[qzygr]

>After BuzzFeed News began asking questions and Uber learned about the police investigation, that changed. The driver is now off the platform and will remain off unless authorities determine the matter should be dropped, a spokesperson for the ridesharing app said.

So the guy loses his income until the police determines if he's actually guilty or not. Guilty until proven otherwise. Oookay.

[vkou]

Try physically assaulting someone at your office, and you'll probably lose your income long before the justice system determines you to be guilty.

I don't need a jury of 12 peers to voluntarily choose to stop associating with you, and neither does your employer. Unless, of course, you think that every firing should be done by a jury trial..?

[chrischen]

The jury isn't there just for show you know, or to give a semblance of credibility.

[vkou]

The jury's not for show, but their decision has no bearing on whether or not I want to employ a contractor in an at-will capacity.

[true_religion]

Maybe they can fire him after an arrest?

[qzygr]

Cool. Where's the proof that he actually did any of this? I mean, other than what that woman said.

[vkou]

It doesn't matter. I don't need a jury of 12 peers to fire an employee, for any reason whatsoever, or no reason whatsoever, and I sure as shit don't need one to can a contractor.

People get fired from blue-collar jobs for much less, all the fucking time, without a shred of evidence beyond he-said-she-said. You don't even need to allegedly commit a crime to be fired on the spot from a lot of jobs.

[CompanionCuuube]

> People get fired from blue-collar jobs for much less, all the fucking time

That says more about our at-will, "Right To Work" employment economy than it does about the morality of firing this individual.

[qzygr]

Nice. So, as I said, he loses his income without any proof that he did rape anybody. All cool and dandy indeed.