Postmates workers say they are making 30% less than they did before the company changed its algorithms and eliminated a $4-per-job guarantee in May
and after a while you realize you're making half of what you used to.” How computers essentially decide what people in the gig economy get paid. via @abhabhattarai https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nathaniel Meyersohn / @nmeyersohn : “With one tweak of an algorithm, companies can effectively change wages for hundreds of thousands of contract workers, who are not guaranteed an hourly minimum or other employee protections.” Nice setup @abhabhattarai https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Abha Bhattarai / @abhabhattarai : Drivers for Instacart, Postmates and other platforms say they're being wrung out in ways that result in lower pay and less transparency. “It's like the Hunger Games,” says one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Heather Long / @byheatherlong : 'Don't game my paycheck': Drivers for @Instacart, @Postmates, etc. say they're being squeezed by ever-changing algorithms Instacart driver Ulysses Galves typically made $700/week last year. Now he says he's lucky to make $400 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @abhabhattarai
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LOLOLOLOL Just shut it down already https://twitter.com/...
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“You lose a little money here and there — and after a while you realize you're making half of what you used to.” How computers essentially decide what people in the gig economy get paid. via @abhabhattarai https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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“With one tweak of an algorithm, companies can effectively change wages for hundreds of thousands of contract workers, who are not guaranteed an hourly minimum or other employee protections.” Nice setup @abhabhattarai https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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Drivers for Instacart, Postmates and other platforms say they're being wrung out in ways that result in lower pay and less transparency. “It's like the Hunger Games,” says one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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Heather Long on x
'Don't game my paycheck': Drivers for @Instacart, @Postmates, etc. say they're being squeezed by ever-changing algorithms Instacart driver Ulysses Galves typically made $700/week last year. Now he says he's lucky to make $400 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @abhabhattarai