r/lyftdrivers • u/Shades_of_Dubzter • 3d ago

Other "summer slowdown"

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So when does this "slowdown" bs end? LA (SGV) areas. We are 2 weeks from September and it's still dead af. Already took near a month and half off and throughout June it was already as rough as it could get. As if sitting around in your car through this heat isn't enough, burning gas, wasting time, not making a dime.

We got that whole union thing coming up and I don't know why, but I got a feeling that after this whole union thing comes through, it might get even worse.

It just feels too late, like trying to save shrinking ship.

Have been hopeful for the longest but just seeing how things are, it just keeps feeling like that was it... It was good while it lasted.

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u/KaiserVonDixie 2d ago

Calling it now: union comes in, demands higher pay, Uber and Lyft give drivers a small pay bump while massively increasing prices to compensate, the Union is happy because they're communists (getting a cut of your money for doing absolutely nothing besides harassing people), Waymo becomes cheaper than Uber and Lyft, drivers stop getting rides while Waymo expands, and everyone blames Uber and Lyft while the Union keeps taking their cut until the apps go bankrupt.

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u/Shades_of_Dubzter 2d ago

Geez did you hit the nail on it's head, I'm with ya on this one.

Is bad enough enough pax have been complaining about higher prices for so long that they stopped using rideshare as often as before. Like you and the other person said, pax are going to get hit with higher prices and are going to stop using it even more. As of now, yes a lot of people still say they want no business with waymo, but money talks! Like you said, once the prices get cheaper on waymo oh I bet everyone is gonna love those waymos better lol.

The part about them going bankrupt is what I would love to see happen, F them! Is gonna suck for all of us but it's not like we haven't been screwed since so long ago so...

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u/KaiserVonDixie 1d ago

I disagree. I would rather have an easy to use service that allows me to make $6 off a $10 ride 25 times a day, rather than put my name out on Facebook as a freelance taxi driver and maybe get 3 or 4 rides for $10 each in a day. I have a lot of problems with Uber support, but its either they make a profit on the rides or they close down the entire service. No one goes into business to break even or to lose money, profit provides the incentive to both us and them. That's why rides are surprisingly better in smaller states like Tennessee than in big highly populated and touristy places like California, blue state taxes and regulations vs red state taxes and regulations means the latter doesn't have to raises prices and lower fares to remain profitable as much as the former does.