French Uber Eats couriers say they have found a way to push the platform's pay algorithm upward by refusing low delivery offers at the same time, and a video of the action has circulated online.
France · Uber Eats couriers
French couriers say refusing low offers together pushed Uber Eats pay upward
A group of couriers says a coordinated refusal of low-value delivery offers led the platform's pay algorithm to offer more for later deliveries. Uber has not publicly responded, and the claim is unverified.
€15.06
Offer shown on screen in the video
The offer rose to this amount after couriers declined low-value offers together.
No baseline reported
The article does not give the earlier offer amount, so no before-and-after comparison is drawn here. The size of the increase cannot be measured from the available information.
How the couriers say it works
The couriers' account, not independently confirmed
STEP 1
Couriers decline low-value offers together
→
STEP 2
Algorithm reportedly raises the offer
→
STEP 3
Later deliveries pay more
Whether Step 2 is caused by the refusals is the central question and remains unproven.
The couriers' position
Collective refusal can push offers higher for later deliveries.
Workers found a way to act on pay through the algorithm itself.
The action is documented in a video showing offers rising to €15.06.
Open questions
Uber has not publicly commented on the video or the claims.
No independent confirmation of how the algorithm works.
Unclear whether the refusals caused the higher offer, or whether it was a technical anomaly.
What would settle it
The claim depends on platform data that Uber has not released.
Offer history before and after the coordinated refusals
How dispatch and pay decisions are made on the platform
Whether the change applied to other couriers outside the group
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