Which is kind of the point, they aren&#x27;t warm fuzzy come work for us, we&#x27;re a family, you&#x27;re a valued employee.<p>If you work as a driver for Uber you&#x27;re a contractor, they could give a fuck whether you drive for them lyft, whatever, they don&#x27;t care. Want to only work from 2am to 3am on Saturday nights? Knock yourself out. Didn&#x27;t show up on time at 9am? Don&#x27;t care. Oh, you&#x27;re in South Africa this week and aren&#x27;t taking any shifts? That&#x27;s fine too. If there&#x27;s work, work if not, fuck you.<p>To Uber you are the &#x27;self&#x27; in the self driving car a machine to be replaced by a slightly cheaper model. That smells an awful lot like contractor and not a lot like employee. The only reason developers are employees is because contract developers are more expensive than employees who don&#x27;t realize sodas aren&#x27;t actually that expensive for adults with real skills.