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Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for. So, really, it cannot be well-paid. It's eith

Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for. So, really, it cannot be well-paid. It's either crap pay or the job disappears. This is a classic balancing act between jobs and workers protection/level of minimum wage.

Xelynega 4y ago
It sounds more like a"job that nobody wants to do" and a "service nobody wants to pay for" that Uber et. all are exploiting labour laws to profit from by providing it in an unsustainable way that governments are afraid to regulate because of the money being made. This is classic late stage capitalism more than it is some "balancing act" imo.
green_man_lives 4y ago
I can agree with this take. I think if the job can't exist after reasonable regulation is enacted, then it shouldn't exist.
skyyler 4y ago
>Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for If you compare the prices on doordash or similar apps to the prices inside the restaurant, you'll find that what you said just isn't true. It seems some people are comfortable paying more for the delivery than the food itself.
- Ekaros 4y ago
  How much does the delivery person get, and how much is rent seeking by the platform? I think reasonable thing to always consider is how many deliveries does average person make in hour and then price of each of them. And after that remove taxes and expenses. Now could this be lived on or not is sensible question.
  - skyyler 4y ago
    That's a different discussion. Though, I have to imagine, if there wasn't rent-seeking from the platform, and the driver got all of the fees charged to the user, the pay might not be as bad.
- mytailorisrich 4y ago
  "Some" people are comfortable paying 1million for a car... But overall, the market is that people are not willing to pay a lot for delivery, or perhaps if they order very rarely. Here in the UK I think you'd hard pressed to find delivery beyond £4 on, say, Delivery and average is lower than that. Since delivery is factually low productivity wages cannot be anything but very low and this is compounded by the use of a middleman (the platform).

Xelynega 4y ago

It sounds more like a"job that nobody wants to do" and a "service nobody wants to pay for" that Uber et. all are exploiting labour laws to profit from by providing it in an unsustainable way that governments are afraid to regulate because of the money being made. This is classic late stage capitalism more than it is some "balancing act" imo.

green_man_lives 4y ago

I can agree with this take. I think if the job can't exist after reasonable regulation is enacted, then it shouldn't exist.

skyyler 4y ago

>Gig workers, especially food delivery, do a very low productivity job that consumers don't want to pay a lot for If you compare the prices on doordash or similar apps to the prices inside the restaurant, you'll find that what you said just isn't true. It seems some people are comfortable paying more for the delivery than the food itself.

Ekaros 4y ago
How much does the delivery person get, and how much is rent seeking by the platform? I think reasonable thing to always consider is how many deliveries does average person make in hour and then price of each of them. And after that remove taxes and expenses. Now could this be lived on or not is sensible question.
- skyyler 4y ago
  That's a different discussion. Though, I have to imagine, if there wasn't rent-seeking from the platform, and the driver got all of the fees charged to the user, the pay might not be as bad.
mytailorisrich 4y ago
"Some" people are comfortable paying 1million for a car... But overall, the market is that people are not willing to pay a lot for delivery, or perhaps if they order very rarely. Here in the UK I think you'd hard pressed to find delivery beyond £4 on, say, Delivery and average is lower than that. Since delivery is factually low productivity wages cannot be anything but very low and this is compounded by the use of a middleman (the platform).