I agree that companies sometimes misclassify employees but I’m not sure this is the case here. The drivers choose when and where to work and provide their own resources to complete the jobs they choose to accept.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 months agoThey’re self-employed
Officially but not actually. Falsely classifying employees as independent contractors is a common trick corporations use to be able to treat them like shit.
Burninator05@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The drivers choose when and where to work
Within parameters set by the company with strict penalties if you don’t obey them. So no, they don’t really choose.
provide their own resources
Like with school teachers, who are also employees, that’s exploitation, not independence.
complete the jobs they choose to accept.
Again, while fulfilling mandatory quotas, meaning that there’s a high risk of having to accept fares they would prefer not to, as per the rules of their EMPLOYER Uber/Lyft.
Perfide@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Exactly. If they actually were independent contractors, they could charge whatever price they want for a ride. But they can’t, Uber decides how much a ride costs and how much the driver gets of that cost. Independent my ass.