Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll Proposition 22

Re:Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll P... by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:52AM (#25083495)

> you put your brand on the chairs and if the customer likes them they can buy from you again

When I go to a new city, I make note of great Uber drivers. I then hire them directly. Often, they become a porter of sorts. I pay them to drive but also e.g. for taking out laundry and recommending places of interest.

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Re:Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll P... by Alex3917 on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:05AM (#25083650)

> I then hire them directly.

Which can get them kicked off the app, and leave them with tens of thousands of dollars in car loans that they have no way of repaying. That's what makes them employees and not independent contractors, the fact that they aren't allowed to do this.

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Re:Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll P... by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:10AM (#25083701)

> Which can get them kicked off the app

Can you cite a single example of this?

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Re:Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll P... by rkho on Friday November 13, 2020 @02:54PM (#25086647)

> and leave them with tens of thousands of dollars in car loans that they have no way of repaying

This assumes every single driver on the platform is a debtor of subprime auto loans.

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