{"id":17401,"date":"2025-01-21T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/its-a-nightmare-couriers-mystified-by-the-algorithms-that-control-their-jobs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T06:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:37:58","slug":"its-a-nightmare-couriers-mystified-by-the-algorithms-that-control-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/its-a-nightmare-couriers-mystified-by-the-algorithms-that-control-their-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s a nightmare\u2019: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

From pay shortfalls to being dropped by apps, drivers face a range of issues \u2013 often with no way to fix them<\/p>\n

Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald\u2019s in Northern Ireland\u2019s Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives.<\/p>\n

This week gig workers, trade unions and human rights groups launched a campaign<\/a> for greater openness from Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo about the logic underpinning opaque algorithms that determine what work they do and what they are paid.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nFrom pay shortfalls to being dropped by apps, drivers face a range of issues \u2013 often with no way to fix them
\nMost days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald\u2019s in Northern Ireland\u2019s Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives.
\nThis week gig workers, trade unions and human rights groups launched a campaign for greater openness from Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo about the logic underpinning opaque algorithms that determine what work they do and what they are paid. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From pay shortfalls to being dropped by apps, drivers face a range of issues \u2013 often with no way to fix them Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald\u2019s in Northern Ireland\u2019s Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives. This week …<\/p>\n

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