The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver

Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by peteretep on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:15AM (#9105670)

    > unlimited vacation policy

I could not work for a company like that, as I would feel guilty taking each and every day. Much better to just give a generous allowance - how about the 4-5 weeks you'd get in Europe?

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Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by comrh on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:21AM (#9105685)

I have and that was the exact feeling most of the non-management employees got. It didn't feel like a "perk" at all.

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Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by abawany on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:34AM (#9105712)

Agree as well - IME 'unlimited vacation policy' means 'policy: no vacation'.

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Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by comrh on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @03:19AM (#9105817)

or policy: "sure, just hold off until this next launch and we'll make it worth it!"

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Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by hughes on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @03:34AM (#9105857)

How about a "minimum vacation" policy?

http://www.paperplanes.de/2014/12/10/from-open-to-minimum-va...

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Re:The Hidden Costs of Being an Uber Driver by peteretep on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @04:27AM (#9105986)

I think you start to get in to trouble the moment that holiday stops being seen as remuneration. When it's clear that some people have negotiated different holiday allowances, and have different holiday needs, and that's been factored in to their take home, then everyone knows that everyone has earned their holiday.

As for minimums, at any European company with a vaguely competent HR function, unused holiday will get flagged as a risk in terms both of resource planning, but also from a staff wellbeing perspective.

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