• MTK@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    “If you you don’t let me abuse the system I will fail 😭”

    Oh no!

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    6 hours ago

    If your company relies on taking advantage of others … maybe the company should not survive. Something the USA needs

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    14 hours ago

    And again: if your business model relies on underpaying people it’s not a good business model.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      16 hours ago

      yah, do these parascite companies think any of us like them? if i could summon an actual cab from my phone while innebriated, i would. we like your apps you stupid shites. we hate you. pay your fucking workers

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        16 hours ago

        I hate to be that guy, but you’ve been able to summon taxis via phone pretty much for as long as either have existed.

        But I get what you mean, the app is the game-changer. I’ve had dispatch schedule a taxi for me and then they just didn’t show up. 🤷‍♂️ No way to track or check the progress…

        • AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          10 hours ago

          Plus, with the app, there’s transparent up front pricing.

          Good luck getting that from an NYC cab.

          And, depending on the location, it works in other states/countries as well.

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          I mean, not to be glib but if you’ve summoned a taxi that hasn’t shown up, you haven’t summoned a taxi. That doesn’t mean “Fuck it, let private rideshare apps own everything” but it’s easy to see where the shift in consumer behavior might be coming from. Even in low-stakes situations, having your ride not show up is frustrating.

      • lemmy_at_em@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        In Japan they have the Go app that allows you to hail and pay for a taxi ride directly in the app. You pay all of the regular dates and fees. The app just adds an additional fee on top to pay for the service.

        It was incredibly useful and easy to use. You could even see when the taxi accepted the ride, track their progress, and message the driver if there was a question.

        I think ride sharing services are forbidden in Japan. But this app seems like the best of both worlds.

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      12 hours ago

      You say this like taxi companies weren’t grossly underpaying their employees as well (for literally decades). LoL 😂

      • viral.vegabond@piefed.social
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        Yeah, well at least they were employees and not ‘contractors.’ Ride share companies are shit and everybody knows it.

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    9 hours ago

    Justice is so slow, it took 15 years to set what was obvious since day one

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    16 hours ago

    If your company cant survive because it has to start paying your “contractors” as actually employees. Then you shouldn’t be in business. Adios!

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    7 hours ago

    Don’t these companies bring in millions of dollars in profits? What’s the big deal, that their CEO won’t get a few millions extra?

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    16 hours ago

    Gig companies are such a joke. They try to offer a service, but they want millions for doing nothing while the actual people who make their service useful are scrambling to make ends meet. Greed personified in App form. Restaurants use to deliver for free as incentive to get customers, now you are forced to use one of these fucking apps that tacks on an exhorbitant charge and then they still ask you to tip on top of these new exhorbitant charges.

    Blow it all up, let’s start again. Maybe we’ll get it right this time?

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    15 hours ago

    Wild that we have to have court proceedings to determine that people working for a company to earn a paycheck are, in fact, employees.

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    So…this business model is financially RAPING it’s employees???

    What does the stock market say? Good business? As long as they can keep raping.