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I spent two weeks delivering for Uber Eats and made $4.40 per hour

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383 points imartin2k | 4 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
1. jsherwani ◴[13 May 17 13:24 UTC] No.14330822[source]▶
Did anyone catch the part where the journalist got the co-founder of Foodora (also his Foodora-boss) to impersonate him as an Uber courier? He mentioned it like it was the most normal thing. I wonder if there's a deeper relationship at play here. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Uber is staying true to its "Do be evil" doctrine. But I wonder if there's a separate vested interest (e.g., support local businesses) operating behind the scenes.
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2. e_proxus ◴[13 May 17 13:29 UTC] No.14330848[source]▶
It was his boss at the news agency. Not his Foodora boss.
3. circlingthesun ◴[13 May 17 13:30 UTC] No.14330854[source]▶
"Breakit’s co-founder" not "co-founder of Foodora".
4. rocqua ◴[13 May 17 13:31 UTC] No.14330862[source]▶
That was the paper's co-founder i.e. his boss for his real journalist job.