Re:The Uber leak exposes the global war on workers
by daenz on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:29PM
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I would normally agree with you, but the concern here is about information asymmetry. Workers can make bad decisions when they don't have a full picture of the costs of working for a company. I'm normally hesitant about regulation, but hat is something that regulation could help with to improve a worker's decision-making (similar to healthcare price transparency) without interfering with a company's operations.
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Re:The Uber leak exposes the global war on workers
by whittingtonaaon on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:33PM
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Well I have to admit, I don’t know their business model very well. But, at least in my case, if I did it for a while and calculated my reimbursement after the costs of running the car—and found out I wasn’t making enough—I would quit.
Re:The Uber leak exposes the global war on workers
by deelowe on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @09:02PM
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A lot of people driving for Uber don’t have the skills to do tco calculations… it’s exploitive that Uber is taking advantage of these people. Whether Uber is culpable is arguable. I believe it’s more if an issue for government because they aren’t teaching people the skills they need to understand this.