Lyft’s recently appointed CEO, David Risher, has informed employees via email that the company will be implementing significant workforce reductions as part of a restructuring plan. Risher stated that this move is aimed at better meeting the needs of riders and drivers, and the company
There are times when a cab or rideshare is both quick and efficient, and times when they’re a bit more meandering. The same is true for some businesses and expansion plans. Lyft Media is the latest addition to its media division, which will sell advertising
Uber faced some legal troubles last year. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Uber in late 2016 accusing the rideshare company of discriminating against passengers with disabilities by charging them if they took too long to get into their cars. Because of the
In 2020, we experienced a lot of downfall as a country. From the pandemic to the horrible economy to gig workers not getting the pay or coverage they deserve, 2020 was the year of disaster. But one of the upsides to last year was the
In a ruling Monday, the 17th of August 2020, a California superior court judge, Ethan Schulman, said Lyft and Uber should reclassify their workers as employees and not independent contractors. This California’s gig economy law makes it harder for these companies to hire workers as
Do you care where your food comes from or who makes it? When you go out to eat, do you go for the food or the experience? If you just want the food, or the food is served in a post-modern industrial cafeteria, then there
Decades ago, wondrous technology could only be foreseen in television and movies as filmmakers implanted ideas into people’s heads of what the future would look like. People have been fantasizing over space battleships, flying cars, automated human-like robots, holograms, augmented and virtual reality, self-driving vehicles,
