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Going through Homejoy instead of direct offers you Homejoy's bonded protection and insurance, plus refund platform. This is worth something.
by icelancer 11y ago
Going through Homejoy instead of direct offers you Homejoy's bonded protection and insurance, plus refund platform. This is worth something.
- unchocked 11y agoSure, but is it worth their margin? The market resoundingly answered "no".
- icelancer 11y agoEr, I always went through them. So did many others. They stated they are folding primarily because of lawsuit pressure, not referral issues.
- Eiriksmal 11y ago> They stated they are folding primarily because of lawsuit pressure, not referral issues. I haven't seen any reasons for the closing. Where was this mentioned? Edit: More reading turned up a shady Re/Code article proclaiming that the Uber decision shuttered Homejoy. Loads of clickbait, nothing firm in the way of substantiating the title.
- danielweber 11y agoProtection and insurance are most valuable the first time I hire someone, in case they are a nutcase or thief.
- onion2k 11y agoThe gig economy works for things like driving because there's little benefit in having the same person do the job every time because the job varies (the pickup and dropoff places are different, the time of day is different, etc). There's no reason to care about who is doing the work. When it comes to things like cleaning that is very different. Who you let in to your house matters. Homejoy's benefits are worth something while you're 'auditioning' cleaners, but once you find one who's good at cleaning, reliable and honest then those advantages evaporate and you're better off hiring the cleaner directly.