Uber is not a way up and out lol It's not a career, it's sustenance pay.

The rise of the gig economy is exactly the kind of thing that is chopping rungs on the ladder, and it's because we've continually moved towards neo-liberal conservatism over the past 50 years.

You are literally describing road blocks, not advancement opportunities.

And what did I just say? People look down at jobs as "beaneath them". You can make $10k per month doing Uber. It is not sustenance pay. You know less than nothing. The things you "know" actually make people dumber and ruin discourse.

I literally said LAST PAGE people think if they don't have a cushy office and a luxury suite downtown, they think they are being oppresed. And here comes a guy that PROVES it by calling a six figure salary "sustenance pay". You are a total moron.

This post was edited by Kuggergug on Mar 17 2021 08:30pm

No one on the planet is making 6 figures from uber outside of executives.

If you're dumb enough that you think the average uber driver can make 10k a month then there's really no talking to you.

Next you'll be telling people to buy lottery tickets because "you can turn $5 into tens of millions!"

There is nothing wrong with Uber.

It is not meant to pay a salaried wage, it's part-time work that is providing value (e.g. ubereats) where it didn't exist before. If Uber were to raise their rates I wouldn't spend a dime.

The notion that we shouldn't order food unless we're paying exorbitant rates, or that people shouldn't have the ability to supplement their income on a free Friday night, is asinine. The notion that we should pay a taxi monopoly a certain percentage of our income for a quick ride home is nonsense.

Good thing nobody is making those claims.

The claim was specifically that uber is "a way up", when in fact it's not some key to greater things. It's largely side work or sustenance wages. Uber is great as a way to make extra money, and the "gig economy" would be great if it was a supplement and not replacing traditional employment.

The innovations that are typically made by these gig economy companies are not actual "innovations", but more ways to skirt paying employees decent wages to maintain a competitive edge against companies that maintain regular employment and benefit models.

It's a double-edged sword, because on one hand the gig economy is great for people like me, who like having easy and low-commitment ways to make money in off times (I'm actually doing captioning right now towards that exact end) but that's largely at the expense of a full-time job with benefits.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Mar 17 2021 09:13pm

Uber's innovation goes far beyond paying "gig workers". They've done taxi service far better than taxi companies ever could. Better technology, better service, better price.

Taxi'ing food on a part time basis is not something which deserves a "living wage". The nature of employment necessitates that they be contractors.

We should be beyond ecstatic that a nefarious monopoly was snuffed out of our lives and that there is competition in an industry, which impacts all of us, where there wasn't before.

I know people who drive for uber. they make like $6k to $10k per month. You don't have to believe me. Just take some ubers and ask the driver to show you their weekly earnings. its all calculated and logged on their apps. Liberals just lie and say it makes no money at all.

This post was edited by Kuggergug on Mar 17 2021 09:33pm