Uber Manila losing a lot of quality drivers because of the no incentive scheme

This article is written by Eric Padua, an uber partner since 2014. For the past few weeks, we are hearing complaints about abusive driv...


This article is written by Eric Padua, an uber partner since 2014.

For the past few weeks, we are hearing complaints about abusive drivers and etc. Some passengers say that they had been riding Uber since its start but the past few weeks was the worst they ever had. Complaining about the quality drivers are no where to be found.






We did a quick research about this and we found out that most quality drivers are not driving for Uber Manila anymore. Uber is losing quality drivers and if this continues, the service will never be the same again.

It all boils in one point, since Uber Manila removed its incentives quality drivers or experienced partners know that driving for Uber might not be a good idea anymore, the money they'll earn will surely not be worth it or not even gonna break even for the wear and tear plus the gasoline that they consume while Uber gets 20% clean without even doing hard work.

Some resorted to keeping their regular clients serviced outside Uber, and yes they'll get 100% of it than 80%. I think that was a smart move, than killing your car for something it is not worth to do so. But of course Uber is still a great way to earn extra income, especially if there's a surge, but nowadays some partners feel that surge is being controlled, and passengers are also getting smarter by waiting for the surge to wear off. If this really continue, Uber might move to another city to focus on where they can earn more just like Uber Cebu.






What about you do you still think it is worth to do Uber on the current situation? Let us know in the comments section and maybe we could probably come up with a suggestion or things to do in order to help you on your venture.

The Uber Driver had been around since the start of Uber Manila, we are drivers who drives for passion and we want to help those partners who needed our help. We drove Uber X and Uber Black.

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10 comments

  1. UnknownNovember 16, 2015 at 3:06 PM

    Increasing the base fare maximizing the surge and advertising more ads about how rider can avail uber will surely help!

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    1. AdminNovember 16, 2015 at 3:10 PM

      That's true, they could do that but instead Uber is doing the opposite.

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  2. UnknownNovember 17, 2015 at 12:19 AM

    Just bring back the incentives even UBER take out the surge will be fine.

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    1. AdminNovember 17, 2015 at 12:24 AM

      I wouldn't rely much on the incentives. It's much better that they advertise the service to customers and not advertise uber to gain more drivers or operators. That's what Uber Manila should do.

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    2. UnknownNovember 17, 2015 at 2:29 PM

      Since they took off the incentive uber should also or atleast lower the uber fee.

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    3. AdminNovember 17, 2015 at 2:33 PM

      They might even raise it just like on usa, startong from 20% now its 30%

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    4. Jun AbejoNovember 17, 2015 at 3:38 PM

      It's either raise base fare or lower uber-fee would motivate uber-partners to go online more often. Uber has now a strong rider-customer base.

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    5. AdminNovember 17, 2015 at 10:35 PM

      The real truth is uber has a low customer based at the moment, it just look so many right now because a lot of uber partners are currently not driving.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 19, 2016 at 1:28 PM

    They should also explain the incentives properly so that it will be fair for everyone

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  4. AdminJanuary 19, 2016 at 1:34 PM

    Yes that should be the case :)

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