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I personally enjoy uber and use it frequently. However, after reviewing my Uber receipts, I realized how awful the drivers side of the deal was. Take gas, car
by ComradeTaco 10y ago
I personally enjoy uber and use it frequently.
However, after reviewing my Uber receipts, I realized how awful the drivers side of the deal was. Take gas, car milage, Ubers cut and then you have literally a fraction of minimum wage with no health insurance or 401k.
Then I start to think, well heck, if this kind of gig economy displaces traditional employment, a lot of people will be one crisis from poverty.
The future is really exciting, but unless we proceed carefully, we could end actually making things worse for the working class than they were decades ago.
- alphonsegaston 10y agoIt's already the case that things are far worse for the working class. The precipice we're on is creating a "nothing to lose" permanent underclass, with all the instability and desperation that entails.
- knieveltech 10y agoThat ship sailed. Here's what working class prospects looked like decades ago: - Stable lifetime employment with a single firm was not unusual. - Plentiful well-paying work was available for individuals with a grade school education. - Overtime pay kept work over 40 hours in a week to a minimum and it was considered unusual bordering on pathological to take work home. - Retirement pensions were a common company benefit. - Interests rates on savings routinely beat inflation. - Strong organized labor held even non-unionized employers in check. To summarize: a highschool grad with a modicum of luck could land an entry level job at a firm, work their entire life for that company, and retire without having to worry about eating cat food to pay for medicine.