No strategy, doesn't care about employees - Anonymous employee Lyft Employee Review

2.0
9 Dec 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Catered lunch - Dog friendly - Lyft credits (for employees who started before a certain date) - Brand image is better than Uber generally

Cons

- Execs are scatterbrained and constantly flip flop on strategy - Claims to be better than Uber but also makes some questionable ethical moves - No training for managers - Hiring focuses on quantity over quality - No processes but thinks it's ready to go public

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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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