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$160 for a week of using a car is insane especially when Uber is already making money off the work she is doing with the car.

$16/hr with no insurance, no benefits, no nothing is NOT good pay. Yeah it's more than minimum wage but so what? Need I remind you she's driving, literally putting her life at risk at this job?

You really believe $16/hr for driving people around is good/reasonable/generous pay? Even $21/hr? Give me a break.

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While I don't think the actual number is $16/hr per the calculations in the rest of this thread, I do feel strongly that $16-21 / hr for a largely unskilled labor force is perfectly reasonable. (Not for SF, but SF isn't the majority of the country.)

Add in the flexibility of the hours (most drivers I query list that as their #1 thing they like most), and the lifestyle provided seems very reasonable.

It's worth remembering that a lot of these folks are generally service workers. In their other work, they get paid shit (usually close to min. wage), they get treated like shit, and they are at the mercy of the schedule maker. That last point cannot be underemphasized: little fiefs of power bestowed upon the scheduler make for really ugly fast food office politics.