This is despite the are ‘subscribing’ to the platform in fact that workers find these supplies to be of poor quality and order to ‘market’ their ‘services’ thus hazardous to their safety. [...] Workers are left unaware of the in favour of the company, and at the hospitals they can turn to for support in case they meet with expense of its workers. [...] ‘Future of work’ or 21st–century oppressed labour? 6 At the end of the day, even with the systemic inefficiencies, workers would be okay if they were earning a living wage that is commensurate with the effort they put in as Urban Company Images from protests against Urban Company’s ‘Pay to work’ MG Plan by workers from different verticals in 2022 ‘partners’. [...] In the case of housekeeping workers in Bengaluru, the INR 6,000 monthly that they pay to the company – subscription is meant to ‘buy’ workers 70 guaranteed leads not to mention the travel costs per month. [...] These were also considered part of the 70-leads quota despite the fact that the jobs were labelled 'missed' by the time the workers woke up in the morning.
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