Uberização: análise sobre as dinâmicas de trabalho em plataformas digitais

Abstract

The article seeks to bring the reader, from an analytical perspective, reflections on the uberization of work as a form of worker exploitation. We are guided by the thesis that the transfiguration of the platform worker into an "entrepreneur" of himself, takes away the rights that are due to him while imposing obligations that would only be due to an employee. The first part analyzes the profile of transport application workers, in order to understand the reasons why they submit to subordinate self-management. The second criticizes the view that uberization is a totally positive innovation, demonstrating that it is actually a negative business modal for the platform worker. Finally, the last part of the article aims to address the debate about the existence or non-existence of an employment relationship between the platforms controlling the workforce and these on-demand service platform workers, often called “partners”. Although uberization has been presented as a solution to large-scale unemployment in many countries, we can see that it is nothing more than a form of management and control of the workforce, consolidating on-demand work.