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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour

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Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour

www.thestar.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online. Here’s what I learned about the troubling cost of convenience

www.thestar.com

Toronto Star reporter Ghada Alsharif spent six weeks working as an Uber Eats food courier and made a shockingly low wage. Uber says this experience was ‘atypical’ — but workers say differently.

Archive https://archive.is/2024.12.17-153624/https://www.thestar.com/business/i-went-undercover-as-an-uber-eats-courier-and-made-just-1-74-per-hour/article_0a9f4dcc-e179-11ee-9256-c7461a39132b.html

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Good job! You can open websites! We’re so proud.
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  It shows paywall.
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    Oh, in that case how did you manage to come to such strong conclusions if you didn’t read the article?
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      Because I know it happens in USA.

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