Courier jobs with Uber Eats in Katowice
Katowice is the gateway to a conurbation of 41 municipalities and over 2 million people — and Uber Eats is the only one of the big apps where you never have to declare to anyone where and when you will be riding. In practice that means you can build your day around wherever the traffic happens to be, rather than around a window booked in advance.
Working with Uber Eats: what the courier job involves
Uber Eats is sometimes called the app for people who cannot stand rotas: no booking hours, no acceptance threshold, no waiting for recruitment in your city to open. On every job you know the fee and the approximate customer area up front, with the exact address revealed once you collect the food. The payout is counted from pickup, delivery and kilometres, and bonuses for runs of jobs can reshape the result of a whole evening.
Uber Eats — Katowice: where, when and what to ride
Where the orders are
Osiedle Tysiąclecia holds the city's density record — over 10,000 people per square kilometre, meaning a run of short jobs in one place. Ligota-Panewniki, with 27,000 residents, lives off medical university students; ul. Mariacka, along the whole of its 378 metres, is the main bar street; and Nikiszowiec and Giszowiec are former company estates where finding your way without navigation can be a challenge. At the other extreme stands Murcki: the largest district by area with only 108 residents per km², which makes it somewhere you take a job deliberately.
When to ride
Evenings and office-district lunches hold the base, but the calendar has changed: the Intel Extreme Masters finals, which from 2013 created a February peak at the Spodek, have been held in Krakow since 2026. Other fixtures remain — the European Economic Congress in April with around 13,500 participants, OFF Festival in early August in Dolina Trzech Stawów, and Barbórka on 4 December, when the city fills with miners' gatherings and beer-hall celebrations.
What to ride
Metrorower GZM is the largest metropolitan scheme in the country: 942 stations and over 7,000 bikes across 40 of the 41 municipalities, available all year round. For cars and mopeds the backbone is the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa — 31.3 km without traffic lights, but with 26 junctions and passages through the centres of one city after another, so it only beats the motorway on short stretches. Eight speed cameras operate in the tunnel under rondo Ziętka, which is easy to forget when you are in a hurry.
Before you accept a job towards Murcki or Podlesie, work out how you are getting back — these are the least populated districts in the city and the next order can take a quarter of an hour to arrive. On big event days such as the European Economic Congress or OFF Festival, stay in the centre and Dolina Trzech Stawów: that is where the multipliers are highest.
Uber Eats compared with other apps
Glovo gives volume and shops, Wolt holds the centre with the better venues, and Uber Eats is the app for couriers who want to move freely between parts of the conurbation. Silesia is among the best-paying regions, but remember that Uber Eats fees include VAT and need converting before you compare them with Glovo.
How to start working with Uber Eats — 3 steps
Starting requires neither a company nor visits to government offices: you register with a settlement partner, go through video verification and send a photo of your thermal bag. The partner takes on the contract, the taxes and the payouts, and once your account is active you tap Go in the app whenever you feel like riding.
Full name, e-mail and phone — they carry over into the partner's system, so you type them once.
Upload a scan of your ID on the site and sign the contract electronically. No need to wait for a call first.
Settlements and payouts live there. The advisor may call later, even a week on — your registration moves ahead regardless.
The settlement partner in numbers
Included: a Medicover card with a sports package, cheaper fuel and BLIK payouts.
Questions about working with Uber Eats — Katowice
How much does an Uber Eats courier make in Katowice?
Across Poland, delivery work usually comes to 25–55 zł net per hour, depending on the city, the app, the time of day and the weather. In Katowice, a realistic band is 41–49 zł net per hour at the peaks, depending on the season and your vehicle; December with a full set of quests comes out best. These are take-home figures, after the settlement partner's commission and contributions — nothing more comes off them.
Can I also ride in the other cities of the conurbation?
In Silesia, Uber Eats covers Bytom, Chorzów, Gliwice, Zabrze, Sosnowiec, Będzin, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Ruda Śląska, Świętochłowice, Tychy, Tarnowskie Góry and Żory, among others. With no slots and no declared availability, moving between cities is a question of getting there, not of paperwork.
What is the best vehicle in Silesia?
In the compact centre a bike is enough, backed up if needed by Metrorower with over 900 stations across the conurbation. On longer runs between cities a moped or a car has the edge, but on the DTŚ and in the tunnel under rondo Ziętka watch your speed: there are eight cameras.
