Update on AB5
I think the law will be bad for the people it affects, so this is good news for Uber drivers. Uber isn&#x27;t operating at a profit, so they don&#x27;t have extra margin to pass on in the form of extra driver pay or employee benefits. If Uber has to shrink their business in California or exit entirely, that won&#x27;t be good for drivers either.<p>It reminds me of before my software engineering career, when I was working at The Gap. The job wasn&#x27;t great, but a lot of people really needed more hours. Unfortunately, there was a rule that nobody could work more than 29 hours a week. Everyone hated it. Employees hated it the most because if they needed extra money they couldn&#x27;t take an extra shift. The managers hated it too because it was just more rules for them to deal with.<p>Apparently, this rule existed because there was a law saying that past 30 hours a week, employees had to get some extra benefits. Gap corporate just changed the job to avoid that law. As a result, that job got worse, and nobody got more benefits. Just unintended consequences.