Rate variation - Anonymous employee Lyft Employee Review

3.0
3 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

.. On the other hand it can resolve immediate cash problems, provide a source of self reliant income in your schedule and develops a passive income if your wise in your ⛽ mileage limits. Sitting down so many hours can cause pressure on your sit bone and stagnancy or lack of limb movement.. and you earn more with a 6 person SUV or luxury vehicle with high paying clients...

Cons

Rates started out good then went lower, really not making the $200 mark per 8hr shift for the am of unit of gas invested.... It take minimum 12.50$ per day to make half in a mid size SUV making it a 75$ approx per week to gas my vehicle making. It a 300$ investment in gas minimum. And reduction in mileage of the car. Safety can get better and verified better. Visual if the client should be mandatory.... Some passengers don't have a picture.....which is alarming especially at 🌃 night and even during the day. Beware of men that request vehicles with female names.... Not trustworthy.

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5.0
21 Jun 2026
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Meaningful projects. Good science community environment. Good work life balance.

Cons

Company's primary focus is still on ride-sharing business so stock price does not go up.

2.0
30 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Discovering parts of Las Vegas I wouldn't normally visit. Meeting nice people from all over the Valley and the world.

Cons

With the price of gas right now, my pay for using a mid-sized vehicle averaged out to $8 per hour (before taxes), even after 3 "bonuses." This is less than the Nevada minimum wage of $12. Regardless of what the app tells you, Lyft takes about 2/3 of the earnings for each ride, charging both for the rental and extra fees they claim have to do with the cost of car maintenance. Not sure why maintenance and everyday wear wouldn't be handled by Hertz as a normal part of their fleet ownership, as it would with any other rental. Indeed, if you're doing the Express Driver program, you have to take the car for service after getting a voucher from Hertz. On a different note, the number of riders with no picture or fake names is really high in Las Vegas compared to other places where I've driven. This issue has become a safety concern.

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