Uber Eats courier job
Uber Eats is the least demanding delivery app in Poland. You book no slots, declare no availability, there is no acceptance threshold and you do not wait for recruitment to open in your city — you turn the app on whenever you feel like riding. That freedom comes at a price and with its own traps, and the most misunderstood of them is the 23% VAT you see in your settlement. Below, in order: what that actually means, how much you can make and what Uber Eats does not want from you, whatever others may claim.
23% VAT in your settlement — why it is not a scam
The rule across the delivery market is simple: if your settlement partner deducts VAT from your earnings, something is wrong. Uber Eats is the one exception to that rule — and it is worth understanding why before you write the deduction off as a rip-off. Uber settles deliveries under the reverse charge mechanism: the amounts for your jobs reach the partner with the tax added on top, and the partner has a statutory duty to pass it on to the tax office. That money was never yours — it merely passed through the account on its way.
In apps where the figure on the screen is already net — Glovo or Stuart, for instance — deducting VAT is simply reaching into your pocket, and there is no justification for it whatsoever. If you hear such a proposal at another platform, treat it as a sign that the firm is not playing straight. At Uber Eats the mechanics are the other way round: when you accept a job you see the net amount, while in the earnings summary the same delivery appears gross. The difference between those two numbers is the tax.
Hence the practical rule worth memorising for your first week: the deduction cannot be larger than the difference between the gross and the net amount. Do the sum yourself — VAT works out as gross ÷ 123 × 23, so on 100 zł that is 18.70 zł, not 23 zł. Tips and quests are a separate, unsettled matter: sources disagree on whether they fall under the same mechanism, so ask your partner about it directly and request an itemised statement. And one last consequence that is easy to forget when comparing apps: do not put the figures from the Uber Eats app next to Glovo rates as they stand — divide them by 1.23 first. The ranges on this page are already take-home.
You can no longer sign a direct B2B contract with Uber — even with a działalność gospodarcza (a Polish sole trader business) of your own you get in solely through a settlement partner from Uber's official list. While we are at it, one myth doing the rounds on intermediary websites: an Uber Eats courier has no use whatsoever for a criminal record certificate. What gets verified is your identity, your vehicle and your right to work, not the criminal register — a trip to the court for a certificate is a wasted day.
How the job works at Uber Eats
No hours to book, no availability to declare and — unlike Glovo, Wolt or Bolt Food — no recruitment windows opening and closing. You start Uber Driver, tap "Go" and you are live; every now and then the app will ask for a verification selfie along the way.
Every offer shows you the restaurant, the pay, the estimated time and both pins on the map — but the customer pin is an approximate area, not a house number. The exact address is only revealed once you have collected the food, and you have around 30 seconds to decide. That is a difference from Wolt and Bolt Food, where you know the address straight away.
Base rates have been kept under wraps since the reform of 28 October 2024, so what decides your evening are the bonuses for runs of deliveries and the zone multipliers. Out of season a quest adds roughly 2 zł per delivery, in November and December it can be 5–6 zł, and quests can stack.
Some customers pay on delivery, but the settlement works differently from anywhere else: the money stays with you and the system deducts it from your following cashless payouts. Such jobs are flagged before you accept and only go to couriers with a positive balance, and you can switch the whole option off with a single toggle in the settings.
How much does an Uber Eats courier earn
There is no single rate for the whole of Poland, and no honest way to quote one: since the reform of 28 October 2024 Uber has published no price list for the Polish market. Your pay is made up of four elements — a pickup fee, a delivery fee, a rate for the distance from the restaurant to the customer and, in selected cities, a time-based component as well; Uber itself notes that the structure of earnings differs from city to city. What makes the real difference, though, are quests and multipliers: out of season a quest adds around 2 zł per delivery, in November and December it can be 5–6 zł, and in bad weather Uber texts you about a top-up, typically 3 zł per order. When comparing, keep one thing in mind: the bands we quote for each city are take-home — what is left after the settlement partner's commission and contributions, whatever the earnings summary in the app adds up to. Seasonality bites harder here than in other apps: November and December can be several times better than July, and over the summer most couriers add a second app. Across the country delivery work usually comes to 25–55 zł net per hour, depending on the city, the app, the time of day and the weather, but there is no hourly rate in Uber Eats itself — you are paid per delivery. The range for your own city is on the city page below.
How to become an Uber Eats courier — 3 steps
Your name, e-mail, phone number and city. You go into the settlement partner's system with the fields already filled in — Uber does not recruit couriers directly and there is no way round this step.
You upload your ID document and your vehicle details, sign the contract online, go through a short video check and send in a photo of your open thermal bag with the document in the frame. From a complete set of documents to an active account usually takes 24–72 hours.
