who is the boss in the gig economy

The first question is, are Uber drivers really independent? Unfortunately, it’s not the case. The drivers are just managed differently, by the algorithm, the phone and the rate system that incentivize them to do exactly what the company wants and kick them out in a minute due to bad performance, 1-star-rate by a mean customer or even whatever general reason as the company have the right to do it. Still, the drivers are independent to some extent. They are on their own when it comes to tax duties, insurances, and precarious future when then get sick or get old. If they are injured or get into some incidences like being robbed, harassed, etc, the company won’t lift a finger because they are not employee. Getting bigger check is equivalent to having bigger responsibility and higher level of insecurity on the long term.