Archived Boston cab drivers have a plan to push more customers to Uber (bostonglobe.com)
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Archived Boston cab drivers have a plan to push more customers to Uber (bostonglobe.com)
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[–] CryHavoc ago (edited ago)
Even of I accept everything above as gospel you know what would be great? Let the market decide if Uber and Lyft would survive.
If enough employees feel treated like crap the neither company will have enough drivers and they will fail. And if too many customers are uncomfortable with the lack of a medallion, or background checks, or driver training then they will not have enough business and they will fail.
But I much prefer if they fail either of those ways as opposed to a bunch of people who had a buggy whip monopoly and are pissed because someone figured out a way to compete with them.
And I also love the instinctive response of most who are sympathetic to the taxi drivers.
"This isn't fair, we need to put more regulations on them."
I always wonder why they never say "this isn't fair, let's remove some of the regulations from taxis."
[–] pepepepepe ago
If you receive full-time employment benefits then you are entitled to work full-time. At that point you might as well be a traditional cab driver. You are expected to be there day in and day out. If you want to stop working for them you are expected to put in notice and allow them time to hire someone else.
Services like Uber automate the ability of two people to form a private transaction. It's different from punching a clock. Someone could work 80 hours one week and 5 the next. They're not expected or entitled to work, they enter and exit a market at will. Are you going to give them benefits during weeks they work full time and then revoke them weeks they don't? It just wouldn't make sense. Contracting is a trade-off. Some people are comfortable with punching a clock and like the benefits that come with it, others want flexibility and are fine having to bankroll their own supplies.