Whilst you earn cash on Uber even should you don’t personal a automotive, Uber additionally income even whereas its drivers aren’t incomes cash. Jay Cassano wrote on Vice about Uber drivers’ “useless miles” and an algorithm as your boss. Uber collects knowledge from drivers even throughout their unpaid time to feeds into the corporate’s provide and demand algorithms. Meaning Uber drivers proceed to generate cash for Uber even when they aren’t carrying a fare. “Uber is the closest factor to an employer we’ve ever seen on this business,” mentioned Bhairavi Desai, founding father of the New York Taxi Staff Alliance. “They not solely direct each facet of a driver’s workday, additionally they revenue off the complete day by way of knowledge assortment, not simply the sale of a product.” (vice.com)