Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by SpicyLemonZest on Monday August 10, 2020 @09:33AM
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If we take Uber's self-reported total of 3 million drivers, that'd give them an extra $15 a year. That's not really the scale of change most people are looking for when they say workers should make more.
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Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by aetherson on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:04AM
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It's appalling to me that this basic reality check is getting downvoted.
Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by SpicyLemonZest on Monday August 10, 2020 @01:46PM
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I'm used to it, unfortunately. Something's gone very wrong with the discourse in almost every forum I frequent; hopefully it's just temporary pandemic stress.
Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by sukilot on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:17AM
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Right. Uber (single user per ride car service) is a fundamentally unsustainable business model, unless they convert into vanpool and delivery routes.
According to the Q1 reports, rides are actually profitable for the company. They just lose money on other segments, like Eats, and spend an absolutely massive amount of money on "platform R&D" (many hundreds of millions per quarter).
https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-det...
(not I am using Q1, because Q2 has been an... atypical quarter for this sort of business)