You set no schedule and wait for no recruitment window — once you are activated you go live whenever you want. No bike or no bag? You can rent or buy either from the partner, often against a deposit refunded once you have started.
What you need
There is no upper age limit. Apps taking people from 16 are to be found elsewhere — Uber Eats starts at adulthood.
Polish citizens — a dowód osobisty (national ID card). Foreigners — a passport, grounds for legal residence and the right to work, plus a PESEL number as a must: without it the partner cannot register the contract. Watch out for a karta pobytu (residence card) issued for one named employer — that requires an amended decision.
A bike, e-bike, e-scooter, moped or car; Uber Eats has no on-foot option. Motor vehicles add a driving licence, a registration document and OC (compulsory third-party insurance), while a bike you register with an ordinary photo. Changing your vehicle is handled through support.
Any one will do — even one with a competitor's logo on it. Uber neither sells nor hands out equipment; you buy a new bag or take one against a refundable deposit from your settlement partner.
An account number is required for settlements, and your phone has to carry Uber Driver with navigation through a whole shift — ideally with a power bank to match.
The only route to an account. You cannot sign a direct contract with Uber even through your own business — to company owners Uber offers, at most, setting up a fleet of their own.
Already riding for Uber Eats with another partner?
Changing partner at Uber Eats is the fastest switch on the whole delivery market. You terminate the contract with your current firm by e-mail, register with the new one and accept the invitation to its fleet — confirmation usually arrives the next day and your first settlement a day after that. We found no lock-in period, your courier account and history stay with you, and you do not need to take a break from riding. For comparison: at Bolt Food the switch takes one day through in-app support, at Wolt it only takes effect once the month closes, and at Glovo it takes 2–3 days. Before you sign a new contract, compare commissions and payout rhythms — over a month the differences can be noticeable, especially if you ride two apps at once.
Changing your settlement partner at Uber Eats — a step-by-step guide →
Choose your city
For the ten biggest cities we have separate pages: where most of the orders are, what hours to ride, what to ride and what you really make per hour.
Uber Eats operates in several dozen Polish cities, and the lists published by partners can differ a great deal — the safest way to confirm a particular city is in the registration form. One thing is certain, though: Uber Eats runs no recruitment windows opening and closing the way they do at Glovo, Wolt or Bolt Food. Find your city on the list and you will land on a page about courier work there, covering all the apps.
Common questions about working with Uber Eats
Do I have to accept every job?
There is no acceptance threshold at Uber Eats — turning an offer down carries no consequences, and the statistic in the app is psychological more than anything else. For comparison, Bolt Food officially requires 80% and at Wolt people talk about 60%. A job you have accepted you can cancel yourself as long as you have not collected the food: "problem with the order", pick a reason, done. Do not overdo that one, though, because Uber reads a high number of drop-offs as a sign of abuse — and what actually gets penalised is repeatedly turning up late for collection.
Does Uber Eats require a criminal record certificate?
Nobody asks a courier for such a document, whatever some intermediary websites write. What is verified is your identity, your vehicle and your right to work, not your record. If somebody tells you to go to the court for a certificate before you start, treat that as a warning sign about the intermediary itself.
Does having my own działalność gospodarcza change anything here?
A business shortens nothing and unlocks nothing — a direct B2B courier contract with Uber simply no longer exists. The account is opened through a settlement partner, and people with a business settle with that same partner on a B2B basis, which is a choice of settlement form rather than a condition of entry. Without a business you ride entirely legally: the contract, the tax and the contributions are the partner's job.
Why does my earnings summary show a different amount from the one on the job?
When you accept a job the app shows the net amount, while in the earnings statement the same delivery appears gross — the difference is the 23% VAT the partner is obliged to pass on. It is neither an error nor double counting, but a consequence of the reverse charge mechanism Uber uses to settle deliveries. Keep an eye on one thing: the deduction cannot exceed that difference.
What about tips?
Here we have to be straight with you — tips are a rarity in this app. Since 2024 customers in Poland have had practically no in-app option to leave one, so building your budget around tips makes no sense. Treat them as a pleasant exception rather than part of your hourly pay; the real money here comes from quests and multipliers.
When and how do I get paid?
Settlements are run by the settlement partner in their own app — weekly payouts are the standard, more frequent ones usually for a small fee. On top of that there is the BLIK cheque: you generate a code at any hour and withdraw cash from an ATM, on a Sunday if you like, without waiting for a transfer. The same panel shows you the list of jobs, the deductions and the tax.
Start delivering with Uber Eats
Fill in the form — the settlement partner takes care of the rest.
Register online