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In summary, they pulled the classic gig economy move: Telling your employees that they now have the "opportunity" to "set their own hours" and "maximize their i
by JKolios 5y ago
In summary, they pulled the classic gig economy move: Telling your employees that they now have the "opportunity" to "set their own hours" and "maximize their income". Meaning "Your benefits are gone" and "Your labor protections are history". Complete with the most thinly veiled threat possible: That "refusal would make it difficult to renew your contract".
After the Twitter backlash, they came back with a blog post (https://www.e-food.gr/blog/efood-riders-announcement/ https://www.e-food.gr/blog/efood-riders-announcement/). It's six paragraphs of generic corporate speak, and the only meaningful part in it is that "They regret the miscommunication, the announcement was in no way threatening or meant to create an atmosphere of unease among our delivery drivers, it was only an option for a new way of collaborating with us". This only intensified the backlash, since the threatening tone of their initial announcement is crystal clear to any speakers of the Greek language without mental deficiencies.
- gapan 5y ago> Complete with the most thinly veiled threat possible: That "refusal would make it difficult to renew your contract". It wasn't even a thinly veiled threat. A direct translation would be "Otherwise, we would like to inform you that there is no possibility of renewing your current contract". Yeah, "in no way threatening or meant to create an atmoshpere".
- luckylion 5y agoA typical example of a regretful miscommunication!
- project2501a 5y agoAbsolutely. They put their tail between their legs and run back where they came from /r/greece has a discussion already about this
- PostThisTooFast 5y agoThe fact remains that Uber drivers and the like are pretty much the definition of freelance workers and NOT regular employees. If my neighbor puts an ad in Craig's List for someone to drive her to the grocery store for $10 and I take the job, neither she nor Craig's List owes me benefits. If I mow my neighbor's lawn, I don't expect a 401K plan out of it. This entire movement amounts to abolishing contract work entirely, which is straight-up stupid.
- hikerclimber1 5y agoEverything is subjective. Especially laws.