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As someone working in this industry on the "employer"-side: Yes, I believe this is exactly whats going to happen. It's a real business pain that we don't have t

As someone working in this industry on the "employer"-side: Yes, I believe this is exactly whats going to happen. It's a real business pain that we don't have these kind of informations about gig workers and would pay top dollars to have them... it's only a matter of time until this becomes standard practice in these business modells... just like credit rating agencies we're gonna see it on a work-level too.

camillomiller 8y ago
Do you realize you’re making the world a worse place with what you do?
- foepys 8y ago
  Empathy has no place in Silicon Valley's venture capital funded run for IPOs and even more venture capital. "Fuck you, got mine" should be its slogan.
inertiatic 8y ago
Here's a novel idea. Instead of paying top dollar for "these kind of informations about gig workers", pay top dollar for employees.
- watwat1 8y ago
  Do the employees deserve it though?
mschuster91 8y ago
> It's a real business pain that we don't have these kind of informations about gig workers and would pay top dollars to have them... Why not permanently employ them? Should be cheaper in the long run.
- logifail 8y ago
  >> Why not permanently employ them? I have a friend who owns a small family business in France. He's doing well. He would have enough work to take on extra staff, except that he claims the local worker protection legislation mean that it's not worth it, particularly since he wouldn't be able to get rid of anyone if he hasn't got the work for them. So, he'd rather work himself and family members extra hard, than employ anyone new. >> Should be cheaper in the long run. Except if the politicians in charge make sure it's not. See above.
  - gjulianm 8y ago
    IIRC, the compensation for firing someone is 0.25 months of salary per worked year (first ten years, after that it's 0.33 months). It's not that much, and if he has enough work to take on extra staff he probably could put away that money in the case of a firing. If the company is going down because of end-of-contract compensations, the company would be going down anyways. Also, temporary contracts exist if he just wants extra help during specific times, and those do not have any compensation at the end of the contract. In other words, the compensation for end-of-contract is just 2% of the salary of the worker per month. If the benefits of having a worker is more than 2% of their salary, it's worth it. But to avoid deviating from the topic: the gig economy is not about small family businesses. Gig economy is a buzzword used by companies that could pay decent salaries and worker protections but are too dominated by greed to do it.
    - barry-cotter 8y ago
      You neglect the cost of lawyers when he’s sued and the cost of spending time talking with his lawyer about something that won’t make any money while he’s being sued. I presume French businesspeople aren’t fools and their extreme reluctance to hire is rational. If you see total idiocy everywhere sometimes you’re right but mostly there’s something you don’t know that explains the behaviour.
      - gjulianm 8y ago
        The cost of lawyers he's sued is the same no matter the legislation. I assume that different laws give different ways to sue, but I don't think that cost depends that much on the cost of firing someone. If the employer does everything according to the norm (e.g., if the workload diminishes and he cannot take on the employee anymore, he needs to have the numbers that prove that) nothing should go badly.

camillomiller 8y ago

Do you realize you’re making the world a worse place with what you do?

foepys 8y ago
Empathy has no place in Silicon Valley's venture capital funded run for IPOs and even more venture capital. "Fuck you, got mine" should be its slogan.

inertiatic 8y ago

Here's a novel idea. Instead of paying top dollar for "these kind of informations about gig workers", pay top dollar for employees.

watwat1 8y ago
Do the employees deserve it though?

mschuster91 8y ago

> It's a real business pain that we don't have these kind of informations about gig workers and would pay top dollars to have them... Why not permanently employ them? Should be cheaper in the long run.

logifail 8y ago
>> Why not permanently employ them? I have a friend who owns a small family business in France. He's doing well. He would have enough work to take on extra staff, except that he claims the local worker protection legislation mean that it's not worth it, particularly since he wouldn't be able to get rid of anyone if he hasn't got the work for them. So, he'd rather work himself and family members extra hard, than employ anyone new. >> Should be cheaper in the long run. Except if the politicians in charge make sure it's not. See above.
- gjulianm 8y ago
  IIRC, the compensation for firing someone is 0.25 months of salary per worked year (first ten years, after that it's 0.33 months). It's not that much, and if he has enough work to take on extra staff he probably could put away that money in the case of a firing. If the company is going down because of end-of-contract compensations, the company would be going down anyways. Also, temporary contracts exist if he just wants extra help during specific times, and those do not have any compensation at the end of the contract. In other words, the compensation for end-of-contract is just 2% of the salary of the worker per month. If the benefits of having a worker is more than 2% of their salary, it's worth it. But to avoid deviating from the topic: the gig economy is not about small family businesses. Gig economy is a buzzword used by companies that could pay decent salaries and worker protections but are too dominated by greed to do it.
  - barry-cotter 8y ago
    You neglect the cost of lawyers when he’s sued and the cost of spending time talking with his lawyer about something that won’t make any money while he’s being sued. I presume French businesspeople aren’t fools and their extreme reluctance to hire is rational. If you see total idiocy everywhere sometimes you’re right but mostly there’s something you don’t know that explains the behaviour.
    - gjulianm 8y ago
      The cost of lawyers he's sued is the same no matter the legislation. I assume that different laws give different ways to sue, but I don't think that cost depends that much on the cost of firing someone. If the employer does everything according to the norm (e.g., if the workload diminishes and he cannot take on the employee anymore, he needs to have the numbers that prove that) nothing should go badly.