I'm not your employee, Uber, recall, we are independent contractors... *cough*
See, Uber, you have zero proper to notify me or any "Independent Contractor" how and why we choose cancel a trip. Sure, maintain trying to treat us as Employees and you will get either legally punished or have to treat us legally as employees. UnI learned then, f\*ck off.
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Translation: "we know you're lying because you want to protect your stats. Stop it, or we will stop offering you work. " And you're wrong. As an *independent contractor* Uber has *EVERY* right to tell you how to use *THEIR* platform. As an independent contractor, you have e...
 Dara is that u? Asking for a friend 😂
The laws around employee versus contractor are pretty clear. You’re allowed to complete the task as you see fit. Most employers get around this by hiring contractors that are employees of a staff augmentation firm. Then the contractor must follow instructions of their actual...
Except they have bone of the protection, bidding room, or legal protections of independent contractors. In every manner except name they are employees. Not contractors. The only stipulation that makes it appear like this is contract work is the ability to choose your hours, th...
Do the ghetto pax get these messages when multiple drivers cancel on them because they want to get picked up in an alleyway? I'm not risking getting carjacked, I will cancel for safety reasons until Uber blacklists the area or makes pick up impossible from shady locations like...
I instantly cancel if they have a pick up in the alley! I'll be damned if I risk my life for some ghetto lunatic who can't put the proper pick up spot.
Pax with rating < 4.75 , if I accept and check the rating later, cancel with "Not safe to pickup" every time.
You should stop feeling entitled to lie to Uber.
lol
I got this message too. I feel unsafe at every stop. My feelings are assuaged when the rider is ready at the stop, within the timeframe of my choosing, saying the name of the person listed for the ride.
Every time Uber assigns a driver, it is unsafe especially when the passengers don’t inform the driver that there are 3 others strangers coming along and none of them provide any kind of identification. I would never let Uber decide what is safe or unsafe for me. If you sai...
They can say its unsafe if they feel unsafe. And Uber can kick them off if they want. Both are true.
You feel unsafe when I have my friends riding with me? Jeeze you guys are a bunch of crybabies lmfao
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Damn imagine being friends or family with a guy who thinks lying is only bad if you're a direct employee of the person you're lying to. Such a bizarre form of bootlicking.
I think you’re forgetting about the “contractor” part of independent contractor. You’re contractually obligated to follow the terms of service, or the contract can be broken.
independent contractors generally set their own pay, rates, and fees, which is a key indicator of self-employment under IRS guidelines……louder for the people in the back
As an independant contractor, you are to fulfill your contract or Uber can choose to rely on other independent contractors.
No. That's not how that works, humant.
lol… yeah… I used that to cancel without penalty until they sent me this. Now every time I try to use this reason I get a warning before finalizing.
I've been getting the warning for months now. I live in a city that the troops have been sent to. There's alot of areas thats not safe. There's one exact spot I'll get rides from that a single apartment building on a main stretch downtown. It just tells me street so I never re...
Asking people not to make false reports is totally valid and fair. Report for the right thing?
Ah, if only Uber would ask passengers to “not make false reports “ would be “totally fair and valid “, unfortunately for the drivers Uber doesn’t enforce this rule…
Got that message too when I had a $20 surge and all the offers were garbage with the surge and kept doing the not safe for pick up until I got what I like. 😂
Ah yes. Incorrectly reporting due to selfish reasons. Classy
Automated message 🤣
The OP is right that he’s not an employee. You should be able to take whatever requests you want without consequences.
I mean, it goes both ways. You have the right to be choosy, and if you're too choosy they have the right to decide not to contract with you anymore. My plumber is an independent contractor, but if he starts blowing off appointments because he's not feeling like doing plumbing...
More importantly, you GET TO refuse any task presented, and the reason is yours… why do they even need a reason, if we aren’t employees? Our governments should collectively come down hard on these fraudsters. “Rideshare” was a lie, it’s a public transport utility, like any ta...
Uh maybe stop selecting the wrong option?
Uber has the right to enforce the rules you agreed to in that contract you never read. If they want they could just ban you from driving for them
If they treat an IC like an employee, THEY have violated the contract. Dar-fucking-vo!
Being an independent contractor doesn’t mean you don’t have to follow their rules. They can grant and deny access to their platform as they wish.
The rules are there to protect the company, even if it harms you. So we're only ICs when it reduces THEIR liability. The rest of the time we're employees. Seems legit. Guess what, guys. Contracts don't supersede the law.
good luck being an independent contractor without the app 🤷🏼♀️
>See, Uber, you have zero right to tell me or any "Independent Contractor" how and why we choose cancel a trip. Sure they do. They hold the contracts, and can stop giving them to you if you don’t want to follow their rules.
We’re not the ones bitching boot boy
Long licks or short? 👢
Have you always felt unsafe?
Well, surely you’ve noticed they’ll send you to a really bad part of town and they also have a stipulation that you can’t turn off the app or go to a different part of town just because you don’t wanna work in that area in Dallas they’ll send you south or west Dallas, where it...
They flat out refused to let me cancel a pickup in front of two schools in the middle of the street. But it let me choose another option without issue. If it ever becomes a court case because something bad happens, I'd be happy to testify.
Hell yeah, they overstep with this micromanaging bs. Until they pay the bills and pay the drivers fairly on top of that, screw their veiled threats. Rotten excuse of a company deserves to go out of business and all the bs rightfully coming their way
Please stop abusing the safety cancellation option
Please fuck off. 👍
ITT: a lot of people who don’t understand what an independent contractor is
I think they don't realize by clicking on "not safe to pickup" is not about your safety. It's about their safety. 😄😄
And they have a right to terminate said sub contract work and kick you to the curb.
Yes, we are not “employees” but we are also not guaranteed to be able to use their app either. They can set the terms on how we use their app. You can keep canceling by using the “unsafe option” and they can decide to terminate your access to their platform. You wouldn’t win t...
What am I supposed to pick when passengers are waiting at a bus stop in DTLA and they won't walk to you
Ive gotten that before
Only an independent contractor when it’s convenient for them
What no one is saying is that UBER uses fear of deactivation to get away with what they are paying its total mental tactics that keep drivers inline and eating sht every day.
Not safe from stupid offer.
If they can deactivate your account. They own you.
That's only when it's convenient for THEM.
Uber is not going to get legally fucked. On the contrary: They are doing the fucking.
Cops get to shoot people dead when they’re scared, the least Uber can give non-employees is the ability to determine when they’re scared and ( checks notes ) simply leave a dangerous situation. Dumb message. Either the pickup being dangerous is OK, or canceling is never OK, be...
They try every manipulation tactic (automated of course) at their disposal because, why wouldn't they? Dara 👺
It's automated narcissistic abuse.
Not your employee but still can finish your account in no time :)
You chose not safe. That is alarming. Dont select that unless you truly feel unsafe. Use the other options. Duh. Like accidentally accepted. Uber should deactivate you after 3 of these, because you clearly feel unsafe driving for Uber
Being forced to drive dangerous neighborhoods isn't "alarming," refusing is "alarming." Fawn response. Totally normal under fascism.