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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/DoorDashLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoorDashLife</a> It's hot. The orders are backed up... but at least the hatch is big enough to have a quick snooze. 😆 😴 edit: ended up unassigning, the Walmart folks said they were 150 orders behind on the day. 😬 😆 <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/gigEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigEconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/doorDash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doorDash</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/PortAlberni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PortAlberni</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walmart</a>

Preston Maness ☭Just <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a> things. Absolute creep behaviour. And this is why I try hard not to actually use the Crimson card and just transfer money to my debit card ASAP instead. Because knowing <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DoorDash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoorDash</a>, they'll track when you top off your tank and skew you towards shitty offers, knowing you might be more apt to take them at the top of the tank than the bottom. <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/GigWorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWorker</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>

Taurnsndhaus AdminDid a route ending way out in Lake St Louis, grabbed an order on the way home in MO'Fallon that turned out to be 2 BBQ grills, was fun stuffing those into a Chevy Bolt. Delivered those, grabbed a RX order in St Chas, and on the way saw a prescription order, $80 for 79 miles. ●grabby paws... slaps self● No touchee, 103 miles of range, that will drop on the highway, it's rush hour, there's no chargers out there, and we still have 9 miles on this order.<a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#today</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#work</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/STL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#STL</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/deliveries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deliveries</a>

SFLC IndiaRead the complete analysis by Veda Singh,an Advocate and member of Digital Defenders Network.<a href="https://ddn.sflc.in/blog/ai-and-the-future-of-gig-work-disruption-transformation-and-the-ethics-of-innovation-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ddn.sflc.in/blog/ai-and-the-future-of-gig-work-disruption-transformation-and-the-ethics-of-innovation-2/</a>Digital Defenders Network Applications are now open!Apply Now: <a href="https://form.sflc.in/sflc-in-ddn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://form.sflc.in/sflc-in-ddn/</a> Deadline: July 31st, 2025<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a>

SFLC IndiaLegal Gaps & Emerging Regulatory LandscapeIndia’s “Code on Social Security 2020” recognizes gig workers but lacks AI governance or algorithmic fairness provisions. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigwork</a>

SFLC IndiaData as Discipline: Surveillance & Rights ErosionThe invasive proliferation of smartphones and low-cost internet harvests extensive personal data, including GPS, biometrics, app and internet usage, often without informed consent. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a>

SFLC IndiaAlgorithmic Control in Gig Work: Freedom or Digital Exploitation?Increased automation results in invisible replacement of low-income, semi-skilled human managers, dictating when, where, and how workers get jobs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a>

SFLC IndiaGig economy growth is exponential, especially in India, with platforms such as Ola, Swiggy, Zomato, and Dunzo.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gigworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ola</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uber</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zomato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zomato</a>

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Poli_Tics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Poli_Tics</a> That’s the point. These rideshare companies download all their costs onto the driver and keep all the profits for themselves.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a> = <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WorkerExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkerExploitation</a>Paywall free link: <a href="https://archive.ph/yEmID" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/yEmID</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Scale AI is basically a data annotation hub that does essential grunt work for the AI industry. To train an AI model, you need quality data. And for that data to mean anything, an AI model needs to know what it's looking at. Annotators manually go in and add that context.As is the means du jour in corporate America, Scale AI built its business model on an army of egregiously underpaid gig workers, many of them overseas. The conditions have been described as "digital sweatshops," and many workers have accused Scale AI of wage theft.It turns out this was not an environment for fostering high-quality work.According to internal documents obtained by Inc, Scale AI's "Bulba Experts" program to train Google's AI systems was supposed to be staffed with authorities across relevant fields. But instead, during a chaotic 11 months between March 2023 and April 2024, its dubious "contributors" inundated the program with "spam," which was described as "writing gibberish, writing incorrect information, GPT-generated thought processes."In many cases, the spammers, who were independent contractors who worked through Scale AI-owned platforms like Remotasks and Outlier, still got paid for submitting complete nonsense, according to former Scale contractors, since it became almost impossible to catch them all. And even if they did get caught, some would come back by simply using a VPN."People made so much money," a former contributor told Inc. "They just hired everybody who could breathe.""<a href="https://futurism.com/scale-ai-zuckerberg-incompetence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://futurism.com/scale-ai-zuckerberg-incompetence</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ScaleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScaleAI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataAnnotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataAnnotation</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataLabeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataLabeling</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a>

Taurnsndhaus AdminFinally well enough to return to work <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#today</a> . Was going to go back Tues despite being sick, but problems at the crossdock made it not worth working, and then yesterday, well, for some reason <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> is totally dead here in <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/stl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stl</a> on Wednesday, at least all the apps I do are. Real fun doing deliveries in feels like 105° weather.

