Scooter Startups Are Ditching Gig Workers for Real Employees
Scooter Startups Are Ditching Gig Workers for Real Employees
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March 11, 20195m 49s
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Show Notes
In the earliest days of the new scooter sharing wave, when a new, Uber veteran-run company called Bird showed in southern California, working in the industry felt a bit like stumbling into the O.K. Corral. High school students scrapped for their chance to charge or fix scooters for between $10 and $20 a pop. “Mechanics” broke handlebars and wheels en masse, so they would be paid to patch them up.
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