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> Uber drivers are private, self-owned businesses that rent out their time and equipment to a corporation on a completely arbitrary basis. As far I know, this
by quadrifoliate 6y ago
> Uber drivers are private, self-owned businesses that rent out their time and equipment to a corporation on a completely arbitrary basis.
As far I know, this is not true. Uber dictates the prices that drivers can charge, they cannot set an arbitrary price for their own labor. Is that not the case?
- gocard 6y agoIs the driver charging the passenger? Or is Uber charging the passenger, and putting forth a contract at a set rate which individual drivers can accept or decline?
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoTrue, Uber sets the prices and also acts as the broker/middleman. Kind of a super-broker.
- Akababa 6y agoI'm not sure that this makes an economic difference - ultimately Uber's algorithm will set the price where supply intersects demand. Or equivalently, drivers can raise their own prices/restrict supply by only working during surge hours.
- exhaze 6y agoUber has been rolling out a feature to allow drivers in California to set their own prices, and today rolled it out to the entire state. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uber-california-driver-rates-new-policy-pricing-money-wage-a9613286.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uber-calif...
- rsanek 6y agoSmall correction: not today, this article is from over a month ago.