'Screwed': Uber Claws Back Double Pay from Drivers After April Fools Glitch

'Screwed': Uber Claws Back Double Pay from Drivers After April Fools Glitch

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ak3dnj/uber-claws-back-double-pay-from-drivers-after-april-fools-glitch

On April 1, some Uber Eats drivers received a message that at first glance could have seemed like an April Fool’s Day prank: rates they were already paid for their rides the previous day were too high, the company said, and the difference was being subtracted from their account.

One driver posted a screenshot of Uber’s message to Reddit. It reads, “An incorrect overpayment was made to your account. Due to a technical error, you received duplicate earnings for certain trips between 3/31 - 4/02. The message then says that Uber would be subtracting $75.86 from the driver’s account to correct the “erroneous overpayment.”