Just enumerating the publicly-known and publicly-alleged activities of Uber:
(WARNING to the humor averse: this is part true, and part tongue-in-cheek)
1. Running a rideshare app.
2. Customer Service.
3. Union Busting
4. Autonomous Vehicle Development.
5. Misappropriation of Trade Secrets.
6. Developing systems to deceive government regulators.
7. Figuring out how to cut the throats of other department heads aka "always be hustlin'".
8. Poaching drivers from other rideshare networks.
9. Subprime auto financing
10. Techblog rants about tech that breaks when Uber breaks it
11. Rental/leasing programs
12. Generating bogus ride requests on other rideshare networks.
13. Getting dates for CEO ("Boober", lest we forget)
14. Getting CEO invited to celebrity parties
15. Flying Cars.
16. Food Delivery.
17. Autonomous LTL and Truckload carriage.
18. Innovating new ways to break laws.
19. Fending off unwanted sexual advances.
And no, drivers are not included as they are not drivers. Also, there are a lot more than 12,000 Uber drivers. There's probably at least half that in California alone, possibly more.
1. Running a rideshare app.
2. Customer Service.
3. Union Busting
4. Autonomous Vehicle Development.
5. Misappropriation of Trade Secrets.
6. Developing systems to deceive government regulators.
7. Figuring out how to cut the throats of other department heads aka "always be hustlin'".
8. Poaching drivers from other rideshare networks.
9. Subprime auto financing
10. Techblog rants about tech that breaks when Uber breaks it
11. Rental/leasing programs
12. Generating bogus ride requests on other rideshare networks.
13. Getting dates for CEO ("Boober", lest we forget)
14. Getting CEO invited to celebrity parties
15. Flying Cars.
16. Food Delivery.
17. Autonomous LTL and Truckload carriage.
18. Innovating new ways to break laws.
19. Fending off unwanted sexual advances.
And no, drivers are not included as they are not drivers. Also, there are a lot more than 12,000 Uber drivers. There's probably at least half that in California alone, possibly more.