Co-Founder @with_para, Pt. time delivery driver, early stage investor @YesVC. Ex-ops @Uber. Let's talk all things rideshare/delivery/gig, DM me!
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The promise of gig work is broken. Let’s build a better gig economy - together, now.
The promise of gig work is broken. We want to help fix it. We believe it's the fundamental right of every gig worker to control their own time and labor.
We haven't given up - we are just getting started!
nyti.ms/3VbJ0rk #gigwork #gigworker #tiptransparency #workerrights
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We will keep building. We will keep pushing forward on principles that improve customer outcomes, drive societal change for the better, and refuse to accept that just because this is the way things are, that this is the way they have to be. (2/2)
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A tip is not just a tip. It’s 80% of their income. If you don’t like that, don’t order door dash.
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According to @DoorDash this is "an image of the delivery, proving the order was delivered"
This image, of a house in broad daylight with nothing at the door, showed proof of an 8pm delivery of food.
Bonus: Door Dash also states that we did not communicate with them about this.
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What Is Your (Driver) Utilization Rate?
Sergio's Utilization Rate in Uber dropped from >90% last year to 50% this year. How are you doing?
#uberdriver #utilizationrate #uber #Driver #lyftdriver #lyft #uber #drivershortage #grubhub
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Shoutout to @BryceBennett8 and Solo for highlighting this important issue
Possible Glitch CONFIRMS Upfront Fares Is A PAY CUT?!? Show Me The Money Club xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1eaJbrBvm…
Shoutout to @AGKarlRacine who also found that DD was doing this back in 2020. Tip Transparency is a gig workers' right.
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new: DC Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Amazon “for stealing tips from delivery workers through a deceptive, illegal scheme that tricked consumers into thinking they were increasing drivers’ compensation” but were in fact defraying Amazon’s labor costs, his office announces
Good to see tip transparency for gig workers being enforced! This time with Amazon Flex.@AGKarlRacine (DC attorney General) is a leader on this. His team also did the 2020 lawsuit against DD for similar tip stealing.
oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine…
Here's the 2020 finding that DoorDash stole tips and misled customers:
oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine…
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Similar to consumer cases about gig companies using customer tips to fulfill their own company obligations toward gig worker pay. (There’s also potential labor violations of course but it’s been brought under consumer theory). oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine…
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Auto-Decline is Live on @withpara 🎊🎉
We are delighted to share that you can now Auto-Decline Grubhub, Uber, UberEats, and Lyft offers with Para Inc!
#uberdriver #ubereatsdriver #grubhubdriver #autodecline #acceptdecline #lyftdriver #rideshare #gigeconomy #gigwork #gigworker
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We really need something definitive, but I gotta be honest, I don't trust either side of the aisle to do it right. Both sides are more interested in protecting their special interests than doing right for the people involved. – at Denver, CO
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Here's the problem with this whole employee vs independent contractor thing: There's no law saying "this is when you're an employee and when you aren't."
All we have are interpretations, and interpretations of interpretations. IRS, DOL, and states have different interpretations – at Denver, CO
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Great story from @eringriffith on an app that helps Uber drivers and other gig workers figure out how much they'll actually make from a ride. nytimes.com/2022/10/11/techn…
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I will read infinity articles about people who work at the whim of algorithms trying to game those algorithms.
@eringriffith on an app that tries to show tips to gig workers before they accept the job. Companies are NOT HAPPY. nytimes.com/2022/10/11/techn…
Doordash misleads drivers on their app every day. The NYTimes wrote about what Para does to rectify that -- and even in their response to the journalist, Doordash continued to mislead 🧵
The promise of gig work is broken. We want to help fix it. We believe it's the fundamental right of every gig worker to control their own time and labor.
We haven't given up - we are just getting started!
nyti.ms/3VbJ0rk #gigwork #gigworker #tiptransparency #workerrights
Workers have been promised flexibility and being their own boss. But platforms such as Doordash want to gain the benefit of IC status, without honoring the obligations to what this means.
It’s the fundamental right of every gig worker to control their own time and labor.
At Para we are committed to building tools to put workers back in charge and to be true independent contractors.
But we also need to do more beyond tech to solidify drivers rights. Please join the movement at Driverrights.org