California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify drivers as employees

Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by okareaman on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:30AM (#24866566)

"bad drivers" as in "not making money" drivers. When you go out of town you stay there and take rides or set your direction home and pick up rides in that direction. Drivers who say they don't get paid coming back are ignorant.

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by dmitriid on Friday October 23, 2020 @08:27AM (#24868723)

> When you go out of town you stay there

Stay as in? Spend the night? Just stay there on the curb side hoping for a chance that someone will need a ride back? How is that "making money"?

> or set your direction home and pick up rides in that direction

Drivers already do that. Additionally,

- A driver who lives west of town will not pick a ride to the east of town on the off chance that there will be a ride back if only he stays there long enough.

- A driver only needs to go home at the end of their shift. So why would he pick rides in the direction of his home at any other time? Hoping for a chance to pick a ride on the way back?

> Drivers who say they don't get paid coming back are ignorant.

As I've just demonstrated, it's not the drivers who are ignorant.

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by djur on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:59AM (#24866723)

Or the drivers could be paid a wage and it wouldn't be a problem. It sounds like the current system for compensating drivers creates an incentive for bad service in this instance, not good.

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by okareaman on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:28AM (#24866871)

How is taking rides on the way home bad service? Why should I get the same wage as a sub par driver?

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by mrguyorama on Friday October 23, 2020 @12:39PM (#24871310)

>How is taking rides on the way home bad service Does uber guarantee that there will be paying rides to bring you back home? Otherwise you are driving on your own dime

>Why should I get the same wage as a sub par driver Because that's not how the world works. It isn't some meritocratic paradise that fairly pays people for their work. Besides, nothing says uber can't pay you more for being a better fully employed driver. If you truly are a better driver, surely you could get a raise right?

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by dmitriid on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:15AM (#24869137)

As someone said (quoting from memory) "The greatest con corporate America has pulled is that poor people don't ask for better wages and job conditions, but get triggered when someone else asks for that".

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