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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 ea
by 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 agoWhy should it ever have been an option for the drivers to be the ones paying?