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I do agree that a lot of Uber’s impact is positive on both riders and drivers. Every time an Uber scandal rolls by I’ve heard the same two quotes from friends a
by pimmen 9y ago
I do agree that a lot of Uber’s impact is positive on both riders and drivers. Every time an Uber scandal rolls by I’ve heard the same two quotes from friends and family; ”Really? All I know about Uber is that when I used them in a completely foreign country it was still the best taxi experience I’ve ever had” or ”My son drives for them to get money on the side in college”. People are amazed about these two sides; management not really caring about who or what is in the way and the employees such as yourself delivering such great value.
I’m not going to pretend my employer is Jesus or something, they’ve done their fair share of bad stuff that puts their name in the paper too, but I personally feel like there is a line. When you witness so many cases of the management prioritizing profit over being decent, doesn’t that bother you? I could pull up five serious cases of abuse of trust Uber is directly responsible for that happened just this year, is there a number of infractions on the magnitude this poor woman has suffered that would make you leave?
- BoiledCabbage 9y agoThis thread is incredible to be. I think it really is an HN/SV bubble, but people really can't stop comparing and equating moral failures and business success. Moral failures (which Uber has shown time and time again) should not be compared to whether or not their business is useful to you. Business failures should be compared to business success, and moral bad should be compared with moral good. Uber has shown little to zero moral good. Not treating their employees who drive for them like crap would be a good place to start. Or their customers when raped would be another. Lyft also provides huge business value in the exact same industry but without all the immoral baggage (as far as I've seen). But this view on HN hat business value somehow replaces moral value mind boggling.