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by joelrunyon 4335 days ago
> According to an email Uber sent to drivers in May that was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the company offers $250 for referring a new driver to its service; $500 for referring a Lyft driver; and $1,000 for signing up a Lyft "mentor," an experienced Lyft contractor who helps train new drivers.

This sounds scarily like MLM to me. Anyone else?
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smeyer 4335 days ago
Not really. It just sounds like a referral bonus. They're shipping a real service and offering bonuses to get other employees. The main way to make money as an uber driver seems to still be driving, not referring other drivers. I'm a software engineer and I got well over $1,000 for referring a friend to my company, but I don't think that makes us an MLM scheme.
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nlh 4335 days ago
No - this is just referral fees (which are normal) and is missing the "ML" in MLM. That would look something like "$250 for new drivers, and $50 for each driver that your referrals refer". THAT would be MLM, literally.
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njohnw 4335 days ago
This is Uber creating incentives aimed at growing its base of drivers while also weakening the Lyft driver network.
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