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Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Re: Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Post by bmm6o »

vadym909 wrote: post #12

If I was a large business with deep pockets, I'd be wary of signing up to use independent contractors to ferry employees around and get embroiled in the employee misclassification debate. Uber has said it is just a platform enabling the transaction between an independent driver and customer. That puts the entire burden of employee classification on the company. If HR sets the travel policy on the app, they would be a…

Whatever debate there may be about how Uber drivers should be classified, there's no way it directly impacts Uber's customers. Please provide a citation, if you have one.

Re: Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Post by mindcrime »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #18
komali2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy crap that is a solid set of articles! I don't know how I never thought to check paul graham's site.

Some favorites: http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

Also:

http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html

Re: Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Post by paul6987 »

graphitezepp wrote: post #3

Rare Uber related news that sounds good for the company. If this sees a good rate of adoption, and the idea does sound reasonable to me so it may, it would create a much more stable model for reliable revenue that being business to business can provide.

dont worry it does not take long for another horrible thing Uber has done to be reported...

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/08/...

As long as Kalanick is involved in anyway the negative will always outweigh anything positive!

Re: Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Post by paul6987 »

paul6987 wrote: post #23
graphitezepp wrote: post #3

Rare Uber related news that sounds good for the company. If this sees a good rate of adoption, and the idea does sound reasonable to me so it may, it would create a much more stable model for reliable revenue that being business to business can provide.

dont worry it does not take long for another horrible thing Uber has done to be reported... https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/08/... As long as Kalanick is involved in anyway the negative will always outweigh anything positive!

Oh here is more .....

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self...

Total disregard for the potential harm of human life .. it's all about winning the self driving car race.

Re: Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

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Post by dbbk »

paul6987 wrote: post #9
graphitezepp wrote: post #3

Rare Uber related news that sounds good for the company. If this sees a good rate of adoption, and the idea does sound reasonable to me so it may, it would create a much more stable model for reliable revenue that being business to business can provide.

Uber needs to go the way of the dodo bird! Let Lyft and others take it's place. Maybe Lyft buys Uber. Personally and after Uber let $1k get stolen from my bank account and laughed via their bro PR statement (it's the users' fault)it's been great to see all their bad behavior come back to bite them.

> Maybe Lyft buys Uber.

Uber is valued at nearly 10x to Lyft so not sure how that would be possible.

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