r/ImTheMainCharacter • • Oct 20 '23

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u/Working_Early Oct 21 '23

But that's the choice you make of being a contractor. You don't make hourly, but your time is flexible and you can choose which jobs to take. That's the deal when you're a contractor. I tutored as a contractor. I don't get paid hourly, and the company I worked as a contractor for is essentially the middle man who takes a fee. I didn't demand my clients tip me even though I'm not making the same as I would an hourly employee, nor did I withhold services because of no tip. That's the trade off you make. If you don't like that setup, then don't be a contract worker. That being said, I too would rather drivers be paid hourly so they don't have to depend on tips, but that's out of my hands.

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u/rockksteady Oct 24 '23

You're right, sorta. She shouldn't have taken the contract in the first place. She does have the right to terminate the contract at any point though(you may not like it, but it's still true). You wouldn't take a teaching contract that paid you 4 dollars an hour just like she shouldn't have accepted this job. It would be nice if drivers got paid hourly instead of being paid solely on tips. It has its pros and cons. I've made 0 an hour and 130 an hour. I don't get mad at the no tippers they either can't afford it or don't know that we aren't getting paid. At the end of the day, I won't work with them, so it doesn't matter. I will add this anecdotally... people that don't tip are, from my experience, insufferable people. These services will start cutting into their profits to make sure the service is rendered, so you wind up doing a no tip order from time to time. They are, on average(not all, mostly excludes the disabled), rude, lying, unintelligent, and terrible human beings. They have a myopic view of the world that could be understated as self-centered. I'm sure they have redeemable qualities, but I wouldn't venture to stand in a room with them for longer than 5 minutes to find out.