Matt Butler: Time for food delivery apps to "Pay Up"

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Matt Butler: Time for food delivery apps to "Pay Up"

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Published on Apr 30, 2024, 9:05:00 AM
Total time: 00:02:06

Episode Description

App companies have figured out how to offload the costs of maintenance, insurance, and the ever-variable and rising cost of gas, onto the employee. Which is smart business. But also puts more burden on the workers to maintain the equipment needed to do the job. Big tech develops and maintain the app and provide customer service, but the actual work gets done by those on the ground - the people PayUp was intended to help.

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