UberEats could be underpaying delivery drivers on 30% of trips, according to a programmer who reportedly built a tool that found the app was lowballing the miles that drivers traveled (UBER)

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• An Uber Eats driver claimed he collected data showing that the company has been consistently underpaying drivers, Salon reported Thursday.
• The driver, who is also a computer programmer, built a tool for drivers to track their trips and determine if the company was paying them fairly, and found that Uber wasn't paying them for an average of 2.5 miles driven on 25-30% of trips, according to Salon.
• Despite a surge in demand for food delivery during the pandemic, workers have seen their pay decline as out-of-work Americans flood the platforms, forcing earnings to be split between more of them.
• Even before the pandemic, many ride-hail and delivery drivers reported earning less than minimum wage, and regulators have started cracking down, casting doubt on the sustainability of the gig economy business model.
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A programmer and Uber Eats driver built a tool that he claimed provides evidence that the food delivery service has consistently been underpaying drivers, Salon reported on Thursday.

Armin Samii, a computer scientist who has been working part-time for Uber Eats since losing his job during the pandemic, built a Chrome browser extension called "UberCheats" that helps drivers track their trips and pay, and said the initial data showed Uber shorting drivers on 25-30% of trips, according to Salon.

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