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I'm not sure which bad work conditions articles you're referring to but if you're a developer and your employer is giving you a hard time or being unfair you sh

I'm not sure which bad work conditions articles you're referring to but if you're a developer and your employer is giving you a hard time or being unfair you should quit. That is a much better solution than expecting someone else to legislate some kind of solution to your problem (with all the externalities that usually go along with such "solutions").

habosa 14y ago
I'm just saying that people don't always have the luxury of quitting, especially when you're working because you need the paycheck in the short term which I'm betting is more common for Uber drivers than for software engineers. Like I said, they should quit in the long term if things don't improve but I don't think it's crazy for them to attempt to get their current employer to make improvements before they walk out the door.
kirillzubovsky 14y ago
Jamie, you know, it's kind of funny that people complain about these driver's "poor" conditions. I took an Uber black car ride about a month ago and chatted with the driver - he works for 6 months and then passes the car to his cousin, while he uses all the money he's earned to chill on the beach in Brazil. Oh, did I mention that he works for ~20 hours, but only 3 times a week, or whenever he feels like getting out of bed? Yeah, the dude wasn't just unhappy, he was overjoyed with the flexibility and ridiculously good pay of his job. But of course, if 10 people chant outside of a building, they aren't just disgruntle losers, they are unhappy because they aren't given then. sigh
- pron 14y ago
  I've seen CEOs making millions of dollars act like "disgruntled losers" because they feel they haven't been paid enough. Who decides what is enough? An employee may get paid what you think is a lot, but still not what he thinks is fair, and he may be right. All I can say is -- without knowing which party is right in this particular case - that there are people on wall street making much more money than Uber drivers for much less work; they certainly contribute less to society, if at all.

habosa 14y ago

I'm just saying that people don't always have the luxury of quitting, especially when you're working because you need the paycheck in the short term which I'm betting is more common for Uber drivers than for software engineers. Like I said, they should quit in the long term if things don't improve but I don't think it's crazy for them to attempt to get their current employer to make improvements before they walk out the door.

kirillzubovsky 14y ago

Jamie, you know, it's kind of funny that people complain about these driver's "poor" conditions. I took an Uber black car ride about a month ago and chatted with the driver - he works for 6 months and then passes the car to his cousin, while he uses all the money he's earned to chill on the beach in Brazil. Oh, did I mention that he works for ~20 hours, but only 3 times a week, or whenever he feels like getting out of bed? Yeah, the dude wasn't just unhappy, he was overjoyed with the flexibility and ridiculously good pay of his job. But of course, if 10 people chant outside of a building, they aren't just disgruntle losers, they are unhappy because they aren't given then. sigh

pron 14y ago
I've seen CEOs making millions of dollars act like "disgruntled losers" because they feel they haven't been paid enough. Who decides what is enough? An employee may get paid what you think is a lot, but still not what he thinks is fair, and he may be right. All I can say is -- without knowing which party is right in this particular case - that there are people on wall street making much more money than Uber drivers for much less work; they certainly contribute less to society, if at all.