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It'd be pretty damn cool if Lyft/Uber/Instacart/etc. could find a way to give their drivers benefits. I hope this ends up in Lyft doing more than just "looking

• hkmurakami 11y ago
  Someone's gotta pay. Right now it's the drivers paying via not having benefits. We can have a world where (1) costs are transferred to riders, (2) costs are eaten by Lyft, (3) costs are diffused through increased efficiency and utilization of the workforce -- this tends to manifest itself in overworking of employees though (ex: paying overtime rather than hiring more workers, as is often the case in manufacturing) I suppose that we could have a scenario for (3) where the goodwill entices riders to use Lyft more, which increases utilization of drivers (ex: collecting fares for X minutes / hour goes to X + N minutes / hour) and that can pay for the increased costs.
  • ProAm 11y ago
    > Someone's gotta pay. Right now it's the drivers paying via not having benefits. As a contractor you always pay for your own benefits. Every contractor does this (or chooses not to on their on volition). Every driver KNOWS they are a contractor, they should know what comes with being one, and it's no ones fault but their own if they don't.
  • st3v3r 11y ago
    Why should it ever have been an option for the drivers to be the ones paying?
• rqebmm 11y ago
  They're not incentivized because in the next 5-15 years they're going to be operating fleets of self-driving cars. They just need to float til then with whatever is the cheapest option.