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I'm an on-and-off Uber driver. It's a great gig to supplement my income. As someone who has many limitations from a disability, it's almost impossible to find a

I'm an on-and-off Uber driver. It's a great gig to supplement my income. As someone who has many limitations from a disability, it's almost impossible to find a job that classifies me as an employee. I just don't get hired. And I need to take a break when I need to take a break. I can't have someone dictating my hours for me. In my city, which fortunately is not in California, being classified as an Uber employee would destroy my 10-20 hour weeks at $20-$30/hour. The key is to work during busy times and for $30+/hour you generally have to be entertaining to get tips (which I have tons of fun doing). If you work during slow times, then it's $10/hour or less. Busy times are too nuanced for a manager to determine when the best time to work is. And I don't want to subsidize other drivers with my hard work because they don't want to do the market research to know when to drive. Maybe Uber can keep all the incentives the same (like surge) and classify drivers as employees, but I doubt it.

ec109685 6y ago
Nurses have a lot of these benefits. You can work certain shifts for more money than other shifts. Similarly restaurant workers.
- wavepruner 6y ago
  Incorrect. I cannot do these jobs. I would quickly lose my ability to walk and use my hands. And no one hires someone who randomly needs to take weeks off and can only work 5-10 hours a week when they can work at all. Not sure why you think you know what my limitations are. Or where you get the idea that employers actually hire disabled people. Look at the unemployment rate for disabled people.
  - ec109685 6y ago
    No, I am not saying you can be a nurse. I am saying there are jobs out there that Uber can model a employer / employee relationship after that will still give you the flexibility you desire and need.
    - wavepruner 6y ago
      Nurses and restaurant workers never do a 2 hour shift, whenever they feel like it, deciding at the last minute. Nor has surge pricing ever been used in nursing or restaurants.

ec109685 6y ago

Nurses have a lot of these benefits. You can work certain shifts for more money than other shifts. Similarly restaurant workers.

wavepruner 6y ago
Incorrect. I cannot do these jobs. I would quickly lose my ability to walk and use my hands. And no one hires someone who randomly needs to take weeks off and can only work 5-10 hours a week when they can work at all. Not sure why you think you know what my limitations are. Or where you get the idea that employers actually hire disabled people. Look at the unemployment rate for disabled people.
- ec109685 6y ago
  No, I am not saying you can be a nurse. I am saying there are jobs out there that Uber can model a employer / employee relationship after that will still give you the flexibility you desire and need.
  - wavepruner 6y ago
    Nurses and restaurant workers never do a 2 hour shift, whenever they feel like it, deciding at the last minute. Nor has surge pricing ever been used in nursing or restaurants.