Re:Elder Care Startup Honor Makes Contractors Full-Time Work...
by bsder on Thursday January 21, 2016 @03:44PM
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> It's not clear to me what distinguishes Uber drivers from, say, Airbnb hosts, who are clearly not employees.
If Uber/Lyft were like AirBnB, it would be providing you a car with keys with the occasional optional driver.
With AirBnB, getting "service" beyond the lodging is optional (and less common than it used to be).
However, Uber/Lyft always provides the driver. The fact that the driver is an inseparable part of the service is what is eventually going to cause them to lose.
If Uber/Lyft were like AirBnB, it would be providing you a car with keys with the occasional optional driver.
With AirBnB, getting "service" beyond the lodging is optional (and less common than it used to be).
However, Uber/Lyft always provides the driver. The fact that the driver is an inseparable part of the service is what is eventually going to cause them to lose.