Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by savanaly on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:58AM
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>because executives, investors and engineers have negotiating leverage
Are you sure it's not because their marginal product is higher? Are you implying that collectively those groups managed to finagle a situation where the marginal worker is paid more than their marginal value, persistently and across multiple rounds of hiring? If it's not that, I think the more correct thing to say is they're paid higher because they're worth more to the company, not because they have "better negotiating power".
Re:CEO of Uber: Gig Workers Deserve Better
by selestify on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:22PM
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Don’t they have better negotiating power because their marginal product is higher (and their supply is more limited)? I don’t think you’re necessarily contradicting them
Are you sure it's not because their marginal product is higher? Are you implying that collectively those groups managed to finagle a situation where the marginal worker is paid more than their marginal value, persistently and across multiple rounds of hiring? If it's not that, I think the more correct thing to say is they're paid higher because they're worth more to the company, not because they have "better negotiating power".