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Re:Uber will offer gig work like AI data labeling to drivers... by skeeter2020 on Sunday October 19, 2025 @09:56AM (#45634161)
>> Should your employer tolerate you working another job while you are being paid to do yours?

When the company fights hard & dirty for decades to classify you as a contractor to externalize the majority of the costs in their business model? Yes.

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Re:Uber will offer gig work like AI data labeling to drivers... by lotsofpulp on Sunday October 19, 2025 @10:49AM (#45634568)
A decent margin of voters (41% to 58%) in California (in an election with 80% participation) voted to keep classifying them as contractors:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_22

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Re:Uber will offer gig work like AI data labeling to drivers... by rkomorn on Sunday October 19, 2025 @10:55AM (#45634620)
Maybe with an asterisk mentioning the 200+ million dollars Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, etc allegedly spent on it.
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