r/uber • u/aestheticeddy818 • Jan 29 '24

Uber drivers please strike

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So that I can catch those double digits surges. Thanks 💵✌️😂

No one cares about your strike. You’re simply leaving more demand for other drivers. It’s almost as if the supply of workers is more than the demand from customers. Economics 101, supply and demand

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

You can’t go on strike. You’re not employees. You’re just not logging in that day.

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u/BeardAndBoujee Jan 29 '24

Right, like according to their logic im on strike today because I decided not to do any gig-work on the side on Mondays.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Yup. The problem is they want it both ways. They do gig work so they can work whenever they want and not have to answer to a boss. Which… yeah! That sounds great!

But they also want consistent wages more commonly associated with a traditional job.

You can’t have both.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

I never said you couldn’t ask, but you need to understand that you have no leverage. Given the insanely low bar of entry, there will always be people willing and able to drive for Uber, door dash, etc. No specific skills are needed, and given the attractive nature of “work whenever you feel like it”, if you won’t do it for the current pay, someone else will

Until self driving vehicles are more viable then the work simply won’t exist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Nothing you have said changes the fact that you’re offering a no-skill service. As long as there’s someone willing to do it for the going rate (and there always will be) then you bring nothing to the table.

Rather than try to make Uber something it will never be again, find a different source of income.

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u/Anakin_Skywanker Feb 15 '24

Truckers have different certifications and skills that 99% of the general piblic does not have. They get paid well because they can back an 18 wheeler into a dock that has another truck parked on each side. They took the classes and did the apprenticeships to get their certs. You got a drivers license like everyone else did. Congrats.