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Re:Come downstairs or we’ll eat your order, delivery workers... by reaperman on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:26AM (#37392118)
Sort of. I'd help out around the pizza shop if there wasn't a bicycle delivery to be done. I could handle any of the other positions in the shop as well. But yes, there was generally plenty of downtime, other than maybe a 2-4 hour super rush period around lunch or dinner some days.
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Re:Come downstairs or we’ll eat your order, delivery workers... by bombcar on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:30AM (#37392186)
Much of the current "labor complaints" in general come from the maximization that doesn't "exist on paper" - jobs often involved "downtime" (even if you have slogans like "if you can lean, you can clean") and a few hours each day of absolute panic crunch-time.

Now we're becoming quite capable of optimizing it so that the panic crunch-time is the entire shift (and if it isn't you make less than minimum wage) via these "Silicon Valley gig apps".

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