UBER can't find good help locally.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

I've tried it a few times, and I love Uber. Just tap on the screen of my iPad and really, in just 3 minutes a driver arrived. I recall a poster on another board stating he called for a taxi in Pittsburgh and had a wait time of 2 hours. That leaves the door wide open for something like Uber to rush in and fill a need.

Exactly, I think many people have (or know people who have) missed flights or drove drunk because the cab they ordered never came. Whereas Uber/Lyft shows up in minutes.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by krogerDisco

I've tried it a few times, and I love Uber. Just tap on the screen of my iPad and really, in just 3 minutes a driver arrived. I recall a poster on another board stating he called for a taxi in Pittsburgh and had a wait time of 2 hours. That leaves the door wide open for something like Uber to rush in and fill a need.

What we are seeing is an example of disruptive technology challenging the old way of doing things. I say, let it be, and see how things shake out. Let change happen otherwise we are stuck with a crappy older system.

exactly. i don't even think that price is a major factor of ubers popularity. the best thing about it is reliability.

[MountainDewGuy]

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

Funny you say this, as the boomer execs at the bigger companies drive this mentality. It's all about stock price and what we can do this quarter at the expense of long term viability and success. Compensation structures favor short term spikes over long term sustainable earnings growth in every sector and across every generation. I find the only places this is not true at smaller, privately held companies and small businesses. If the company is publically traded or the goal is to become publically traded, forget it. Even giant non-profits push this mentality.

You know who perpetuated this mentality? Yeah, it's not the younger people who control the purse strings. It's their parents generation who taught them and pay them that way. It is laughable that the negatives of the millennial generation are conveniently blamed on them directly as opposed to the generation of selfish and lazy parents who raised them.

And for those talking about UBER driver compensation, you do realize this thread is about the pay of the people whose goal is to make those low paying jobs completely obsolete, right?

I was referring more to companies that are young but have received large influxes of cash and I'd say that more often than not their leadership is not likely to be millennials, but rather gen y, x and boomers. These companies operate like rocket ships as if their goal is to reach orbit before their competitors. Of course, there is no orbit to reach, only a continual climb. There is no long term strategy, except when they attempt to convince people that they will save the world, but need to increase the stock price first, of course. They have fast burning engines and in the tech world their operating model is extremely scalable globally, which means they can burn that fuel at a high rate for a long time.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by MountainDewGuy

I was referring more to companies that are young but have received large influxes of cash and I'd say that more often than not their leadership is not likely to be millennials, but rather gen y, x and boomers. These companies operate like rocket ships as if their goal is to reach orbit before their competitors. Of course, there is no orbit to reach, only a continual climb. There is no long term strategy, except when they attempt to convince people that they will save the world, but need to increase the stock price first, of course. They have fast burning engines and in the tech world their operating model is extremely scalable globally, which means they can burn that fuel at a high rate for a long time.

if you aren't watching silicon valley, you should. pretty much an exemplification of this thinking.

[Goodjules]

Kind of related: New Report Labels Boston a Better Hub for Startups Than San Francisco - SFGate

Pittsburgh is 14 on a list of 25.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Goodjules

Kind of related: New Report Labels Boston a Better Hub for Startups Than San Francisco - SFGate

Pittsburgh is 14 on a list of 25.

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