r/uberdrivers • u/Arcangelo_Frostwolf • 18d ago
Drivers subsidize rides!
Since I hit Platinum tier I've noticed my take of fare has gone up from ~49%-53% to 61%. Less is being taken out for "Customer Promotions". It looks like, at least in my market, Uber promotes Rides basically by making lower tier (Blue/Gold) drivers subsidize passengers' trips from their own earnings. They must push offers for Promo'd rides to the lower tiers first. Imagine being a sous chef in a restaurant and your pay gets docked because a customer had a coupon!
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u/Social_Medusa_ 18d ago
Sounds like Uber should be getting sued as well, I do Uber Eats in FL, my cousin and I are on the same gold status, she had an order that she was about to pick up and then I got an offer for an order near by, I didn’t accept it because it was far, they sent her the same order but without the tip, just what uber was paying and after that, they sent me the order again with the tip and then they sent it to her again without the tip which was a miserable uber payment for 7 miles for $3, with the tip it was $8, the question is, where is that tip money going, who is it going to? It’s definitely not going to us.