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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Uber driving mentioned here, let me expand on this for op. Uber in Glasgow operates like any other private hire. You can't just jump in your own car and download an app and start taking passengers tomorrow. Unlike most other places in the world where Uber is rideshare, in the UK it is regulated. So, first you need to get a ph licence from the council. The cost of this is around £170. You pay this when submitting the application to the council and again every 3 years. The council are slow as fuck. It takes around 4 to 6 months for the licence and badge to go through. Once you have the badge you can go work with any private hire company, including Uber. Now for the car. The above process is for licencing the driver. But the car needs a separate licence too. If your using your own car...little to no chance. The council introduced a licence cap last year meaning no new private hire or taxi car licences will be issued until the number drops back to a lower limit. The only option right now for new entrants is to rent an already licenced car. Uber do not rent cars in Glasgow for this. There's usually a few on Gumtree. Prices range from about £160 to £200 PER WEEK. Also need to mention that as of this month all new entrants and existing drivers need to now do an SVQ before being granted a private hire or taxi badge. The course is a mandatory 160 hours of study at a cost of around £400. Basically, to become an Uber driver you need about a grand of funds to get set up. This covers application cost for licencing, first weeks car rental, and the new SVQ. For the first week of actual driving you'll need £100 to £120 kitty for fuel and, say, about £20 to £30 in coins for the airport exit machine. Maybe a few quid for car washes. You need this float as with Uber the pay comes weekly. You need to work a full week, self funding that fuel tank, until the weekly payment hits the bank. Uber driving the UK isn't just something any old cunts can just start doing tomorrow. It's also something that can't really be done part time. It takes an investment of time and money to get started and then the ongoing costs are quite high so you need to be grafting hard from day one. Now all that's been said... is it worth it? Yes! Once you go through the painful process of getting licenced you will make excellent money. Expect to pull in £220 to £250 for an 8 hour shift Friday to Sunday, and £120 to £150 for 8 hour shift rest of week. Plus you have a great deal of flexibility with time. This is a job you can pick and choose your hours and decide what days your working and what days your not. These days I only work 4 days a week (10 hour shifts so 40 hours), 3 days to myself, after costs and expenses I take home around £400 per week. Nothing to be sniffed at. If I want or need more then I can decide today that I'll do some extra hours or do more shifts. So, a wee bit costly to get into and will take quite a while to get a badge and car sorted. But once you are out there doing it, pretty good earnings and great flexibility. It's not a side gig though. Because it's a private hire, if you want to do it then you need to commit to it as a career change. Even more so now that an SVQ is involved. UberEats on the other hand is completely a side gig you can start tomorrow. AFAIK though, they dont take on car drivers in Glasgow for Eats and only cyclists. Earnings are a bit shit for those guys too. I might be wrong on this though as I don't do Eats.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/einjvd/amazon_flex_delivery_driver_job/fcuogls/
Created	Thu 2nd Jan 2020 5:15pm
Status	normal ()

Uber driving mentioned here, let me expand on this for op.

Uber in Glasgow operates like any other private hire. You can't just jump in your own car and download an app and start taking passengers tomorrow. Unlike most other places in the world where Uber is rideshare, in the UK it is regulated.

So, first you need to get a ph licence from the council. The cost of this is around £170. You pay this when submitting the application to the council and again every 3 years.

The council are slow as fuck. It takes around 4 to 6 months for the licence and badge to go through. Once you have the badge you can go work with any private hire company, including Uber.

Now for the car. The above process is for licencing the driver. But the car needs a separate licence too. If your using your own car...little to no chance. The council introduced a licence cap last year meaning no new private hire or taxi car licences will be issued until the number drops back to a lower limit. The only option right now for new entrants is to rent an already licenced car. Uber do not rent cars in Glasgow for this. There's usually a few on Gumtree. Prices range from about £160 to £200 PER WEEK.

Also need to mention that as of this month all new entrants and existing drivers need to now do an SVQ before being granted a private hire or taxi badge. The course is a mandatory 160 hours of study at a cost of around £400.

Basically, to become an Uber driver you need about a grand of funds to get set up. This covers application cost for licencing, first weeks car rental, and the new SVQ. For the first week of actual driving you'll need £100 to £120 kitty for fuel and, say, about £20 to £30 in coins for the airport exit machine. Maybe a few quid for car washes. You need this float as with Uber the pay comes weekly. You need to work a full week, self funding that fuel tank, until the weekly payment hits the bank.

Uber driving the UK isn't just something any old cunts can just start doing tomorrow. It's also something that can't really be done part time. It takes an investment of time and money to get started and then the ongoing costs are quite high so you need to be grafting hard from day one.

Now all that's been said... is it worth it? Yes! Once you go through the painful process of getting licenced you will make excellent money. Expect to pull in £220 to £250 for an 8 hour shift Friday to Sunday, and £120 to £150 for 8 hour shift rest of week. Plus you have a great deal of flexibility with time. This is a job you can pick and choose your hours and decide what days your working and what days your not. These days I only work 4 days a week (10 hour shifts so 40 hours), 3 days to myself, after costs and expenses I take home around £400 per week. Nothing to be sniffed at. If I want or need more then I can decide today that I'll do some extra hours or do more shifts.

So, a wee bit costly to get into and will take quite a while to get a badge and car sorted. But once you are out there doing it, pretty good earnings and great flexibility.

It's not a side gig though. Because it's a private hire, if you want to do it then you need to commit to it as a career change. Even more so now that an SVQ is involved.

UberEats on the other hand is completely a side gig you can start tomorrow. AFAIK though, they dont take on car drivers in Glasgow for Eats and only cyclists. Earnings are a bit shit for those guys too. I might be wrong on this though as I don't do Eats.