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On-demands who are classifying drivers as employees: Instacart, Shyp, Munchery. On-demands who are not: Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Doordash (not exhaustive, just th
by joshjkim 11y ago
On-demands who are classifying drivers as employees: Instacart, Shyp, Munchery. On-demands who are not: Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Doordash (not exhaustive, just the big ones that come to mind).
One thing I noticed - 2/3 of the big YC companies have gone the way of employee. If Doordash makes the switch in the coming weeks, I'll assume that YC companies are (1) getting legal advice from similar sources and (2) are more inclined to "do the right thing" (at least the right thing according to pro-labor folks...).
- debacle 11y agoLyft probably has much more backing for "our drivers are contractors" than Uber does. The relationship seems to be different in a few critical ways.
- mahyarm 11y agoHow are they different?
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- tzier 11y agoJust to clarify: only Instacart's in-store shoppers are employees (and only in a few cities right now), since most of those are shift based roles ('shifts' screams employees under the law). I wouldn't be surprised if they shifted delivers to employees too though, since: 1. It's going to be incredibly difficult to maintain two worker systems (I imagine this played into Shyp's decision as well). 2. They probably have enough volume/data to figure out their busy times, so can get close enough to matching supply/demand. Vs. ridesharing, where demand is too sporadic (e.g. weather, events, etc) and surge pricing is better at finding market equilibrium.