupid business decisions lately. It's very annoying.
The built a great business model with great pricing no one complained about. Then slashed their prices, alienating their good drivers and providing a worse experience both for the rider and the driver.
So dumb.
The built a great business model with great pricing no one complained about. Then slashed their prices, alienating their good drivers and providing a worse experience both for the rider and the driver.
So dumb.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:06 am to Breesus
Yeah, I really don't understand what they're trying to accomplish in this market. They were advertising hard to get more drivers signed up, and then slashed rates right after. I guess they're thinking they'll rope in new drivers while screwing those that are used to the better rates, and the new people will stick it out?
There's also some program that some people (high rated, tenured drivers) have gotten into to guarantee their rates to the pre slashed level if they meet certain criteria.
There's also some program that some people (high rated, tenured drivers) have gotten into to guarantee their rates to the pre slashed level if they meet certain criteria.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:06 am to Maynard James Keenan
I warned you people
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:07 am to Maynard James Keenan
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Only real time to make money in BR is during surge hours late night on the weekends.
I was doing this for the most part well before this latest round of cuts. You can't allow yourself to lose money trying to make money. Lafayette got hit with the cuts as well.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 8:09 am
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:09 am to Schwartz
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They were advertising hard to get more drivers signed up, and then slashed rates right after.
They also smashed referral code fees both for new drivers and new riders. I don't even try to recruit either anymore it's not worth it. And I haven't driven in weeks. I used to be able to make 20-30 an hour on no surge pricing. Now I'm lucky to break $15 which isn't enough to make I worth it factoring in gas, etc...
So dumb.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:11 am to Breesus
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So dumb.
While I understand your frustration...its a dam ride sharing app not a job.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:11 am to Breesus
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I used to be able to make 20-30 an hour on no surge pricing.
Chasing the flat rates?
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:15 am to H.M. Murdock
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While I understand your frustration...its a dam ride sharing app not a job.
I have a full time job. That's not my point. I'm talking about how stupid their current business decisions are.
It used to be a ride sharing app. That's my point. The price point was high enough to keep middle and even upper class people interested as drivers which made the entire experience nice.
Now the price and profits so low Uber is quickly becoming another cab company. It's losing the drivers that made the company different from the cab companies. It's increasing wait times, and it's all around worse experience for all involved.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:16 am to c on z
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Chasing the flat rates?
Just staying uptown by the colleges and downtown. No one is ever going far, so youd get a bunch of runs all close to each other and throw in an airport run or two I'd make great money.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 8:19 am
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:17 am to Maynard James Keenan
They already have a union..?
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:18 am to Breesus
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Now the price and profits so low Uber is quickly becoming another cab company. It's losing the drivers that made the company different from the cab companies. It's increasing wait times, and it's all around worse experience for all involved.
Ding ding ding.
I was doing it in a brand new Passat. I'm an IT consultant that's always dressed like I'm going to client sites. I drive well, am cordial, and was damn good at it. People like me aren't going to keep doing it.
People like the last driver I had - terrible BO, driving a beat to shite minivan are going to be the new norm.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:20 am to PrivatePublic
quote:Seriously, what a bunch of douchebags. I guess they feel like they own their own business bc they get to drive around in their cars all day.
Unskilled workers on strike - that never backfires.
Look, I'm all for college kids doing this to help through college years but I'm guessing it's not the college kids protesting.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:21 am to Schwartz
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I was doing it in a brand new Passat. I'm an IT consultant that's always dressed like I'm going to client sites. I drive well, am cordial, and was damn good at it. People like me aren't going to keep doing it.
Yup. I have a brand new clean car, always in slacks and a button down or a suit and always nice.
My last guy was in a t-shirt, didnt know the city, kept asking me where the corner of canal and Claiborne is, had some stupid music playing the whole time and was in a shitty car.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:23 am to Schwartz
I did notice a difference in the experience the last time I used uber, although it still was better than cab experience. I will continue to use it, but this news is disappointing.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:24 am to saint tiger225
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I guess they feel like they own their own business bc they get to drive around in their cars all day.
Considering that they are classified as independent contractors and not employees, that kinda drives that line of thinking.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:26 am to c on z
But they are contracted by Uber and still pay them a fee I guess it's what I was getting at.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:27 am to Breesus
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didnt know the city, kept asking me where the corner of canal and Claiborne is
Did you enter the name of the place you were going, or at least put in an address? I'm certain that there are drivers who hate it when a rider doesn't put in a destination that would at least allow them to immediately use their turn by turn navigation.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:27 am to Breesus
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The price cuts fricking blow. There is no reason to even drive anymore other than above a 3 surge pricing.
And they don't make any sense. Demand is the same as always.
Very frustrating.
But strike worthy? That's just dumb
Agreed. They're not union as far as I know. They can kiss their jobs goodbye. If I lived in BR, I might Uber part-time.
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