Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are employees in New Zealand, opening door for sick leave, holiday pay, and minimum wage. Gig companies warn of collapse if forced to pay decent wage.
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And again: if your business model relies on underpaying people it’s not a good business model.
But...but...capitalism?
If you can't set your own rate, you're an employee.
This is actually the best take I've ever seen on the entire "gig economy".
You can set your own rate though? You can refuse as many trips as you want. If a trip is below what you want to be paid, refuse it. You’ll keep getting offers for more. You’re never under obligation to work.
If you’re an employee, you’re required to work and can be fired for refusal.
If your company cant survive because it has to start paying your "contractors" as actually employees. Then you shouldn't be in business. Adios!
Guess its a shitty business model if it can’t survive paying fair wages.
"If you you don't let me abuse the system I will fail 😭"
Oh no!
Gig companies are such a joke. They try to offer a service, but they want millions for doing nothing while the actual people who make their service useful are scrambling to make ends meet. Greed personified in App form. Restaurants use to deliver for free as incentive to get customers, now you are forced to use one of these fucking apps that tacks on an exhorbitant charge and then they still ask you to tip on top of these new exhorbitant charges.
Blow it all up, let's start again. Maybe we'll get it right this time?
Please collapse.
If your company relies on taking advantage of others ... maybe the company should not survive. Something the USA needs
If they can't pay a decent wage, they should file for bankruptcy.
If you can't afford to be in business then don't be in business.
Wild that we have to have court proceedings to determine that people working for a company to earn a paycheck are, in fact, employees.
So...this business model is financially RAPING it's employees???
What does the stock market say? Good business? As long as they can keep raping.
A lot of 10-99 jobs are really shit deals for people who are hard up and/or bad at math.
Justice is so slow, it took 15 years to set what was obvious since day one
If your company cannot pay its employees properly, regardless of w2 or 1099? Then your business is not in need or, you need to re-evaluate how you make your income to pay your employees properly.
Don't these companies bring in billions of dollars in profits? What's the big deal, that their CEO won't get a few extra millions?
That's the point of everything with money. Greedy fucks mad they cant break the rules for extra millions.
Collapse then you parasitic fucks. Maybe real taxis will make a comeback then.
yah, do these parascite companies think any of us like them? if i could summon an actual cab from my phone while innebriated, i would. we like your apps you stupid shites. we hate you. pay your fucking workers
I hate to be that guy, but you've been able to summon taxis via phone pretty much for as long as either have existed.
But I get what you mean, the app is the game-changer. I've had dispatch schedule a taxi for me and then they just didn't show up. 🤷♂️ No way to track or check the progress...
In Japan they have the Go app that allows you to hail and pay for a taxi ride directly in the app. You pay all of the regular dates and fees. The app just adds an additional fee on top to pay for the service.
It was incredibly useful and easy to use. You could even see when the taxi accepted the ride, track their progress, and message the driver if there was a question.
I think ride sharing services are forbidden in Japan. But this app seems like the best of both worlds.
You say this like taxi companies weren't grossly underpaying their employees as well (for literally decades). LoL 😂
Yeah, well at least they were employees and not 'contractors.' Ride share companies are shit and everybody knows it.