Ari "Two Naps" JacksonAbout 11,900,000 people is 3.5% of the United States population, which I understand is a critical tipping point for protest to make a difference.Average that as 6000 people at 2000+ sites -- who thinks we're getting close today? Big cities have more folks, smaller cities have fewer… They moved the protest in our town to a park that has an edge along a very busy street, so I got to wave and honk on my way from one job to another. 🥳🏳️‍🌈<a href="https://beige.party/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoKings</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://blob.cat/users/icedquinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@icedquinn</a> This sounds like an actually cool game...Basically having to work some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShitJob</a> at the surface but then *stealth-deliver selected orders whilst maintaining the facade...

Taurnsndhaus AdminWhelp, today will be interesting, trying a new gig. Let's see, pickup address is 3901 Union Dr... Boy, that's a big building, I know that one, parking lots on two sides, bay doors on three. No idea if'n this is inside or outside pickup, nor which side of the building I need to be on, this'll be interesting. Gotta say I'm not worried about the actual deliveries though, different software, same work I already do. <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/stl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stl</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/driver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#driver</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/delivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delivery</a> <a href="https://stlouist.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#today</a>

Pete<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a>This temp gig I'm working is essential supplemental, so I would endure the overtime even with a bad fit. But my team mate is a godsend and I am so thankful 🥰 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MutualRespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MutualRespect</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a> I've tapped a few people for emotional support, and I chose correctly who to confide in. I cried today, I needed to cry.I am not alone! I have assembled a support network, I can rely on different people for different areas of advice/listening. I have now demonstrated that I can use it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://cupoftea.social/@Dodo_sipping" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Dodo_sipping</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@diekehrseite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@diekehrseite</a> ja, weil <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Merz</a> ist ein "antisoziales Ekelpaket" und als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Einkommensmillion%C3%A4r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Einkommensmillionär</a> komplett lost!Der müsste mal so'n Jahr ehrliche <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lohnarbeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lohnarbeit</a> reingepresst bekommen.<ul><li>Mal sehen wie der drauf ist wenn er mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a> - Einkommen €500-1000 für alles überleben muss...</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114790866151346825" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114790866151346825</a>

JohnGig companies "leave workers at the mercy of unstable and subminimum wages, little social protection, and in constant fear of termination without recourse" despite meeting criteria for employee status<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/us-major-companies-violate-gig-workers-rights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/12/us-major-companies-violate-gig-workers-rights</a><a href="https://union.place/tags/GigWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWorkers</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LivingWage</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MinimumWage</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRightsWatch</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/DoorDash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoorDash</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Favor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Favor</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Instacart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Instacart</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Lyft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lyft</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Shipt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shipt</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uber</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/contracting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contracting</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unemployment</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unions</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exploitation</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸It's 2025 and Numbers.app (Apple's Excel-type app) can't do a two-axis graph with a stacked column? Really?Boo...Well anyway, I guess if I want to see my weekly <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/DasherLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DasherLife</a> earnings vs. time this is the best I can do! I refuse to submit to Excel :DI'll clean it up later… nothing really surprising here. Everything is grouped by week with the blue bar being the total earned for that week and the components of that total beside. <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/GigWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GigWork</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/DoorDash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoorDash</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/UberEats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UberEats</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸I've been trying out doing double-duty delivery, Door Dash and Uber Eats, at the same time. There are a number of problems.1) In my small town, DD still rules, there just aren't the same number of UE. Long stretches of the night will go without a single UE order. 2) Juggling the two apps is possible, but you're left hoping that an order from DD is in the same direction as one from UE. They usually aren't.3) Because of 2), you have to choose whether to pause or go offline, which (I think) impacts the algorithm and leads to fewer orders, or less valuable ones.4) Customers really don't like (understandably) if they see you veering off route to another store (even when its an order on the same app!) so ratings are at even bigger risk if you don't make the timings.5) UE seems to have far fewer tips, so overall, if it werent for the $15 "quests" of extra cash to complete an order the pay is not as good.6) This is all more stressful.Conclusion:I think I'm just gonna stick to DD exclusively for now unless daily totals start going down or its a super slow night. <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/sidegig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sidegig</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/doordash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doordash</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/delivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delivery</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/uberEats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uberEats</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/gigEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigEconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/gigwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gigwork</a>

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