What it’s like to be an Uber driver during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kim Komando Today
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the economy and closing down businesses. In one week alone, a stunning 3.28 million people have filed for unemployment in the United States. Independent contractors and workers in the gig economy are among those hit the hardest. Kim talks to rideshare expert Sergio Avedian, Senior Contributor at TheRideshareGuy.com, about how dramatically decreased demand and more dangerous working conditions are impacting drivers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Commando on Demand Insider, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Mike James. And coming up in just a bit, Kim talks with Sergio Avedean. |
| 0:11.1 | Sergio is best known as the ride share guy, which is the place where drivers for Uber and Lyft and others go for staying up to date and informed on the ride share industry. |
| 0:22.0 | So with everything that's going on with coronavirus, we wanted to find out what Uber and |
| 0:27.2 | Lyft drivers are doing right now and how they're coping with the situation. |
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| 1:13.8 | And once that 90 days is up, it's just $4.99 a month. All right. We're going to get started in |
| 1:18.5 | just moments with Sergio Avedian. He is best known as the ride share guy on Commando on Demand |
| 1:24.7 | Insider. Hi there. a little update to this podcast. |
| 1:30.7 | Since I spoke with Sergio from Rideshareguy.com two days ago, things have changed for Uber |
| 1:36.3 | drivers. |
| 1:37.2 | You see, Uber has been working for years to avoid having to classify their drivers as employees |
| 1:41.8 | because then they would be eligible for corporate benefits, |
| 1:45.7 | especially in California. Well, in the big $2 trillion stimulus package put forth because of the |
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