"Many gig workers explicitly do not want to become employees."
I think most know the worker routine. If they don't look a certain way, the right age, the right resume, they won't get the job.
And the fact once they are an employee, they lose any bit of autonomy they think they have by being a independant?
It's too bad that we have a huge line of people:
1. Buying a vechicle specific four door vechicle Uber approves of before even applying to use the app. That is a huge upfront expence. Uber makes it sound like we all have a late model four door sedan collecting dust in the four car garage?
People are going bankrupt at best, but usually ruining credit, buying this huge asset in order to drive at the whims of Uber. There's no guarantes whatsoever. Want a deal on a four door sedan? Look at Craigslist used vechicle sales. Look for the last year Uber allows independents to drive. Actually I have noticed guys get another newer vechicle a couple of years before their vechicle ages out of Ubers strict year requirements. Some keep the useless four door sedan to drive a few more years under Lyft, or that's what I heard.
2. The guys whom are making a livible wage are usually driving to a big city. (A guy I know drives from santa Rosa to SF 7 days a week to make it work financially, and he is barely making it. He's working 80 hrs week.)
3. No health, they pay for gas, and insurance.
4. Yes--I'm picking on Uber.
My point is before Uber Bought the proposition, many drivers wanted better working conditions, and most seemed excited Uber might have to give them a vechicle, and working conditions would be better.
Then reality/fear set in? They will probally be fired next, or never hired me in the first place?
Maybe I'll just stick with this chitty job? America has become the king of chitty jobs.
And we have a lot of desperate people who will take these lousy jobs.
> 1. Buying a vechicle specific four door vechicle Uber approves of before even applying to use the app. That is a huge upfront expence. Uber makes it sound like we all have a late model four door sedan collecting dust in the four car garage?
I'm not seeing it anymore, but I recall seeing an Uber related lease program, and now I'm seeing Uber related rental car programs. In the Seattle area, it looks like I could rent a car from two different companies for about $220 per week that's intended to be used for unlicensed taxi services.
If I were going to drive for Uber, and they didn't like my current vehicle, I'd drive a rental for a few weeks at least, to make sure it met my needs before dumping a bunch of money into a car.
I think most know the worker routine. If they don't look a certain way, the right age, the right resume, they won't get the job.
And the fact once they are an employee, they lose any bit of autonomy they think they have by being a independant?
It's too bad that we have a huge line of people:
1. Buying a vechicle specific four door vechicle Uber approves of before even applying to use the app. That is a huge upfront expence. Uber makes it sound like we all have a late model four door sedan collecting dust in the four car garage?
People are going bankrupt at best, but usually ruining credit, buying this huge asset in order to drive at the whims of Uber. There's no guarantes whatsoever. Want a deal on a four door sedan? Look at Craigslist used vechicle sales. Look for the last year Uber allows independents to drive. Actually I have noticed guys get another newer vechicle a couple of years before their vechicle ages out of Ubers strict year requirements. Some keep the useless four door sedan to drive a few more years under Lyft, or that's what I heard.
2. The guys whom are making a livible wage are usually driving to a big city. (A guy I know drives from santa Rosa to SF 7 days a week to make it work financially, and he is barely making it. He's working 80 hrs week.)
3. No health, they pay for gas, and insurance.
4. Yes--I'm picking on Uber.
My point is before Uber Bought the proposition, many drivers wanted better working conditions, and most seemed excited Uber might have to give them a vechicle, and working conditions would be better.
Then reality/fear set in? They will probally be fired next, or never hired me in the first place?
Maybe I'll just stick with this chitty job? America has become the king of chitty jobs.
And we have a lot of desperate people who will take these lousy jobs.