COMM 1007 Essay: The Impact of Uber on Drivers' Lives

This essay delves into the experiences of Uber drivers within the context of the on-demand economy. It examines the appeal of Uber from a driver's perspective, focusing on the flexibility of work schedules, the potential for income generation, and the overall impact on their lives. The essay discusses the ease of joining and leaving the platform, the flexible working hours, and the income patterns that motivate drivers. It also highlights the opportunities for drivers to connect with new people and enhance their standard of living. Furthermore, the essay explores the flexibility provided by Uber in terms of work environment, incentive structures, and exit policies, emphasizing the company's efforts to satisfy its drivers. References to academic sources support the arguments, providing a comprehensive analysis of the gig economy's impact on drivers.

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Introduction
Thesis and Plan of Development:
 “Be your own boss while working with Uber”
 “Impact of Uber on Driver’s Life”
 “Flexibility for Uber Drivers”
In the on-demand market dominated by contract employees, Uber has played a significant part in this. The
model is very different from the person who used to be an employee, and while it has some drawbacks, driving Uber
provides a lot of interesting opportunities. In the following part there will be detailed discussion on the role of Uber
in the life of drivers. The first paragraph covers the manner driver work in Uber. Furthermore, in the second
paragraph cover positive impact of Uber. Afterwards, the flexibility provided by driver will be cover (Zwick, 2018).
The driver feel as an own boss while they are working with Uber. It makes them feel motivated and
focused towards their work and it is one of the best sources of earnings for drivers.
• Option of joining and leaving company. The joining formalities of Uber are less that makes the convenient for
drivers to connect with the company anytime.
 Level of pressure and working hours need to be done for Uber which also include shift timing for drivers. It has
been analyzed that the working hours of Uber is flexible, the Driver can join the shift according to their
convenience
• The income pattern for Drivers who are working in Uber Company. It has been analysed that the drivers of Uber
are earning good amount from Uber that motivated them to work for the company (Glöss, McGregor & Brown,
2016)
Great employment opportunity is provided by Uber that attracts maximum drivers to connect with the
company in an effective and efficient manner that affect the life of drivers

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• It increases the sources of earning for drivers, as drivers have an option to earn income according to their will.
• Uber prove great platform to get connected with the new people and can enhance their overall interactive power to
the certain extent.
• Uber provide platform to the driver to grow by enhancing their standard of living as well as by providing them
other perks other than salary (Rogers, 2015).
The level of flexibility provided to Driver by Uber. Such stage will analyze the level of flexibility is given
to the driver that provoke them to work for Uber. Uber is considering as one of the leading company. Therefore,
satisfying employee is also one of the main motives of the company. The company provide various flexibility
structures to the drivers.
• Uber provide flexible environment with friendly nature team support that motivate them to maintain healthy
relationship with Uber.
• The company also has flexible incentive structure that attract maximum number of drivers towards the company to
the certain extent
• The exit policy of Uber is also flexible that make ease for the drivers to join or leave the company anytime. They
work according to their own wish as they can work in night or day and can earn any amount through working for the
company (Chen, Rossi, Chevalier & Oehlsen, 2019).

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References
Chen, M. K., Rossi, P. E., Chevalier, J. A., & Oehlsen, E. (2019). The value of flexible work: Evidence from Uber
drivers. Journal of Political Economy, 127(6), 2735-2794.
Glöss, M., McGregor, M., & Brown, B. (2016, May). Designing for labour: uber and the on-demand mobile
workforce. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems . 11(42)
1632-1643
Rogers, B. (2015). The social costs of Uber. U. Chi. L. Rev. Dialogue, 82, 85.
Zwick, A. (2018). Welcome to the Gig Economy: Neoliberal industrial relations and the case of
Uber. GeoJournal, 83(4), 679-691.