Lyft Quietly Bans Subcompact Vehicles The vehicle requirements for Lyft and Uber have generally been fairly broad. They used to allow any road worthy 4 door vehicle that has 5 or more seat belts that has passed a vehicle inspection. This allowed many types of vehicles, including 4 door pickup trucks, compact, and subcompact vehicles. Ever since driving my 2004 Lexus IS300, I … [Read more...]
Uber Removes Destination Filter in NYC, Lower Rates in Chicago
Uber Removes Destination Filter in NYC, Lower Rates in ChicagoUber is always changing their services to better meet market demands. Most recently, Uber has drastically changed the pay rates for drivers in their biggest markets. They have reduced per-mile rates and drastically increased per-minute rates to better address trips with a lot of traffic. The downside of this … [Read more...]
Uber Cuts Driver Trip Rates in Two Biggest US Cities
Uber Cuts Driver Trip Rates in Two Biggest US CitiesUber is always tweaking how much drivers earn per mile and minute. When Uber changes the per-mile and per-minute rates, it only affects driver earnings. Passengers pay a completely difference price due to upfront pricing. It is unclear if passenger fare rates will be affected with this change but driver earnings will … [Read more...]
Everything That is Wrong with Instacart New Batch Incentive Pay
At the end of November last year, it came as a direct slap in the face to loyal, hard working Full Service Personal Shoppers when Instacart restructured the pay scale. Unfortunately, this really came with no shock to Instacart independent contractors who have been weathering the storm these past few years, caught up in the many changes implemented by Instacart in their attempt … [Read more...]
Lyft Changed Trip Earning Rates in Eight Cities
Lyft Changed Trip Earning Rates in Eight CitiesIn November 2018, Uber had announced a drastic change to the way drivers were compensated for each trip. In select cities, Uber drastically lowered per-mile rates and increased per-minute rates to better account for traffic. For most trips, the payout seems to be very similar but now longer distance trips will earn much less … [Read more...]