When your uber driver makes small talk and tells you he interviewed with PwC - but didn't like it. (He now drives an UBER!)

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I now drive an uber. What're you trying to say?

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It's only funny because he makes more money than you.

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Are they hiring for drivers? Sounds better than this right about now

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P2 not trying to say anything. I said it. He interviewed for PwC, didn't like it and now drives an uber. What more do you want?

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Bullshitting Uber drivers in NY are almost as funny as bullshitting real estate brokers.

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Yeah. Oh well, good for him for trying, you know?

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Who is laughing? I am pointing out that the guy prefers to drive an uber than to work at PwC.

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my last uber driver claimed he made almost $200K last year (nyc), i think he was driving every day, but still--way better than what associates make (no matter what company)

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@EY2... Break free my child.. Break free 🙏🏼😏

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I had an uber driver driving me from airport to recruiting event, turns out he was going to the event as a student. Proceeded to try tell me how he's a good candidate for the whole ride. I was nice but he went nowhere...

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Ubers drivers only get 25% of what they drive, so that basically means that the uber driver made $800K in one year. Yaaaah riiiiight

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This thread is funny and OP's comments have me crying 😂😂 OP is my spirit animal

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I drove Lift before

@ACN1 you know that's not true right

Acn1- I don't drive Uber but have interviewed many drivers as if they were my clients. They give about 25% to Uber and rest of the expenses are tax deductible. So, it's not that bad. Also, if you r in NYC area, there are extensive hours in a day when they have surge pricing. So, it's not totally impossible to make good money. I am sure he meant $200k in rides and not final profit. Anyways that way better than a Manager's salary in big4. And even we do pay taxes.

B1- why didn't his candidacy not go anywhere? Just curious

Under qualified, simply put.

Interesting, thanks

Had no issue with him chatting (although the last thing I felt like on my one 20 minute break was being sold on a candidate) - just wasn't good enough sadly

$200k in revenue, *maybe.* Of that, $50k to Uber. A lot depends on the type of car.
Presuming he's driving 8 hrs a day at 20 mph, 200 days per yr, that's 32k miles of city heavy driving per yr.
In a Prius, only $1.5k in gas. Budget 2x that for maintenance and insurance. That car is going to depreciate quickly with all the driving. Call it 20k -> 6k in maybe 2 years = $7k/yr. So $140k/yr operating profit.
If he was driving an Escalade to get that $200k, it's a lot less impressive. $3k in gas. 2x in maintenance and insurance. Depreciation more like $74k->30k in two years = $27k/yr. $114k in operating profit.

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