Why Uber Eats is Pushing Trip Radar. IT’S A SCAM.

Why I think they're pushing Trip Radar. IT'S A SCAM.

I've been doing Uber Eats deliveries for two weeks now, so sorry if this is already known. Lately, I've noticed Uber is pushing a lot of Trip Radar gigs. I wondered why, since regular trip requests seem to work fine. It doesn't make sense for drivers.

Then I thought about it from Uber's perspective. They want to improve delivery times and lower costs (For our cut, NOT UBER'S CUT).

First, Trip Radar doesn't show the map, just the addresses. So, unless you know the area well, you might end up taking bad trips you wouldn't usually accept.

Second, Trip Radar sends the gig to many drivers at once, making us compete for it. Regular requests go to one driver at a time, giving us about 10 seconds to decide. When it's a bad trip, and multiple drivers decline it, those seconds add up.

(I also think there's a psychological trick here. Trip Radar might make us feel like there's always competition, so we accept bad trips for fear of getting nothing.)

TL;DR: Uber Eats is making changes that make our job harder and more stressful.