I think they could do it if they wanted to. Uber has over 22,000 employees [1]. They have HR professionals whose whole job is managing those employees. And the

I think they could do it if they wanted to. Uber has over 22,000 employees [1]. They have HR professionals whose whole job is managing those employees. And they have billions of dollars available to do whatever they need to. If they wanted to make every driver in California a W-2 employee, I am confident they could do it as quickly as they wanted. And the court wouldn't make them immediately stop. They wouldn't need to shut down. They just need to begin transitioning. Courts are generally reasonable. They'll understand changes take time. Shutting down is entirely their way of giving the finger to California for making them do something they didn't want to do. [1] https://www.uber.com/newsroom/company-info/ https://www.uber.com/newsroom/company-info/