Driver Platform Relations

From Digital Culture & Society

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The following articles examine the relationship between Uber drivers and platforms, specifically Uber and its organization of work. The non-employee status of Uber drivers, their lack of compensation for their fundamental role in data collection, as well concerning levels of reported anxiety and low wages suggest that Uber drivers are being exploited by platforms for their ability to work and generate data. Therefore, profit-driven platforms like Uber do not empower workers but give them the ability to be exploited on their own schedule.

Sharing in the gig economy: from equitable work relations to exploitative HRM

Platform Capitalisms Hidden Abode: Producing Data Assets in the Gig Economy

Uber happy? Work and well-being in the ‘Gig Economy