After 'Flawed' MIT Paper, Uber Drivers Can't Agree On How Poorly They're Paid

After 'Flawed' MIT Paper, Uber Drivers Can't Agree On How Poorly They're Paid

6 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pam9gy/uber-ceo-challenges-mit-paper-on-how-much-drivers-make

Yee-haw, looks like we’ve got ourselves a good old-fashioned math battle.

Over the weekend, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said MIT stood for "Mathematically Incompetent Theories" after a new working paper from the university’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research estimated that Uber and Lyft drivers earn $3.37 an hour after expenses. The company says the actual average hourly wage is closer to $15.68, based on data compiled by blogger and ride-hailing driver The Rideshare Guy. After some back-and-forth, both parties agreed that three poorly phrased questions were at the heart of the mishap.