I don’t have, in principle, an objection to dynamic rates based on demand - when the bars let out, or a game ends, rates can go up. But there’s too much opacity for that to be practical. Dynamic pay is absolutely something that should be banned. Nobody should show up to work without knowing what their pay rate is.
I’m not taking a view one way or the other… but if you own your own business and set up a market stall but on certain days there is no market demand for what you sell - what’s the difference between that and this 🤔.
I think Uber might argue that these aren’t salaried employees so why pay for no work? Drivers are hired on demand to do an on demand job?
On the other hand I can well understand that drivers might want to be salaried and have the protection that comes with that at the lower hourly wage but consistency. Otherwise they would all be driving for mini cab firms like back in the day, right?
Because Uber saying the drivers are self employed is obviously a lie? If drivers were really their own bosses and Uber was just the middle man, they would be the ones setting the rates they are charging, and Uber would then pass that to the users.
That’s a good point.
To use your analogy, you get to the market and set up your stall, then the market manager comes along and slaps the price label on your goods.
Some days you’ll get a good price, others you’ll get very little for your goods, and you have absolutely no control over it, no advance warning, and no idea how they’re setting the prices.
