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It's complicated, really. Some drivers drive like 80+ hours a week. If they become employees, they will not be able to.
by xyzzy_plugh 6y ago
It's complicated, really. Some drivers drive like 80+ hours a week. If they become employees, they will not be able to.
- vincnetas 6y agoAnd i think it's OK. There is a reason why professional truck drivers must not drive longer than specified amount of time without taking breaks. Work safety regulations are usually written in blood.
- ericmay 6y agoBut the work is fundamentally different. You can work 80 hours in retail for example. With Uber drivers it's not "drive down long stretch of road without a break for 8 hours".
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- FireBeyond 6y ago"Less repetitive/boring" != "less mentally taxing".
- ericmay 6y agoSure, but that also doesn't mean you can't work just fine doing 80 hours/week in some jobs and not be fine working 80 hours/week in others.
- vincnetas 6y agoNo one should be doing 80 hours a week, that's 12 hours each day without weekends + commute (1 hour) + 8 hours sleep, 2 hours for eating and you have 1 hour left for the "all the other things". And thats if you don't have children. If you do you already spending more than 24 hours a day.
- int_19h 6y agoUber drivers are, well, drivers. I wouldn't trust somebody working 80-hour schedule (with everything that implies about their quality of rest, or lack thereof) to be regularly driving a car in public. That's just accidents waiting to happen.
- cool_dude85 6y agoThey will be able to if Uber wants to offer unlimited overtime to their new employees. So it's up to the boss to forbid it, not employee classification.