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Who's Driving Whom?

2021/7/6
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Chris Payne
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Haley Holtz
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Javier Becerra
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Paul Oyer
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Pierre-Dimitri Gorkoti
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Sam Harnett
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Veena Dubal
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Virginia Blanchard
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Willie Solis
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Willie Solis:送餐员的实际工作时间远大于实际接单时间,导致收入远低于预期,且需要承担汽油费、车辆维护费、税费、保险费等额外费用,实际时薪低于最低工资标准。平台控制了送餐员的工作时间和收入,送餐员缺乏真正的自主权。 Virginia Blanchard:送餐工作虽然提供了灵活性和不错的收入,但平台的接单率要求和订单完成率要求对送餐员的收入和福利有直接影响,甚至可能导致被封号。送餐员在工作中会遇到各种奇葩要求和不合理的待遇,例如无法使用餐厅洗手间。 Haley Holtz:送餐工作兼顾了家庭和工作,工作压力较小,空闲时间较多,收入也高于之前的传统工作。但收入的不稳定性仍然是一个问题,需要努力工作才能达到每日收入目标。 Veena Dubal:送餐应用通过算法监控送餐员的工作行为,并施加影响,算法才是真正的老板。平台惩罚送餐员的接单率,迫使他们接下不划算的订单。送餐员被封号的情况体现了应用平台与送餐员之间权力失衡。 Sam Harnett:经济大萧条时期,许多人失业,零工经济成为一种补充收入的方式。送餐应用将送餐员定义为独立承包商,而不是雇员,以避免支付员工福利。将送餐员定义为独立承包商可以节省应用平台的成本,但送餐工作的“美国梦”承诺并未实现,许多送餐员的经济状况堪忧。 Paul Oyer:将送餐员定义为雇员可能会降低送餐员的灵活性和工作机会,可能会导致送餐应用公司改变服务模式,对送餐员的生活产生负面影响,并限制送餐员同时为多个平台工作的可能性。 Javier Becerra:加州正在起诉Uber和Lyft公司,指控其非法将送餐员定义为独立承包商,违反了加州AB5法案。 Pierre-Dimitri Gorkoti:即使送餐员被定义为雇员,Uber Eats也不会倒闭,但可能会导致送餐次数减少和价格上涨,送餐员数量减少、服务区域缩小和价格上涨。 Chris Payne:大多数DoorDash送餐员每周工作时间少于4小时,他们不需要成为雇员。加州公投提案22既保障了送餐员的灵活性和选择权,又为工作时间较长的送餐员提供了更多福利。法律需要适应新的工作方式。

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Willie Solis, a DoorDash driver, experiences the challenges of gig work, including unpredictable schedules and low pay, despite the promise of flexibility.

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Without delivery workers, there is no DoorDash or UberEats or Grubhub. And workers in this slice of the gig economy get access to a level of flexibility that most people in traditional employment situations can only dream of. But how much control do delivery workers *really *have over their schedules, their pay and the terms of their employment? These questions are at the heart of a political battle playing out across the country with stakes that are deeply personal for delivery drivers nationwide.

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