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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 | 2 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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Markoff ◴[13 May 17 11:21 UTC] No.14330398[source]▶
TLDR Uber pays 4.4$ per hour, local competitor 17.9$

remind me again, why we need this shady company in Europe?

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eru ◴[13 May 17 12:13 UTC] No.14330548[source]▶
Who's forcing those people to work for uber, if those other companies are ostensibly paying better?
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1. simplehuman ◴[13 May 17 14:35 UTC] No.14331178[source]▶
Everybody is using Uber eats as a consumer...
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2. eru ◴[16 May 17 21:24 UTC] No.14353420[source]▶
Are you alluding to Consumer Surplus? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_surplus)