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>Imagine a small restaurant doing similar // These are 'zero hour' contracts a popular tool in the UK for businesses you screw over poor employees. There is s

>Imagine a small restaurant doing similar // These are 'zero hour' contracts a popular tool in the UK for businesses you screw over poor employees. There is some utility for workers too - some people need to be able to say 'I'm not coming in today', or 'I'm leaving right now', often due to carer responsibilities though. The power lies with the business and the workers bad circumstances are often being exploited.

cycomanic 2y ago
That's not the same though, in zero hour contracts you get told how many hours you being asked to work and you can decide to come in or not. You're not called into the restaurant to cook 2 burgers and the told we don't have customers right now so you're off work and the 20min when the next customer comes in you have to work again. Completely different scenario.
- ALittleLight 2y ago
  That's not like the scenario with Uber either though. Nobody is telling the drivers they have to work again.