What documents do I need to deliver with Uber Eats?
There is no upper age limit; the lower one is 18. Besides an identity document, the app will ask for vehicle details (for motorised ones — driving licence, registration document and OC), a bank account number and a short video verification. You sign the contract online with a settlement partner, and account activation normally takes one to three days.
What does a foreigner need in order to ride with Uber Eats?
Three things: legal stay (a visa, visa-free entry or a karta pobytu — residence card), a PESEL number, without which the partner cannot register your contract, and a legal basis to work. Citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine need an oświadczenie o powierzeniu wykonywania pracy (an employer's declaration entrusting work, 100 zł fee). Free access to the labour market is held by, among others, EU citizens, full-time students, holders of the Karta Polaka and of permanent residence, graduates of Polish universities and Ukrainians covered by the special act. Watch out for one trap: a karta pobytu issued for a specific employer requires the decision to be amended before you start riding.
Does Uber Eats require a criminal record certificate?
A criminal record certificate is not something Uber Eats asks for — and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Uber does not ask couriers for a criminal record certificate from the National Criminal Register, even though some intermediaries' websites claim it does. A trip to court for a certificate is a wasted day and wasted money; what gets checked is your identity and your right to work, not your record.
Do I have to have my own company?
Your own business is not required and it does not shorten the path. Uber stopped signing direct B2B contracts with couriers — the account is opened through a settlement partner, who takes on the contract, the taxes and the payouts. People with a company simply settle with that same partner on a B2B basis.
What do I see before I accept a job?
On screen you get the restaurant, the delivery fee, the estimated time and both pins on the map — although the customer pin is an approximate area rather than an exact address. The exact address only opens up once you have picked the food up. You have around 30 seconds to decide, so it helps to know in advance which parts of the city you do not take.
Do I have to accept every job?
You can decline without consequences — there is no acceptance threshold on Uber Eats. The statistic in the app is psychological rather than real; for comparison, Bolt Food has an official 80% and with Wolt people talk about 60%. A job you have already accepted can also be cancelled by you, as long as you have not picked the food up: problem with the order, pick a reason, done — no writing to support. Do not overdo the cancellations (a few per cent is a safe level) and do not turn up late for pickups, because that can earn you a temporary block.
Do I have to book slots or wait for recruitment to open?
There is no schedule on Uber Eats in any form: no slots to book, no required availability and — unlike Glovo, Wolt or Bolt Food — no recruitment windows that open and close. You ride when you have time: switch the app on, tap Go, and that is it.
Why does the partner deduct 23% VAT — is that fair?
This is the one case on the market where deducting VAT is normal. Uber settles deliveries under the reverse charge mechanism, so the amounts for jobs reach the partner with the tax added, and the partner has a statutory duty to pay it on — that money was never yours. On Glovo or Stuart the figure in the app is already net, and deducting VAT there would simply mean reaching into your pocket. Check one thing: the deduction cannot be larger than the difference between gross and net. VAT is calculated as gross ÷ 123 × 23, so on 100 zł that is 18.70 zł, not 23 zł.
I already ride with Uber Eats under another partner — can I switch?
Changing partner on Uber Eats is the fastest switch in the whole delivery market. You terminate the contract with your current company by email, register with the new one and get a fleet invitation — confirmation usually arrives the next day, and your first payout a day after that. For comparison: on Bolt Food it takes a day through support, on Wolt it only happens once the month closes, and on Glovo it takes 2–3 days.
Can I combine Uber Eats with other apps?
Combining apps is allowed — the one platform with an explicit ban on multi-apping during paid hours is Pyszne. Bolt Food and Wolt work best alongside Uber Eats. Just be careful with stacking: an approximate customer area is not enough to judge whether two jobs really are on the same route.
How do cash orders work?
Cash came back to Uber Eats in June 2026 and works differently than on other apps: the money from the customer stays with you, and the system subtracts it from your subsequent cashless payouts — earn 500 zł, collect 200 zł in cash, and 300 zł lands in your account. You only get such orders when your positive balance covers the amount, and you see them marked before you accept. You do not hand the cash to the restaurant, and if you do not want cash at all you switch the option off in the Uber Driver settings.
Changing your settlement partner in Uber Eats — step-by-step guide →
Other apps in this city
Glovo — Katowice · Wolt — Katowice · Bolt Food — Katowice · Pyszne — Katowice
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