Assault, Harassment and Lower Pay: Women in the Gig Economy
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🗓️ 18 December 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jody Pagliocco drives for Uber and Lyft in Maine. Like many working mothers, she depends on the income and the flexibility of the job—but she can't stand the constant harassment from male passengers. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Selina Wang and Brad Stone hear from women in the gig economy. Selina and Brad also discuss one study that examines the gender disparities that are putting women at a disadvantage in this emerging corner of the job market.
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| 0:00.0 | On December 4th and 5th, against the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, |
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| 0:25.1 | battle against climate change. Register at Bloomberg Live.com slash B Green Radio. Late one night in June, Jody was in her car driving down a long wooded road in |
| 0:40.4 | southern Maine. |
| 0:41.6 | Jody Paglioco drives for Uber and Lyft. |
| 0:44.3 | She had a passenger in the front seat. |
| 0:46.4 | She'd picked him up from a bar in town and was taking him home. |
| 0:49.8 | She says he seemed drunk. |
| 0:52.1 | The road was dark and there was nobody around. Jody was getting uncomfortable. |
| 0:57.0 | And he made a joke about not being a serial killer, but then he started talking about sexual stuff and everything. |
| 1:05.7 | And all I could think of, what am I going to do if he does anything else? Or if he tries to grab me or touch me. |
| 1:16.8 | She wanted to let him out of the car right then and there, |
| 1:19.4 | but she had to drive to a safe location. |
| 1:22.1 | I ended up getting him to the front gate of his place. |
| 1:25.9 | I told him it was time for him to get out. |
| 1:28.3 | And I told him I wasn't driving him any further. |
| 1:31.8 | The man got out of the car and left. |
| 1:34.0 | Jody says she was relieved that nothing else happened to her that night, |
| 1:38.0 | but it left her scared and shaken. |
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