The Gig Economy

[SunsetBengal]

(05-09-2019, 08:16 PM)Dill Wrote: Er, that "news," as I read it, is the workers are responding to surveillance and suffocating micromanagement which creates optimal efficiency at the Uber employee's expense.  

The drivers then do what (in the US) it is ALWAYS ok for employers to do--they adjust their service/time to maximize profit.

I see that nobody is getting the real thing here, not even you.  (and I consider you one of the brightest folk on here)

The real issue is a matter of supply and demand.  When Uber and the like were in need of drivers, it paid well.  Now, that too many people are doing it, the pay goes downs.  When objects, commodities, skills, etc. are in demand, the pay is always higher.  When a particular market is flooded with people all equally capable of doing the same exact thing, their value goes down.  It's the same with any job sector.