[Maven]

While drivers are considered "independent contractors", Uber does have real employees. You may have read in recent new articles that a lot of them are very, very unhappy. They have found a way to tell their stories without fear of consequences. Read the article and the comments. To post using the App you must be a verified employee.

Uber employees are chatting with each other about Uber's leadership on anonymous workplace app Blind
https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/25/ubersecret/

To download the App mentioned in the article
https://us.teamblind.com/

Disclaimer: I am not associated with TeamBlind, nor do I receive any form of compensation from them.

 

[tohunt4me]

While drivers are considered "independent contractors", Uber does have real employees. You may have read in recent new articles that a lot of them are very, very unhappy. They have found a way to tell their stories without fear of consequences. Read the article then get the App to join the fun!

Uber employees are chatting with each other about Uber's leadership on anonymous workplace app Blind
https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/25/ubersecret/

To download the App mentioned in the article
https://us.teamblind.com/

Disclaimer: I am not associated with TeamBlind, nor do I receive any form of compensation from them.

It's been blocked at Uber Corporate offices.

" Got to keep ' em separated"/'Come out and Play'- Offspring

Nimrod has left the building . . . . .

 

[circle1]

How would the app know for certain that they're an employee?? That doesn't even make sense . . .

 

[Maven]

How would the app know for certain that they're an employee?? That doesn't even make sense . . .

You need to be "verified" as an employee by a current employee with power to verify for a particular company. There is a virtual "verification room" for each company (like Uber) that has a presence on the Blind App.

 

[wk1102]

It's been blocked at Uber Corporate offices.

" Got to keep ' em separated"/'Come out and Play'- Offspring

Nimrod has left the building . . . . .

Funny, my Uber anthem is also an Offspring song...

"Now I know I'm being used
That's okay, man, 'cause I like the abuse"

 

[tradedate]

How would the app know for certain that they're an employee?? That doesn't even make sense . . .

I think you're misunderstanding this. A company like Uber can block employees' access to a website through it's own systems. So you can't view it when working on one of their computers, or using their corporate wifi.

This is commonly done to prevent workers from accessing inappropriate sites at the workplace.

 

[circle1]

You need to be "verified" as an employee by a current employee with power to verify for a particular company. There is a virtual "verification room" for each company (like Uber) that has a presence on the Blind App.

. . . ok, so that means the prime user/root user we just have to trust was and still is an Oops!ber employee.