Technically though if you are your boss and an independent contractor you should easily be able to set your own wage.
You don’t see plumbers and electricians being told they have to work for a certain wage by the building owner. They set their wage and if it’s too high the owner tries to find a cheaper one.
These drivers aren’t actually contractors though, they are employees being screwed over by being falsely classified a contractors. If they all collectively decide to charge $25 / hour, than as independent contractors they should be allowed to and Lyft wouldn’t have any other options other than to try and find drivers who charge less.
I mean they could, if they had their own app. It’s like how something like Angie’s list has its own rules to. It’s a shit setup but it’s not wrong.
Im suprised there isn’t something like you see with all those booking apps. Like if run, say, a barber shop, apps that’ll handle booking and payment are a dime a dozen (and obviously you set your own prices). The app gets a cut but it’s priced for what it is: software providing a value, not like Uber/Lyft where the cut is “fuck you what are you going to do about it”.
Technically though if you are your boss and an independent contractor you should easily be able to set your own wage.
You don’t see plumbers and electricians being told they have to work for a certain wage by the building owner. They set their wage and if it’s too high the owner tries to find a cheaper one.
These drivers aren’t actually contractors though, they are employees being screwed over by being falsely classified a contractors. If they all collectively decide to charge $25 / hour, than as independent contractors they should be allowed to and Lyft wouldn’t have any other options other than to try and find drivers who charge less.
I mean they could, if they had their own app. It’s like how something like Angie’s list has its own rules to. It’s a shit setup but it’s not wrong.
Im suprised there isn’t something like you see with all those booking apps. Like if run, say, a barber shop, apps that’ll handle booking and payment are a dime a dozen (and obviously you set your own prices). The app gets a cut but it’s priced for what it is: software providing a value, not like Uber/Lyft where the cut is “fuck you what are you going to do about it”.