I think it's strange that my Audi A6 has to compete with a pickup truck for the same fare. I like the star rating priority and adding a preferred driver button for the passengers to mark you as a preferred car/driver. I will never be diamond for sure, not even gold, because I cannot afford to drive for most of the trips they offer. These companies need to start caring about the rider experience, or they will continue to lose business to private drivers with their own companies.
Rideshare is over saturating the market to use the people that don't realize what their expenses are. This way they get the cheapest drivers possible. Sounds like a business model to me.
@@tipyouintheapp Yep. It's a big problem. About a year or so ago drivers on fraudulent accounts driving sketchy cars started showing up in the delivery apps. Now they're showing up in rideshare too.
Rewarding Drivers who have better ratings, cleaner cars and are on the app more is a good idea but unfortunately the app companies don’t value or appreciate their better drivers.
And they never will they're trying to make a profit just like any other company and this is a fairly new industry and so far doordash hasn't made a profit
Welcome to Alberta, the supposedly most regulated rideshare in North America. Class 4 Taxi Licence, car inspections, Calgary Police Vulnerable Sector Check, Doctor check-up & yet...still saturated...
I can’t tell whether you think that is good or bad. I just know they have more stringent background checks which kicks out drivers who shouldn’t be driving. This creates a better balance of supply and demand.
Still saturated because the cities are not providing a for hire license, limiting the number of licenses and also limiting the number of cars allowed to be used.
supply and demand is a new concept for taxi industry. Before Uber and Lyft, the city or state would set prices and regulate how many taxis where allowed to be on the street. It was a way to not over saturate the streets with too many unused taxis. It work pretty well but Uber wanted to control everything about how transportation works. It really did a bad thing for these communities.
Prioritize on driver status? The rideshare companies already prioritize. They prioritize to maximize profit for the company. What do you think "trip radar" is all about. It's a mechanism that enables uber to send trip requests to multiple drivers simultaneously rather than sequentially. And then if 2 or more drivers "accept" it, pick and choose, at their preference, which driver to give it to.
Except riders are paying more than ever. Only winner here is Uber. Riders being charged more and drivers are being paid less and less. Uber and Lyft and price fixing, there is no real 3rd option, and government doesn’t care.
The government doesn't care because people are not complaining to them. If you don't protest and demand changes, the government will do nothing. They are not saviors.
Hey Levi. Aaron is my name. Unfortunately I drive in a Texas/Mexico border town. Due to oversaturation etc. typical rides 1-4 mile rides are paying $3-$4 and according to the app info riders are paying $5-$7 per ride. This is what I would call fakakta.
@@tipyouintheapp Thank you. Comparable to last year I am making about 1/3 across the board. The ride pay. The volume of rides. The tips. Same hours last year $900+ per week and now $300-$400. The problem I have is so many drivers complained about what percentage of the fare they were getting so the apps signed too many drivers and dropped the rates. What we should push for and get is a standard per mile per minute. Even the app tells me the reason for my low earnings are too long distance to pick up and they are working on it. Uber doesn't have upfront information here only eta to pick up and eta trip time. I can tell if the ride will pay $3 or $5. 95% of rides pay $3-$5. Anyway good luck with your channel. I would like to do a Live stream for a few hours so folks can see how bad it can be. Sure other areas have low fares but the combination of rock bottom pay and 1.2 rides per hour is killing me
Prioritizing higher rating drivers is a good idea. But it would devastate new drivers with no ratings yet. Imagine being out all day without getting a single ride, because the prioritized guys got all the rides. One idea is to inform drivers coming online how many drivers are already online. Doing that could discourage a driver from joining. Such a driver could wait to join at another hour. Such a drive could also be informed by uber when driver number drops to a certain level.
These are all great, common sense ideas. Things that Ive also wondered why Rideshares dont already have in place. Ultimately i assume it has to do with "Is it profitable?" being the only concern driving these companies. I actually like rideshare driving, Im good at it. its challenging and used to be fun and profitable. I wish there was stronger driver advocacy. thats the only way to keep these companies in check.
IMO, prioritizing drivers by star rating is the way to go. It would also clean up the oversupply. I.e., If the lower rated drivers don’t get enough rides, they’ll need to find a career that makes more sense for them; maybe food delivery.
Agreed. While it's true that sometimes we all get unfairly rated by a passenger. But for the most part, drivers that try hard will have 4.9+ ratings, and the drivers that don't care will be rated lower. Both Uber and passengers want drivers that care. So those drivers should be prioritized.
