1). Not true. What’s surge pricing then? During NYE and Halloween, absolute peak demand time, drivers are not required to work - they’re instead made aware of higher earnings during those times and can decide for themselves.

2). How is this different from any other contractor? Are you saying a true contractor can stop working right in the middle of a job? Imagine if you hired a plumber and they took apart your toilet and then just left in the middle of the job. The nature of the work determines when someone can start/stop working for any reasonable contractor.

> 1. An Uber or Lyft driver can show up to work "whenever they want" because the company doesn't need them at more specific hours. If they had a shortage of drivers at certain hours, they would certainly require drivers be available at least to some extent at those hours.

I doubt they would need to require anything as surge pricing would increase the incentives to drive until some equilibrium was reached, presumably.

> show up to work whenever they want

except this doesnt cover the flexibility to work 5 hours per week; most high tech companies require full time employment.