I'll put some more context around this blog as I have time. By way of brief introduction, I have a full time regular job. Driving for Uberx is a money making hobby to get me out of the house.
Uber finished my background check and told me where and when to pickup my phone. They also offered to send it to me. I decided to go get it and see what the Uber operation looked like. It was very much a backroom type of thing. Everything about the location is temporary. No investment in furniture. My guess is this location is only used for phone distribution. The distribution team was competent and moved the line fairly quickly. There were a lot of people picking up phones 50-100. This was the first day of the three days in a row phones were distributed. Thursday and Friday may be less busy.
I had done my homework on Uber. It was clear a lot of folks in the line had not. So they were not aware of potential issues with their insurance or, in some areas, the law. The group had a mix of people viewing Uberx as a second job and those who saw it as their only chance at a decent income.
More on all of this later.
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