Gig Drivers Pay Tolls and Vehicle Upgrades Out of Pocket
16 posts across 2 communities in the last 60 days; 63% from r/uberdrivers.
“So far Uber Eats has had awful offers all weekend. I mean like $7/14 mile offers left and right. Spark has also had some pretty bad ones and DD has just been dead. I was expecting this weekend to be a really big one, anyone else experiencing the exact opposite of good? lol”
“I hate when it’s happening! Those promotions for Customer shit for drivers.”
“Is anyone else getting nothing but deplorable offers all week? I’ve been getting all low/no tip or high mileage offers. Gas is back up and it’s been hotter than hell. I refuse to even leave the house if it’s not at least $2 a mile. Nothing but garbage offers on IC this week too…”
Drivers are expressing frustration with low earnings, unfair offers, and challenges related to surge pricing and competition. Many feel the platforms are prioritizing passenger discounts over driver compensation.
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“Part timer. I should have stayed out longer. 6:30ish-final drop off at 11 sharp. Took one short break to eat. Only thing you gotta know about doing uber in Nashville. Just stay away from broadway + 2nd, 3rd, 4th, John lewis on Friday and Saturday…”
“Usually my Ubers to Walmart are 9 dollars! submitted by /u/Jfltws224 [link] [comments]”
“I wish Uber offered discounted Ebikes and Scooters in all areas. I deliver for Uber on foot the last 4 weeks and although it's been surprisingly nice, i could easily make double the orders if I had a reliable ebike that didn't cost as much as a used car sometimes. Maybe regular bike too. Im literally walking marathons everyday lol. submitted by /u/TrailerParkRecipes [link] [comments]”
“They had a 55 bonus for 50 rides. I’ve been cherry picking my rides so much that I no longer I accept rides further than either 3 miles or 7-10 minutes to kill down time and only taking $7+ drives submitted by /u/Legendarymannyb4 [link] [comments]”
“How’s it going by everyone. Been horrible money the last few days like better get a different job kinda money. It seems like the more the price gas goes up the more the orders go down while they also pay less and less. Keep seeing orders that would normally be 20 bucks are now 11 and it’s all uber trying to pay 2 measly bucks for a 15mile delivery BS. Feel bad for the actually good customers that tip well also and the money with their 6x uber pay tip still barely covers gas. submitted by &”
“The past 12 fridays (day time not dinner shift) have been the worst shifts ever. As slow as possible across uber, DoorDash, and instacart. I’m making $5 an hour in SoCal, what the hell. submitted by /u/ImpossiblePop649 [link] [comments]”
“Trip 1: Airport Ride: 1 hr 13 minutes, 37.74 miles. Trip had a dog with an extra stop at a restaurant. First driver cancelled. I made $49.76 out of $125.99. 39%. The best ride all day. Trip 2: Airport Ride: 24 minutes and 15 seconds, 16.94 miles. I made $14.05 out of $37.95. 37%. Trip 3: Union Station to LAX hotel: 30 minutes and 40 seconds, 21.32 miles. I made $14.26 out of $50.85. 28%. Trip 4: LAX hotel to downtown hotel: 25 minutes and 56 seconds, 17.03 miles. I made $11.21 out of $40.94. 27%”
“UberEats is the worst offender in my area submitted by /u/FrankFrankly711 [link] [comments]”
“So far Uber Eats has had awful offers all weekend. I mean like $7/14 mile offers left and right. Spark has also had some pretty bad ones and DD has just been dead. I was expecting this weekend to be a really big one, anyone else experiencing the exact opposite of good? lol submitted by /u/Odd-Can5177 [link] [comments]”
This is my first time doing uber eats as a side gig. I think this is great ! What do you guys think. Any tips or suggestions for a newcomer submitted by…
“Wanted me to drive in to a state park that charges admission at first without paying which is a crime. Then offered to cashapp me, not a chance... submitted by /u/bakermonitor1932 [link] [comments]”
“Are any of these apps original anymore submitted by /u/Tylerswinters [link] [comments]”
“What’s going on with Uber Eats in Tampa bay? I just not doing it like a week …just got a real job rn .. can someone lmk when it’s gonna get better ????? submitted by /u/Famous-Nectarine4059 [link] [comments]”
“Hi guys, First time seeing this in Los Angeles, took me 18 min, didn’t wait for the order at all and I got 31 usd before tip. submitted by /u/Ikkyfyahboy [link] [comments]”
“We need this in the The Americas. submitted by /u/Spiritual_Ranger5046 [link] [comments]”
“Nobody should be working Saturday nights for $4 to $7 rides all night. But I get it, hundreds of thousands desperate I Only See Dollars and Cents Drivers signed up in the last 2 to 3 years. Thankfully Lyft was a good back up last night. This gig is a side gig for me but still used to $15-30 runs all night on weekends. I refuse to stoop down to the I Only See Dollars and Cents motive submitted by /u/JumpingJackRabbit911 [link] [comments]”
“Took 64% from me in Houston last week, the worst breakdown I’ve ever seen in years, tips at an all time low as well…how are yall doing? submitted by /u/Every-Enthusiasm-766 [link] [comments]”
