[oneoff786]

The article seems to look at individual ride payoffs, but what proportion of the total comp is actually in driver bonuses?

https://www.lyft.com/driver/bonus

I have no idea and would like to hear any experiences people have.

Edit: some simple math that assumes this ad page is representative. Author did 100 rides for $1110. Meaning about $11 per ride. Ad shows examples:

$5 for 4 rides (~10% of pay)

Or (and?) $120 for 20 rides. (~50% of pay!).

This sort of makes sense if you want to disproportionately reward highly available drivers over infrequent drivers.

The article says that lyft charges $30 to connect riders to drivers but really it’s $30 to maintain a system where drivers are there, and then connect them.