Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture

Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by jschwartzi on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:51AM (#13713451)

Does Hailo give you pricing upfront? I've tried cab hailing apps in the past, and they'll always quote a price that pisses the cabbie off as soon as he sees it. For me, Uber's feature set includes knowing what I will be charged beforehand, and not scrambling to find cash because the driver's card reader is broken.

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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by coredog64 on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:40AM (#13714721)

No, but Hailo can also handle the payments, so it doesn't matter if the driver's card reader is busted.

In a market like Dublin, Hailo is an ultra-efficient dispatch service. I call for a cab to a destination, and the drivers decide if they want that business. Of the ~7 weeks I was there, I only had one trip where it took me an extra 10 minutes to get a cab, and that was because it was pouring down rain.

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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by rusk on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:11AM (#13713524)

No I don't think so ... it's standard cab pricing. Pay by duration. I don't really have an issue with that. Nor do the drivers probably.

At busy times it will cost you more, though not too different at the end of the day from Uber's "surge pricing" though.

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Re:Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture by mjrbrennan on Thursday February 23, 2017 @04:43PM (#13718094)

The card reader is almost never actually broken. Yet another reason why people don't like traditional cabs.

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