Your side hustle (shipt, uber, ride sharing)

[civvver]

Does anyone work one of these jobs with a phone app and a car on the side like driving for uber or shipt or other services? I started applying to shipt but not really sure how it all works. I have a few hours free on weekends and that's all I want to do. If you drive for uber can you work just like one or two saturday nights a week? Is the money decent?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

can you work just like one or two saturday nights a week?

I'm not sure about where you live, but around here, there is only one Saturday per week.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Punning

 

[Broken_Erika]

I'm not sure about where you live, but around here, there is only one Saturday per week.

Unless it's Groundhog Day.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Unless it's Groundhog Day.

If I ever get caught in a groundhog day situation it is not likely to be a Saturday. Monday, almost a sure bet.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

If I ever get caught in a groundhog day situation it is not likely to be a Saturday. Monday, almost a sure bet.

All the better. Everything is open and about and you can stick it to your job everyday without running out of money.

 

[really]

My employment contract requires that I don't take work outside of my employment and pays me enough that I don't need to.

If I wanted to though I guess I could prepare accounts for people or small companies or start farming the family farm.

 

[civvver]

I meant a month.

 

[Berzerker]

My employment contract requires that I don't take work outside of my employment and pays me enough that I don't need to.

If I wanted to though I guess I could prepare accounts for people or small companies or start farming the family farm.

seems strange, you cant work part time or side jobs elsewhere?

how will uber deal with passengers attacking drivers? Some taxis have metal screens to separate them.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

how will uber deal with passengers attacking drivers? Some taxis have metal screens to separate them.

The idea on the ride share companies is that people who pay via their cell phone app know that their identity is thoroughly recorded. The anonymous "guy in the back of the taxi" is a lot more unpredictable, at least in theory.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

As a chemistry major dropout I've fantasized about a side gig, but the risks are too high. I don't want to get in business with maniacs, see a child get murdered by an accomplice or get my brother in law killed by Nazis.

All of the above would be preferable to any participation in the sharing/gig/disruption economy...

 

[really]

seems strange, you cant work part time or side jobs elsewhere?

Two broad principles - my employer wants me to give all my effort to them. If I am tired going to work because I was doing another job I won't be able to give them all my energy.

Additionally because of various labour laws my employer has a duty of care towards me to be sure that I get proper rest periods and holidays etc.

To be honest I don't need the money and don't really have the time or energy to do it.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

As a chemistry major dropout I've fantasized about a side gig, but the risks are too high. I don't want to get in business with maniacs, see a child get murdered by an accomplice or get my brother in law killed by Nazis.

All of the above would be preferable to any participation in the sharing/gig/disruption economy...

Wrong kind of chemistry. During my brief tenure living in a college dorm I had two neighbors upstairs who were chemistry majors and they put themselves through four years of school with a thriving side business run right out of their dorm room sink.

 

[Berzerker]

The idea on the ride share companies is that people who pay via their cell phone app know that their identity is thoroughly recorded. The anonymous "guy in the back of the taxi" is a lot more unpredictable, at least in theory.

That makes sense

Two broad principles - my employer wants me to give all my effort to them. If I am tired going to work because I was doing another job I won't be able to give them all my energy.

Additionally because of various labour laws my employer has a duty of care towards me to be sure that I get proper rest periods and holidays etc.

To be honest I don't need the money and don't really have the time or energy to do it.

I enjoyed driving for a living, but other than a tow truck job I wasn't on call and I figured you guys were. But if they got you busy enough to work a shift - and they pay good enough - then why work elsewhere? Its an easy job and many people like driving.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Wrong kind of chemistry. During my brief tenure living in a college dorm I had two neighbors upstairs who were chemistry majors and they put themselves through four years of school with a thriving side business run right out of their dorm room sink.

Back when selling toilet wine could pay for more than a couple of textbooks.

 

[Zelig]

I do some contract work for former employers that I charge exorbitantly in hopes that it will discourage them from asking for my help. Probably time to raise my rates again.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Back when selling toilet wine could pay for more than a couple of textbooks.

Actually it was back before cooking meth was famous. The good old days when coke was so new that housewives and salesmen were using it for a 'quicker pick me up than coffee,' and the stench of cooking meth was just a weird bad smell that people met with a vague curiosity instead of a SWAT team. But man my school ROCKED.

 

[Hygro]

Rideshare: pay sucks but the hours are 100% yours to choose.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

How much can you make an hour if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Hygro]

"can" is a funny question but after expenses and driving optimal times in the optimal urban (big city) environment expect to make about $12.