Do not get involved with this company. I find Ubers business practices to be sneaky and despicable. Im not going to recommend this app from Uber. The Uber app pulls the resale value out of your car to Pay YOU. Uber needs to compensate and pay the drives real money, so they can fix and maintain there cars. Uber doesnt pay much to the drivers at all (Uber keeps about 60% of what the rider pay UBER). Once you consider your fuel cost, extremely high cost of ride-share car insurance, car maintenance and the terrible wear and tear on the car itself plus significant lose of value of your car at resale, especially because of the super high miles on your vehicle. The Uber app is a very bad deal for the drive. However the riders are getting a great deal on your dime and time. Sorry for the bad new.
Heres a timeline of Ubers troubles so far this year.p
- Jan. 28: After President Donald Trump releases his first executive order on immigration, New York taxi drivers protest by refusing to pick up passengers at Kennedy Airport for an hour. Some protesters say Uber tries to capitalize on the protest by picking up passengers anyway, prompting a Twitter protest urging people to delete Ubers app from their smartphones.
- Feb. 2: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits President Trumps council of business leaders amid mounting pressure from employees and customers over the immigration order.
- Feb. 19: A former Uber engineer, Susan Fowler, discloses sexual harassment and sexism claims in a blog post about her year at Uber. Fowler says her boss propositioned her and higher-ups ignored her complaints. Kalanick calls Fowlers accusations "abhorrent" and hires former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate.
- Feb. 23: Waymo, a self-driving car company spun off from Google, sues Uber. Waymo alleges that Anthony Levandowski - a former top manager for Googles self-driving car project - stole pivotal technology from Google before leaving to run Ubers self-driving car division.
- Feb. 28: A video emerges of Kalanick arguing with an Uber driver. It includes yelling and profanity and ends with a combative Kalanick dismissing the agitated drivers claims that sharp reductions in fares forced him into bankruptcy. In an email to employees, Kalanick admits he needs leadership help. "I must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up," he says.
- March 3: The New York Times reveals that Uber used a phony version of its app to thwart authorities in cities where it was operating illegally. Ubers so-called Greyball software identified regulators who were posing as riders and blocked access to them. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Ubers use of the Greyball software.
- March 19: Ubers president, Jeff Jones, resigns less than a year after joining the company. He tells the tech blog Recode that his approach to leadership is at odds with what he experienced at Uber.
- April 18: Sherif Marakby, a global vice president who leads Ubers self-driving car program, leaves the company.
- April 27: Levandowski announces he is stepping aside while Uber defends itself against the allegations from Waymo.
- May 11: A federal judge in San Francisco rejects Ubers request for arbitration and refers Waymos case to the U.S. Attorneys office for a possible criminal investigation. Days later the judge bans Uber from using technology taken from Waymo, but doesnt order Uber to halt its self-driving vehicle program, as Waymo requested. The case is set for trial in October.
- May 26: Kalanicks mother dies in a boating accident. His father is seriously injured.
- May 30: Uber fires Levandowski.
- May 31: Ubers finance chief Gautam Gupta says he plans to leave the company in July.
- June 6: Uber fires 20 people after a law firm, Perkins Coie, investigates complaints of harassment, bullying and retaliation. That investigation, which was separate from Holders, checked into 215 complaints; 57 are still under investigation.
- June 11: Ubers board meets with Holder and adopts a series of recommendations based on his report.
- June 12: Emil Michael, Ubers senior vice president for business and a close ally of Kalanick, leaves the company.
- June 13: Kalanick tells Uber employees that hes taking a leave for an unspecified period, but will be available for "the most strategic decisions." Ubers board releases Holders recommendations, which include removing some of Kalanicks responsibilities and replacing Ubers chairman and founder, Garrett Camp, with an independent chairman. Holder also recommends many cultural and policy changes, from establishing an effective complaint process to recruiting more diverse applicants to prohibiting alcohol and drug use during core work hours.