<story><title>Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll Proposition 22</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/12/uber-prop-22-law-drivers-ab5-gig-workers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ericabiz</author><text>My husband drives for Uber, and I’m glad the proposition passed as it is.&lt;p&gt;He drives the way Uber was originally envisioned. He goes out some nights if there’s a surge, and in the morning on the way to work he points the app toward our stores and grabs a person (pre-pandemic) or a food delivery (today) on his way in.&lt;p&gt;It pays for gas money, car maintenance, and then some. Some months he makes a few hundred dollars. Some months over $1000. He can work when he wants, and make as much or as little money as he needs.&lt;p&gt;I feel strongly like this law was pushed by people who want Uber to be a full-time job. It’s not. I understand that some people want it to be full-time, but I wish they would stop trying to make Uber something it’s not. Had the law passed, people like my husband would have had to quit working for Uber. It would have unfairly punished the part-time and “free time” drivers in favor of full-time drivers.&lt;p&gt;I still think we need a third class of employment, but that’s not what was on the table here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>esrauch</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s anecdotal but I always chat with my Uber drivers and nearly 100% of them are driving full time. I assume it&amp;#x27;s a &amp;quot;most rides are driven by a full-timer, most drivers are part timers&amp;quot; situation.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t really see why we need a third category, it should just be that some drivers are full time and some are not. I don&amp;#x27;t believe that Uber could sufficiently fulfill even half the rides with only the true part timers short of driver incentives also going way up (which would benefit people like your husband).</text></comment>
<story><title>Gig economy companies spent more than $200M to bankroll Proposition 22</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/12/uber-prop-22-law-drivers-ab5-gig-workers</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ericabiz</author><text>My husband drives for Uber, and I’m glad the proposition passed as it is.&lt;p&gt;He drives the way Uber was originally envisioned. He goes out some nights if there’s a surge, and in the morning on the way to work he points the app toward our stores and grabs a person (pre-pandemic) or a food delivery (today) on his way in.&lt;p&gt;It pays for gas money, car maintenance, and then some. Some months he makes a few hundred dollars. Some months over $1000. He can work when he wants, and make as much or as little money as he needs.&lt;p&gt;I feel strongly like this law was pushed by people who want Uber to be a full-time job. It’s not. I understand that some people want it to be full-time, but I wish they would stop trying to make Uber something it’s not. Had the law passed, people like my husband would have had to quit working for Uber. It would have unfairly punished the part-time and “free time” drivers in favor of full-time drivers.&lt;p&gt;I still think we need a third class of employment, but that’s not what was on the table here.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Alex3917</author><text>&amp;gt; I feel strongly like this law was pushed by people who want Uber to be a full-time job. It’s not.&lt;p&gt;Does the app give him the contact info for each of his passengers after every ride so that he can own the business relationship with them? If not then he&amp;#x27;s an employee, not an independent contractor. The number of hours worked per month is a complete red herring.</text></comment>