If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.

  • Burninator05@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      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.