An Honest RAW Conversation With An Uber/Lyft Driver

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In this episode of "Behind the Wheel," Sergio from The Rideshare Guy interviews Robert, a driver for 9 years, has driven in 4 different cities in Oklahoma, Atlantic city, Sacramento and now in St. Augustine Florida. He was a casino floorman, and was involved in many other businesses. Retired now in Florida and doing Uber/Lyft for a side hustle. Talks about the cost of doing business that Rideshare today is the best tax loophole that exists and what you need to be doing in order to be successful.
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I'm Harry, the founder of The Rideshare Guy. I started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2015 and eventually quit my day job as an aerospace engineer to run The Rideshare Guy full time.
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[@Therideshareguy]

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[@orton1900]

Uber and Lyft are dirtier than you think

[@jeffreysmith3796]

The first part of this conversation is extremely important MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP DO NOT AND I MEAN DO NOT MAKE UBER YOUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME

[@sergioSMTMC1]

💯💯

[@Hillsidedojo]

The biggest issue now is fake driver accounts. How can you compete with them!

[@EMan-cu5zo]

How are they making money is what I wonder. They have to pay for taking care of the car as well. It would be good if things get enforced harder.

[@Hillsidedojo]

@@EMan-cu5zo The gangs that set up these fake accounts rent them to new immigrants. These guys don't drive, they sit in a circle all day at the airport like the Sopranos.

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Agree 💯

[@orton1900]

Why can’t it just be a 50/50 split for pay, instead of them lying about the fees and taking 80 percent of the fare!

[@troyeastman9500]

Cuz everyone will take the dog shit fares so they keep going lower

[@troyeastman9500]

Cuz Uber is greedy

[@brucesmith2282]

Pre Covid 50/50 was much easier

[@lelacalhoun8362]

As a retired contractor that has been doing my taxes 1099 for over 40 years. You want that deduction from the government? I'm sorry you do, and that's who you're filing with, and that's who you're paying your taxes to, so that's the numbers you need to use ! Seriously , please read that book or at least watch the movie all of you. It will give you a suspect, a view that you really need out here. Senior citizens are not making enough 2 pay rent in arizona alone, we have over half a million seniors living in their vehicles, not counting the ones living in tents seriously

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Ok, do you want to do an interview? [e-mail]

[@thomasbauer1859]

I drive Uber in Africa and I love your channel… it has help me a lot to navigate through the app and my earnings has improved..

[@EMan-cu5zo]

Is it fair pay over there compared to the cost of living?

[@sergioSMTMC1]

WOW, seriously? 🙏

[@alexanderromero9701]

Florida state has to be the biggest complicit to the grifting that rideshare apps are doing at the moment.

[@RideshareIntifada]

Drivers deserve a 90/10 split of the money, period --- not 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 30/70, or 20/80...

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Ok

[@ChadBrown-mp3lc]

I call support and tell then that I am writing uber a check for every ride.

[@scoopflag]

Excellent conversation guys! Thanks for doing this video

[@sergioSMTMC1]

🙏

[@edmor127]

exactly!!!!!!!....I always said this.....uber doesnt pay us to work.....they rent our vehicles....and we pay all the expenses...

[@akcarlosh292]

Fact , not only the car , rental includes driver as well and pass all the operation cost to the drivers

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Nowadays anyway

[@troyeastman9500]

I do mostly premier trips from the airport anymore only trips worth doing or premier trips from events

[@scoopflag]

Robert is spot on, Uber driver pay is pretty bad out there

[@alanbyrne8578]

I find it hard to make $100 on Lyft on weekdays. On the weekends maybe $200. And that includes the 20-60% bonus along with a challenge if any. The problem is I cherry pick and don’t choose anything under $25 hr. It’s hard to complete a challenge because you can’t get the number of rides to finish. We have too many drivers and it’s is driving the fares down.

[@akcarlosh292]

Exactly, I always say they should have a monto subscription of 7 usd simio to Netflix

[@japaneselover377]

I found out the hard way. Only source of income . Car needed maintenance everything went downhill. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Well I'm glad you're still smiling

[@japaneselover377]

Like I said it's just better to smile than to get angry. So much has happened disrespectful people, they also trash my car. Etc..

