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Today, I talked to a friend who is an Uber driver who has become so deeply depressed. He works all the time & feels like he’s losing his mind. “This is not life,” he said.
Precarious, underpaid gig work is not just an economic problem, it is a major public health issue.
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Caitlin Kelly
@CaitlinKellyNYC
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Time to consistently reframe "gig economy" as "financial precarity." It doesn't sound as sexy or cool and that's my point. I LOATHE the word "gig" as if we were all jamming in a pal's basement for kicks. It is our livelihood and this faux-jaunty language is a disservice.
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Veena Dubal
@veenadubal
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31. sij |
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Agreed
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Future History
@Road_to_2020_
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31. sij |
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He’s right. The life working people are living today, along with their professional managers are not real lives. We absolutely need to have a deep conversation about the good life...about justice.
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Veena Dubal
@veenadubal
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31. sij |
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I'm Gonna Cook That!
@GonnaCookThat
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31. sij |
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I can identify with what he's feeling. I feel like I moved to a cool, new city and was so excited to find a job that was flexible enough to give me time to go out and explore it. 10 months later, I can't afford to leave my apartment for anything other than work. Depressing.
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Ashley J #deleteinstacart
@lovinglillandon
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31. sij |
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Yeah I relate too. Someone recently said it would be weird when they finally left gig work cycles bc they'd be able to go to a movie without feeling like they could be missing work and holy cow I felt that.
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Leah
@Leah_Cevoli
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31. sij |
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on the flip side I avg $25/hr driving for Uber can cash out immediately (50cent fee), turn the app on/off as I pls I can't think of any other (legal) job where you get instant pay and set your own hrs. What's truly depressing is the cost of housing/living, not gig work #repealAB5
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Scott Rothwell
@rothwell_scott
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31. sij |
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After expences of 10-15 dollars an hour in outgoings expences depreciation of vehicle etc ( these loses are things you don't see until you have a worthless vehicle and possible loan still to pay) leaves about 10-12 dollars an hour and bills to pay.
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Sebastián Patron
@SebastinPatron3
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GreenBadgeTaxi
@GreenBadgeKOL
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31. sij |
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The messed up a whole industry. The taxi trade is been put into disrepair because of instant hire cheap rides. The prices of low pay!
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