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> just to play devil's advocate - would you get into an Uber if you knew the driver had 5 previous DUIs? See, this is the very problem with using criminal hist
by jstarfish 9y ago
> just to play devil's advocate - would you get into an Uber if you knew the driver had 5 previous DUIs?
See, this is the very problem with using criminal history as a form of profiling.
What about his history indicates that he drinks on the job, or will be drunk when you get into his car? If those DUIs all occurred off-the-clock, involving no passengers or collisions, after long shifts of driving stone sober, what's it to Uber?
The irony is, if we deny him employment opportunities based on past behavior unrelated to his job performance, he's going to have plenty of free time to indulge such vices. Being unemployed sucks.
Meanwhile take a 20-something with a habit of getting high behind the wheel. He's still young so he's got a clean record and few (if any) reviews. You'd get into his deathmobile simply because you don't know any better.
- jjeaff 9y agoPoint is, there are lots of options as an employer. Might as well pick the one without a criminal record, all else being equal. And just imagine the lawsuit when someone sues you because of an accident and you hired the driver even though he had 5 DUIs.