The Gig Economy

[Benton]

(05-10-2019, 06:49 PM)Au165 Wrote: Yea, that’s not how it works. Uber didn’t promise to pay them anything they said they’d take x cut of fares and nothing of their tips. The price of fares have always been fluid including surge pricing where they get a larger cut. Changing the formula for what customers pay is what has been deemed the “paying less” and as I explained the environment which some people drive in is what caused that while others in more congested areas actually got an increase because of that rate change.

It's basic commission.

You agree to your percentage/fee/rate (in this case, it's based off a fluctuating regional scale), and that's the base. If there adjustments based off increased costs or tine, that gets factored in (in this case, in the form of a formula of time/distance). 

The driver's took the job based off the payout as it was. Lyft and Uber changed that to pay out less. And they told consumers there was a change, but it wouldn't impact driver pay (which was incorrect).