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posted by martyb on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the You're-a-mean-one,-Mr-Glitch! dept.

Uber glitch not paying drivers:

A glitch within the Uber driver payment system is forcing San Diego drivers off the road, and riders are paying for it with higher charges.

[...] Uber drivers earn a commission on each drive that they perform. At the end of the trip, that money is pooled and is available two ways for the driver. The most traditional is a weekly period paid into a bank account after the period ends. The other method is InstaPay, which drivers use to finance their Uber duties. Instapay allows drivers to "cash out" their earnings, and thus self-fund their Uber duties without having to access their traditional accounts.

The glitch within the system has halted payments being made to drivers, and unable to access their funds, drivers are not available to Uber. By mid-afternoon Friday, September 14, the glitch had pushed enough San Diego drivers off the platform that the entire region began to surge. Surge is higher pay for the drivers that continue to work, and, higher costs for passenger riders

The glitch in the payment system also means that trip and safety issues are unable to be reported, either by the passenger, or the driver.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:34PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:34PM (#736678) Journal

    Lyft markets themselves as the top "not-evil Uber alternative", but Lyft is just as keen to kick its drivers into the gutter to die:

    https://www.lyft.com/self-driving-vehicles [lyft.com]
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/technology/lyft-magna-driverless-cars.html [nytimes.com]

    DIE DIE DIE

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 18 2018, @07:44PM (#736685)

    The system of "ridesharing," aka unlicensed taxi service, is keen to kick its drivers into the gutter to die, as anyone who's every analyzed TCO of an Uber/Lyft able car against what one gets for using it. Drivers are just throwing their future away by unsustainably burning up their resources for cash now.

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:44PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday September 18 2018, @10:44PM (#736791)

    Isn't basically every car manufacturer keen to kick its 'drivers' out? Couldn't these rideshare services keep the 'driver' around to grab the wheel in case of an emergency, and keep the ride-rental model around?