If this turns out to be real this would truly be the beginning of the end:
@Cocoron got a good explanation about gig economy? Not familiar with the term
@haplesshero13 Late-stage Capitalist economy where permanent careers have been replaced by "gig" jobs and "sharing" schemes like Uber, Airbnb etc.
A big feature is the exchange of full-time career employees and unions in favour of gig-based "self employed" workers like Uber drivers who have no rights or stable income.
@Cocoron gotcha, that sounds about right to me.
Funny thing, I almost became a professional musician and my life would literally have been gig to gig lol
@haplesshero13 At least you really would your own boss rather than beholden to the whims of silicon valley pricks like Travis Kallanick.
@haplesshero13 Uber (and Lyft) are banned from operating where I live (upstate NY), and I keep getting more and more okay with that.
Yeesh. What a company...
@haplesshero13 wow, that's truly a bold and reckless move on Uber's part
@haplesshero13 Uber is just everything wrong with the gig economy.