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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by xzel on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:29PM (#24227642)
Yes neither of my examples were exactly the same. I'm talking about feel and results and specifically I wasn't talking about how current drivers operate, I was talking about how the resulting circumstance might exist in the future.

But to go back to the tutoring example: if I was working for a tutoring company, agreed to take clients between lets say 1-5 PM, and the rate was set by the company, would that be similar enough?

Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by sushid on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:02PM (#24228137)
No, you're a contractor in that example. There are high fixed costs to hiring an employee. You're not going to get anyone on board with these micro-shifts, period.
Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by Anon1096 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:33PM (#24227687)
No, because tutoring companies don't give "microshifts" for this exact reason.