I think gig working services are a great example of how capitalism's main point of innovation is making things worse in every way imaginable, which convincing people to just kind of deal with it.
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I think gig working services are a great example of how capitalism's main point of innovation is making things worse in every way imaginable, which convincing people to just kind of deal with it.
It went from you could call your local takeout, they'd offer free deliver within a certain range, then you just tip some high school kid $6.
Now you get doordash, who charge the restaurant a 30% commission, which the restaurant passes on to you. then you pay a service fee, delivery fee, benefits fee, credit card fee, coming up with new fees fee, and a tip on top of that.
Then, despite the delivery costing more than my entire order, the driver makes less than minimum wage, my food arrives cold, and the restaurant takes the heat for any delivery issues.
I've got to the point where I've just started stealing gig workers. I offer to pay them directly to run errands for me. They make more than the service/agency pays them, I save money not funding some techbro's yacht, and they do a better job because there's an ongoing relationship.
