How long before Uber starts assigning mandatory job hours (as inconveniently as necessary to suit their needs) for drivers who have not opted out of employee status? I'd guess a maximum of two sprints.
Many employees will be assigned inconvenient hours regardless. That is a key difference between employees and gig workers.
When there are more people who prefer convenient hours than shifts available, some will only have the option to take inconvenient ones. As hourly employees, Uber can't use dynamic pay to manage supply and demand imbalances.
I dealt this as a teenager working at McDonald's. Most of us didn't want closing shift, and occasionally at 25 cent/hour incentive would be added. But more often than not, the demand for any hours was sufficient. Labor supply simply exceeded demand.
Still think Uber and likes should be regulated away until we have true self driving cars. That may take a decade or more.
They can. It'll work where the labor supply exceeds demand and won't work where it doesn't. It also won't be as effective as ride sharing becomes more of a commodity.
