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by phonypc 1639 days ago
Some of the negative responses are baffling, but I guess shouldn't be too surprising seeing as they're anonymous.

>“Making a delivery might literally kill you if you get carjacked and shot. I kinda want to see this happen and see the family sue the company for like a billion dollars and win just so no company ever gets a stupid idea like this ever again.”

But getting some poor scrub contractor to do it for a fraction of the compensation is fine?

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Its always 'nice' to see the concern for the fellow man that informs most progressive policy discussions being put to practice.
> Making a delivery might literally kill you if you get carjacked and shot

Seems exactly why this is a good reason to put employees to the task: To make them empathizes with what they're putting dashers into. Make them understand the system they enable.