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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 | 1 comments | 13 May 17 10:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.303s | source
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panitaxx[dead post] ◴[13 May 17 11:42 UTC] No.14330455[source]▶
Nobody is forcing you. Don't like your job get another job. If the job is so shitty they won't have any workers and they would fail. As many other companies had because of this
adtac ◴[13 May 17 12:02 UTC] No.14330512[source]▶
Nobody is forcing me. But when Uber undercuts competitors by a large margin using inhumane practices, the competitors tend to vanish over time. In the end, guess who is your only choice.
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eru ◴[13 May 17 12:20 UTC] No.14330578[source]▶
If that dynamic worked, why isn't McDonald's (or so) the only restaurant left?
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adtac ◴[13 May 17 12:26 UTC] No.14330613[source]▶
Because they are regulated. A job at McDonalds is an actual hourly wage job regulated by the government.
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1. adultSwim ◴[13 May 17 14:54 UTC] No.14331267[source]▶
Whoa there, grandpa. Don't box me in. I can't be weighed down with health insurance much less a stable income that I can plan around. Pfft, next thing you know I'll be able to retire when I'm old.