Lyft reviews about "bonus"

They tell the IRS an artificially low mileage so they can greenwash. Any driver who wants to make money turns off their app as they drive to the hot spots (the bonuses disappear when they know drivers are heading towards the zones), and Lyft doesn't count those miles or the miles you drive to get back to the airport or the center of the city, or when you drop off a passenger in a bad neighborhood and want to not pick up drug dealers. I got audited when my miles that I actual put on my car and Lyft's mileage report didn't match. The IRS then disallowed 2 years of water, mints and puke bags and half my mileage and cost me about $18k - basically all the profit I had made driving drunks around Portland for 2 years, and wouldn't help with the IRS. They don't tell you that an "independent business" needs to keep a log of their own daily miles and Jan. 1st- Dec. 31st odometer readings for the IRS to counter their lies. Or that the City of Portland wants tax money too. They just tell you to go get the business license - they don't say why. Be your own bouncer - feels totally safe for a lady driver to make creepy drunks get out in the middle of nowhere. And, they conveniently get creepy when they're almost home so if you cancel the ride - you drove them for free and you don't get to rate them (so they can do it to the next person). Those miles don't count towards your tax info either. Vomit Dogs, doesn't matter whether you're allergic or scared or not. So drivers' disabilities don't count. Passengers break your car and don't tell you so you don't know whom to make a claim against. You get to eat that cost. Lyft continually changed the percentage the drivers kept, and became increasingly murky about what the split was. Lack of transparency got crazy, and they somehow kept more of the money, even though the drivers get taxed on it. They say they provide insurance, but read the fine print! It doesn't count if you're in between passengers, and the deductible is crazy high. Like, if I had $2,500 laying around, would I need to drive drunken strangers around in my private car? And, they are evasive if you ask directly if you need commercial or rideshare insurance. They don't want to tell you that if your insurance company (or the bank that holds your car note!) finds out, you can get cancelled (or your car repossessed)! They give coupons and vouchers away all the time, so you keep getting passengers who won't tip and some who are getting streeted from the psych ward. Makes Lyft look great and charitable, but they're not the ones in the car with unstable people who can't tell you their address or what day of the week it is.

People are unpredictable. Racism, sexism, threats, weirdness. Money is supposed to be 1$ a mile, it isn’t. Working fourth hours weekly won’t net you any profit u less you own your vehicle outright, and even then, you’re running your vehicle into the ground for nothing. People claim to make 1000+ a week but that is always before expenses. 30-50$ a day in gasoline, costs extra for insurance, tires, brakes, oil changes, cleaning supplies, and car washes…..and the most you can legitimately make in 12 hours time is about 250$. Sometimes as high as 320$ on the best of days. Bonus programs that lead to chasing money that doesn’t materialize because Lyft doesn’t have enough clients to fulfill the. Timber of rides needed to get their bonuses. There is evidence of preference for white drivers.

Poor management A lot of layoffs Shifting priorities New CEO forcing return to office Doesn’t do real bonuses, just equity After layoffs asking staff to do more with less

They laid me about 1,000 other people off but the new CEO took a multimillion dollar bonus to join the company.

Total chaos, management are crooks, CEO is doing funky things to manipulate stock price and hit his bonus, horrible WLB. They treat Canadian Employees like cheap labor Company is not making any money, its simply a transfer of wealth from VCs to Management

They do not care about your safety

Pay varies a lot depending on the time of day, area, holiday, bonuses available, expensive to rent a vehicle through Lyft, etc.

Be aware if someone's giving you a referral. You get a $1000 bonus for referring someone who gets hired, so make sure it's someone you trust who's giving you the scoop on what it's like to work at Lyft. Really hard to move up. Management will tell you whatever they need to to keep you placated. Pay is trash. Comp for similar roles in my area paid 20k higher Many roles are catch-all roles, where you do a little bit of what you'd expect, then a hundred other random tasks that someone needs to have done, and you can't say no to them. Inequality/bias happens. I found out that since I was in internal hire, I was paid a LOT less (15k less) than a new hire on our team who was 5 years less experienced than me. That stung. I negotiated for a raise and got a flat-out no. The company is in a tough spot in this economy, so they blame that on why they won't give raises. They're also making virtual employees go back in office. I was really glad to be laid off in April.

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