@@tipyouintheapp yessss sirrrr! It’s good business sense to have your best drivers serving your customers and being the face of your business. Keep them happy and rewarded with business! Of course this is easy for me to say because I’d benefit. 🤷♂️ I think unfair ratings average out to irrelevance. The most I’ve ever had are one or two out of 500.
The Uber/lyft status doesn't mean service though, in my market where they send the 20 minute pickups 3 straight rides, what am I supposed to do, or if they aren't paying. They'd need to perhaps add another review and force people to do it, like a cleanliness rating, a separate driving rating(safety), and perhaps a car rating(is it noisy etc... Then they'd actually need to pay us. Prioritizing someone because they've been on longer is dumb, just how they prioritize new drivers with the heavy incentives to get them in, while barely paying the older drivers... Neither scenario is right. If we got a contractor to pain our house, we'll look at time, how well they did the job, and mess. Perhaps having some kind of portfolio can be helpful, but a lot of times cheaper rates will get someone the job and all they have to do is prove their worth. I'm not going to give someone a job just because they've been doing longer... That's my two cents...
I love it. Yes! I would love to be rated on more than just stars. I clean my car multiple times a day hoping to earn stars and a tip. The reason I think prioritizing veteran drivers is a good option is because more than likely they're good at what they do. Not always true, but a 5-star 8-year driver is 99% a great driver for passengers and the apps.
I think you're being very unfair to us "weekend warriors". We are no less professional than full-time drivers. I have a perfect 5.0 rating after 1 year and I always get compliments about how comfortable my car is and how professionally I drive. We are providing just as good as a service as full-time drivers (I would argue maybe better because we are not emotionally burned out by doing this 40-60 hours every week) so why should we get penalized by getting all the junk rejected by the diamond drivers?
Fair question. I think a lot of the non-Diamond drivers are focused on the diamond part of the video. Instead, focus on the rating or number of rides. As a 5-star driver I would like to see you also get more rides than a 4.85.👍🏻
This summer will be horrible because the economy is tanking. I drive CEOs and Corporate suites. They are starting to lay off a lot of people and some of my private clients are telling me that their companies are starting to cut their travel expenses. ie private ride costs. We are heading for a financial collapse and UBER/LYFT will become even more saturated as the firings continue. My advice to anyone doing this fulltime dust off your resume because you're going to need it.
The harsh reality is Uber and Lyft don't care. as long as a passenger is willing to get in a jalopy for $6 and a driver is willing to take $2, this will persist. Both companies are publicly traded and must show their investors quarter over quarter growth in profits. With this in mind, I think they want oversaturation, terrible cars and pigeon drivers.
Taxi prices are stable. in Dallas, NY, Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago price to drop the flag, price per 1/4 mile, number of passengers and bags loaded in the trunk is the same for everyone. the customer pays. the price is on the outside of the car....simple
We are in the business to provide a service that allows a profit to be made. As taxi licences are capped in every regulated market because they also realize the remaining drivers cannot make a living if the ratio of drivers to potential customers is too high. Unfortunatley, the requirment to be active need to be tightened up like Massachusetts. Only the best drivers with clean records and cars meeting mimium conditions should be allowed to operate. If you have a bad driving record and refuse to repair and maintain your car properly, you need to be removed out of the driver pool. Get used to the idea government regulations can be good thing and is needed. Look at the fact that restaurants have to have safety inspections to ensure that some rogue operator doesn't cause a food poisoning epidemic by not adhering to proper food handling safety guidelines. This is done for the good of the general public.
And no they’re just greedy . More times then not theirs not enough drivers . And even if why not keep the price the same and you just sit and wait . But you never wait they just keep you moving no matter what and blame it on to many drivers for low rates . It’s all bullshit .
I don't think it costs Uber money to have 3 drivers online (equal distance away) and send a fare (low or not) to the 5-star driver first. If the fare is too low for the 5-star driver, then they can send it to trip radar or the other drivers.
Prioritizing some drivers will raise costs for Uber and reduce its profits in the medium term because it will drive on prioritized drivers out of the market, thereby reducing supply. In other words, it’s not going to happen. The only effective way to raise pay for low skilled “documented” workers in the United States is to deport the illegal ones and reduce unskilled immigration. Engineers and physicists and mathematicians essentially have the talents to always find some well paid work; not so unskilled labor. For them it really is a brutal matter of supply and demand. An open border means plunging pay for unskilled workers and even worse - because income taxes and the like are progressive - these people cost the country far more than they contribute and make it poorer.
