For the same reason, I don't think it's fair to compare the average Uber driver salary to a full-time salary. Some Uber drivers work full-time, but I'd guess most don't. Lots probably only work a few hours a week. Uber provides students/parents/anyone with a way to make extra money on the side.
Also, from the article I linked to, 900k US drivers make $13 Billion a year. So $14k-$15k/job/year. When you factor in that many (probably most) Uber drivers are only working part-time, that's significant income from a super flexible job.
yep so they should be compensated more, not less, in sight of the precarity of their job
> When you factor in that many (probably most) Uber drivers are only working part-time, that's significant income from a super flexible job
super flexible for whom? the drivers? or for Uber?
There are two sides to the gig style work, one side is a corp that's got teams of PhDs and a cloud calculating its optimal risk-reward strategy, and the other side some poor people trying to make money. How this can possibly turn out well for the latter is a pipe dream.
Driving for Uber is as flexible job as it gets. I don't see how it's flexible for Uber - Uber can only offer a ride if a driver decides out of their own free will to accept a ride.
For many people (2+ Million), driving for Uber is worth the money. They decided that it's a better gig than their other options. If they decide that it's not worth it, then they stop. And because it's such a flexible job, they don't even need to give two weeks notice.
Even though you think that driving for Uber isn't worth the money, millions of people around the world do.
