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Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months (techcrunch.com)
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[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would say that Uber is a shitty company. Tipping is bs, you should get paid a decent salary and it's your employer's responsability to do that.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Ok... Unfortunately, the current model is absolutely not that. So I'm not going to make the person making Uber deliveries to make ends meet suffer by stiffing them on the tip

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's a good way to perpetuate the cycle. Also, who tips BEFORE getting a service?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Someone who wants to order delivery food because they're pretty much forced to?

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can give the delivery driver a tip when they get there. I've been doing that for decades.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I know. I also imagine that's the #1 way they get stiffed on tips so might be less likely to accept the delivery

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The only one being cheap here is uber, don't be thick.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would love to live somewhere without tip culture, but I don't.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're part of the culture. Just don't tip.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I live in a relatively low income area. The people who are turning to these delivery gigs to make ends meet are not the ones that I have an issue with.

In fact, if my tip was enough so that they could maybe stop work early that night, giving them time to spend with their loved ones, then I'd consider it a win.

Not gonna be a dick to those people. They didn't create this system.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

But you are all perpetuating it. It sucks but it is a vicious cycle and you're in it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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