The GIG Workers Who Fought an Algorithm: When Their Pay Suddenly Dropped, Shipt's Delivery Drivers Dug into the Data

IF 2.6 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2024.10622066

Dana Calacci

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Abstract

IN EARLY 2020, gig workers for the app-based delivery company Shipt noticed something strange about their paychecks. The company, which had been acquired by Target in 2017 for US $550 million, offered same-day delivery from local stores. Those deliveries were made by Shipt workers, who shopped for the items and drove them to customers' doorsteps. Business was booming at the start of the pandemic, as the COVID-19 lockdowns kept people in their homes, and yet workers found that their paychecks had become... unpredictable. They were doing the same work they'd always done, yet their paychecks were often less than they expected. And they didn't know why.

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与算法斗争的 GIG 工人：当他们的工资突然下降时，Shipt 的送货司机开始研究数据

2020 年初，基于应用程序的快递公司 Shipt 的临时工们发现他们的工资单有些奇怪。该公司于 2017 年被 Target 以 5.5 亿美元的价格收购，提供当地商店的当日送货服务。这些送货服务由 Shipt 员工完成，他们负责选购商品，并将商品送到顾客家门口。疫情爆发之初，由于 COVID-19 的封锁，人们只能呆在家里，生意十分红火，然而工人们发现，他们的薪水变得......难以预测。他们做着和以前一样的工作，但工资却常常比预期的少。他们不知道为什么。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

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0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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