POV: You Work for Uber. You Made $6 an Hour

You downloaded the app on a Tuesday. The sign-up took 20 minutes. They said you could earn up to $35 an hour. This is what actually happened. 42 million Americans work in the gig economy. Uber's market cap is $157 billion. The average driver's real take-home after expenses: $6–$8 an hour. No sick days. No benefits. No unemployment if the app cuts you off. And the car you're destroying to make it work? That's yours. This is your life at every level of driving for Uber in America. — 🔔 Subscribe for a new story every week. Every video looks like this — real American lives, real math, no filter. — CHAPTERS: 0:00 — The Sign-Up 2:10 — The First Week 5:30 — The Real Math 9:00 — The Tax Bomb Nobody Warned You About 12:20 — The Algorithm 16:00 — What Your Car Actually Costs You 20:30 — The Math That Doesn't Close — #UberDriver #GigEconomy #GigWorker #AmericanLife #WorkingClass #GigWork #America #RealLife #POV