I generally don't write reviews about a company un...

I generally don't write reviews about a company unless there's a good story to tell. When Uber launched in the Tampa, Fl market with radio and TV commercials about being able to work at your convenience and earn extra income by turning an App on and off, it sounded interesting to me, so I signed up. That was over three years ago, whenever I had some free time I drove people around and made extra pocket change, easy job.

Over those three years, as the app developers updated and revised the software I started noticing how manipulative this company has become.
Like I mentioned above, Uber is a real part time gig for me, there was a time I made some money when I worked the platform, but over the last several months I've noticed that their algorithm has picked up on that and I don't get as many rides as I use to.

This morning I was on my way to Tampa International Airport, the App was already running on the way there and not one single ping, as I entered the ridesharing lot my position on the queue was 36 of 40. Then within two minutes the strangest thing happened, my position in the queue dropped to 11 of 15, then 6 of 10 and finally 1 of 5. I could tell that something or someone was manipulating the queue positions because from 8:55am to 9:50am as I sat there in the 1 of 5 position, other driver phones were being pinged and I'm still waiting. At 9:50am I finally get pinged for a short ride with the option of returning within 12hrs and I turned the App off. To me that's clear manipulation and equal opportunity violation.