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When AI decides your pay

The Decibel

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The Inaccuracy of Uber's Wages

The amount you get, say $10, doesn't correspond to the time you spend doing the delivery or the distance you drive. That varies and that's what confuses the drivers because sometimes they just can't tell how long it will take in traffic for them to reach a certain spot. They might have spent 45 minutes going through traffic and they'll get the same amount as they do from doing a delivery where they take eight minutes. So, this is exactly what drivers and delivery careers are seeing is the problem with the app," she says.

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