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>> are taxi drivers now also employees? Many of them (that do not own their own car) are ICs too. I spent a few months as a dispatcher in a taxi shop, and driv
by symkat 11y ago
>> are taxi drivers now also employees? Many of them (that do not own their own car) are ICs too.
I spent a few months as a dispatcher in a taxi shop, and drivers weren't ICs, they were more like part of a b2b transaction. They rented the car and medallion from us for a flat rate for 12 hours, and could pick up whomever they wanted off the streets. When we got calls to arrange pickups, I went down the list contacting drivers until someone would take the fare. We only made money from renting the taxis to drivers.
- dnautics 11y agoSo the distinction is that Uber handles the money. I see. Since Amazon handles money in a b2b transaction, does that make people putting things up for sale on Amazon ICs or employees?
- maxerickson 11y agoWhat value do you expect to get out of demanding that people analyze these random situations? Ultimately, it's the government bureaucrats and legal system that make the decisions, so even if someone gives you some relatively definitive answer, it could still turn out to be wrong. It's also sort of hostile to take the anecdote based on personal experience and characterize it as "the distinction" (when it is just as easy to read as a description of some differences).