They already prioritize new drivers and drive out older drivers... I love when I don't drive 1 of the apps, and somehow my first 5 trips come back in tips, and then somehow the tips dry up... From my view point they set me up with people that would tip, and then don't care after that. Then they see I'm not driving and do it again next time I try...
Drivers are commodity to Uber, the cheaper they get, the better for shareholders. Uber knows it. UBER 🚀They can use every penny they're squeezing from the drivers pockets for share buyback. WIN WIN.
Hey Levi, I’ve never seen you before. I don’t know how many TH-cam videos you’ve made but I’m a taxi driver and this is what I say and remember it’s freedom of speech. I don’t have anything against you. Just give it up already ship is sinking you know it, I know it.
I think it's strange that my Audi A6 has to compete with a pickup truck for the same fare. I like the star rating priority and adding a preferred driver button for the passengers to mark you as a preferred car/driver. I will never be diamond for sure, not even gold, because I cannot afford to drive for most of the trips they offer. These companies need to start caring about the rider experience, or they will continue to lose business to private drivers with their own companies.
I totally agree!!! I am not giving Uber and Lyft for any service level less than Black. You can't have my Lexus for an Uber X or Comfort!
Rideshare is over saturating the market to use the people that don't realize what their expenses are. This way they get the cheapest drivers possible. Sounds like a business model to me.
Legal pressure (huge fines, jailtime for executives) on gig-app companies to crack down on illegal drivers using fraudulent accounts.
Government should crack down on fradulent accounts
@@tipyouintheapp Yep. It's a big problem. About a year or so ago drivers on fraudulent accounts driving sketchy cars started showing up in the delivery apps.
Now they're showing up in rideshare too.
I am sorry. But u r not dealing with the reality these days. We have too many drivers because people don’t have jobs. Period
Rewarding Drivers who have better ratings, cleaner cars and are on the app more is a good idea but unfortunately the app companies don’t value or appreciate their better drivers.
And they never will they're trying to make a profit just like any other company and this is a fairly new industry and so far doordash hasn't made a profit
I agree.
Solution is to waitlist new drivers, period as it works for every other app out there in the gig space.
They would never do something like that 😂 it will benefit drivers and Uber hate everything benefiting drivers .
Why Should Uber do that ?? they are getting paid the same 1 driver or a trillion driver on the road
Welcome to Alberta, the supposedly most regulated rideshare in North America. Class 4 Taxi Licence, car inspections, Calgary Police Vulnerable Sector Check, Doctor check-up & yet...still saturated...
Whatever they are doing in Boston with their background checks, it's working.
It sure looks like Boston’s rules limit drivers Based on the surges
I can’t tell whether you think that is good or bad. I just know they have more stringent background checks which kicks out drivers who shouldn’t be driving. This creates a better balance of supply and demand.
Please come on driver coast 2 coast and talk about it
Still saturated because the cities are not providing a for hire license, limiting the number of licenses and also limiting the number of cars allowed to be used.
supply and demand is a new concept for taxi industry. Before Uber and Lyft, the city or state would set prices and regulate how many taxis where allowed to be on the street. It was a way to not over saturate the streets with too many unused taxis. It work pretty well but Uber wanted to control everything about how transportation works. It really did a bad thing for these communities.
I love the variable real-time pricing for rideshare. It maximizes efficiency.
This is the states fault for allowing this. States can provide cities with limited powers to regulate Rideshare
Prioritize on driver status? The rideshare companies already prioritize. They prioritize to maximize profit for the company. What do you think "trip radar" is all about. It's a mechanism that enables uber to send trip requests to multiple drivers simultaneously rather than sequentially. And then if 2 or more drivers "accept" it, pick and choose, at their preference, which driver to give it to.
Good point.
What if trip radar offers were presented to 4.9-star drivers 5 seconds before 4.7 star drivers?
Except riders are paying more than ever. Only winner here is Uber. Riders being charged more and drivers are being paid less and less. Uber and Lyft and price fixing, there is no real 3rd option, and government doesn’t care.
There are happy drivers making money. And there are unhappy drivers getting government involved.
The government doesn't care because people are not complaining to them. If you don't protest and demand changes, the government will do nothing. They are not saviors.
Or even drivers with the lowest cancellation rates get preference over drivers who cancel every second or third fare they accept.
Good idea 👍
Thank you!🙏🏻
Politely put, all your ideas are utter garbage. I'd almost go so far as to labeling this a sponsored/shrill video tbh.
Hey Levi. Aaron is my name. Unfortunately I drive in a Texas/Mexico border town. Due to oversaturation etc. typical rides 1-4 mile rides are paying $3-$4 and according to the app info riders are paying $5-$7 per ride. This is what I would call fakakta.