“Do not take Walmart orders from uber eats. You get fucked like me three orders for 13.65 submitted by /u/Vivid_Barnacle_6247 [link] [comments]”
“Is it just me or is it wayyyy too slow for a *Friday* night? I sat for almost an hour waiting for a decent ping and all I was getting was $5-7 pings for 15-20min rides. Food delivery was worse with $3-5 pings for the same amount of time. I went back home. Hopefully Saturday and Sunday is better. submitted by /u/Suspicious-Exit-1040 [link] [comments]”
“On the bright side I got to cancel an order because the address they provided was not where they wanted me to drive an extra 10 miles for 6 dollars! HA DoorDash support told me to “dispose” of the food in whatever manner I please and you bet I did! Most of this 15hours is wasted waiting at the restaurant. Any tips? Acceptance rate is 4% submitted by /u/Specific_Bike_3696 [link] [comments]”
“I hate when it’s happening! Those promotions for Customer shit for drivers. submitted by /u/AggressiveArea51 [link] [comments]”
“I've been doing doordash for 3 days now.. so far this is my strategy. I have an EV so almost every trip is a profit so I never deny any that's going to help me to reach Platinum by the time I reach 50 trips. It seems like as a rookie they send you all the rejected orders only. So the only way you can reach 50 trips is to never reject anything either then you can reach that goal faster. But if you have a gas vehicle that's much more difficult. Luckily I live near a bunch of restaurant”
“Here is one of mine. I have gotten multiple of these, and pretty sure I am one of the few Uber drivers that still has food delivery on because they keep giving me stupidity far pickups. I don't accept them of course, and my acceptance rating is terrible, but I still leave it on. I find myself barely turning on the app, it's honestly terrible, and I do not find it worth the effort anymore. submitted by /u/yuyuolozaga [link] [comments]”
“I wonder what they think when they send out these ridiculous reservations. WTF is this ? I live around Dfw and I can easily make this in the morning. Less than 8hrs. Why would I consider this ? lol I’d take this for $500 submitted by /u/Necessary_Carrot_135 [link] [comments]”
“I'd message support and complain, doordash is pretty decent at that. I get use out of Doordash but that's because I live in an urbanized, LCOL area with no car. Using the promo makes the price of short grocery lists the same as if I were to go in person but obviously saves me a lot of time/effort. If that doesn't describe your exact situation, it's mostly a joke credit unfortunately. Delivery fees and inflated pricing offset the $10. If you're lucky then places like Wegman”
“Is anyone else getting nothing but deplorable offers all week? I’ve been getting all low/no tip or high mileage offers. Gas is back up and it’s been hotter than hell. I refuse to even leave the house if it’s not at least $2 a mile. Nothing but garbage offers on IC this week too. I did one triple for 36 dollars yesterday and nothing good since. Is this normal for this time of year? Do you think it’s the economy? submitted by /u/Psychological_Buy_57 [link] [comments]”
“They must have been tipped off about National Decline Day, which is this Friday July 31, and decided to pull the plug on all of us. Stay strong and hold the line. Decline until $2/mile Discuss submitted by /u/Time-Researcher2909 [link] [comments]”
“Who else wants to play how low can we make our AR. Due to the endless wave of trash at the end of July. I think I'm at 8% right now submitted by /u/goreaver [link] [comments]”
“So.......where they at? Gas keeps going back up because we keep fighting in a useless war. The weekday quests were nice to offset the prices there for a couple of weeks, then they've disappeared. C'mon Mr/Mrs. Uber, help your drivers out a bit. submitted by /u/No_Humor1310 [link] [comments]”
“My fellow dashers it is time for us to take back what is ours. Join me this Friday July 31 as we decline every trash offer below $2/mile. Together we can make a difference in our earnings and stick it to the big delivery CEOs who only line their pockets at the expense of our physical and mental well-being, not to mention heavy wear on our vehicles. This Friday, July 31 will be the day we have our get back. What is dead may never die. Discuss submitted by /u/Time-Researcher2909 [link]”
“Never done eats before only pax… but if uber keeps this up I’ll move nuclear reactor fuel if they want me to submitted by /u/WumboTactical [link] [comments]”
“This really has to stop. It’s been $2-$4 orders 4+ miles all day. submitted by /u/InternationalSea6925 [link] [comments]”
“Anyone with experience in doing walking orders in DC have any tips on the best areas/times/days of the week? I’ve been doing this for like a week in the Chinatown/Dupont area and will get only 1-3 orders in a 4 hour time span if I’m lucky, many times I get none :( The orders I’ve received I’ve been able to do in less than 20 minutes too so its been a lot of downtime in between orders. Help a broke brother out 💔 (If you’re not familiar with Uber Walking, they only give orders that are under 1 mi”
