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How does bidding matter at all as far as the employee/employer relationship in this context? It'd make more sense to argue that reinvesting in things like self-
by hdydhdjdx 6y ago
How does bidding matter at all as far as the employee/employer relationship in this context? It'd make more sense to argue that reinvesting in things like self-driving cars is what breaks the dynamic because the "platform" is withholding revenue from drivers to expand in a way completely unrelated to their work.
- eschaton 6y agoWhen their work and pay are dictated by the platform, they are not independent of it, and are de facto employees. Making the work they do and their pay something they decide and just obtain via the platform (just facilitated by it) then they’re actually independent of it.
- 464736463 6y agoExcept that their work isn't dependent on the platform, they can swap nearly instantly between Uber and any other available gig platform since the requirement for all of them is simply to have a car. Pay is the same basic story, when one delivery platform isn't paying enough the attentive drivers simply hop to another platform.