Hey Aaron! It's hard in a lot towns. I hope you're able to make some sort of living. ❤️
@@tipyouintheapp Thank you. Comparable to last year I am making about 1/3 across the board. The ride pay. The volume of rides. The tips. Same hours last year $900+ per week and now $300-$400. The problem I have is so many drivers complained about what percentage of the fare they were getting so the apps signed too many drivers and dropped the rates. What we should push for and get is a standard per mile per minute. Even the app tells me the reason for my low earnings are too long distance to pick up and they are working on it. Uber doesn't have upfront information here only eta to pick up and eta trip time. I can tell if the ride will pay $3 or $5. 95% of rides pay $3-$5. Anyway good luck with your channel. I would like to do a Live stream for a few hours so folks can see how bad it can be. Sure other areas have low fares but the combination of rock bottom pay and 1.2 rides per hour is killing me
I think a livestream is a great idea!
You see a shit car take pictures and send it to Uber . Drug test ! Drug test! Drug testing!
Prioritizing higher rating drivers is a good idea. But it would devastate new drivers with no ratings yet. Imagine being out all day without getting a single ride, because the prioritized guys got all the rides.
One idea is to inform drivers coming online how many drivers are already online.
Doing that could discourage a driver from joining. Such a driver could wait to join at another hour.
Such a drive could also be informed by uber when driver number drops to a certain level.
I'm sure their algorithm will ensure everyone gets a ride.
These are all great, common sense ideas. Things that Ive also wondered why Rideshares dont already have in place. Ultimately i assume it has to do with "Is it profitable?" being the only concern driving these companies. I actually like rideshare driving, Im good at it. its challenging and used to be fun and profitable. I wish there was stronger driver advocacy. thats the only way to keep these companies in check.
Thank you! Who knows, maybe someone at the apps will see this video.
IMO, prioritizing drivers by star rating is the way to go. It would also clean up the oversupply. I.e., If the lower rated drivers don’t get enough rides, they’ll need to find a career that makes more sense for them; maybe food delivery.
Agreed. While it's true that sometimes we all get unfairly rated by a passenger. But for the most part, drivers that try hard will have 4.9+ ratings, and the drivers that don't care will be rated lower.
Both Uber and passengers want drivers that care. So those drivers should be prioritized.
@@tipyouintheapp yessss sirrrr! It’s good business sense to have your best drivers serving your customers and being the face of your business. Keep them happy and rewarded with business! Of course this is easy for me to say because I’d benefit. 🤷♂️
I think unfair ratings average out to irrelevance. The most I’ve ever had are one or two out of 500.
@@tipyouintheapp good drivers also lower their dreaded commercial insurance rates!!!
The Uber/lyft status doesn't mean service though, in my market where they send the 20 minute pickups 3 straight rides, what am I supposed to do, or if they aren't paying. They'd need to perhaps add another review and force people to do it, like a cleanliness rating, a separate driving rating(safety), and perhaps a car rating(is it noisy etc... Then they'd actually need to pay us. Prioritizing someone because they've been on longer is dumb, just how they prioritize new drivers with the heavy incentives to get them in, while barely paying the older drivers... Neither scenario is right. If we got a contractor to pain our house, we'll look at time, how well they did the job, and mess. Perhaps having some kind of portfolio can be helpful, but a lot of times cheaper rates will get someone the job and all they have to do is prove their worth. I'm not going to give someone a job just because they've been doing longer... That's my two cents...
I love it. Yes! I would love to be rated on more than just stars. I clean my car multiple times a day hoping to earn stars and a tip.
The reason I think prioritizing veteran drivers is a good option is because more than likely they're good at what they do. Not always true, but a 5-star 8-year driver is 99% a great driver for passengers and the apps.
Yeah, the pay makes no sense for an expensive vehicle. The status is great. However, $3 fairs should eliminate a lot of people from driving for Uber.
$3 fares is absurd. I can't believe drivers take'em on a regular basis.
Makes sense
Thanks!
a new Driver and veteran driver is treated the same, which is not the way in the corporate world and even in the military. UNLY RIDESHARE.
Exactly!
I think you're being very unfair to us "weekend warriors". We are no less professional than full-time drivers. I have a perfect 5.0 rating after 1 year and I always get compliments about how comfortable my car is and how professionally I drive. We are providing just as good as a service as full-time drivers (I would argue maybe better because we are not emotionally burned out by doing this 40-60 hours every week) so why should we get penalized by getting all the junk rejected by the diamond drivers?
