Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: silverbullet on May 18, 2020, 02:22:01 pm
-
https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/uber-drivers-to-provide-selfies-verifying-use-of-face-coverings-before-each-journey (https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/uber-drivers-to-provide-selfies-verifying-use-of-face-coverings-before-each-journey)
-
It's going to be a free for all for those wishing to share Taxis with their mates, with masks nobody knows who is driving
-
Uber drivers in America got annoyed about this rule. Uber checks the driver but they don't check if the passenger is wearing a mask.
-
I think it's Uber that are wearing the mask!!
-
RTE news says uber to cut 3000 jobs.I wonder are these actual employees,or like the crowd here are they PERCEIVED to be employees ?
-
It's the office workers. The drivers are 'partners', not staff.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52711649 (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52711649)
The firm said it would cut 3,000 more jobs, bringing the total reductions in recent weeks to a quarter of the workforce. It is also closing or consolidating more than 40 offices and winding down units such as its artificial intelligence lab.
Even before the pandemic, Uber was grappling with huge losses. But its challenges have multiplied as activity plunges during the pandemic. The number of Uber rides dropped 80% last month at the height of the lockdowns in the US and Canada. Meanwhile, although its Uber Eats food delivery business has surged, it remains loss-making. Earlier this month, Uber announced it would cut 3,700 staff and warned of possible additional reductions. The workforce cuts do not include drivers, whom Uber considers independent contractors. The affected offices include hubs in San Francisco and in Singapore, which will start closing over the next year as the firm selects a new regional headquarters. Uber said it would reorganise its remaining staff and cut back spending in areas that are not part of its core personal transport or food delivery businesses, including its AI Labs. Combined, the actions should reduce spending by $1bn, the company said.
-
Uber are getting rid of a third of their staff in their European Help Centre in Limerick. 150, or so, of the 500 staff are on 2 month's notice since last week.
I suppose this will mean the Irish Government will pay even less attention to Uber in the future. :D
-
Ah thanks for that watty,its just that the drivers here are treated like employees,by dispatchers,thats why I was confused
-
How do yis think rideshare will work now....will FN be offering temperature reading in a meet up carpark in town? lol