> Instead, what Sacramento politicians are pushing is an employment model that 4 out of 5 drivers don’t support.
Is that stat accurate? If so, what is the argument for imposing a model that the vast majority of drivers don't support?
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#12Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Doesn't seem like it would be feasible to maintain all drivers as employees.
It’s going to be impossible to just casually drive for them too.
Service will degrade too. "Your driver will be here in 45 minutes" type of stuff going forward. A huge incentive of using uber/lyft was that in major cities you could literally be picked up in a few minutes of requesting the ride.
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#13Why can't we have a new worker classification that allows gig workers to have both the flexibility the job entails + better benefits/protections?
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#14California (govt) is fantastic at making California worse.
Genuine question: what state government would you look to for a better model?
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#15When Tesla/Waymo/Uber/Lyft roll out actual self-driving technology in the future and people complain "robots are taking our jobs!" we can point to this legislation and say "actually, no, it was the politicians"
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#16> Instead, what Sacramento politicians are pushing is an employment model that 4 out of 5 drivers don’t support. Is that stat accurate? If so, what is the argument for imposing a model that the vast majority of drivers don't support?
100% of the thousands of Uber drivers I've talked to over the past 8 years have said work flexibility is their greatest advantage. Many of them already have other commitments and drive for extra income. If they wanted a FT driving job, they would've gotten one.
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#17California (govt) is fantastic at making California worse.
Genuine question: what state government would you look to for a better model?
Not many states are in the position California is. No matter how poorly run the state might be, people are unlikely to leave due to existing business and weather. Hard to compare.
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#18Why can't we have a new worker classification that allows gig workers to have both the flexibility the job entails + better benefits/protections?
I think that’s what is proposed in prop 22. Maybe it could be argued it needs to do more ... but seems like a step towards it.
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#19Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Doesn't seem like it would be feasible to maintain all drivers as employees.
They could make changes to their offering (like showing the end location, etc) to avoid this, which they are avoiding.
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#20Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Doesn't seem like it would be feasible to maintain all drivers as employees.
Definitely not feasible to keep drivers on as employees legally. Some issues that come to mind that seem incredibly hard for uber/lyft to enforce but are mandatory for California employees:
* Meal & rest breaks
* Callback pay
* Split Shift premiums
* Reporting premium (if you show up to work, but less work to do than half your scheduled shift)
The only way I see this working is somebody started some "Driver Pool" company that employed drivers fulltime and then Uber/Lyft/Doordash/Grubhub/etc all use that company.