Uber said to use “sophisticated” software to defraud drivers, passengers

Re:Uber said to use “sophisticated” software to defraud driv... by Retric on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:36PM (#14054854)

If they can take someone from A to B and then not get paid for it because of that kind of rule in how the task is preformed that's highly directed work of the kind you would give an employee.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Uber said to use “sophisticated” software to defraud driv... by linkregister on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:22PM (#14055970)

Please take a step back and think about it.

If you contracted me to install cabinets in your kitchen, I couldn't defensibly take 1 year to install them, if I estimated 3 days. This doesn't make all cabinet installers employees.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Uber said to use “sophisticated” software to defraud driv... by Retric on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:52PM (#14056130)

3 days or 4 days and you still pay. Uber can't offord a 33% increase in trip length when paying per mile so defacto they are going to have very tight tolerances.

Further the scoring is separately done by the customer. So the conversation is "Can you take the scenic trip? Sorry can't." Further it goes that way because Uber drivers are employed by Uber not independent contractors connected by Uber to customers.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Uber said to use “sophisticated” software to defraud driv... by linkregister on Sunday April 09, 2017 @03:27AM (#14070941)

I think you interpret "egregious" differently than I do. You appear to be responding to a set of points I never made, while not addressing the one I did.

[ Parent | on HN ]