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Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

  • nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    1 year ago

    Uber & Lyft drivers assume all the financial risk and responsibility for their car payment, maintenance, insurance, cleaning, health and dental insurance, etc. You’ll find that once you factor in the externalities the tech companies push into their workers, they don’t necessarily make good money at all.

    • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      224·
      1 year ago

      So do pizza delivery drivers and they make great money.

      • nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        They really don’t. When I was a pizza guy about ten years ago, after fuel & maintenance I would make the equivalent of about $12 USD per hour averaged over a month of full time work.

        And one big repair like your power steering pump can ruin the whole month. It’s a great way to “use up” the last of your car before you scrap it, but really not a sustainable job.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          319·
          1 year ago

          Weird because when I was a pizza guy, I made more than I did as a teacher

          • Sendbeer@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            1 year ago

            Well are you factoring in the costs to the automobile like they mentioned? As they say they are a hidden cost and can be quite considerable long term as delivering pizzas adds a lot of wear and tear on a vehicle. When I delivered a LOOOONNNG time ago the costs really did sneak up on me. It was a fun job, and initially I thought it paid well - till I got a couple surprises.

            • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
              16·
              1 year ago

              I’m vastly smarter than you, but no longer a teacher. Pay couldn’t keep up.

      • ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Ah yes, pizza delivery drivers are well known to be among the highest income earners. Up there with doctors, I believe.

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Good time to remind everyone doctors are overpaid due to artificial scarcity, because the ADA lobbies Congress to artificially limit the number of residencies, to keep supply of doctors low

          And I didn’t say pizza drivers were rich, I said they make a good living. They do.

          I made about $20/hr as a delivery driver, take-home, which put me above both what I made as a teacher (roughly 14/hr) and my next 2 jobs (e-learning developer, salesperson -16/18 respectively).