Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a personal car in 2017

Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by ghaff on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:03PM (#16163143)

US employers assume adults can drive. Presumably, if they're hiring you as a delivery driver, they will confirm the appropriate licensing. But, if you're a random engineer that they discover can't go to various customer sites without all sorts of special arrangements, a lot of companies are probably going to take that into consideration come review time.

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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by icebraining on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:15PM (#16163237)

Fair enough, I guess in the US one should make that clear during the hiring interview.

I wonder what US employers will do when the next generations of employees come in and their assumption starts failing hard.

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Re:Lyft says nearly 250K of its passengers ditched a persona... by ghaff on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:24PM (#16163302)

Seems pretty straightforward. If it becomes an actual problem, they start calling it out and make it a requirement, even if it's negotiable.

ADDED: The reality is that there are lots of implicit assumptions in a professional job. Unless it's a job that involves significant/regular travel, they probably won't ask you if you're willing to step on a plane. They probably won't ask you if you're OK with attending meetings before 10am. Etc. If you have out-of-mainstream requirements it's probably mostly on you to raise them.

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