Comment on As if the tip actually goes to the dashers.
ElleChaise@kbin.social 5 months agoPractically nobody does uber as their main job, they do it because they either want/need extra money, or are struggling to survive at all. I know uberers, none of them would choose the job, but they can't find other work. There's an intentional lack of employment in this country to keep the workers moving forward; "Do for us, or end up like those people".
Bonehead@kbin.social 5 months ago
If your business requires you to exploit your workers in order to make a profit, then your business doesn't deserve to exist. Making excuses for the exploiters changes nothing.
Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If the business doesn’t deserve to exist, why do customers keep supporting them? Why is the onus only on the workers to suffer?
bartolomeo@suppo.fi 5 months ago
That’s actually an excellent question. You should look into why people who work for America’s largest employer can only afford to shop at Walmart, have little to no benefits, no job security, and often qualify for food stamps (which is American taxpayers subsidizing their salaries). The owners of America’s largest employer are worth like $140,000,000,000.
Hint: it’s coercion.
zeluko@kbin.social 5 months ago
"Free" market doesnt really work without regulation, otherwise we shift towards current business models where you, the customer, often doesnt really have the choice.
Bonehead@kbin.social 5 months ago
Why are customers responsible for ensuring that workers get paid fairly? I'm looking for a service. If your service cannot exist without exploiting your workers, then it doesn't deserve to exist. You are not entitled to exploit people for your own gain.
Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you know the workers are being exploited, and you use the service anyway, how are you not partially responsible for exploiting them? It seems like you feel entitled to exploit them for your own gain as a customer. I agree that the employer is also responsible. A way to hold them accountable would be to eschew the service altogether. Otherwise, what incentive do they have to change?