Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down temporarily in California

Post by kingnothing » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:25 PM UTC

brendoelfrendo wrote: post #391

kingnothing wrote: post #367

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I used to work at Uber. I'll focus on one particular point: allowing drivers to see where riders are going before they accept the trip. Uber, at least when I worked there, was heavily against this functionality as it allows drivers to discriminate against riders who are going to poor neighborhoods or from cities to suburbs where they may have difficulty in getting another rider. That feature is bad for the overall ec…

This sounds like it is bad for the customer experience of the rider, but is essential for the driver to be considered a contractor. It makes sense to me as a tradeoff: Uber can decide that the drivers are employees and dictate what routes and fares they must take, or they can decide that drivers are contractors who have the ability to review and decline those fares

Post by gamblor956 » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:27 PM UTC

tathougies wrote: post #361

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I don't think you actually understand how fast food restaurants operate. You actually can take several months off from McDonalds if you want and come back. Many employees do, especially the ones that work at college-town McDs... Moreover, you can switch shifts at will, so long as you find another employee to exchange shifts with. Pretty much the difference between fast food and Uber is that fast food is a minimum 8 h…

And what happens if you decide you won't show up today to work at McDonalds? And tomorrow, and the next day? Without telling anyone? Yeah... that's right.

Post by PunchTornado » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:27 PM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #419

kingnothing wrote: post #367

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I used to work at Uber. I'll focus on one particular point: allowing drivers to see where riders are going before they accept the trip. Uber, at least when I worked there, was heavily against this functionality as it allows drivers to discriminate against riders who are going to poor neighborhoods or from cities to suburbs where they may have difficulty in getting another rider. That feature is bad for the overall ec…

> as it allows drivers to discriminate against riders who are going to poor neighborhoods or from cities to suburbs where they may have difficulty in getting another rider. This is exactly what being a contractor is though. Accepting contract work you'd like, and turning down work you don't. Otherwise you are an employee.

Post by Simulacra » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:29 PM UTC

pininja wrote: post #166

I work at Uber outside of the rides/eats business and observed many feature releases to adjust the business after AB5. What I saw released: - Enabling drivers to see where a rider is going before accepting the trip [0] [2] - Removed a main penalty for declining rides, “No More 85% Acceptance Rate Requirement For Uber Pro” [2] - Drivers get set their own fare with a multiplier [1] (the article details screenshots and…

Post by PunchTornado » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 7:30 PM UTC

msoad wrote: post #416

kingnothing wrote: post #367

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I used to work at Uber. I'll focus on one particular point: allowing drivers to see where riders are going before they accept the trip. Uber, at least when I worked there, was heavily against this functionality as it allows drivers to discriminate against riders who are going to poor neighborhoods or from cities to suburbs where they may have difficulty in getting another rider. That feature is bad for the overall ec…

I used to work at Lyft. It is disgusting how Lyft and Uber treat drivers with their A/B testing etc. Those PMs have no sympathy for drivers. A driver can end up in an experiment group that totally screws his income. WRT to drivers not going to neighborhood I have a solution for you: let passengers offer higher pricers. This is not a new idea BTW