• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Nice, another country where the gig economy suffers a big hit.

    They need to have more countries stomp down on this. It sucks for workers, and just allows greedy C-suites to run away with even more money. Although what is missing here is doing this retroactively and making the CEO pay out of pocket all the missing money for the insurances and taxes.

    • I was in an Uber the other day when the driver started complaining, and rightfully so, that Uber only gives them roughly half of what they make and wondered why?

      I explained how we allow monopolies here or duopolies to give the appearance of competition. In Europe there are competing services, to include functional public transportation, that drive the companies to pay their drivers a fair share.

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      3 months ago

      Hell, how about you make them point out openly in the hiring literature that the car cost and maintenance is well above what they’re paying you. Most people just think that The money they pay for their car, maintenance and insurance are getting fully covered by what Uber is paying them.

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      3 months ago

      I am an Uber driver and Uber is the best thing that has ever happened to me. As an autistic person I do not fit into the normal job structure. I need a varied marketplace with different kinds of employment in order to survive.

      I am really scared of the “compassionate” push to get rid of free market, consensual interaction in favor of everyone being forced into their favorite cozy sweater.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        That’s not what cracking down on gig economy is. Gig economy benefits nobody except the rich farts at the top of the companies employing it. It is entirely and solely meant to increase profits of the bosses, and shoving those costs onto the country the company is operating in.

        And hence changes such as these are entirely meant to move that money back. Ideally, for the employee, nothing changes at all. Their bosses buy 5 Porsche a year instead of 8, and the country has another company paying their required taxes and insurances they happened to be skirting until now.