Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoUber and Lyft are quitting Minneapolis over a driver pay increasewww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1external-linkUber and Lyft are quitting Minneapolis over a driver pay increasewww.engadget.comGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAnd at least Lyft is sending emails to customers making it sound like paying a decent wage makes their business model unsustainable.
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWhich is weird because what’s their overhead? They run an app. 99% should be going to drivers.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoCard fees, keeping it updated, onboarding drivers and doing checks, accounting for fraud, employees, advertising. 99% is a silly figure to request.
And at least Lyft is sending emails to customers making it sound like paying a decent wage makes their business model unsustainable.
Which is weird because what’s their overhead? They run an app. 99% should be going to drivers.
Card fees, keeping it updated, onboarding drivers and doing checks, accounting for fraud, employees, advertising. 99% is a silly figure to request.