[throw8383833jj]

where is this whole below minimum wage thing coming from?

Everytime, I take an Uber or Lyft and calculate the hourly earnings of the uber driver minus vehicle miles, uber's take, and x2 the time needed (for the return trip), I come up with 15$-20$ an hour or so.

[CSMastermind]

Yeah I have friends who don't work in tech (the horror I know) and they Uber/Doordash sometimes when they're in between jobs. From everything they've told me you make pretty good money though they recommend doing it to supplement and bridge income rather than trying to do it full time (apparently it can be mentally draining if you do it for hours on end).

I'm guessing posters here either have a view distorted by living in California/NYC or just have the data wrong.

[xbonez]

When calculating their hourly wage, you have to factor in the time spent waiting for a passenger too.