Fair question. I think a lot of the non-Diamond drivers are focused on the diamond part of the video. Instead, focus on the rating or number of rides.
As a 5-star driver I would like to see you also get more rides than a 4.85.👍🏻
prioritization is horrible idea for too many reasons to count.
Name one
@@tipyouintheapp one? I am a 5. Refuse to let drug dealer light joint in car. Gives me a 1 and now I am 4.88. Etc.
I had a one star and my rating went from 5.0 to 4.99. Need more trips.
I'm sure diamond drivers do get prioritized. They know those drivers will take anything. I've accepted rides that were
This summer will be horrible because the economy is tanking. I drive CEOs and Corporate suites. They are starting to lay off a lot of people and some of my private clients are telling me that their companies are starting to cut their travel expenses. ie private ride costs. We are heading for a financial collapse and UBER/LYFT will become even more saturated as the firings continue. My advice to anyone doing this fulltime dust off your resume because you're going to need it.
The harsh reality is Uber and Lyft don't care. as long as a passenger is willing to get in a jalopy for $6 and a driver is willing to take $2, this will persist. Both companies are publicly traded and must show their investors quarter over quarter growth in profits. With this in mind, I think they want oversaturation, terrible cars and pigeon drivers.
Drive for yourself. Don't get ripped off by Uber and Lyft. Take 100% of the profit
They are already doing that with the diamond and they are accepting all the dog shit fares
Make it EV only and watch how fast it gets solved
Taxi prices are stable. in Dallas, NY, Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago price to drop the flag, price per 1/4 mile, number of passengers and bags loaded in the trunk is the same for everyone. the customer pays. the price is on the outside of the car....simple
Whatt?
Would you post prices in or on your car?
We are in the business to provide a service that allows a profit to be made. As taxi licences are capped in every regulated market because they also realize the remaining drivers cannot make a living if the ratio of drivers to potential customers is too high.
Unfortunatley, the requirment to be active need to be tightened up like Massachusetts. Only the best drivers with clean records and cars meeting mimium conditions should be allowed to operate. If you have a bad driving record and refuse to repair and maintain your car properly, you need to be removed out of the driver pool.
Get used to the idea government regulations can be good thing and is needed. Look at the fact that restaurants have to have safety inspections to ensure that some rogue operator doesn't cause a food poisoning epidemic by not adhering to proper food handling safety guidelines. This is done for the good of the general public.
And no they’re just greedy . More times then not theirs not enough drivers . And even if why not keep the price the same and you just sit and wait . But you never wait they just keep you moving no matter what and blame it on to many drivers for low rates . It’s all bullshit .
This great ideas 💡 but unfortunately Uber will sent it to drivers that is willing to do it for less money 💵
I don't think it costs Uber money to have 3 drivers online (equal distance away) and send a fare (low or not) to the 5-star driver first. If the fare is too low for the 5-star driver, then they can send it to trip radar or the other drivers.
its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too many driver i take Uber alot across country I never have to wait more then 2 mintues to get an uber ride
Prioritizing some drivers will raise costs for Uber and reduce its profits in the medium term because it will drive on prioritized drivers out of the market, thereby reducing supply. In other words, it’s not going to happen.
The only effective way to raise pay for low skilled “documented” workers in the United States is to deport the illegal ones and reduce unskilled immigration. Engineers and physicists and mathematicians essentially have the talents to always find some well paid work; not so unskilled labor. For them it really is a brutal matter of supply and demand. An open border means plunging pay for unskilled workers and even worse - because income taxes and the like are progressive - these people cost the country far more than they contribute and make it poorer.
They already prioritize new drivers and drive out older drivers... I love when I don't drive 1 of the apps, and somehow my first 5 trips come back in tips, and then somehow the tips dry up... From my view point they set me up with people that would tip, and then don't care after that. Then they see I'm not driving and do it again next time I try...
@@zlatkojerkovic9456 they try to hook new drivers. But beyond that it would be irrational to chase drivers away.
Drivers are commodity to Uber, the cheaper they get, the better for shareholders. Uber knows it. UBER 🚀They can use every penny they're squeezing from the drivers pockets for share buyback. WIN WIN.
Drug test! Problem solved.
Hey Levi, I’ve never seen you before. I don’t know how many TH-cam videos you’ve made but I’m a taxi driver and this is what I say and remember it’s freedom of speech. I don’t have anything against you. Just give it up already ship is sinking you know it, I know it.
Tip you in the App you know nothing !!