[@TahoeKing]

Robert is fully correct and I figured it out myself a while ago...so I decided to balance the sheet and stop driving unless it is P2 and P3, meaning the moment the trip ends, I find the nearest gas station or plaza and park till the next trip. I discovered that these twisted companies understand that and direct less rides to me than usual. Now I make less for sure but at least I'm driving less and almost no P1 for me. It is an experiment I started like a month ago (clearly Serg exposing them all the time is getting in my head 😂)

[@sergioSMTMC1]

🙏

[@pfonolla]

Good interview!!

[@sergioSMTMC1]

🙏🙏

[@EMan-cu5zo]

I am in west palm Beach area and the offers are a joke. I usually take 1-4 offers a day because so many offers that come through will make you lose money. I don’t know who is taking them but they aren’t that bright. Currently the stock price is going up so I am making money off of that.

[@ryanmolaison-st2kh]

Why is the fare going down

[@jeffreysmith3796]

Fairs go down when there are a lot of drivers and very few riders

[@jeffreysmith3796]

I only drive during peak times and will absolutely REFUSE TO TAKE ANY FARES FOR FIFTY CENTS A MILE

[@juniorundersea]

​@@jeffreysmith3796dont know what state you are but in florida you reject ( decline ) rides and they punish you ,you wont get more trips under 25% acceptance rate .that is the reazon i stoped working uber a week ago ..they sarted sending me only 3 $ rides or less than 1 a mile and they low my status to standard ..i was online hours and hours without receiving trips .and they will send you only trip radars for 2.something or a dolar more ,xl ,,6 people in my car stressing all suspension elements for 4 . 24 $ .?? really ? ,enough for me .

[@mrcarmensmith]

Being a registered driver on the platform does not mean that's how many active drivers on the platform. I wonder what the driver turn over rate is.

[@sergioSMTMC1]

75%

[@damienwade7848]

Race to the bottom.

[@troyeastman9500]

I think the ones that are happy don’t know there true costs and haven’t wore out a car yet

[@troyeastman9500]

And desperados that don’t care

[@polishpimp4233]

@@troyeastman9500 When your cell phone or power is about to get shut off what do you do when you got a gun to your head? I think instant pay was the beginning of the end of for gig work. It just brought in a bunch of day laborers which is a HUGE part of the problem. It's quite simple a lot of people need to give up the gig dream and either A: get a w2 or B: LEarn a marketable trade.

[@sergioSMTMC1]

💯💯

[@sergioSMTMC1]

​@troyeastman9500 💯💪

[@leonleslie9150]

Thanks!

[@sergioSMTMC1]

🙏🙏

[@juniorundersea]

because nobody is focusing in the real problem,if they classified drivers as independent contractors ,why is nobody talking ( constantly ) about the breach of contract and misclassification ? . .they punish drivers who dont accept ilogical unprofitable requests ,and now with the new one adcantage and standard mode ,,the proof is there ,is simple ,they cant control you as an independent contractor by law ,by law ..and they doing everyday ,and no ,,you did not sign anything that allow them to commit breach of contract and misclassify you ..its unlawful

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Don't you think they would have been sued about that by now?

[@745liman]

If we went on strike just one day everyone they would see that we are serious

[@sergioSMTMC1]

Have any of those worked yet?

[@troyeastman9500]

You are just atm your car

[@Key_low_TV]

So basically its good for part time

[@sergioSMTMC1]

💯 at Best

[@troyeastman9500]

Too many desperados

[@KevinScherrer]

As a driver I am incentivized to try and talk all of the other drivers into quitting. If you guys all quit then there will be more for me. That is Uber and Lyft's business model. This market is primed for a good ride share app to swoop in and steal some disgruntled drivers, but I am not sure how that mythical company will avoid these same issues.

[@sergioSMTMC1]

WOW, genius

[@marcialmontecinos1057]

Sergio thank you so much for this Rideshare update with Robert well appreciated Robert made a lot of great points on the Rideshare business he's so true when he says don't keep this as your only income make sure you have another source of income coming in and I believe that very much I've always said it in the comments down below telling people to get a regular job. ❤ Sanbernardino ❤

[@sergioSMTMC1]

🙏🙏