@mate53
My dad is almost 60, he drives for door-dash and uber eats and uber, he makes decent money driving a full sized truck in Tampa FL. He also works in construction and makes most of the money from that. He's been pushing me to get involved in this for a while despite my car not running too great, I could still do the food delivery, but I have a full time job. But at one point I told him about this "gig economy" and how it's great when you don't need it to get by. Once you need to have a side gig just to get by, it's not fun anymore, and there's clearly a larger problem with the system as a whole. When things like Uber started coming out, it was exciting, but everyone seemed to miss the bigger picture, like this video explains.
@youreyesarebleeding1368
Uber just facilitates the transaction between the drivers and the passengers, and requires some basic guarantees from the driver such as making them deliver on their side of the deal. Gig work is just like eBay, but for services instead of goods. All of the drivers who use Uber agreed to be in that contract, they weren't forced to drive for Uber against their will. If they are protesting Uber over this, it means they have no other options -- at which point, would they rather just have nothing at all since they don't have any useful skills or the flexibility to get another job? They're pinning the blame on Uber, but really should be blaming themselves. If you're in a bad spot and you have to sell some of your stuff on eBay to pay bills, you wouldn't then blame eBay because you regret selling your stuff for a low price.
@electropentatonic
Drivers gained massive leverage during covid. Half the country was self-isolating and a large portion were working from home. These people also had larger disposable incomes during these times. No gas, free government checks and even rent was cancelled. Fast forward to today, the economy is in a massive contraction. The surplus of workers from the pandemic are now saturating the gig market. There's less customers and more drivers. This coming period will hurt but I believe things will improve when inflation, fuel and goods prices stop suppressing family's spending. Hang in there
@azizkash286
Lol how can u talk about this and promote that scam sponsor
@nomaderic
I still choose this over a normal job. I get to travel the country and work in any city I want. I work when I want for how long I want. I take as many days off as I want. I work at my own pace, etc. I'll take all that over more money any day. Doordash and uber have allowed me to see the country
@chicken29843
There are some tax benefits to being listed as an independent contractor, you kind of get more freedom on claiming things as business expenses. Tho not getting any kind of insurance kind of makes it not worth
@Remix2366
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@HaynGuy808
45 dollars for 6 orders is reeeaaalllyy fkn good around here in washington... the next couple hours they send below minimum orders till they make more than me...
@ttk519
Very hard to work on these apps these days, ppl are manipulating their locations while you work honestly then with the scraps you actually make because of them you have to pay for expenses and taxes
@theturquoisepanther446
Man come on, if you’re going to sell out to masterworks at least tell them you don’t actually own anything except shares in the company not the art.
@ddude715
Thank you for the upload Aperture! So excited
@MinionInc
"gig" economy will only get better with more structure, I think. They paved a new way of working and hiring. It's only a matter of time before a large majority of the community become "independent contractors".
@JJacobs803
Uber raising there rate has hurt alot of drivers I switched to doordash part time with my full time job
@DanRichter
Nobody has to drive for Uber. They know the wages, continue to drive anyway, and then complain. And if they leave, nothing will change, that's how important they are... hence why they're paid the way they are.
@sinofinance
gig economy = pay to work
@eddieschwab864
That might be the case in Extremes in the case of uber with them lowering the payout from the fairs. But not all gig work is the same. I work for a locally owned restaurant delivery service the lady that operates the platform is a close personal friend of mine and the ostensible way we look at the business is that our bosses are the end-user customers that we deliver to and our customers are the restaurants that we deliver for. We deliver for almost a hundred restaurants in the local area. As for benefits my wife has the day job with good insurance and certainly much better Insurance than the job I previously had full-time who's Insurance went to crap as a company. More importantly I get paid based on my efforts not based on an algorithm not based on anything like that I get an order I drop it I get paid for that although I do tend to keep a pretty firm schedule most of the time I can set my own hours as needed with other things that might be going on. But I certainly am fine. Not the least bit worried about my short or long-term economic status. Daily economy is great but it's not for everybody
@TheAed38
I drive for Uber Eats as a side hustle. With inflation as bad as it is, if I don't side hustle I end up saving $0 dollars at the end of the month, or incur a small loss. Driving for Uber Eats has been a huge windfall for me so far, because now I can deliver for 10-20 hours a week and actually get somewhere with my finances. I'm not sure the gig economy is a great way to make a living, but it's great as a side hustle. I can set my own hours and don't have to be lorded over by an idiot boss.
@deadtothewxrld
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
@SuperChez_
Aperture uploads are worthy of waking up for
@thekub32