Lyft pay has plummeted - Rideshare Driver Lyft Employee Review

1.0
13 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can make my own hours.

Cons

Lyft has started keeping a much larger percentage of the fares. I was working in Irving Texas and I received a ride request wanted me to drive two and a half hours to Wichita falls. Of course I would have to then drive back to irving. And the pickup point was 14 minutes from where I was. So that's over 5 hours of driving. They wanted to pay $32 to make this trip. That wouldn't even cover the gas. That is why I stopped working for Lyft and Uber as well. They are money sucking corporations. The pay used to be good, but no longer.

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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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