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A lot of times when Uber comes up and people say that Uber should do more to compensate their drivers. Also, a different person posts that Uber is subsidizing r
by zitterbewegung 10y ago
A lot of times when Uber comes up and people say that Uber should do more to compensate their drivers. Also, a different person posts that Uber is subsidizing rides to stay afloat. If we combine these two premises then we begin to understand that Uber is probably doing all the subsidizing that they consider reasonable and is burning through investors money to do this and that their actions are STILL not able to provide for a reasonable job.
- benologist 10y agoI think part of the problem is wanting 'driver' to always be a reasonable job, when shift-length limits are also preventing drivers from working the mammoth shifts that made it pay like a reasonable job before. People working 70+ hours to get by were really working something like 2 - 3 low-paying jobs all along, now they have to be different jobs.
- anigbrowl 10y agoI think the problem is the idea that you should have to work 70+ hours a week just to afford the necessities of life. It's not healthy or sustainable over the long term.
- bigdubs 10y agoWho's to say what is necessary to anyone?
- vinceguidry 10y agoI don't think you can solve that problem. In the article, there's mention that the drivers don't seem unhappy about their job, just tired. I think if you give people the option to work 70+ hour weeks to make a little extra money, there's always going to be a minority of people that will