r/UbereatsUK

Been doing uber eats now and then on the side for extra cash I’m just wondering if anyone else doesn’t do McDonald’s orders. Just curious as I decline all of them as I’ve heard nightmares about how you can be waiting for ages and there are always a lot of spillages

Completely misread the screen with the sun in my eyes. I thought said £8 for 6 miles

Turned out to be £9 for 16 miles. And had nothing on the way back

Do you tip your drivers? If I’m ever flush, have some cash lying around, or if I make a request to the driver and they do it (like the guy that gave me 45 bbq’s from maccies when I asked for 2) I’ll happily tip.
But it’s just never been in my head as a given due to uk culture around tipping. But now I’m getting older I start to feel guilty and want to tip, but never seem to get good experiences with Uber in order to warrant me wanting to start (maybe because I don’t tip!)

Am I in the wrong for not tipping?
Drivers is it something you see regularly in the UK or a nice bonus?

Ever since the 50 for £50 promo has started, I have had way less deliveries, to the point I have gone out for 2+ hours and done one order.

Tonight, currently sitting on hour 3 with 4 orders done.

I've found way more success travelling to neighbouring counties and saying screw it to the promo, but it kinda sucks to have to go 20-30 miles away from home, spend the fuel + wear and tear, just to get a few extra £4 deliveries

Anyone else having this issue?

Anyone face this issue where the count of total deliveries in your UE profile just got reduced? My count shown today is less than what it was last month. By several hundreds. I wont bother myself contacting support about trip numbers and milestone badges but this is an example how they lack accountability to the completed trips of a driver.

Been seeing loads of notifications lately about Uber pushing drivers and riders towards EVs and e-bikes through the newer incentive schemes. With petrol prices where they are, going electric sounds great in theory, but the upfront cost of a decent EV or a legal delivery e-bike is still massive. Public charging during shifts also sounds like a headache depending on the area. Are any of you actually considering switching to electric this year, or sticking with petrol as long as possible?

I’ve had three orders this weekend where a decent £4 or £5 tip was added at acceptance, only for it to be completely reversed an hour after delivery. The drops were smooth, the food was hot, and I followed the notes perfectly. It’s an absolute joke that Uber still allows customers to just pull the rug out from under our earnings after we’ve done the work. Deliveroo and Just Eat don’t let them play games like this. This is not at all good.

We still have this stupid incentive going on in Nottingham. It needs to stop, we're getting drivers coming from all over the East Mids taking stupid £3 jobs?! It's NOT benefitting us! They are lowering the base rate. Doing this part time, I've found it is an impossible target to reach. There are too many drivers in my area now. It's absolutely saturated with drivers.

Does anyone know when this will end? I have one friend who does it full time; he's been out since 7 this morning and has had one order. There's absolutely no way it is anywhere near minimum wage.

Hows the new system working?

Is it worth opting back in to do Age ID deliveries with the new system?

Anyone else receive orders from shops/takeaways that you know for sure are closed. Telephone number just doesn’t connect and no one answers on messages on the app.

Funny thing is I’ve had a few of these and I’ve noticed when looking what the items are that have been ordered it says N/A on.

Also had a Sainsbury’s (main one, not a Sainsbury’s local) come up at 8.30 tonight paying a really good fee. I knew Sainsbury’s was shut but I phoned just to make sure they didn’t have a back door collection point (some do midweek) but with working in retail I know licensing laws restrict the trading hours on a Sunday and they confirmed they were indeed shut. Customer was also legit and it wasn’t a dummy order and said they placed the order 10 mins prior to me accepting it.

Can understand getting the job ping 30 mins after shop has closed due to it bouncing between driver to driver as this Sainsbury’s is known for long waits, but 4 n half hours after it’s closed is a bit crazy. Checked on my uber eats app and the shop was showing as closed.

Do shops/takeaways not have to accept the order prior to uber eats sending the jobs out ?

Be interesting to see what people’s views and advice are on the above

I have been doing uber eats for several months now and have a 100% satisfaction rate, today I was dropping a Sainsbury’s order at a house. I was 100% at the correct address, so knocked, nothing, (I could tell the customer was home as all windows were open and it was meet at door, pin required), I then sent a message so timer would start, nothing after several more knocks, I rang multiple times and several messages later I stood outside for 6 minutes whilst my car was on double yellows round the corner.
Long story short after 6 minutes I leave the order outside the address, take a photo with house number clearly in it and run back to car. I drove down the street and turn around and obviously the order was gone (clearly taken by customer as no one else was around and it was behind a wall not to be seen from path), this person obviously knows about Ubers 6 minute rule and it out to scam (I wish I just took the order now instead of leaving it!)
Will anything happen to my account? I’ve given uber my side of the story and they will surely have the attempted contact, 6 minute wait etc on file?

Been doing it a few weeks after a cut in hours in a creative role, to plug the gap.

Manchester city center. Pretty saturated with drivers, but finally got into a rhythm with the best time slots and best / busiest spots for orders. Tend to make £18p/h now every time I drive by being selective - but only counting “driving time.”

Some shifts, if you count the hours you’ve been in the car, it can be less and closer to min wage.

Then you’ve got petrol and wear on your car. But equally, you’re also not getting abused by a shitty manager and have freedom to pick when you work.

I guess I’m thinking out loud while deciding if I’d rather just go stack shelves in a supermarket for guaranteed hours without knackering my car (while idling in a petrol station 😂).

It’s been going on for over a month for me now, what do we all think is the reason behind the 50 for £50 and then 25 for £25.

My personal thinking is that uber knows they have made an error somewhere and are trying to fix it and are making sure they have drivers even when it’s crazy quiet, but if I’m honest I’m dreaming as this year has been shocking so far.

Looking for peoples opinions.