[webmasterraj]

> Everyone is a private contractor, they are free to make their own choices and work (or not work) for a company.

I don't know if Sprig hires cooks as contractors but that doesn't necessarily mean they have the same freedom contractors usually have. See the lawsuits that brought Honejoy down, and the class action one against Uber.

I actually think this is the biggest argument in favor of Josephine, that the author didn't bring up. Sprig needs to standardize user experience, so has to walk the line between enforcing policies on their cooks and still treating them as contractors. Josephine is literally a marketplace, where your interaction is directly with that contractor. Much better, from a legal risk question.

[x0x0]

I do wonder how Josephine gets around food safety laws.

[jon-wood]

I've not used them, but I would at least hope people working for them are required to have food safety certs.

[shaftoe]

You generally can't do that and cook in a home.