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Yes they do. There is a background check and everything.Right.
Uber doesn't hire either, you just sign up with them and go to work.
That is correct.Uber doesn't provide drivers with vehicles or pay for gas, mileage, insurance, or maintenance.
**But Uber drivers set their own hours, choose the days they work, select which neighborhoods they will or won't operate in, decide whether or not to accept a ping, have the discretion to accept or refuse passengers, and don't report in to a "boss" (other than their customers).
Big * here: Uber "can charge drivers a cancellation fee if they choose not to take a ride, prohibit drivers from picking up passengers not using the app and suspend or deactivate drivers' accounts."
How can a company fire you if you dont work for them? How can a company set the fare rates if you dont work for them?You know why?
Because Uber drivers don't work for Uber - they work for themselves.
They do way more that just "simply" that.Uber simply provides a service by putting drivers and passengers together.
This is usually part of the bargaining process..If drivers collectivize and unionize and start demanding benefits they don't currently enjoy then you can pretty much rest assured that Uber management is going to begin to demand things from their drivers which they don't currently demand.
Question, you claimed over and over again that the drivers "work for themselves" and dont have a "boss", who are these managers managing?Uber will have hiring managers
If they do this then so be it. But that would kinda ruin the appeal of the "flexibility" Uber likes to tout... But if they do this, then so be it.who decide whether or not a given driver is hired by Uber, they'll set days and hours and control scheduling, they'll instruct the drivers on which neighborhoods they work in and which fares they take and there will be no discretion on the part of the driver.
Again, if they do this then so be it.And Uber will begin taking a much bigger cut of the fare; they'll probably go with the more-or-less flat standard of 33% taken by taxi services rather than to 20% an experienced Uber driver pays them for providing their service.
Well this is all your assumption.And before long Uber will be become just another corporate livery service and part of the regular economy rather than an innovative part of the sharing economy
:doh Not even close.This whole thing is like folks who make a living as full-time Ebay merchants organizing and unionizing and demanding that Ebay pay them sick leave and provide a 401(k).
Does Ebay have sole discretion the rates you sell your items? No
Does Ebay enforce workplace standards? No