The Gig Economy

[Benton]

(05-09-2019, 08:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: As I stated previously, they should find other sources of employment.  Let the free market play itself out.  If you take the ride share companies at their word, they never intended for drivers to be attempting to make a full-time living from the app.  With that in mind, those drivers could simply just focus on their day jobs, and continue to look for another side hustle..

In my experience, never take big companies at their word. They're generally lying in the name of profit. And who knows if those drivers have day jobs. I've met many Lyft drivers (I stopped using Uber as the drivers were all pretty unhappy) who were doing only that. For many folks, the days of just working a day job are over. That's the pro-corporate climate we're in.

I do agree on the free market issue, though. Those guys should seek other jobs. I do, however, think they might have some kind of class action case if what they say is true. If I contract with you to pay me X dollars for Y work, and you later pay me X-W dollars for Y work based off some nonsensical reason, I'd be pretty %$#*ing ^$#%ed.