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The thing is, I would rather you are more restricted or stop driving for Uber, and full-time drivers get decent terms, then you get to keep your (seemingly) unn
by room271 7y ago
The thing is, I would rather you are more restricted or stop driving for Uber, and full-time drivers get decent terms, then you get to keep your (seemingly) unnecessary side money and full-time people, for whom it is the main job, have substandard conditions and rights.
Ideally there wouldn't be a tradeoff, but in practice it seems like there is one.
- freewilly1040 7y agoThe more important group that loses without flexible hours are people who get by on a combination of part time jobs, or are training/educating themselves and need extra money to support themselves.
- Legogris 7y agoBeing employed and having flexible working hours are not exclusive.
- darkwizard42 7y agoA majority of drivers are part-timers (80% in this study [1]) would lose their ability to work for side money... Who are we really subsidizing here? [1] https://www.vox.com/2018/10/2/17924628/uber-drivers-make-hourly-expenses https://www.vox.com/2018/10/2/17924628/uber-drivers-make-hou... (FWIW, I don't agree with all the math on their earnings, but there are a lot of other reports out there on that)