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This seems like a terrible career move. You have one big customer who has full power over you. Soon they’ll get squeezed left and right. The only way I could se
by maxxxxx 7y ago
This seems like a terrible career move. You have one big customer who has full power over you. Soon they’ll get squeezed left and right. The only way I could see this work would be if they could deliver for other companies like Walmart.
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- seem_2211 7y agoI agree with your sentiment, although I'd be worried if my income was "diversified" by working for Amazon and Walmart.
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoUber doesn't work. Lyft doesn't work. Airbnb doesn't work. Why would it work for delivery?
- maxxxxx 7y agoIt works great for these companies and it will work great for Amazon.
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoExactly. It's disgusting. Totally unethical.
- TheSoftwareGuy 7y agoI think your definition of "work" is different than most other peoples
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoWork as in a win-win for both the employer and the employee. And perhaps you mean "most other peoples" [who are on hackernews]
- tathougies 7y agothe thing is that a company can take on another customer without repercussion, or employ someone else to do the job. This is what people always fail to understand when discussing contracting v employment. As a contractor, if I get bored of the work, I can hire someone else to do it. Try explaining to your employer that you've hired someone else to do your job for you.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThat’s only true if you run a real business. If you do delivery for amazon or drive for Uber most likely your margins are too low to hire someone and I would expect them to have something in the contract that forbids this.
- benologist 7y agoThey already prevent it somewhat with a combination of selfies and facial recognition - https://mashable.com/article/amazon-flex-delivery-driver-selfies/ https://mashable.com/article/amazon-flex-delivery-driver-sel...
- tathougies 7y agoIt'll be interesting to see what would happen if these contractors file their taxes as employees. I sure hope one does.
- maxxxxx 7y agoYou need the backing of somebody who can pay for lawyers. I am sure that amazon is ready for such a challenge.
- barrkel 7y agoIf they did have something like that in the contract, it would make the contractors employees, with tax and benefit implications.
- downrightmike 7y agoIt seems like they may have reached critical mass with the US Post Office and the gig delivery drivers. And they have since rolled out gray vans, maybe they see how expensive all that sunk cost is. And it would be better for someone else to pay it.