Uber offers hundreds in bonuses for some drivers as the busy holiday season approaches
Source: Business Insider ·
Uber incentivizes drivers with bonuses for ride completions and referrals, boosting earnings amid rising gas prices.
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Uber is offering some drivers hundreds of dollars in incentive pay, depending on how many rides they complete in a given period.Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesUber is offering bonuses to some drivers for completing more rides or referring new drivers.The bonuses can add up to hundreds or thousands of dollars.Uber has used such extra pay in the past to attract drivers to the platform.Uber is offering ride-hailing drivers something that many haven't seen in years: Big bonuses.The ride-hailing service is coaxing some drivers to take more rides, offering up to several hundred dollars in "incentive" pay if they complete a set number of rides within a set time period, according to several screenshots of the offers seen by Business Insider.In one example, a driver was offered $525 if the driver completed 45 trips within a few days. Similar offers involved smaller payouts and fewer trips, but paid out proportional amounts of $10 to $12 per trip.That's a huge pay…
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