E36: The Uber Pricing Model

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Uber continues to make its pricing and pay models less transparent to drivers and passangers. Workers, as ever, are pushing back, and here are some ideas for how to do it.Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:The Rideshare Guy (2023) '2 Uber Drivers: Same Requests DIFFERENT PAY! You Won't Believe This!' 2nd March, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UADTiL3S67I.Helling, B. (2023) 'Your Complete Guide to Uber's SURGE pricing', Gigworker, Updated 16th Feb, https://gigworker.com/your-complete-guide-to-uber-surge-pricing/Möhlmann, M. and Henfridsson, O. (2019) 'What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers', Harvard Business Review, Accessed 13/3/23 https://hbr.org/2019/08/what-people-hate-about-being-managed-by-algorithms-according-to-a-study-of-uber-driversGig Economy Project (2023) 'Is 'dynamic pricing' ripping-off gig workers?', Brave New Europe, 7th Feb https://braveneweurope.com/gig-economy-project-is-dynamic-pricing-ripping-off-gig-workersGig Economy Project (2023) '"We managed to reverse the balance of power": Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP', Brave New Europe, Feb 4th https://braveneweurope.com/we-managed-to-reverse-the-balance-of-power-interview-with-leila-chaibi-mepWorker Info Exchange (2021) 'Managed By Bots: Data-Driven Exploitation in the Gig Economy', https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/wie-report-managed-by-botsThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/CyfVwjpxz5QIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [e-mail]: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter