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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by kortilla on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @09:54PM (#20935843)
How many Uber drivers are there? Also, don’t forget that slack has an API so write loads can be very different regardless of user count.
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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:02PM (#20936198)
> How many Uber drivers are there?

None, they're all independent contractors.

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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by kortilla on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:40AM (#20959763)
That’s still an Uber driver. They’re literally being contracted to be so.
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Re:Uber lays off 435 people by arshbot on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @09:58PM (#20935864)
Was this chat app for external contractors as well? Highly doubt it.
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