Okay I guess - Rideshare Driver Lyft Employee Review

3.0
30 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You got to meet new and interesting people all the time. You get to have interesting conversations with said people and Be Your Own Boss and set your own schedule.

Cons

If the city you're driving in is oversaturated with drivers, then you have to compete for passengers. Too many drivers and not enough population makes for lower salary. Lyft has been stealing from their drivers, saying that they are paying their drivers 70%. But they take out a lot of money for taxes, fees, and insurance. They give you 70% of whatever is left over. Recently I drove someone and it was a $75 ride. That's how much I was supposed to get paid. But after taxes and fees I was only paid about 2/3 of that. Now think if it was a $1,000 paycheck, you would only get about $600 of it. They should incorporate the expenses into how much the writer pays, not out of the driver's pay

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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