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That doesn't seem to be quite the whole story, though. Suppose I'm a contractor you've hired to remodel your house. I tell you that I can get a plumber to do i
by hypersoar 10y ago
That doesn't seem to be quite the whole story, though.
Suppose I'm a contractor you've hired to remodel your house. I tell you that I can get a plumber to do it for $5,000, of which I'll get some cut, and you agree. Then I go to a plumber and tell them you're willing to pay $4,500 for the job, and they agree. I pocket the extra $500.
Have I been honest in this scenario?
- inverse_pi 10y agoNo I think you've got it wrong. Drivers are paid by miles and minutes after the trip is done. It's like "I'm a contractor you've hired to remodel your house. I tell you that I can get a plumber to do it for $5,000, of which I'll get some cut, and you agree. Then I go to a plumber and ask them to do the work, of which I'll pay them $50/hour. If the actual work take them more than 100 hours (>$5000). Then I'll pay the difference. If the actual work take less than 100 hours then I pocket the difference." Have I been honest in this scenario?
- RodericDay 10y agoIt's very similar to that Jobs and Wozniak story, about how Jobs scored a contract and split it with Wozniak, and much later found out that the contract was actually for a way higher price and Jobs pocketed almost all of it. Weird to see "hacker" news full of people defending Jobs/Uber, but I guess it is what it is.
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