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Doesn't seem obvious at all to me since I know several drivers who do rides for several systems at the same time. How could they be an employee or three compani

by lnanek2 11y ago

Doesn't seem obvious at all to me since I know several drivers who do rides for several systems at the same time. How could they be an employee or three companies at once? They aren't, they are clearly contractors. You can see multiple people stating the same here about driving for multiple services: http://qr.ae/7y7fv7 http://qr.ae/7y7fv7 I think this is just another ruling by a clueless government that has no clue what is actually happening on the computers involved.

6d6b73 11y ago
Many people work for multiple companies, that's nothing new. Computers are just tools not some magical pixie dust.
cdcarter 11y ago
Many people work for multiple jobs at once. I've been a receptionist who codes for someone else at the same time, and I've been a crowd manager while doing email for my other job. Both were time sheet W2 employee relationships. This isn't about computers whatsoever. This is about the requirements and business relationship between Uber and Uber drivers. The relationship does not allow Uber drivers to subcontract, negotiate prices, and had control over profit and loss. Uber drivers are employees.
therobot24 11y ago
> How could they be an employee or three companies at once? So by your logic i can't be employed as waiter at a restaurant and also be employed as cashier at a grocery store at the same time. Obviously i can't be scheduled for the same shift at both places, but with Uber, Sidecar, Lyft, etc your shift starts once you accept the rider and ends when you drop them off. You clearly aren't going to pick up an Uber rider while you have a Lyft rider in the car. So what's the difference between the waiter/cashier scenario and the Uber/Lyft scenario besides shift length?
mmarklar 11y ago
You've never had two jobs at the same time? Thats life for a lot of people
s73v3r 11y ago
"How could they be an employee or three companies at once?" Many people have multiple jobs. Uber doing a poor job of making sure that one of their drivers is only working for them at the time doesn't matter.
Tycho 11y ago
Excellent point. This was the case for the last Uber cab I took. I don't see the problem here. Customers like Uber. Drivers are choosing to use it. For some reason the government needs to wade in...

by lnanek2 11y ago

6d6b73 11y ago

Many people work for multiple companies, that's nothing new. Computers are just tools not some magical pixie dust.

cdcarter 11y ago

Many people work for multiple jobs at once. I've been a receptionist who codes for someone else at the same time, and I've been a crowd manager while doing email for my other job. Both were time sheet W2 employee relationships. This isn't about computers whatsoever. This is about the requirements and business relationship between Uber and Uber drivers. The relationship does not allow Uber drivers to subcontract, negotiate prices, and had control over profit and loss. Uber drivers are employees.

therobot24 11y ago

> How could they be an employee or three companies at once? So by your logic i can't be employed as waiter at a restaurant and also be employed as cashier at a grocery store at the same time. Obviously i can't be scheduled for the same shift at both places, but with Uber, Sidecar, Lyft, etc your shift starts once you accept the rider and ends when you drop them off. You clearly aren't going to pick up an Uber rider while you have a Lyft rider in the car. So what's the difference between the waiter/cashier scenario and the Uber/Lyft scenario besides shift length?

mmarklar 11y ago

You've never had two jobs at the same time? Thats life for a lot of people

s73v3r 11y ago

"How could they be an employee or three companies at once?" Many people have multiple jobs. Uber doing a poor job of making sure that one of their drivers is only working for them at the time doesn't matter.

Tycho 11y ago

Excellent point. This was the case for the last Uber cab I took. I don't see the problem here. Customers like Uber. Drivers are choosing to use it. For some reason the government needs to wade in...