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Tech companies are not responsible for organizing India's safety. Feels like a unwarranted attack on Uber and such. It's great if they help, and of course would

Tech companies are not responsible for organizing India's safety. Feels like a unwarranted attack on Uber and such. It's great if they help, and of course would be disgusting if they don't care but in the end it's India's job to get their act together. Doesn't mean that Ubers handling of customers or workers can be a lot better.

wodenokoto 4y ago
It is quite common for employers being responsible for employee safety and there’s a lot of good arguments for saying that platforms relationships with gig workers are employer-employee.
- jiggywiggy 4y ago
  Yeah for work events like safe work environment. Not for fixing a police system.
nicenewtemp84 4y ago
I worked for a nice SF company. I had to take bart to get there, which felt like the least safe thing I've ever really done in my life. Then I had to walk past people on the street that made me feel less safe than that anywhere else in the world I've been, but atleast I was outside and could run if I needed to, which I can't on bart.
- FoeNyx 4y ago
  For those wondering like me what "bart" might be in this context, it seems to be the heavy rail "Bay Area Rapid Transit" system in San Francisco, California.
  - nicenewtemp84 4y ago
    Yes, sorry, it's the metro train system in the SF Bay area. Supposedly has its own dedicated police force but you rarely see them on tracks or on the trains. When I was riding BART around 2014.. 3 people died that year on the trains. 1 person stabbed to death from random altercation. 1 person punched and fell and cracked their head open. 1 person was in altercation, pushed and cut their knee on the floor. Died of infection from incident.
JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> unwarranted attack on Uber Uber did itself no favours by lying to the reporter: "Uber spokesperson Tomar says that the company gave Devi financial support to cover her loss of earnings as a result of the incident, and that the company 'helped her claim her medical expenses under Uber’s on-trip insurance policy, which covers all drivers on the app.' Devi claims that both the insurance money and Uber’s financial support for her loss of earnings haven’t made it into her bank account."

wodenokoto 4y ago

It is quite common for employers being responsible for employee safety and there’s a lot of good arguments for saying that platforms relationships with gig workers are employer-employee.

jiggywiggy 4y ago
Yeah for work events like safe work environment. Not for fixing a police system.

nicenewtemp84 4y ago

I worked for a nice SF company. I had to take bart to get there, which felt like the least safe thing I've ever really done in my life. Then I had to walk past people on the street that made me feel less safe than that anywhere else in the world I've been, but atleast I was outside and could run if I needed to, which I can't on bart.

FoeNyx 4y ago
For those wondering like me what "bart" might be in this context, it seems to be the heavy rail "Bay Area Rapid Transit" system in San Francisco, California.
- nicenewtemp84 4y ago
  Yes, sorry, it's the metro train system in the SF Bay area. Supposedly has its own dedicated police force but you rarely see them on tracks or on the trains. When I was riding BART around 2014.. 3 people died that year on the trains. 1 person stabbed to death from random altercation. 1 person punched and fell and cracked their head open. 1 person was in altercation, pushed and cut their knee on the floor. Died of infection from incident.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

> unwarranted attack on Uber Uber did itself no favours by lying to the reporter: "Uber spokesperson Tomar says that the company gave Devi financial support to cover her loss of earnings as a result of the incident, and that the company 'helped her claim her medical expenses under Uber’s on-trip insurance policy, which covers all drivers on the app.' Devi claims that both the insurance money and Uber’s financial support for her loss of earnings haven’t made it into her bank account."