“Its been almost 2/3 weeks i hardly get any order whole day only for $20/30 only if i pick 4 miles for $5/6. SF used to be red all the time with 1/2 min wait time now is color less. So how are you all managing submitted by /u/Lazy_neon [link] [comments]”
“Mondays are generally slow in my area, but today it’s showing 1 minute waits in the entire region. I figured I’d dash an extra day and make some cash. Wrong! I’ve gotten 3 offers in the last hour. Normally it says 4-7 minutes on Mondays, which is really dead for this area. Why are they lying today?? submitted by /u/Nate_Hornblower [link] [comments]”
“For the week starting July 22. I don't remember seeing a notification. I'm gonna be pissed if I forgot submitted by /u/Sea-Ebb-342 [link] [comments]”
“Guess I need to go back to driving strangers around in my car. One order worth taking all night. Not wasting anymore of my gas hoping for more. submitted by /u/Electronic_Growth_78 [link] [comments]”
“I’ve never had so many consecutive bad orders. This is two of the four horrible offers I got in a row. One was $10 for 18 miles lol. I didn’t stay on very long because I only got one goodish offer in the total time I was dashing and only made $22 for an hour and a half. $2.00 guaranteed, thanks DD! 😭 submitted by /u/wbbaids [link] [comments]”
“This is terrible. I hope as online for about 7hrs today total. Had to restart a few times because nothing was coming through. So total over 7hrs I made $7.50 (lady gave me $2.00 cash tip). The second photo that shows $90.00 in 31hrs of Dashong does not include today’s haul. This was all in Los Angeles in the “Gardena/Hawthorne zone where I Dashed in El Segundo/South Bay/Hermosa/Manhattan Beach areas. DD just has too many drivers. submitted by /u/Both-Tourist-4986 [link] [commen”
“4th of July was hail and trees down. Not sure if I want to uber tonight. submitted by /u/Big-Sand-2694 [link] [comments]”
“So tired of the bs, bs customers, bs app, bs company. Switching to Uber Eats, I've heard it's much better and you can use any kind of car if you're just doing food delivery. submitted by /u/Loud-Net-492 [link] [comments]”
“This is fucking Boston on Friday night submitted by /u/InterviewParty5657 [link] [comments]”
“I’m in Va Beach/Norfolk VA area. June was busy as crap constantly. July is dead AF. What the crap? Summer should be banging. I don’t understand why both Uber and Lyft got so slow & quiet overall. Anyone else experience this in your area? Beginning of summer was so busy but then decrease in business? submitted by /u/Pickles-N-Oreos [link] [comments]”
“Early Uber drivers cleaned up. Then everyone piled in, rates got cut, and now we're splitting a shrinking pie. Same story with food delivery. By the time something feels safe, the money's already gone. So I started using a dumb-simple 3-question test to spot things before they're crowded: Is the money pouring in? Is anyone there to do the work? Is the door open right now? Pharmacy delivery hits all three in 2026. Prescription delivery is a ~$22B market growing 13% a year, independent”
“This ride is 37 miles. Uber charges pax $90+ for this ride. Lowest I’ve ever seen. submitted by /u/NJuberdriver2 [link] [comments]”
“Is anybody else getting these daily reminders? I'm not exaggerating. For the last week or more, I've been getting messages/emails to display the Uber sticker...sometimes twice a day. Within the message is a link to order a new sticker. I figured that I would click on the link to see if that would stop the messages only to find that the link is broken time after time. submitted by /u/MountainFoxes303 [link] [comments]”
“I actually started at 8:30 cause I sat in my driveway while the haboob passed by and it started with a $28/5 mile kicker. submitted by /u/springdominion [link] [comments]”
“I actually started at 8:30 cause I sat in my driveway while the haboob passed by and it started with a $28/5 mile kicker. submitted by /u/springdominion [link] [comments]”
“I only use DoorDash for gas money and to pay down my credit card and this isn’t too bad for the week submitted by /u/hustler-baddie-23 [link] [comments]”
“I used to get 7% reward as Uber Blue and extra 3% on Exxon gas so it was 10% total reward. Now it's like 2% reward only (exxon still 3%) and total 5% If you haven't noticed this check your app. It's been like this about a week now. If this is correct without any updates from Uber, well I will just switch back to classic pay out way and get the fund immediately to my bank by paying a little fee $1 something or $2. My credit card alone rewards 3% so no reason to put my earnings to this”
“How do you like DoorDash's message?Stay busy with lots of orders.In other words, we won't pay you s***But you can stay busy! That's a hell of a slogan🥳🥳 submitted by /u/PotentialDeep517 [link] [comments]”
“Where are the best places to uber in north NJ to make alot of money? submitted by /u/No-Usual-7151 [link] [comments]”
“Got this on Trip Radar three time for $15.34 then $12.51 as an Exclusive… submitted by /u/DiscoInError93 [link] [comments]”