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> All to make a buck. Really? > Correct. Freelance sites' negotiation shows that there is due consideration and discussion, along with a meeting of the minds.

> All to make a buck. Really? > Correct. Freelance sites' negotiation shows that there is due consideration and discussion, along with a meeting of the minds. Yes, so what? That's the nature of freelance marketplaces. So those types of businesses don't even belong in a discussion about Uber. They involve different business transactions. I'm not signing NDAs with my passengers. > They simply provide the portal in which to make the deal. These sites aren't just invisible portals with no QA or control over who uses them. There are ratings and I'm sure there are consequences to putting out crappy work or scamming people. I remember signing up with eLance and I had to go through an interview process to get the verified badge. I mean it sounds like your idea of a freelance site is an open chat room where anything goes. How is that adding value?

jdmichal 11y ago
> Yes, so what? That's the nature of freelance marketplaces. So those types of businesses don't even belong in a discussion about Uber. They involve different business transactions. I find it somewhat humorous that you don't realize that this is the entire point. "Contractors" are supposed to have these freedoms, however Uber workers do not. The differences exactly like these are why their workers are being force-reclassified to "employees".
- ahallock 11y ago
  Do the workers get a say in how they're classified? If we really care about the workers, then maybe they should have a choice in what they want. Instead it's "force-reclassified" because authoritarians and lawyers know best.
  - kefka 11y ago
    Ah. A libertarian. Being an employee is strictly better because you are protected many ways. You get workers comp for on the job injuries, overtime law, OSHA compliance, unemployment compensation, along with not paying the employers' tax yourself. The gig economy is the starting of stratifying out undesirable people to a less-than-minimum-wage employee. And this is disgusting and wrong. We as a citizenry deserve better.

jdmichal 11y ago

> Yes, so what? That's the nature of freelance marketplaces. So those types of businesses don't even belong in a discussion about Uber. They involve different business transactions. I find it somewhat humorous that you don't realize that this is the entire point. "Contractors" are supposed to have these freedoms, however Uber workers do not. The differences exactly like these are why their workers are being force-reclassified to "employees".

ahallock 11y ago
Do the workers get a say in how they're classified? If we really care about the workers, then maybe they should have a choice in what they want. Instead it's "force-reclassified" because authoritarians and lawyers know best.
- kefka 11y ago
  Ah. A libertarian. Being an employee is strictly better because you are protected many ways. You get workers comp for on the job injuries, overtime law, OSHA compliance, unemployment compensation, along with not paying the employers' tax yourself. The gig economy is the starting of stratifying out undesirable people to a less-than-minimum-wage employee. And this is disgusting and wrong. We as a citizenry deserve better.